Pocket Build

Build your own fantasy world!

Ratings

Age

9+

Adventure

Languages

English

Latest Version 4.11

Thu Apr 11 2024

Fixed issue with the land not working correctly when built on water.

Pocket Build is an open-world building game where you can build with no limitations or restrictions. Build whatever you like, whenever you like, however you like. The possibilities are endless: castles, trees, fences, people, animals, farms, bridges, houses, towers, and more. With a vast array of items and a dedicated sandbox mode, it’s a game designed for creativity and relaxation.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

83/100

Pocket Build is the ultimate digital Lego set. It’s a sandbox builder that removes the typical constraints of the genre. There are no timers, no waiting for resources to finish, and—if you play in sandbox mode—no limits on what you can create. The sheer variety of assets, from medieval castles to modern skyscrapers and fantasy creatures, is staggering.

The UI is surprisingly clean for a game with so many options. You can zoom in to see individual villagers walking around your town or zoom out to view an entire continent of your own making. It’s a peaceful, creative outlet that feels less like a game and more like a hobby. While it can be a bit overwhelming at first because of the lack of structure, that freedom is exactly what makes it so special.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 25 2026

Features

Hundreds of items to build with

Huge open-world map

Beautiful 3D graphics and lighting

First-person and top-down camera modes

No timers or wait-to-build mechanics

Tips & Walkthrough

Creating Your First Kingdom

Start by clearing some land using the 'Erase' tool. Then, navigate to the 'Castles' tab to place your first keep. Use the 'Rotate' and 'Scale' gestures to ensure your walls align perfectly for a grand entrance.

Gameplays

Resource Management vs Sandbox

In survival mode, you'll need to use humans to collect wood and food. If you just want to build, switch to the 'Ultimate Sandbox' mode to have infinite resources and instant placement.

Screenshot

Q&A

Yes, you can assign tasks to humans, such as farming or woodcutting, or simply let them wander and interact with your creations.

Ratings & Reviews

Amazing app, but a few suggestions

Mon Jan 03 2022 Rae-Offline

I’ve been looking for an app like this for quite some time, and I finally found it here. I write a lot of stories and create a lot of worlds that I can’t translate very well into visuals without this app. There’s a sandbox mode so there’s lots of freedom, the ‘locked’ items are unlocked every hour over time so the subscription is almost purely to support the creators. As expected of a payed app there’s no annoying adds, it’s easy to use and the graphics are simple and beautiful. It has lots of different view points and can be seen from first person, there’s terraforming, tons of different styles of architecture, and it’s easy to master. The only thing I’d really like to change would be to add a feature to mass delete. I know it would be really frustrating to delete a lot a once if it was unintentional, but with the undo button, I think it would work just fine. I’ve looked for a while to be able to delete a lot at once but I just can’t seem to find it. If it’s there I would love to know how to access it, as I can only find the single tile delete. Other than that, being able to edit colors a bit more might be nice, but it’s really a splendid app even without it. I can create lots of amazing custom worlds that I’ve been wanting to create for the longest time. This is definitely one of my favorite apps and I can’t wait to see what else is added!

Awesome game, and awesome potential, but crashes

Tue Apr 14 2020 noah2704

I honestly love the game. I enjoy the simplicity and at the same time the complexity, and the potential to create whatever one wants, wether it be your own individual buildings or castles. There is a nice depth to the game, and complete freedom to do whatever one wants. It is pleasing to watch your own creations grow, and the lack of a storyline leaves massive room for the creator to build lore or a story around their build. This is a cool game, worth every penny in value. The updates are frequent on this game, and it’s obvious the developer puts much care, time, and effort into the game, and new things are constantly being added, from new buildings, fortifications, roads, creatures, and vehicles. HOWEVER... when you build a little too much, in varying degrees, the game refuses to let you in to pretty much any world, unless it’s especially small. I find this to be a shame, because it makes the game inaccessible to me, but also doesn’t allow you to visit your worlds again, which I wish I could because I spent a massive amount of time on this specific world, creating a beautiful European medieval city, but I can no longer access it. I hope this gets fixed in the future, because I would like nothing more than to reopen this game and build more. Besides this, however, the game is great, and I would recommend it to anyone. I hope you read this. Thank you and have a good day!

Couldn’t recommend this game more! Just a few words...

Mon Sep 02 2019 #sadness

First off, I love this game. I love it so much. It’s so fun and the only things you need are patience, insight, and a loose imagination. I love how you could let your imagination run wild (I haven’t had mine run wild yet, but I’m getting there) I love how you could make a village, a forest, a zoo (I don’t know much else, but that’s for us to figure out) I love this game but I wish there were a bit more animals. Also, I wish that there were some ground blocks that matches with the cliff edges. Rocky cliff edges don’t have a ground block that matches with it and it kinda really annoys me. But hey, I’m not judging. I noticed there’s a glitch that the giant corner Muddy cliff edge’s color is a bit off from its other cliff edges and ground block counterpart. Also, can Humans do a bit more than walk around, mount stuff (but can humans mount chairs please), and work? Perhaps dance or sleep or... heck, even add more skins to the people. I like the normal peasants and all, but I don’t like how they all look the same. It feels a bit limiting to my creativity. With all this said, I couldn’t love this game any more than I already do, it’s so great. Relaxing and inspirational.... It deserves an Editor’s choice. -Blu (Also, due to me writing a book currently, I’ve been able to map out the town it takes setting in and I love how it can help with simulating it all. Thanks for creating this game. Bye!)

Amazing! However, I Have Some Suggestions.

