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From Zero to Hero: Cityman App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Not okayLiars.Version: 1.7.2
✓ Sets you up for failureThis game sets you up a failure. It’s like they made to game for you not not win. Your expense are always higher than your income. Only was to stay ahead is to go to the casino and hope you win. Or constantly do stocks. Every tier you make more money but to get the better you have to spend money in things like better food or house. Which then makes the better paying job you want actually turn into you having a negative. Even at the highest job per tier you are still are in the negative. Their are 7 job tiers each new tier you take a pay cut to get to a better job. I’m in tier 5 there are only 7 tiers and I’m in negative 2 thousand every month. You only make money at the very beginning at the low jobs. After that your gonna be negative for a long time. They don’t even give you a chance to even get to the positive when you are at the top job of each tier Before going to the next tier..Version: 1.5.1
✓ Don’t waste your time and nerves until this game is fixed.So I’ve noticed two things: 1. You are a whiny child. You want an apartment. You want a *nicer* apartment. You want a wife. You want a kid. You want another kid. You want to go back to school, Etc. I know the game is pushing you to progress, but seriously tone it the heck down. It wouldn’t be a real problem if it didn’t affect your happiness by SIX PERCENT PER MONTH! And with the happiness solutions becoming even less effective as time goes on, it makes the game unenjoyable coupled with the reason below. 2. It’s next to impossible to progress. After leaving your “dirty” job as a restaurant owner, kiss any and all hopes of saving up goodbye. Later on, you literally do not break even for AT LEAST a year and a half between office Deputy and the next profitable job, and that’s just where I failed last. You can watch ads for money but they’re limited and only go so far. This needs fixing before this game is even playable long-term again..Version: 1.3.19
✓ Can’t win without using real moneyI see all these other great reviews and wonder if I even got the same game? It’s not even possible to move further in the game without using real money. This game is a scam that draws you in and makes you need to pay to continue. I thought I was doing something wrong but no matter what eventually it comes to a point where the income is less then what your expenses are. Simple solution for the user would be to drop some expenses or increase income. But it just can’t happen. If you drop expenses you lose your job and have to completely restart the game because you will then run out of money. And you can’t increase your income without increasing expenses. The concept for this game had me really excited but the execution of the game was horrible. I think the biggest problem I had overall was not even how the game wasn’t possible to win without paying money, but the fact that if you do pay money it costs $8 (real money) to increase skill in stocks. $4 (real money) to buy a car that the character can only use until a certain point. And a lot more high rates with terrible returns. It’s a major scam ran by the company. They have a wonderful concept though so I hope they fix the game..Version: 1.2.3
✓ Bad gameIt’s a so bad game, you waste all the time watching adds.Version: 1.7.2
✓ Challenging, but requires P2WPay to win seems to be the only option in this game once you reach in the harder end of the game. I would be getting alerts at age 40 to spend the unnecessary money to invest in upgrades that I didn’t need. The micro transactions do NOT help, as they don’t help carry over to a new game. So if you’ve spent $10 on the stock booster, it WILL NOT, carry over..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Horrible.If I could give this game 0 stars on principal, I would. It’s alright to play, sometimes a bit drawn out with needed to either pay for real money or watch lots of adverts (pretty normal these days). However, I think it’s ridiculous in this day and age to only be able to play as a male character. How difficult would it be to slot a female character in and talk about supporting your family rather than the male supporting the wife and children? Also, whoever decided that an acceptable way for the game to end is for someone to commit suicide due to money problems should re-evaluate what they’re promoting to society..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Stupid gameTakes forever to build your person up and so easy to loose everything! Almost impossible after you’ve lost everything to build yourself up again. Stocks are stupid. Will be deleting this app.Version: 1.2.6
