Heian City Story Reviews

I’m a huge Kairosoft fan. I buy every release. This one doesn’t really have any good gameplay. Buildings are unique but functionality all are the same. Leveling up your citizens don’t matter either. Just seems like nothing to do. We discover and are awarded items but like every other feature it doesn’t really do anything. I couldn’t even finish my first play through because it’s just too boring.

I love kairosoft games but this one is just lacking. I was honestly rlly excited to have another game focused on building a village/ city since those are my favorites. However, I was disappointed when it came to actual gameplay.

Not enough buildings. After unlocking an abundance of them in the beginning I thought it was gonna keep going, but no. Besides those, there’s only like like a handful of buildings left. Made me pretty sad bc that’s usually my favorite part

Love the actual scenery and overall vibe of the land. RIVERS AND BRIDGESSSSS. The dimmer color palette especially when the seasons change. ITS ALL SO NICE, great art per usual

Not able to do enough with the villagers.
No partners, no children, no pets (rides don’t count lol) can’t change their clothes or anything without changing their jobs, I do like the jobs tho is pretty cool.

Recommended for ppl who rlly like ninja story. Love this game tho just like every other kairosoft games, but I think it’s time for me to go make a new save on dream town story 😭

I’ve been playing Kairosoft games since their first English release and own all their games. I’m a huge fan! Thank you for your hard work! Here is my review.

❌ You don’t get your own unique character ): Kairosoft allowed us to do this with other games, but not this one.
❌ I wish there was more to do and customize. I want to customize names, clothes, etc. We can only choose different jobs for villagers, but that’s it. I wish there was more complexity in the game. Dream Town Story is amazing because it has both layers and customization ability—players can rename characters, choose their partner, name their child, etc. Characters even had unique pets.

✅ They took what worked from Edo Towns and other town management game, and put them into this game and expanded on it. It’s good to see them take elements that works! Riding, changing jobs, building combos, the news announcing, etc.
✅ I haven’t experienced a bug or crashes. Kairosoft games are so stable.
✅ The pixel art is beautiful, as always. There’s variety to plants, buildings, and clothes.

I want to play this game for years to come, so while it is beautiful and interesting, it just isn’t complex enough. You’ll replay the game to try different maps and find out all the building combos, but that’s it. There’s a limit to how you customize your game, which is only the characters’ jobs and where the buildings are placed.

Loved building my city, but I had a few issues figuring out what buildings would combo with each other. It felt like only the earlier buildings had combos, and not many of the later buildings

Great variety of gameplay for different styles, but still mellow enough to pick up and put down anytime

It’s good and better than some of the other games I’ve played.

Another awesome city builder by Kairosoft. Love the history I learned too, through events, items, and combos.

The game has enough challenge in placement of buildings and city layout that it feels like more than just a typical idle game. And no micro transactions!

As a long time kairosoft fan, this is one of my favorites. I have no complaints. I loved it all the way through!

Been playing since they came out, progressive development from years of being in the field. Great job

If you have to look at reviews, you don’t know what this company is about. Consistently have had the best games. Why haven’t you bought the entire collection yet?

Just finished my first play through, this game combines and perfects elements from my favorite previous kairosoft games. City building, layout combos, managing, mini games, and some tower defense. 10/10

I really enjoyed the gameplay! It’s obvious from the first look that they’ve invested a lot lf time and effort to create a beautiful Heian village. The color scheme is amazing and it really stands out. The different “side events” such as contests and request are set up so that you can enjoy the game at your own pace while always having some challenges if you feel up to it. The different animations of spirit guardians in towns are also super wholesome, not to mention the login screen at night time…overall the game is filled with rewarding details that makes the town management super enjoyable.

I love this game it’s so fun but I wish it would have marriage and kids in the game so the citizens can fall in love and get married and can have kids in the game .

This is a good entry to introduce the Heian themes to international players! I really adore the pixel designs of the buildings and facilities. The tower defense mechanic is surprisingly really fun to play.
I'm still in the early levels, but I look forward to seeing more designs as the game goes on.

I’ve been a fan of Kairosoft games for a long time. The last 2 years they have really incorporated all of their diverse lessons learned to make even better games. This one is probably my favorite. Although TV Show story is a close tie. Hope you enjoy as much as I am.

I am a longtime Kairosoft fan and have been playing most of their games. This one in particular is wonderful and I enjoyed it throughly sinking around 6+ hours so far. The reused assets from previous games were pretty cool and it reminded me a lot of Ninja village (THE BEST KAIROSOFT GAME).

Would definitely recommend if you enjoy Japanese history and culture as well as a fun city builder and tower defense game.

As a rehabilitating former whale, I can tell you that my addiction of making the biggest most amazing set of a cities zoos or whatever it is is satisfied by kairosoft. I’d rather buy all their games (individual separate applications not from this one application) spend 300 bucks grand total then spend 15k-20k on micro transaction heavy games.

Just completed play through of the first area. It allows you to keep playing that area if you want to, and it will be fun to keep building my city.

This might be my favorite Kairosoft game yet. It’s a good city builder, plus a lot of other side things to do like build up your residents so they can participate in various tournaments (my favorite is the poetry contest), and build up your guardians to defend the city in an RPG tower defense type of mini game.

if you like Kairosoft games Dungeon Village or Ninja Village in particular, you will like this one.

Cute graphics and sounds. Lots to do. Good little quests. Addictive in a good way.

My phone does NOT get hot playing this and does not lose much battery at all while playing it. Thank you for that!! 🙌

Looking forward to continuing to build this city but also trying out the other areas now.

been a long time consumer/enjoyer/player of kairosoft games and it's been awhile since i've really had fun playing a kairosoft game, i haven't felt this addicted to a game since pocket academy & hot spring story. it has multiple aspects to handle but never too overwhelming to do. if they ever make heian city story 2, i will gladly get it.