My Party Is Grinding won’t start, won’t connect, or says you’re banned
Coded from the 11 negative reviews among the 17 most recent Steam reviews, pulled 2026-08-27. Every row carries a source type. We have no official confirmation for anything marked “player report”, and we say so rather than guessing.
Reported symptoms
| Symptom | Source type | Where reported | Date | What we can say |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Server connection unstable” — the client never reaches the menu | Player report | Japanese review | 2026-08-27 | The game requires an internet connection: the store page states progress, items and currencies are all issued and verified server-side. |
| “You are banned” screen on a brand-new install | Player report | German review | 2026-08-27 | We could not reproduce this and found no official statement about it. |
| Boss is invisible during the fight; chests will not open | Player report · not reproduced | Russian review | 2026-08-27 | We could not reproduce this. |
| Kills give no gold, no XP and no drops | Official (store page) | Chinese and Traditional Chinese reviews | 2026-08-27 | Working as designed. Rewards settle when the stage is cleared, not per kill. |
| Cannot drop back to an earlier stage to idle-farm | Player report · design | 2 Chinese reviews | 2026-08-27 | Auto-challenge farms your current stage on repeat, per the store page. No documented way to step back. |
| No auto-advance to the next stage | Player report · design | Chinese review | 2026-08-27 | Not documented either way. |
Category counts across those 11 reviews: design/mechanics 4, “copy of Task Bar Hero” 3, technical 3, UI 1, no specific reason 2. A review may carry more than one label.
Before you file a report
It is an always-online game
The store page states progress, items and currencies are issued and verified server-side, and that an internet connection is required. Offline play is not supported.
Offline catch-up is not offline play
You keep earning gold and XP while the game is closed, capped at 8 hours per the store page. That is a different thing from playing without a connection.
No gold or XP from kills is intended
Rewards settle on stage clear, not per kill. This is the single most common misread in the launch-day reviews.
Where to report
Support email idlemaster.help@gmail.com, or the official Discord (1,903 members, 1,251 online when we checked on 2026-08-27).
Still stuck on progression rather than a fault?
If the game runs but you cannot get past an act, that is a different problem — and a very common one. Only 0.2% of players worldwide hold the Act 2 clear achievement. See the stage completion rates →
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