✓ Can’t get aheadI had to cut this game out of my life for being so toxic 😂 it’s deliberately designed so that every time you move into the next job tier, you will lose income and go into negative spending. This is fine. It requires you to do some saving/investing/gambling and thinking ahead so that you can get your school/training out of the way early and also live off of savings while you gain your 3 mos experience in each new job. I got the furthest I ever have on my very last play-through when then expenses finally became too much. I had over $100,000 saved but then the expenses for the next tier and negative paycheck dropped me down to broke while requiring $89,000 in savings to start a business. I had no way to make money thanks to my mistress and my expensive tastes, other than gambling... which was just too much for me. Gambled my way up from $4,000 to $50,000 and then couldn’t seem to get ahead. Decided the game wasn’t worth the stress. Sorry! Not fun anymore..Version: 1.2.12
✓ Need more of a chanceNo matter what job you take there will be an upgrade that sets you back on monthly income making it greatly difficult to stay on top monthly income needs a change and job income needs a change time to call the union 😂 have to watch so many ads just to afford some things I’m not paying to win lol otherwise it would be a good game to play.Version: 1.2.12
✓ Super de bon jeux mais ...Le jeux est super mais bon il est fait pour que l’on perdre j’ai jouer plus de 60 personne au total et je me suis jamais rendu très loin la seul façon dont j’ai réussi a aller plus loin c’est soit de regarder beaucoup de pub! Je dit bien beaucoup parce même avec 30 d’écouter j’ai quand même échouer! Et l’autre manière est de payer avec de la vrais argent plusieurs vont dit que c’est un (pay to win) et je l’accord ce les!!.Version: 1.2.12
✓ ImpossibleOnce I saw this game in the App Store, I found it an amazing idea and a really interesting way to pass my time - I was wrong. Once I began reaching higher paying jobs, my expenditure became greater than my income because the game forces me into that situation leading to me trying to keep my character at his feet watching ads... complete waste of time. No need for the family as in real life that is a personal choice and no job will require so. In addition, my character making himself saddened by not having certain things makes it impossible to carry on as it just makes my expenditure hugely overwhelming for my income....Version: 1.2.7
✓ Purchase not received.I paid for 90k coins. Was charged but did not receive. I then did the 10k pack and received this. Have tried restoring purchase but still nothing.Version: 1.2.12
✓ Below par but with potentialAwfully balanced; impossible to progress without constantly watching ads or spending money. Almost always running negative income which becomes increasingly frustrating. Needs a lot of tweaking to be playable. I guess that’s what the developers are aiming for - getting people so frustrated that they spend money. Needless to say, I’m not going to do that and am about to delete this pointless waste of time app..Version: 1.2.11
✓ ImpossibleI got to the vending business only. It took me nearly 5 try’s and about 20hours with ads to find out it is physically impossible to beat the game without paying. My final strategy involved getting education to business lvl. 3 while collecting up as much money before I got -x6 happiness, because after that if you can’t solve it you lose. I collected up nearly 33k before I head to enter the long stretch. The long stretch is a period in the game where the player gets no money. Everything went well and I got the pickup, but then you had to start saving up for business your first business at 7k while no money. Nearly lost it, but the nail in the coffin was me unable to save up nearly 64k through ads before the game gave me -x12 happiness. Now early I could not collect more money as to many happiness debuffs lose you the game. TLR- I spent 16hours on the game, to find out its impossible..Version: 1.4.33
✓ Initially fun but rapidly gets dullThe first couple of days playing this is really fun. Much more enjoyable than the pointless tapping games and does require an element of strategy. However once you’re a bit further into the game it becomes virtually impossible to play without spending a lot of money. The requirement to save up hundreds of thousands of dollars whilst also being forced to live a lifestyle that costs more than your salary means you must gamble incessantly (which gets boring) or spend money. Shame, because the concept is great..Version: 1.1.3
✓ Good but no cigarIt’s a great game to begin with and is really quite fun. Even if you have to watch some ads etc however once you get to the half way mark it is near importable to progress. This is due to your outgoing being higher than your income until you reach the highest job in each branch. Even then it is only by $100 or so. Really a shame there isn’t a free way to progress that is obviously much slower than using micro transactions. Great game at first but impossible past a certain point..Version: 1.3.4
