Pogo.com Reviews

Club Pogo members used to be able to play for free. No longer. To play most of the challenge games for badges, one typically needs to buy (with money) power-ups in order to complete a win.
Electronic Arts has become the Elon Musk of video games. The games are painfully slow-loading; I play on another truly free website while pogo is loading.
This used to be a site where you could connect with people, make friends - no longer. I'm surprised EA hasn't begun charging us for anyone caught making friends with another player.

Date of experience: April 17, 2024

Used to love playing Scrabble and other games 15 years ago. Came back to Pogo and am very disappointed. Scrabble is nearly impossible. I have to "exchange" letters frequently, or pass, because I am mostly given single point letters, and even no vowels at times, while the other player racks up hundreds of points. I actually hate Pogo.

Date of experience: April 04, 2024

This is the most UNFAIR game site on the interview. They let you win a couple of games and then you lose twenty (20) in a row. They dropped my rating in canasta from 1060 all the way down to 940 tonight when I lost one game! The most the rating goes up or down ANYTIME is 10 or 15 points for one win or loss! I have been subscribing to this site for nearly TWENTY (20) years faithfully, that's the appreciation they show you! Do yourself a HUGE favor and go somewhere else to play games. This site has their favorites and if you are not one of them, your ratings will be so low you will be six (6) feet under!! STAY AWAY FROM THESE CROOKS!!

Date of experience: February 20, 2024

Pogo stops you being more than a beginner

Date of experience: April 05, 2024

I recently cancelled my membership and removed my payment information from my account. Pogo reached back into their stored information and reactivated my membership. The bank said that it was legal because I had already given them my information. I don't like POGO. It isn't what it used to be. The games are rigged and very difficult the badges are impossible and there isn't enough time. I had to make my profile private because of all the perverted friend request that I am getting. The chat rooms are highly censored and there is no free speech. If you say anything at all to raise a single hair on anyone's head, you are reported and threatened by POGO with account termination. You have no right to defend yourself or see the evidence against you. It is a very bad platform. Stay Away

Date of experience: December 05, 2023

came back after years and it is really annoying, takes forever to get in a card game, chat does not work, constantly booted disconnected or other players get booted, everything games takes forever to get started, fustrating is putting it mildly. Dont bother really,

Date of experience: November 10, 2022

I love playing Pogo games and earning tokens which I can use to send gifts to Pogo friends or to get clothing and accessories for "mini" me. I play for free, but you can join to earn gems and badges or to avoid ad interruptions.
I don't see any benefit is being a paying member as the tokens, gems and badges have no real value, and you can avoid ad interruptions by downloading an ad blocker.

Date of experience: August 10, 2015

MEMBER FOR 19 YEARS, ALWAYS PLAY CANASTA, AM GOOD PLAYER, TRY TO INCREASE MY RANK SINCE OCTOBER 2022, NO MATTER WHAT RANK PLAYER IS PLAYING, I LOSE.MY RANK WAS 900 WHEN I STARTED, LOSE MOST GAMES AND RANK IS STILL 800-900. TOLD THEM OF THIS AND ASK IF THEY FIX GAMES, IMPOSSIBLE FOR MY RANK NOT TO INCREASE IN 8 MONTHS. DISGUSTED AND AM LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GAMES SITE THAT IS HONEST. WOULD LIKE TO REPORT TO STATE OF MASS. i pay yearly and am entitled to win like everyone. i get bad cars, no bonus cards, not fair.

Date of experience: October 12, 2022

I have been a member of POGO for 20 years, paying my membership yearly and last November of 2022 after renewing my subscription was dropped no reason for it and stole a whole years membership. I resigned up a new subscription and now after 3 months my subscription has been cancelled and the money I pad for a years subscription gone again. They tell you they can do this at any time they want for any reason. This is theft in the first degree and no one gives a damn !

Date of experience: May 10, 2023

I am rating it a 2 because the games are fun. However, if you have any issues at all, forget about any kind of customer service. I've paid to play for years to do away with ads but there is not one single avenue available that will actually resolve any issues you have. I feel so stupid because all of this time I've been paying and never realized that any type of customer service just doesn't exist. They tell you to email and then suggest you go to the Q&A to solve your problems. Wow, Brilliant. I won't be paying anymore that's for sure.

