Disney Dreamlight Valley

Bought this game early access and loved it and supported due to it GOING TO BE Free to play after. They took back that promise, the expacs are expensive and have issues and the moonstones are predatory for a game you pay to play. Most of the moonstone items are from events that you have to grind for days to catch up to. If you are behind on characters or the like you are just SOL til you get there..... It needs work before I come back to this.

[6/11/2026] I supported this game for quite a bit, coming back to it occasionally like I do with Minecraft phases. This time, when I logged on today, I was kind of shocked. I'm incredibly disappointed, to be honest. It used to be that this game was a clear example of Disney values. I actually remember telling people that very thing. I didn't really support the addition of a battle pass (er, "Star Path"), but for a while after it was implemented it was fine, and I found I really looked forward to each new one. You could fund the battle pass yourself by playing the game, doing the challenges, and getting the currency (Moonstones) as rewards, then spend those on the premium pass and get the rest of the items. When I logged on today, though, I found that so many things had changed, and I found myself incredibly irritated at the direction they took in between my last play and today. Most disappointingly, those Disney values are kind of just... gone. Out of the six chances to get moonstones in the star path, FOUR of them are locked under the Premium wall. You CANNOT fund the battle pass anymore without spending real money. That is INCREDIBLY disappointing, considering the fact that it wasn't "buy our stuff" right out the gate. It was good, and then they decided to throw it away. When you consider the already egregious price of the game (and the editions, which, by the way, you cannot upgrade, so those of us who got the Deluxe version rather than the Standard version when the game came out CANNOT get the incentive items from the additional editions they released), it's absolutely abhorrent that they would be so shamelessly greedy here. Moonstones are incredibly difficult to get without the star paths. You can find (rarely, or, after a long while away) blue chests across the Valley that give you Moonstones, but they give you a whole FIFTY. For reference, the premium star path is 2,500. After over three months of not playing, I found 3 chests on my Valley today, totaling 150 Moonstones. You can also get another whopping fifty Moonstones utilizing the DreamSnaps voting feature, where you vote for your favorite entries and work your way to fifty Moonstones as incentive. There are six pages in each star path, and you have to spend the path's currency (earned from completing 'duty' challenges) to buy a certain amount of the rewards on each page in order to purchase the rewards on the following page. This has been a thing for a while. Here's the problem: As the pages continue, more and more of the rewards are locked under premium. As for the amount of Moonstones available for each page, here's what it is for the current Star Path, the "Godly Glamor Star Path" (themed around Hercules). Page 1: 100 Moonstones Page 2: 200 Moonstones (Premium locked) Page 3: 350 Moonstones (Premium locked) Page 4: 350 Moonstones (Premium locked) Page 5: 400 Moonstones Page 6: 610 Moonstones (Premium locked) This adds up to 2,010 Moonstones, of which the majority can only be obtained by spending the 2,500 upfront. At the end of each Star Path, there's a section to spend excess Star Path currency on extra Moonstones. I'm sure you've guessed this by now, but that's also locked behind the 2,500-Moonstone price tag for premium. The idea of battle passes isn't new, and the gaming industry's standard price tag for each different pass is around $10 USD, which nets you exactly 2,500 Moonstones. Oh, but actually, wait, it says "2,400 Moonstones", but it's crossed out, with a tag that says "+100 BONUS". So in theory, they absolutely have the power to remove that 'bonus' and hike it up further in the future. Great! Awesome. Love that, thank you. Oh, wait, what's that down at the bottom of the Moonstone Purchasing page? "Moonstones can only be used on the same platform where they were purchased. Costs real money." Let's start at the first part of that. "Moonstones can only be used on the same platform where they were purchased". In the beginning of the game, they advertised the option that you could buy the game on both steam and another platform and play your same save file. I have it on Xbox. I enjoyed being able to move from my PC to my bed and still play it. But to not have the right to use that which I purchased on ONE platform for an account, on the other platform for the SAME ACCOUNT, is preposterous. The idea that they think by barring you from using account-based currency will make you cough up more money if you want something on the other platform is so unbelievably scummy it makes me want to cry. ... "Purchases grant a revocable license, not ownership." ...OF A CURRENCY? I understand it's industry standard to do the whole "you're not BUYING in the sense that you'll own the thing, you're donating money to us under the assumption that you'll get the item when you donate, but this does not mean you have the right to KEEP it! It's just a donation, though, of course!" For the record, my issue with this whole paywall bit is not because it is a paywall in itself. The game is a DECORATION game, about freedom of expression and creativity. Yes, you can farm, and you can get other decorations and clothing in-game, and yes, there's quests, but at the core the whole purpose is to be creative and decorate. Locking decorations behind a paywall when the game itself is ALREADY behind a substantial paywall is ridiculous. The reason I stopped playing months ago was because there was a bug that caused an orange dot (the dot that says 'you have a new item in this furniture category!) in a category that did not have anything new, and it did not go away. Reopening the game did nothing, and neither did following guides on it. Last I was aware, the developers mentioned they were aware of the bug. I logged on today, and not only was that bug still there and still infuriating, but there was another. Luckily this one was fixable by going into the furniture list in the collections tab rather than in the furniture placing menu, but the original one is still freaking there. The visual bugs that were there before are still there, the clipping is still there. The character teleports to a flying pose after the beginning-to-fly animation plays, while you're flying. Specifically, they teleport like 100 pixels up and are rotated slightly forward to match the "now we're moving" smooth animation. It goes from seeing the bottom of the dress without the feet to instantly seeing slightly under the dress, seeing the legs and the thin model of the dress. For reference, I have the Maleficent wings equipped, wings that were released months ago. Today I looked in the shop and got excited to see a new dress in the window. It is, instead, the third recolor I have seen of the "Floral Gown". It has been recolored so they can call it something other than "[Color] Floral Gown", and its name is "Blue Royal Roses Gown". Yes, it's a new variant. No, I am not impressed, as they are clearly capable of modeling decent attire to place behind paywalls in the Shop (which also uses moonstones, at a significantly higher price) and the Star Paths. I did not see a single other item I did not recognize in Scrooge's shop. I'll give credit where it's due, though: mining an ore while wearing a ballgown no longer shows the entire buttocks clipping through the dress when the character bends down. That was a bug for years. I do appreciate not having to see that. So, TL;DR: As it stands, I would not recommend spending money on this game to those who are impulse buyers or those that feel they absolutely must 100% games. Neither you nor your wallet will be happy. The rest of the game itself, as of now, is fine. It's EA-y, with the separately-purchased DLCs priced the same as the base game, but the game itself is playable, and you can still get enjoyment from it. This being said, I do not have much faith in the future direction of this game, and I can only predict that it will get worse. I will be mourning this game for a while.