✓ AnnoyedTo add to the person who reviewed with the title ‘rigged’, you can watch ads to gain extra money which is all good for a while. You then think that you get ahead a little and you do, until like he said, you move into the next job category and your money starts to dwindle with no real way to get on top of your expenses. Then when you finally do and you reach the next job bracket again, it’s the same pattern. Now, with the watching ads strategy to gain extra money, and although it is handy, I have noticed that majority of the time they are playing only Apple Music ads which they do not pay up for. Especially when you’re doing it tough with your money, which results in you losing pretty well everything you have. I’m honestly so angry with this game right now..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Good start then just terrible!!I really enjoyed the start of this game and was looking forward to progressing in the game and it’s contents until like other reviews I’ve seen when you get to the exciting part bigger jobs etc your income is always less than your outcome which just basically drains your money makes your being unhappy you shouldn’t have to spend real money £€$ just to enjoy the game I hate that either fix/update or it will be forgotten about and someone else will make a better game.Version: 1.4.23
✓ Great idea, bad implementationI love the idea and it’s amazing, but it reaches a point where you can’t progress unless you use real money. I’ve tried several times because I thought it was something that I must have done wrong, but always at the beginning of the IT work thing the expenses are higher than the income, and the character wants things that he can’t have at the moment so he becomes unhappy, looses his job, becomes depressed (while I try to get him back where he was before) and hangs himself. At the same time, they (the developers) force you to pay to continue, as they make you run out of money without providing you the option of watching videos to get money. I just deleted the game because it’s unplayable this way. I’m tired of hopelessly trying to play this, because I would love to. If they could just change this do that this could be played without being forced to pay to continue the storyline. Just then I would download it again, and I’m pretty sure everyone who has tried it would agree that it would make it a great game.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Good idea but unless you are willing to pay $100Great game idea, however you must pay to win. I spent 8+ hours on this game. Many time in this game you must either pay real money or watch no joke 100 ads to move on to the next part. The game is based on in game money and time. However in order to get money you need a better job and schooling. About half way through the game, Even after having schooling maxed out, I could not get a job that paid more than the mandatory requirements to get the job. The only answer is pay real money to win and I will not support a game like that. If you want to charge people game do a one time cost up front but don’t make it free to play yet unplayable unless you are constantly give real money. After all what is the point of a game where you pay $100 to get a million in game credits and then have nothing to do or worst have to pay another $100 not to lose your progress.Version: 1.2.12
✓ Good concept but needs more workWould be easier to know how long you’ve been in a job for and then a balance sheet.Version: 1.3.19
✓ Huge mistakeGame is purely impossible I hope no one has bothered to spend money on it because even then it would be impossible. I think they made a mistake cause even real world life isn't that hard even starting from nothing there's more chance to advance in careers. Good premise for game though and would play if they fix the difficulty..Version: 1.0.3
✓ This is the worst gameThe game is the worst because of how easy it is to die it is so intense that u have to play every 2nd hour just in case something goes wrong and by the age of 30 u have the worst luck and are basically died all ready very poorly thought and it wastes kids money because they trie to buy money to keep themselves alive and end up die ing this makes kids rage and is technically scamming them so consider this idea so u don’t waste your money on this rigged game.Version: 1.3.5
✓ Decent concept, poor executionI enjoyed the game at first, but it soon became impossible to play without either spending money or steadily streaming ads to earn the in-game currency and advance. I was hoping to find a point at which my monthly income was greater than my expenses, but by the time I needed to save 130k for a new sports car and begin my next career, I was still making thousands less each month than I was forced to spend. The casino and stock market mini games are supposed to help with this difference, but they are too random to rely on and often leave you out of money altogether (or maybe gambling just isn’t for me). Standing ~100k short of the sports car, I decided that the number of ads necessary to reach that point was ridiculous and made the decision to quit. It’s a shame, because I was honestly addicted to the game for the first few days that I had it..Version: 1.4.41