Tue Apr 21 2020 grayarias

I love this game, especially the first person! However, I really think you should set up an interior for each house. Not including furniture, but just having an architectural layout, with furniture added on in the build section to design them ourselves. I think it would give a nice touch to the first person, and a feel that we’re really involved with the game. ALSO! Gates and doors should either be openable/walkable through. I would love it if you could make them have an open/close animation, and in first person mode you should add a fist for equip and when nearing a gate or door it can give you the option/you hit/tap the door and it opens and closes. You should also, as one person said, allow people to combat one another and dance, etc. for a realistic effect with kingdoms and such. I feel you could also expand on new houses and such, especially in smaller categories like western, farm, etc. because while you do have (and add) a large selection of buildings and such, I feel there isn’t enough diversity within each type of house. With first person, I would also suggest a sprint mode, because walking is just oh so slow. Same with riding horses, they should have a running and trotting mode, as humans should have a jog and run. I absolutely love this game, though!! So proud of how much you improve it and how often you better the game for everyone.

Please read!!! Just a little more

Sat Aug 10 2019 Spiffy74916

I love the app- it’s my favorite game I have ever had because your possibilities are endless- I don’t want to sound Under appreciative but I only have a few more things that would make the app the best of the century- the most important one right now is copy, paste, and move- basically large commands- such as make squads- like pick troops to be in squad 1,2,3,4 etc- and you could tell them to all stop - move forward- or go to a curtain point. Copy and paste would be really good especially for making big giant continents. Move would be good- because when I’m building continents, they sometimes get waaaay to close to my other islands- I would love it if I could move it over more- second is more animals- like rhinos- kangaroos- jaguars- etc- but I bet your already working on that-also let animals interact with humans and goblins- such as wolves would kill people but people would try to kill them as well- factions- different people- even if they just had different color clothes that you could choose to fight or to do nothing with- patrols- trace a line to tell them to patrol- and if they see an enemy they attack, plz make castle gates open and close- and maybe archers you can put on the castle walls- enemy’s can make raids- especially on multiplayer- each person can control a faction- thank you so much for considering this and I’ll be looking forward to future updates🙂

Jimmy John Joe

Sun Oct 21 2018 Jimmy John Joes

This is my third time giving this app a review. First off, this game is great. Also it gets updates super quick and usually those updates change the game completely! When the giant were added I was so excited because I wanted to have a army of knights vs a army of giants! When I realised that the Giants don't attack I was very disappointed. And when I found out that they can sit and dance I wondered why the people and goblins couldn't do that! Also I know this there was a recent update that makes the AI smarter, but what really be helpful was if we could make them fight ourselves. Just like the action buttons for the Giants. It would make the view of the characters we chose much wider just like when we want them to collect more resource s they'll look for the closest resource near them. Also another idea is the default generated world. I would LOVE it if you put in different settings for the world we want to create. Such as Day or night or day cycle. And I get kinda sick of having to put land down and hills. What would make this game much more cool if there was a setting that generate a whole random world for us, and not just a big empty world. There really isn't much to add because of how great this game is! I just feel like most of the updates are for the characters or building blocks instead of something that would change the entire game! (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) that's really it! Thanks for making this amazing game!

Not zero stars, really worth everything!

Sun Sep 23 2018 PosendVines

This is the best game in the AppStore, not joke. No adds, lots of fun, and lost to build! I can’t wait for the multiplayer update! I have some recommendations though for the game, such as modern people, not just faiths and elf’s and goblins. To add to the fantasy, there could maybe be werewolves? Or/and vampires? It could add a lot more enjoyment. Could there also be more western themes? And a delete worlds update? It takes me a very long period of time just to find what world I want. Also, maybe there could be uh edit character? Like, change clothes, or change hair, and maybe build your own person? It would be fun if I could make my own goblin. Also, when I’m building, and the make it city level. I’ve place a block and then just please on top of it, making one one block on ground level, then all of them on top. This does not work, please add that does not mater. It makes building quicker. Just a few suggestions. Also,it’s great that you don’t have to always finish quests. I don’t really care if there’s wood and food you have to gather, it’s fun anyway! Overall, THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER! It’s fun and people in comments say it’s just building without a point, welp, I’m ok with that. I’m surprised though that it’s not thought of as stress free. If you use the music, this game is fun AND calming. It’s one of my favorite games. Over hours of fun, if I wanted, it could be YEARS of fun!

Creative and Worth It: Just a Few Thoughts

Wed Feb 14 2018 LocknessMan

The game has great graphics and overall quality of the thought is great also. As I have read a few reviews I think yes there should be different modes and different setting for the game. Ex. Peaceful where it is now, no one gets hurt unless you allow it. Versus, Defensive, where an opposite fore attacks you. Also when you place land it’s hard to worry about placing the rocky siding to make I look more flush. I’ve also had problems with better stairs. Most people are right, the game does need purpose. I like the idea of everything being free and also like the idea of working for things. Another problem is placement. I would love the ability to place characters in towers, boats, wagons, thrones, and many more. The game is also flat and it’s hard to make flush mountain ranges. I’d also be cool to see the characters go into houses. I know this would be hard and a big adjustment, or possibly you guys are working on it now. But the ability to view as a character and play as them. The ability to tilt objects no just from 90 degrees to 90 degrees. But possibly 45 degrees too. Few more things. More elaborate houses and items, but agin you guys are most likely working on that right now. The white brick pathway had no end piece like the other pathways. Finally a train incorporation would be epic. Again this game is so soothing and serene and has little limits. I believe this game is just starting to grow. So keep up the good work!