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title: "Forge Ahead - Be a Blacksmith - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Strap on your boots and forge ahead! Mine metals, hammer them into shape, and forge the best swords you can!  This is not your normal simulation game. Break rocks to discover exotic gems. Forge them i"
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# Forge Ahead - Be a Blacksmith — United States
> Mine metals and Craft Swords

![Forge Ahead App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple112/v4/5a/97/29/5a9729a2-e72e-b04d-37ff-faaff14df58f/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-7-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Lion Studios](https://apptail.io/developer/lion-studios-Gbo) (United States)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 4.6/5 (85,057 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.protopiagames.forgeahead
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 0.96 (released 2022-07-26)
**Original Release:** 2019-11-06
**Languages:** English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1485491919)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/forge-ahead-be-a-blacksmith-Ptt/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/forge-ahead-be-a-blacksmith-Ptt/united-states)

## Forge Ahead Description
Strap on your boots and forge ahead!
Mine metals, hammer them into shape, and forge the best swords you can!

This is not your normal simulation game. Break rocks to discover exotic gems. Forge them into beautiful swords and show them off in your armory. The better the materials you find, the more money you make! The more money you make, the better the swords you can unlock. You will be the envy of every blacksmith in the kingdom. 

Stop what you are doing now, it’s hammer time!


 
 Game Features:
1.       Simple but addicting mechanics
Tap away at the rocks. Discover precious metals. Hammer the molten metal into sharp shiny swords.

2.       Run your own Armory
Show off the swords you craft on the weapons rack. Can you make the best?

3.        Keep them coming!
Keep finding new gems to make better swords. The better the sword the more you make!

4.        Earn offline
No need to always be on. You still earn money as you are signed off. 

Discover your inner blacksmith and forge the best swords. Watch the molten metal cool off into your beautiful creations. Good luck putting down Forge Ahead!

Visit  if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game!

From the Studio that brought you Happy Glass, Flip Trickster and Love Balls!

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## Forge Ahead Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/c1/26/1f/c1261fa9-6a1d-e05c-acd8-f95bee149484/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/be/36/5b/be365bd3-3ec7-e323-4825-51e61441577d/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/21/14/a2/2114a230-c96f-5859-0f1b-fd0e04a2bcda/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/70/39/6d/70396dbe-5b88-fdfd-ac13-5d61b7d41d6e/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/a3/ef/e2/a3efe271-e84e-114b-88e0-7ad91fc397fe/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/f1/6d/31/f16d3113-dda0-8cc9-91ab-88c2eda36621/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)

## Forge Ahead Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 67,900 (80%)
- 4 stars: 7,731 (9%)
- 3 stars: 4,491 (5%)
- 2 stars: 1,706 (2%)
- 1 stars: 3,229 (4%)

## Forge Ahead Reviews in United States

### ***-- "Please include Resource baskets"
i like this game and i wven disabled the adds for it. but the ore you fet is so dang random you never progress past uncommon and maybe rare....
-- Rushoflight, 2025-08-07

### **--- "Pretty fun but way too much ads"
This game is pretty fun but you receive an ad after every single sword and you have to play an unskippable ad after every two upgrades to continue upgrading your forge.
-- Fritobandito519, 2025-07-25

### *---- "Gives you nothing but wishing the game was better."
Game is unbearable if you don’t pay 9 usd to remove ads because you get an ad after making each sword. The game is not worth the 9$ I payed. I also thought it would remove the reward ads but no I still had to watch ads. You have no control over the metals you use. In the beginning if your lucky you could have a cool colored sword, but as you lvl up to use more ore to increase avg sell cost all swords will look gray or tan. Even if you luck out and get a bunch of uncommon and rare ore it will be different colors so the sword still looks like dirt. Broken English everywhere. You will get tons of money passively over sleeping you will wonder why you played the game and watched a ton of ads over the 2 or 3 hrs you played yesterday. The level you are is just a sword counter for how many you made and does nothing. I made over 180 swords. If I played free with all ads that’s 180 ads + the reward ads. The game will leave you wanting a better game.
-- GrandAtlas, 2025-07-03

### ***-- "dead game"
contains about 5 hours gameplay. don’t spend any money! spent $5 to cut out the ads and i still have ads! i “beat” the game, maxed everything, made the best swords. ui is horrible but the concept was cool. no updates for content so im uninstalling.
-- og diddleman, 2025-06-07

### ***-- "Good game but"
It’s a great game but it doesn’t have enough ores and it’s to hard to get good ones like I have play this game for a year and never gotten a rare sword
-- TKgaming6111, 2025-06-01

### ****- "Good game but…"
This game is really fun to play but it needs 
more content and it needs to be easier to tell different ores apart from each other
-- AtomicKnight2281, 2025-01-29

### ****- "Bland Game"
This game is actually good for what it is and to my knowledge the only game like it, I just wish the developers would put a little bit more love into the game for example in the sword handle area it kinda bothers me while I play this game that the handle of the sword is just the same thing as the blade there’s no actual grip. 
And that’s why the game for me it’s a 4 out of 5 but for what it is it’s good.
-- Tyrone Isabel real, 2024-12-23

### ***** "Game"
I love the game but I wish it got more updates
-- Really cool 🗿, 2024-12-18

### *---- "Its an interesting game"
I give it a low score because it does have an ad plague.
But more than that, the distinction between the hues in the ores is actually terrible. I think just swapping a few models and textures (rougher or shinier materials, along with smoother or more boxy models) will make the ores easier to identify so I’m not mixing Tin and Aluminum up.
Also I’d love to see a better control on what ores you get in some way, I like the randomness but I also struggle with quests asking for rare or higher because of this. Especially after upgrading the crucible.
I’m doubtful anything will be done, as the game seems pretty much how I’d seen it on Google play years ago, but I do hope you revisit this one day.
-- Pyrospin, 2024-11-20

### ***-- "Inaccurate"
This game is sort of accurate to real life forging but it is mostly about casting using Liquid Metal please make this game more accurate to real life forging
-- hayden 18755, 2024-09-07

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## Forge Ahead In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Remove Ads | $4.99 |
| Tier 3 Coins | $9.99 |
| Starter Pack | $8.99 |
| Remove Upgrade Ads | $4.99 |
| Tier 2 Coins | $6.99 |
| Tier 1 Coins | $4.99 |



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