✓ Great idea but flawed execution - #pay2winThis is a great idea for a game and for the best part of 2 days I was quite enjoying it, however as you progress throughout the game you feel that the game is against you. Your expenditures are always far greater than your income, you either have to gamble to keep up with the upkeep, or you have to pay to get additional cash. You get to a point where you’re the highest position of a certain category of job and then you head to a new category and your pay cut is huge, which in turns makes it even more difficult to maintain the upkeep of your ostentatious lifestyle. Huge mistake in creating a game where the developers try to shove micro transactions down your throat. When I see a game do that, the only thing I do is press delete and move on to the next game..Version: 1.1.3
✓ Could use improvementIt’s well built and addicting. but it’s the same story line every time with the same person and the same goals. Switch it up a bit add new characters give them different goals. Maybe even add some diversity to the mix, the wife could contribute to the salary or maybe there is no wife?? And the character is homosexual?? Haha.. jkjk... unless?? Basically my point is we’re not all the same and we all have different goals, we aren’t all homeless and we aren’t all aiming to be the president is all I’m saying. Spice things up a bit, make it more interesting!! 👍hope I will see an update soon!!.Version: 1.3.19
✓ Don’t plan to finish unless you want to paySeems like a fantastic concept, but I’ve played it twice over and ran outta money (aka lost the game) because the jobs have these pointless requirements of needing children to be promoted, or need a specific house that costs a hell lot of money to get a job. Really just wanting to get your money. Great idea, but PLEASE MAKE IT DOABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY BUCKETS OF MONEY!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Seems like a good idea, but more of a period scheme.You have to pay to win, it just isn’t possible to get past certain levels without paying more. I don’t like the user friendliness of the game, too many button pushing. You have to exit the health and happiness and not directly click into it. Seems a little amateur for me, would be better off revising the game strategy and outlay of options delivered..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Just for the coinsJust doing this for the coins..Version: 1.8.2
✓ PointlessI like these types of games, and found the start really great. But to get further along you end up having alot more expenses than the amount you earn. Why can’t i decide my marital status and places i live. I dont see why anyone would want to start a new career if you won’t even be able to afford to live. I had to watch video after video just to keep my money up, or hope to win in stocks and at the casino. Oh and i should get to decide when i want a car upgrade as in real life i wouldn’t continuously get a new car unless i actually had the money, and this game you dont have the money to do that or become rich.Version: 1.2.1
✓ 🚨something has to change🚨Don’t get me wrong the game is fun and helps create a wider example of what things you have to pay for as an adult. My only problem is the game only gives you the option of a male character. I feel whether the maker meant it or not the game is very sexist, woman can be presidents woman can be billionaires woman can! I feel if the game had the option of a woman character the game wouldn’t only be encouraging men but woman/girls too they would be telling people that men and woman are equal and that as well has having business men you can also have business woman. -15 yr business woman.Version: 1.2.9
✓ It’s OKStill a bit confusing. You have too constantly be on the game too level up and not lose anything.Version: 1.3.5
✓ Micro transactions are the devil!!!!!!This game has the potential to be really fun. HOWEVER this was obviously made to farm customers for money. The game is built so that you have to use your own money to buy in game currency or watch literally hundreds of ads for currency to win the game. The purpose of the game is to become president by meeting educational and professional goals. To get better jobs, you have to upgrade your character with better clothes, cars, apartments, etc. Each of these cost more money per month. This means that most of time, your character is losing money each month. There are options to win money at the casino or the stock market, but, as in real life, it’s rigged so that you lose more money than you gain. Half the time the stock market will actually start going down literally the second you buy stock. This game is just one big example of everything that is wrong with mobile gaming today. Don’t buy unless you want to waste your life watching ads or you’re a millionaire who has a few hundred dollars to throw away..Version: 1.2.12
✓ Good game but wish you could speed up timeJust a little bit, maybe if they had a slow/normal/fast mode where you could speed up the days that would be great. This game takes forever to play!! The trick is to save up your money while you have a good high paying job so that when/if you switch careers and take a lower paying job you don’t run out of money. Establishing a good amount of savings will carry you through the times when you’re budget has a deficit - kind of like in real life! This is where the “speed up” setting would be extremely helpful since you’re not making any changes in the game for 5 or 6 months at a time and you can’t close the game to do anything else on your phone because then time stops. This game is super time consuming but the gameplay is great..Version: 1.2.9
