Paragon Pioneers

This game really hits the optimisation, expansion, and upgrade sweet spot of the genre. Highly recommend playing this one 😁

This game is well made, beautifully balanced, and carefully crafted. If you enjoy games with resource management, production chains and a sweet medieval vibe (as I do), this absolutely hits the spot! And the best thing is, there’s no annoying pay-to-play and events and the like. This is how idle city-builders should be. So, so, so worth the price tag. I almost never write app or game reviews, but this one definitely deserves it! Great work!

Fantastic game, clearly tonnes of love and joy went into this game. Really fun to play, and relatively constant QoL improvements. Best app I’ve bought over the past 5 years

As a Anno 1602 fanboy I was pleasantly surprised that finally someone built iPhone game like it. Dude, what game! Saugeil! MORE PLEASE! Greetings from down under!

Asking price is more then reasonable for the amount of fun I’ve had soo far already!

As the title says this game is a real gem, you can tell effort went into the game mechanics rather than just another cosmetic job on the same boring copy paste idles out there.

I’ve experienced a couple persistent bugs related to production. For example, the farm that produces material for rope/paper wouldn't begin production unless i removed the farm and placed it again. Another one that is more persistent is the production of booze. I would come back to the app the next day and see that pioneers weren’t happy because they didn't have enough booze. i would build another farm and think i have it resolved. next day same thing… I began to notice that when i returned to the game after a break their production was halted because they had no available storage. How could that be though if the people don’t have enough? I then noticed that if I tap on the farm it would clear the error and production would resume. This bug was a bit of a dealbreaker for me… I couldn’t progress to the next level bc the Pioneers weren’t happy enough to upgrade. Sad because it had a ton of potential. Im going to check out the sequel… hopefully these bugs were resolved.

Edit: I had to come back and edit because this game is by far my favorite. I’m on round 3 and it’s every bit as fun as the first time. It’s the right amount of everything. Definitely addictive, but doesn’t distract you *too much* from your daily life. Challenging but not frustrating. The developer is working on a new game and I can’t wait for him to publish it. *************** I’ve only been playing this game for about a week but I’m hooked. Raves: 1- The game play is simple, yet complex. It involves strategy and brain power to manage your resources efficiently. As soon as school starts I will recommend this game to my students. I’d much rather they play this than be on Tik Tok. 2- No ads, no in-game purchases, no subscriptions. I am sick of playing “free” games that require you watch ads. $3.99 is an incredible deal. 3- Community support. The developer has a discord channel and a wiki page for support. I like what the developer is doing. He seems invested in his game and listens to feedback. As soon as I’m done with this review I will be looking to see if he has other games. Cons: I feel like I have to put something, but honestly there aren’t any, other than a suggestion for a feature. It would be nice to have a world map view of your islands and trade routes. Edit: After playing the game for a little while longer, this “con” isn’t feasible. Having this feature would be impossible. I’ll have to get back with you for a real con. I simply cannot think of anything negative to say!

If you’re the type of person that gets a lot of satisfaction out of making optimally efficient systems, this game is for you 😂 This is so fun and requires a nice kind of patience that I enjoy. There are waiting mechanisms built in, you can’t pay to speed them up, and they’re part of the lore and gameplay. There’s no fall off in terms of production when you don’t have the game open. So it can lend itself to an hour or more of tweaking and analyzing your network of islands, redistributing resources - and then maybe 10 minute chunks a couple times in the day, to check in and tweak as needed, with the system you built running along in the background. This is a long-running game, and the only way to speed it up is to get better at it. I’ve been playing for a week and still feel like I’m in the very early stages, getting my first few islands set up, but as I learn my systems get better and my growth gets faster. SO satisfying. Also, play with the music on if you can, the soundtrack is stunning.

I really love playing this app. I enjoy the world building that it provides it doesn’t get boring. It actually gets more complex as time goes on as your master more and more skills you can actually really get into building a really diverse world. Well done to the developers!