I got this game in early access. It was supposed to be free+microtransactions after early access, but then the devs broke that promise and continue to charge for the base game, the expansions, and continue to do a lot of predatory FOMO things to encourage microtransactions in a game that's very appealing to young children. I'm an avid player of the Sims and MMOs so I'm very familiar with DLC and microtransactions, but the cash cost vs grind of the Star Paths for cosmetics compared to the general shallow depth of gameplay is pretty rough. Some of the characters are also very annoying, particularly with their proximity noises. Overall, this is not a game I would recommend, especially for children who might have a harder time dealing with the FOMO aspects. Pokopia is the closest game I've played in terms of story and gameplay loop and is much more fun, charming (even though I have zero nostalgia for Pokemon after the first generation), and better from a design perspective in my opinion. But we are getting a lot of games in a similar genre as Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley/even kind of Fantasy Life i with farming, cooking, and neighbors that don't have aggressive tactics like DDLV. At this point it's hard to justify paying for a worse game than the competitors just because it's got Disney branding.

Okay... where do i even start?! 💭 Disney Dreamlight Valley has been out for quite some time now, and somehow... I never played it? Which honestly makes zero sense, because i am a cozy gamer through and through. All of my friends kept telling me "You HAVE to play this Ulle. You will love it." And I just smiled, nodded... and continued playing anything else. Apparently I enjoy being wrong? lol. Five days ago tho! one very convincing friend finally got me to start playing this! [i] ( Thank you, thank you, thank you!<3 ) [/i] ...I am now 55 hours in. Send help! Ok no, do not. Cus i am obsessed! Or addicted? Either way, i truely did NOT expect to fall this hard for the game! I LOVE decorating, i love quests, i love puzzles, i love farming, and Dreamlight Valley just keeps giving! Every single day I tell myself "Okay Ulle... just a quick 30-minute session, thats it!'' suddenly four hours later, my pumpkins have paid the mortgage, my backpack is somehow full for the 20 time, and i completely forgot I was supposed to make dinner. I honestly cant believe i waited this long to play it. If you love and want to decorate your dream village, collecting every shiny object your crow brain spots, farming until your inventory starts begging you to stop, or simply just love spending time with some of your fav disney characters? Then this is 100% something for you, and i can absolutely recommend. ❤

Severely overpriced paywalls, still bugs, preys on nostalgia. I admit I fell for it, not anymore. Try games like Palia which are free to play and content isn't as overpriced like DDV.