Date of experience: December 22, 2022

The forums are packed with complaints from customers and all are ignored. What used to be a fun site is now purely commercial aimed at very expensive in-game purchases to achieve a badge.
I don't why I still use this site as it's painful to navigate and the fact they lack any credible form of customer service seems to indicate they will not be around for much longer.

Sad really as Pogo Games was truly fun at the beginning. A great loss

Date of experience: September 01, 2022

Been a paying member since 2007. Started out liking it. Since the 'upgrade' its definitely gone downhill. Games that are weekly challenges become unwinnable, unless you have power-ups or gems to buy them. The fun has died. I understand the need for a challenge, but they have made some things impossible. Thanks for being a fun killer, Pogo.

Date of experience: February 22, 2023

I've been a member of Pogo for 18 years and I am definitely done. They've taken all the really great games away - they've done away with the spinner and tokens - all of the graphics are on a Childs level - I'm just not interested anymore and I'm leaving them and getting the remainder of my money back for this current membership. Anyone know of any other good gaming sites that are comparable to what Pogo "used" to be?

Date of experience: January 03, 2021

I've been a member almost since the beginning and looked forward to playing various games on the site whenever I had some free time. Customer service used to be helpful and able to correct problems on the site. But I'm sorry to say. . . "No More!" Games don't work and no one cares. Sorry to be saying Good-Bye, but this has become highly frustrating and no longer fun.

Date of experience: September 17, 2022

Disappointed & unhappy

I've been playing POGO for over 12 years & was a paying member until a year ago. I didn't renew because the games I played (Bridge, Jigsaw Detective, Hangman Hijinks, and Word Whomp Whackdown) were removed.

Subsequently more of my favorites changed to where they were only available with Flash (Dominoes and Monopoly). Furthermore, I haven't be able to play Monopoly for the last 2 days for reasons unknown.

Playing a single game of Word Whomp takes 15 seconds to 2 minutes. Now after each game, I am forced to sit through a commercial that lasts 5 seconds (if I'm lucky) to 1+ minutes, a ratio completely disproportionate to the amount of play. Now you can only play one game unless you sign up to become a paying member of POGO.

Bottom line, I am disappointed and unhappy and am glad I didn't renew my subscription.

Date of experience: July 12, 2020

they used my credit card repeatedly without asking me, charging lots. they then changed my secret code and when i called gave me no help. instead tried to sell me expensive computer help. cheated me pit pf a 3 month subscrition, saying i was not listed after charging my credit card again. they have gone to hell i was a member for almost since they started.

Date of experience: May 04, 2021

if you are looking for a game site that doesn't require in depth knowledge or fancy software then Pogo is a great contender. From card games to word games, puzzles to mysteries the choice is great. There is a daily and weekly challenge for you to pit your wits against and a chat facility if you wish to make friends.

Date of experience: July 13, 2011

I*ve been a paying member since it*s inception. I*m almost 80 yrs old, a widow with lots of time on my hands and Pogo is a real life saver. Or used to be. The change in format was a big mistake on Pogo*s part. I, like millions of other people are living below the government*s idea of a poverty line, so now having to buy all kinds of things to finish a game we were already paying for is too much. And the gentleman is right...Canasta does indeed cheat. Take us back to the old Pogo. You are, and will be, losing valuable subscribers.

Date of experience: September 04, 2023

Terrible, not fun anymore and the customer service isn't any better. I struggled for over an hour to get a refund on a subscription when somehow when I went to link an account to a new email it just created a completely new account... Don't give EA your money, they don't deserve it, and they ruined something that used to be great.

Date of experience: October 27, 2020

I have been a pogo member for years but quit pogo after the last set of major changes for all the reasons others have stated, removal of good games, "upgrading" games to a poorer quality, having to pay for gems to get through games, etc. I missed it so I went back, gave them another chance. Now they have changed another game to the point it is no longer fun to play. They just took money for an automatic renewal and two days later, my list of games I can enjoy has been reduced again. They have also gotten rid of the classic pogo format and changed the new one already so it is really hard to navigate. Bye bye Pogo!

Date of experience: June 17, 2021