The Coin Game

Why do I have to agree that the game is only licensed to me when I owned it before 1.0 release? After trying it I'm not sure how you even play dunko in survival mode anymore so probably wont be bothering again. A real shame as this game was great before the 1.0 release. would not recommend purchasing while doing so doesn't even let you own the game. if possible, I would not recommend updating as you will seemingly no longer own the game.

Like many others, this is hard to write because the game has (had) so much potential. The 1.0 release is awful. More bugs than ever, and it somehow looks worse than it did before. There is no communication from the dev, and it's now harvesting your data. With that said, the game was fun prior to the 1.0 release and my daughter still very much enjoys playing it. She even asked for a DUNKO hoodie for her birthday that is rapidly approaching and the order is still "processing" with no ETA in sight. I realize this is through a third party and not being created shipped by the dev themselves, but after all of this, I wouldn't advise anyone to spend money on this game or merch until it's fixed. This review would have been positive 6 months ago. To the developer: Be better to the people giving you money.

its like dave and busters without the actual money or the intoxicated fathers

Sadly the game is in a pretty terrible state right now. devotid and/or Kwalee decided to release the game's 1.0 patch WAY too early when the game wasn't stable. I'm leaning more towards it being Kwalee's fault since they locked their discord prior to the release which is incredibly shady behavior. Hoping devotid can get this fixed and win the trust of the community back, because yeah. This is not a good look. EDIT: devotid has confirmed it was done by the publisher without informing them as I had predicted prior. Definitely hope they can make the game into one that deserves the 1.0 release stamp as they were absolutely screwed over.

I love this game, but it was NOT ready for as 1.0 release. This is probably the buggiest state the game has been in. The glitches are frustrating, progress ruining, and completely halt gameplay. It just isn't fun anymore.

Ah the Gaming Industry of 2026. I love buying games YEARS ago and then they get a garbage update that completely breaks whatever worked in it. The 1.0 Update is a complete utter mess. The fact that one guy was making the Early Access Version yet a whole Publishing Team was working on this 1.0 Update just makes no sense. How is the 1.0 Update so busted compared to the Early Access Version? I just don't get it and sadly I can no longer recommend the game in it's current state. Even with the knowledge that you are able to go back to the Early Access Version by a Separate Branch. Don't give your money to whoever the greedy publisher that was hired to release this busted update. Just don't. What a shame... EDIT (4/30/26): I guess I'll post this update that I've been sitting on for quite a bit. (Kinda stopped playing this one atm) while the developer was quick at first when it came to patching the most nasty of stuff (with seemingly no help from the garbage publisher) it seems like the game is either abandoned or the developer is cooking up some rather bespoke patch that hopefully resolves the problems. Because right now the game has been left for about a month in a rather broken state. Interacting with various objects (machines, gas pumps and more) has your character sliding away from said object thus making it rather difficult (or sometimes) impossible to interact with. As well as the fact that the Ticket Dispenser makes no clear indication that you have to push "Q" to exit it (despite it automatically exiting the dispenser by default for the last... 7 or so years) I don't know. Even with the quick Hot Fixes and Patches that came out quickly after release which did some good (fixing the Coin Pushers was the big one) it's still sadly very difficult to recommend the game with the release of the 1.0 Version despite me being able to fully recommend the Early Access Version. I don't know what's more of a shame. The fact that the game is still broken or the fact that it seems like the publisher hired damage controllers to put stupid comments under any review with legit criticisms over a game that is now broken that once worked. The Gaming Industry in 2026 still continues to surprise me.

Dev sold out and ruined the game

Edit 3 still no word, no updates, and the console versions are still broken months after release. 1.0? more like 0.1. Unfortunate events from a well regarded dev, who sold out because the pubs were able to help his financial issues. The EULA states you accepted this even before it was apart of the game. Disgusting behavour. edit 2. lots of hot fixes and release notes post 1.0. dev's comments were a bit odd in regards to the launch and how it turned out. more of a lets not talk about it haha kind of way. probably the pubs pushing a small dev to release something in a dead line when alot of fans knew the game was solo-ish and took time for updates. still some bugs if reading around the forums. the guys working on it, but is it just him bug fixing and testing? id rather slower more polished updates than a publisher who sits back and collects x percent of each sale. the game still has zero graphics setting beyond a selection of settings ranging from 'potato' to 'nasa computer' meme options. no vsyc in which you have to either force it outside the app, or run if at a higher quality. [original review] Was fantastic until full release. the forced eulas absolutely ruined the game. the publishers have scraped data from these, and a recent "win a plushie" event only hosted on x or intsa requiring the possibility of location verification to win ie; id or proof of location and legality of the sweepstakes' rule to receive a tbh nothing like the games plushie, plushie... i bought this years ago and am now forced to agree before starting the game, and upon entering before the main menu. sad to see another dev sell out like that. less and less communication from original dev, and just the pubs. i'd hate to se this go the way of jalopy's dev minskworks and it's publisher exalibur. survival mode is now town debt simulator, with passive income if you "help" fix the town and investing in boarded up buildings. lame. at least they have a free play mode. game still looks like it did years ago, just more fps loss and performance issues. bug galore on console and pc, while the discord is locked down for some reason. no thanks. another game in the bin of forced eulas and data scraping to play a game. a basic arcade game at that. (edit) just download the pre 1.0 beta.