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DRAGON BALL Z DOKKAN BATTLE

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Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle remains a highly addictive and visually impressive gacha game, but recent updates and persistent issues with massive storage requirements, poor summoning rates, and account recovery problems are frustrating many long-time players.

4.8★ lifetime (248,989) Free + in-app purchases since 2015 by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. updated 0.3 mo ago recent negative 31% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Storage Size Summoning & Gacha Rates Gameplay & Content Account Issues Technical Bugs & Crashes
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle is a popular gacha game praised for its engaging gameplay, strategic depth, and high-quality animations, appealing to Dragon Ball fans and gacha enthusiasts alike. However, recent reviews highlight significant issues including an excessively large app size, frustratingly low summoning rates for new characters, and difficulties with account data transfer and recovery.

What users like

  • Engaging and strategic gameplay with good animationsR21R22R35R41
  • Long-term appeal with many players enjoying it for yearsR2R7R27R34
  • Satisfying character collection and team buildingR35R43

What users complain about

  • Excessively large app size, often exceeding 20GB, making it difficult to download or keep installedR5R17R19R29
  • Poor summoning rates for new and powerful characters, often requiring significant spending or grinding for no rewardR3R6R10R14
  • Difficulty with account transfer and recovery, leading to loss of progress and purchased itemsR25R50R64R78
  • Recent content and meta are perceived as unfun, too difficult, or lacking innovationR1R10R16R18
  • Game frequently crashes or fails to download necessary data, preventing playR23R32R69R89

Latest update · v6.4.0

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

v6.4.0 - Added an option to skip additional Super Attack animations for certain characters. - Fixed some bugs.

Recurring themes

Storage Size negative
Many users complain about the game's massive file size, often cited as 20-30GB, making it difficult to download, update, or keep installed on mobile devices. This issue is a primary reason for players deleting the game or being unable to play at all.R5R17R19R29
Summoning & Gacha Rates negative
A prevalent complaint is the low pull rates for desirable characters, leading to frustration and perceived unfairness. Players report spending significant amounts of in-game currency (Dragon Stones) or real money without acquiring new or featured units, especially during anniversary events.R3R6R10R14
Account Issues negative
Many users report losing their accounts, characters, or purchased items due to issues with data transfer, linking accounts (especially after Facebook link removal), or unhelpful customer support. This is a significant source of frustration for long-time players.R25R50R64R78
Gameplay & Content mixed
While many praise the game's animations, strategy, and overall fun, a significant number of recent reviews criticize the current meta for being too difficult ('dodge or die'), power creep making older units obsolete, and a perceived lack of new, engaging content.R1R10R16R18
Technical Bugs & Crashes negative
Despite developer notes claiming bug fixes, several recent reviews report issues with the game not downloading data, crashing during tutorials or missions, or freezing, preventing them from playing.R23R32R69R89

Who it's for

This game is for dedicated Dragon Ball fans and gacha game enthusiasts who enjoy strategic team building, high-quality animations, and don't mind a significant time or financial investment R2R21R27. It is NOT for players with limited phone storage, those easily frustrated by low gacha rates, or individuals who expect seamless account transfers and robust customer support R19R29R50R78.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, particularly concerning storage, summoning, and account issues. This contrasts with the high lifetime rating, suggesting a recent decline in user satisfaction or a vocal minority highlighting persistent problems. The developer notes mention 'fixed some bugs' but recent reviews still report crashes and download issues, indicating these fixes may not have addressed all prevalent problems.

