Reviews of Forge of Empires: Build a City

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List of user reviews and ratings for Forge of Empires: Build a City

Total ratings

4.18 (Rating count: 1,126,377)

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Review summary

The Forge of Empires: Build a City app offers immersive, visually appealing city-building with frequent updates and cross-platform play, letting you progress at your own pace. However, players repeatedly cite monetization concerns (pay-to-win, cash grab), stability problems (crashes and re-installs), and login/access issues as common pain points. A few feel progression can be grindy or slowed at late stages, while others praise continual content and community features. Overall, it’s engaging but with notable friction around payments, reliability, and access.

Pros

Immersive gameplay with excellent graphics.
Regular updates and new events/content keep the game fresh.
Play at your own pace with flexible progression.
Robust city-building/town creation as a core feature.
Cross-platform play (PC and mobile) for seamless switch.

Cons

Monetization concerns: perceived pay-to-win and pressure to spend.
Frequent crashes and stability issues requiring restarts.
Login/sign-in problems impacting access (and account issues).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.90

All time rating average: 4.18

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26% (180)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-12	Me*****	lame. uninstalled
lame. uninstalled
2026-08-11	An*****	I fell in love with this game. Become interesting for me. The only thing I missing is total lists of the buildings I have for better control, and navigating existing buildings with names and age. But anyway this game is really fun.
I fell in love with this game. Become interesting for me. The only thing I missing is total lists of the buildings I have for better control, and navigating existing buildings with names and age. But anyway this game is really fun.
2026-08-11	Pa*****	inadequate direction. lots.of guessing and throwing wasteful darts.
inadequate direction. lots.of guessing and throwing wasteful darts.
2026-08-11	Ma*****	I have been playing for many years and love it. however I have several cities at the end of space hub and it is boring. how can I delete or hide these from the menu to start m new ones?
I have been playing for many years and love it. however I have several cities at the end of space hub and it is boring. how can I delete or hide these from the menu to start m new ones?
2026-08-10	J *****	boring
boring
2026-08-10	Ja*****	so many bugs
so many bugs
2026-08-10	Er*****	Relaxing 😌
Relaxing 😌
2026-08-09	Sa*****	love it
love it
2026-08-09	Ge*****	Wouldn't start; just showed a blank screen. Maybe it requires Internet access? Either way, it gets a minimal rating from me.
Wouldn't start; just showed a blank screen. Maybe it requires Internet access? Either way, it gets a minimal rating from me.
2026-08-09	Ar*****	In GBG -INNO SHOULD Make sector release button to highest siege. that whould solve the problem from holding sectors for 4 hours or more. right now many guild are still farming GBG and block other guilds out of map by blocking them with primed up sieges so only two guilds can have a whole map . this is frustrating problem and it shouldn't be . please fix it and make the fighting GBG fair for all . 🙏🏼⚔️🙏🏼⚔️🙏🏼⚔️🙏🏼
In GBG -INNO SHOULD Make sector release button to highest siege. that whould solve the problem from holding sectors for 4 hours or more. right now many guild are still farming GBG and block other guilds out of map by blocking them with primed up sieges so only two guilds can have a whole map . this is frustrating problem and it shouldn't be . please fix it and make the fighting GBG fair for all . 🙏🏼⚔️🙏🏼⚔️🙏🏼⚔️🙏🏼