Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 12:27 pm
Donut County – Puzzle Game Review
Donut County is a Puzzle/Adventure game from Annapurna Games, LLC, first launched in 28th August 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 2,736+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Donut County Stand Out
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
WHERE TRASH IS TREASURE
Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who swallows up his friends and their homes to earn idiotic prizes.
When BK falls into one of his own holes, he’s confronted by his best friend Mira and the residents of Donut County, who are all stuck 999 feet underground… and they demand answers!
THE HOLE KEEPS GROWING
• EXPLORE every character’s home, each with their own unique environment.
• MOVE the hole to swallow up their stuff, growing bigger each time.
• COMBINE objects inside for crazy effects: cook soup, breed bunnies, launch fireworks, and more.
• CATAPULT things back out of the hole. You can use it to solve puzzles…or just destroy stuff.
• DEVOUR everything. The hole won’t stop until the whole county is all gone.
Donut County was created by Ben Esposito, designer on What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan. It is the result of six years of solo development, dozens of donuts (for research), and one fateful encounter with a raccoon.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Donut County is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th December 2018
Recent improvements include:
Named 2018 iPhone Game of the Year by the Apple App Store team!
Thank you for playing Donut County.
This version includes additional language support, support for newer iOS devices, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Donut County is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Literally the cutest iPhone game ive ever played, storyline was 10/10. Very much loved every second and was worth every penny.
Raccoon raccoon raccoon good game.
Donut County made a rather simple base gameplay experience but combined it with a GREAT story, and added many other cool features and mechanics. As always, Annapurna delivers another great game.
This is the best game we have ever played it is so fun we wish there was more though.
PLEASE THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAME PLEASE LIKE MAKE MORE BECAUSE ITS LIKE SO RELAXING LIKE JUST MAKE STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT PLEASS DOesent have to have to be a hole!!,,,,,.
This game has so much graphics and the art is just so good and the characters are really cute this game actually helps us calm down but 5$ maybe not the price but this is so cool.
No ads, no WiFi needed, just pure fun! Its awesome highly recommended. It is so worth the price, its our childhood game.
Thanks Ben we love your game so much we beat it like 19 times but Helens part of the story is 6/10 but we still love it cant believe people are saying your game is trash BEN AND OTHER CREATORS we LOVE THIS GAME we like the secret ending but when pup comes in the hole is made us cry because of how happy it was by the way salt and bk have the same chapter talk title and we we STILL LOVE It doughnut county after math is makes us sad that jellybean has to sell the roster so tk is weird but MEAN by the way the game is worth way more then 5 dollars here is a song a made doughnut county is the best we love the art and the rest trash king is funny end of song just kidding bear claw aint like honey chef wish is soup didnt bring DETH bk is pretty odd but it all works at in the end Mira is funny the rat thinks the world is flat peeper is weird salt is funny he HE so Ben Espinoza please THANK ME.
Cute game, lot of fun and not too difficult but challenging enough. We found this game via a TikTok recommendation for cozy mobile games. The art is very cute and the premise simple. Be a hole. We were not expecting story but it really won us over. Worth the money to support small indie games.
Donut County is AMAZING! Even our older cousin loves this game keep it up.
Took maybe just a little less than two hours to finish the game. But it is really relaxing and fun game. Worth every penny.
WOW this is the best game ever made and played! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! Im so happy! We love love love this game!THIS IS A MUST BUY PERSON.
Okay we know this game was released back in 2018 and its 2024 now.. But thats not the case! We decided to download this game and try it because we saw videos of people playing it on YouTube and it looked pretty cool, we started playing the game ourselves and it was really FUN! We love the plot of the story in this game the character design is so unique and really cool! Honestly you might be thinking really 4.99 for this game!? But its worth it. If youre looking for a fun, exciting, and Awesome, game to play this is definitely the game for you.
We started playing the game when it came out and stopped and didnt play it for years but finished it in 2024! Sad to see it go to say the least.
We have been playing donut country in airplane rides and long car rides and its amazing! The characters are cute and amazing. We really love this game and we keep playing it every single day! We have completed the whole game before and we love the ending! This is so good! Love: Sophie the corgi fan.
This game is simple but so fun, most games on the AppStore are weird and boring but this game is so fun to play whenever.
A very charming game with a quirky storytelling and rather simplistic gameplay. It is true that it could be completed in single digit hours. We see that a lot of reviewers from back 2018 complained about the price of the game. Lo, behold how times have changed. This game is perfect value for five bucks. Nowadays its rather difficult to find a game in this genre which does not have some type of monetizing scheme or is charged less. On the other hand its not a must play. Figure it out for yourself but we are sure you wont be regretting paying for it full price.
We found this game yesterday and we bought it and beat the game BUT PLS DOWNLOAD.
This game is a HOLE story of fun. We downloaded this game today and Ive already beat the whole game! This game is super cute and the graphics are so good. Ive never crashed or lagged in this game! It is also short and sweet. The parts where people are chatting (like when BK and Mira talk at the beginning) are super cute! We also love how you can trick the person by sending a duck emoji too and sometimes they start sending duck emojis back! Would definitely recommend this game! :) Keep up the good work, Annapurna Interactive.