Frequently asked

How much storage space does Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle require?
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle requires a significant amount of storage space, with many users reporting it takes up 20-30 GB on their devices, despite the initial app store listing being much smaller R5R17R19R29.
Are the summoning rates fair in Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle?
Many players express dissatisfaction with the summoning rates in Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle, reporting that they often spend hundreds or even thousands of Dragon Stones (the in-game currency) without acquiring new or featured characters, leading to a perception of unfairness and a 'giga shaft' R3R6R10R14.
Can I easily transfer my Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle account to a new device?
Many users report significant difficulties transferring their Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle accounts to new devices, often losing all their progress, characters, and purchased Dragon Stones, especially after the removal of the Facebook linking option R25R50R64R78.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R21] 5/5 · US Best Dragon ball game: Very tactical and great animations, I love the link skill abilities and category system.
  2. [R22] 5/5 · US Goated Game: This game is so fun to play and the special moves characters can do are amazing to watch.
  3. [R35] 5/5 · US Great brain exercise tbh: Love this game and its animations! It requires a lot of strategy and grinding but it feels so rewarding when you get the unit you want, been playing for 11 years and still going, love you geppy and omatsu!
  4. [R41] 5/5 · US Good game: Playing the game is fun, first time I played and know look at me in 2026 playing and the animation keep getting better over time
  5. [R2] 5/5 · US As a veteran of the game: As a veteran of the game I’ve been playing for years I’m currently 18 an turning 19 this week I love this game to the point my videos become viral all bc of yall man I love this game here’s to the 60th anniversary of Dokkan but plss lower yall storage bc I have to keep deleting all my stuff for this game that how much I love this game
  6. [R7] 5/5 · US AlexBrown: love this game lot I watch the dragon ball all way to dragon ball super it was awesome definitely made my day with a happy mood today
  7. [R27] 5/5 · US Dokkan since 2015: Love this game and I been grinding this game for the past 11 years recommend play this game if ur dragon ball fan!🔥
  8. [R34] 5/5 · US Dokkan we need to talk: I love this game with a passion, been playing this game since 2nd anniversary.
  9. [R43] 5/5 · US Classic: For me this game is all time. I’ve been playing since the release of the game with my current account being active since 3rd anniversary. It’s been a long a ride and honestly while there are hiccups sometimes the game only keeps getting better and better. Addictive and very fun gameplay that really gets you thinking about how to build teams based off your favorite characters and sagas. Th
  10. [R5] 3/5 · US Good: Pretty good, not sure why it's 30Gbs but whatever I guess.
  11. [R17] 1/5 · US Fix your game: Why the hell is the game 20 gigabytes if it’s animations on of 2d characters. I would play if you lowered the storage
  12. [R19] 1/5 · US Too much space: I can no longer even download the game because my iPhone doesn’t have enough storage even if I deleted absolutely everything I would still not have enough storage I spent allot of money on this game in the past and it’s so frustrating not being able to play anymore after years knowing I also missed plenty of new realeses and dragon stone rewards that come along with y’all’s new cha
  13. [R29] 1/5 · US Storage: Bro this takes so much damn storage for no reason ,I have 110.5 gb of 128 gb . When I try to download the game it says I don’t have storage or anything stupid excuse, It’s like I can only play this when I buy a new damn phone. I just wanna play and it’s not letting me “due to storage” damn do I have to commit suicide to play?
  14. [R3] 1/5 · US Summon: Horrible summoning
  15. [R6] 1/5 · US You have to be rich.: This is a great game. But the transactions are terrible. If you font have a lot of money you will never get the units needed to progress. All the good units take $400 or more just to get your first one. That’s not even to get the next four to rainbow. I have been playing for years on and off but I am tapped out. Tired of spending money on a game and not reaping the rewards be
  16. [R10] 1/5 · US Garbage release, Horrible Dev: Horrible producer and managed to fumble my favorite character. Coupled with the atrocious banner rates and dog water content. Not pulling a single unit over the course of three banners and then having the nerve to add frontier mode.
  17. [R14] 2/5 · US Downgrade: Even after spending money (250) failing to pull 7 banners units that limited time missions required is a foolhardy way to make players quit. Coupled with weak EZA’s and minuscule amounts of resources to even SA level characters is turning me off from this once loved game. Hope the devs learn to treat players a little better someday, but it’s not this year
  18. [R25] 1/5 · US Doesn’t care for long term customers: Iv been playing the game for about 11 years. Redownloaded the game after having to delete it and redownload it for space. I selected to download the linked data. But after I selected it, I was told my game info was deleted from the device. I sent a request with every little detail needed except for my player id but was declined. I spent 30 minutes filling out
  19. [R50] 3/5 · US Lost Account: Been playing this games since it came out in 2015,moved countries and still playing the game I stopped playing it about a year ago. The Facebook link got eliminated so I re-downloaded it today and could not get my account back,lost hundreds of characters,Hours spent grinding,lost money that I’ve spent on Dragon stones!! All gone just like that!
  20. [R64] 1/5 · US No help: Had everything linked got rid off the game for about 2 months came back for goku and beerus and now everything is gone but some how I’m still logged in the web store but in game I have to start over I email them for help and somehow they can’t prove it even with proof it’s me I’ve played this game for years and now everything’s gone and they won’t help
  21. [R78] 1/5 · US Can’t link: I do not recommend this game. It is fun to play. I played it for eight or 10 years. I got a new phone recently and it will not let me link my account. It tells me that my old account was never linked with my Apple, which is complete trash because I have all the receipts from buying stuff. And the customer support to try to help me get my account back. It’s absolutely nonexistent.
  22. [R1] 1/5 · US Current game meta and difficulty decisions are genuinely unfun and ruining the game: As title says even new units struggle to compete in this dodge or die meta, it’s so fun slowly chipping away at the first few phases of a stage only to get one shot by a normal in the second to last phase because your dedicated dodge units decide to eat as much damage as possible wasting 20-30 minutes of monotony
  23. [R16] 1/5 · US Beast gohan kit: Horrid design
  24. [R18] 1/5 · US New Release is Genuinely Disappointing: The fumble is unreal, Geppy you have consistently disappointed me
  25. [R23] 1/5 · US I can’t play: For some reason I can’t play
  26. [R32] 1/5 · US Game won’t let me play it: This game is not bad but every time I try to play it just doesn’t let me get in the game and I hate it so pls Dragon ball z dokkan pls fix this bug or something
  27. [R69] 1/5 · US Won’t download: The data won’t download my internet is fine fix this!!!!!
  28. [R89] 1/5 · US DO NOT DOWNLOAD: For starters the game is like 30 GB just to download, basically made me delete every app off my phone, all of my pictures which contains my kids baby photos and sentimental text messages just to free up space to download. App crashes every time I’m about to beat a mission, have to grind like crazy for 5 measly dragon stones(mind you summons are 50) so I never get the stones. Game

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store