I honestly only bought this game initially because they said it would be free-to-play once it was up and running, and have sworn off it since they started rolling out over-priced reskins and DLCs to their extremely flimsy game for $50 a pop. This is Disney grifting you out of your money at their best. As your creepy Disney overlord, the game lets you buy exclusively Disney branded clothes and hideous disney branded furniture, shoving so much marketing and propoganda into the items that god forbid you want to own a single thing that doesn't have polka-dots or mickey-ears attached. There is no plot in this game. There is barely dialogue in this game. The sum total of activites seems to be doing chores and wearing disney clothes and hearing the same vacant-eyed lines from the other aimlessly wandering Disney NPCs who haunt this vastly boring world of weeds to pull and trees to chop. Honestly, unless you crazy for Disney or under 10, give this a pass. This is what you expect from a giant corporation that cares more about chasing after Animal Crossing's succes by poorly aping their game than making anything interesting or a new IP.

Das Spiel mach echt Spaß aber ich hasse es das ich bestimmte Aufgaben nicht beenden kann weil ich an bestimmten Tagen zu einer bestimmten Uhrzeit ein Tier nur finden kann. Ich muss arbeiten und hab keine Zeit zwischen 8 und 14 Uhr das Spiel zu starten. Offensichtlich ist dieses Spiel ausschließlich für Arbeitslose und Kinder gemacht die da Zeit haben. Diese Ingame Verkäufe nerven Total. Echt Schade

I waited to finish the main storyline before writing this review, but in simple words, it's a must play if you're looking for a healing storyline. I did not expect this little disney game to have such an impactful and thoughtful storyline! All the "I remember when you were a kid; You're all grown up now" lines from the characters are so sweet and it makes me feel some sort of way as an adult now. I love how the characters are so sweet, caring, and happy (well, most of them), its truly a joy to play this game and have a relaxing time. I will say, there are a lot of friendship quests, which overwhelm me, but the good thing is you can tackle this game at your own pace.

I bought this game early access and played it quite a bit but once they decided to add all these microtransactions it no longer became any fun. Now they are making the only reason I was going to get back into this game a paid expansion? (Winnie The Pooh) I wish I could get a refund. This game is barely fun and they have made it clear they don't care about the consumers, just the money. Just another greedy corp like EA.

I've been playing the game for about 3 years now and I have 281 hours on record so here are some of my honest takeaways if you're considering it! I'll do the negatives first: 1) This game is grind heavy and quest heavy. It took me over a year to complete JUST the base game storyline because of how many characters you have to level up and lands to unlock. Since then there have been 3 DLC expansions and a ton of base game content added. If you are looking for just a simulator game, this isn't one that you can use cheat codes for to get materials or money, like in the sims. There are definitely ways to accomplish things faster than I did, but I was first playing around the time other players were still figuring out the game so it took me a while and even with faster paths to get ahead, it will still take you some time. 2) The questing can get tiresome and repetitive. All of it is usually just "fetch me this specific thing" or "talk to this specific character" quests. Every single character comes with their own questline and a friendship level bar that you'll have to get to ten. It takes so much time to complete quests and some quests have time requirements on them. Again, it isn't the type of game you can passively play, a lot of important things you'll need later in the game are reliant on you completing all the friendship quests. It can get annoying over time. 3) Microtransactions...In the beginning, the microtransactions weren't as pervasive as they are now, but they are marketed so well now that a lot of players thing they need the items because if they don't get this weeks specific things, then their experiences won't be as authentic as everyone else's. You can play without the microtransactions, but they are literally designed to make you feel less than as a player for not participating. I have fallen for so many of them. Okay some positives: 1) It's perfect for Disney fans. You are literally creating your own Disney World experience by befriending the characters you have loved over the years! There are so many characters at this point that its impossible for there not to be at least one you love. They each bring elements of their storylines to the game and it is fun to watch them unfold as you interact and complete quests for each of them! 2) The main storyline is emotionally heartwarming and designed to help you feel like you and your inner child are healing together. I cried when I beat the final storyline because it definitely healed something in me. AND the game didn't end after the main storyline finished because they keep adding new content (both free and paid) to keep people playing. 3) While it is grind heavy, it IS still a simulation game and the decorating, customization and overall designing of the world are really fun to partake in. I love decorating my valley and wearing princess dresses. It feels like getting to build my own world of dreams come true! With my pros and cons together, I'd still recommend this game but only with the caveat that you are aware of what you are getting into before you buy it!