This was our favorite game of all time we were soooooooooo sad when it ended we recommend getting the game.
This game is one of the best games we have ever played. We have enjoyed playing the fun puzzle and funny humor. This game should be rated 5 stars, and we recommend it to anyone who enjoys games. It is totally worth the money.
So we love this game a lot. But we cant get past one of the levels. Idk how to get past the pond without the hole filling up with water and Im not able to swallow anything pls fix. Great game tho.
We really enjoyed the game but it needs more levels and harder puzzles. We dont think its worth the $5. We think in the end you should be able to go around the town and do mini games or something.overall its really fun and it looks good.
The main complaint from most people (including us) would be that the game is pretty short. Its short enough that you can easily finish it in one sitting. However Ive chosen to buy this twice, and we dont think the $5 price tag is asking too much. The story is cute and funny, visuals and music are very nice and we love the concept. Im a huge Katamari Damacy fan, and this is basically the reverse so theres so much to love. We really hope this developer makes another game like this, its an incredibly relaxing, fun game.
We honestly loved this game. You could tell the person that made it put a lot of effort into it. The game may be short but it is of great quality. The gameplay easy and the puzzles somewhat simple but still requiring brainpower to figure out. The story was cute and funny. The levels arent repetitive because of the simple puzzles you need to figure out. We didnt have a single level we got stuck on and all the game physics related to the hole worked well. It is a fair price for this great quality game.
Played through this game expecting greatness, and received it. Although short, the unique art style and physics-based puzzles combine to form a very memorable experience. For a game on the App Store, this is truly incredible. If youre considering buying the game, give it a try! Have a garbage day~.
One of our all time favorite games.
So fun, unique and challenging! Its a funny puzzle. Worth buying for you and kids too.
We struggle with severe anxiety, and we find this game to completely distract us from our thoughts while still stimulating our critical thinking and imagination. We love the everything about this game! There is a creative storyline, beautiful backgrounds, and a nice puzzle element that gives a bit of a challenge. The game is totally worth it!! Bonus points for the soundtrack, very relaxing.
Hi! We have been doing some deliveries and some of the sounds are missing, Like when we swallow something or complete a delivery. Hopefully you can make sure all of the sounds run correctly. Sincerely, BK.
We have played this game over and over again and we love it.
We love your game, and Ive played it dozens of times. Please make another chapter or a sequel (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!). Maybe Trash King comes down from the Racoon Balloon and makes like 100,000,000 more holes then Donut County is in shambles 999 feet in earth. Then Potter, who went in the hot air balloon, (Its their turn now!) will be the main character of a level.
Donut county is a fun puzzle game and the sticker pack is cool.
We got donut county because it looked like a cool game. Im not disappointed, it was an amazing game where you really had to use your mind. It is a bit short, and theres not much to do after you beat the game. Still, 5 stars.
We just finished this game. Its so good, but now that its over, we feel so empty, like theres a hole in our heart.
Its the best game thats all we can say.
Hey guys we love your game!!! We know this game was made a while ago but maybe you could make a sequel or like bonus levels!!! If you guys could take time off of yalls big schedule to read this that would be awesome.
This game is amazing and fun. We love the storyline too. We love raccoons and BK makes our day. If you want a fun game this is the game for you. Most of us have been a hole in hole.io, but this game takes it to a whole new level. BEST GAME EVER.
Its a lil short but cute, funny and it has really really cute stickers its really really really really really really really fun.
2 years and you still havent elongated the game! We were so happy playing it and obsessing over growing our hole and now its $5 for 3 hours.
When we first got it we thought it would be kinda bad cuz the games pretty short and all BUT the music sound the best! Ben did something right making and is an awesome musician and game maker . So we give you a five star rating.
We think it was free and we like this game.
Its a fun game super fun we completed this entire game in 5 sittings.
Donut county is one of the best games Ive played and probably the most its addicting gameplay can keep you playing this game for hours on end with good music which is one of our favorites right next to terraria and with characters with good dialog making the characters way more better all though theyre is bugs it is still amazing.
This game is pretty cool. You eat stiff as a hole but its very short. We beat it in under 9 hours. And now we are just speedrunning the game at under 1 hour. We would like new characters and more levels. Please add more levels.
The oddly satisfying hole is a great way to chill and relax if theres nothing to do. You made a mobile masterpiece! Keep it up.
This game is one of our favorite mobile games of all time if you have it GET THE GAME also it has an amazing soundtrack GET IT.
O O O O O O O O O O O Ooooooo O O O D game we mean goooooooooooooood game This game is our dream game Yes dream game.
The game is sooooo wonderful. We love it so much that we keep playing it again. But it needs a update like a part 2 of the game we know it will take long but its worth waiting for. And the music is just like bk squad and donut rush and so much more .our favorite game donut county.
We are not one who normally plays a game over no matter how short it is, but this game caught our interest to the point where we played it at least 3 times over. All in all its a great game and you should get it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.0
- Size: 335.81 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Annapurna Games, LLC]()
Last updated: 5th December 2018 | Genre: Puzzle, Adventure | Developer: Annapurna Games, LLC