✓ Needs a lot of improvementFirstly, I didn’t like that in order to move up on the career ladder you have to spend a lot of money to get into lower paying portions. Secondly, why does it require me to have a wife for certain jobs? That’s pretty unrealistic. Thirdly, and most annoyingly, I have enough money for everything, yet a pop up keeps popping up saying I’ve run out of money and either need to buy money from the store or watch an ad. I’ve watched about 6 or so ads now, but it still pops up. It’s really annoying and prevents me from playing the game..Version: 1.2.6
✓ Do not waste your time!The idea behind this app is great and it could be very enjoyable to play and watch your character progress through life... but it is impossible to play without spending real $$. Every time your character progresses to a new career, he takes a pay cut, meaning that your monthly expenses are $thousands more than your monthly salary. There is a way to earn extra cash and that is through watching adverts, however, watching the same adverts over and over again just to progress through the game is extremely boring. There is also a period after watching an advert that you are not allowed to watch another one, meanwhile your character is spending way more money than he earns. The only way you can progress through the game is by using real money to purchase either money in the game or add-ons such as education packs. Overall, do not waste your time on this game!.Version: 1.3.7
✓ Good idea, but hard to playSo at the beginning of the game, it’s relatively easy, and it seems the whole point of the game is to slowly move up in your career. To do this you have to have a certain car, house, clothes, etc to take on new jobs. I expect the game to get increasingly difficult, but after having to go through the game 4 times, where my character died each time before, I finally got the business section but I’ve decided its next to impossible to advance further than that. Once you have higher jobs, you have almost no extra money coming in. You could have 4K in expense but you could only be making 3K and you’re supposed to move onto the next job, but can’t because there’s no way to keep increasing when you aren’t at least breaking even. Again, the idea of the game is great, but the only way I’ve found that you can kind of make it through the first half of the game is where you sit at the most profitable job at the beginning and keep saving your money for literal years of the game, and then continuing. Otherwise you can’t afford your expenses, and you ultimately lose..Version: 1.2.1
✓ P.O.PGame isn’t bad but my job progress has stopped all of a sudden so I can’t move on to the next pay grade.Version: 1.5.2
✓ It’s a scamLike all the other reviews are saying, this game starts out relatively easy and fun but becomes nearly impossible at a certain point because you have to spend more money than you make. (I’d say when you become restaurant director is when it all goes downhill.) And it’s not like you have a choice in your car, house, clothes, etc. You need to have a certain option in order to meet the requirements for a job so you can progress. I did the math, realized that it was set up that I actually lose even more money with each new job, and thought about staying in a profitable job for a long while and waiting for daily coin bonuses but that doesn’t sound like much fun. (It’s either that, or spend real money.) Don’t give in and spend your money on a boost. Not worth it..Version: 1.7.0
✓ Gambling not life simulationSeems like you basically have to gamble at the casino / trade stocks to make extra money to be able to afford to progress your character. So seems like more of a gambling game than a life simulation to me.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Unrealistically difficultMuch like the other low reviews, I will note that the game seems designed to push you to spend real money because of the unrealistic setup. Th main character is ambitious to the point of pushing the player into getting the most expensive option they can, often pushing the monthly expenses beyond the income level. The only real way to earn enough money to reach the highest levels is to play the stock markets or in the casino, both of which are essentially luck based unless you spend real money to increase the invisible “skill” associated with each. But what I really found that I loathed is that once the main character hits 60 his health tanks in unrealistic amounts each month. As in you lose 40-50 health each month from 60 on. Which is not realistic - people do not suddenly become decrepit upon reaching seniority. The only way to fix this is to get a 5k coin surgery each month, but if you’re in the casino or the stock exchange a window will pop up complaining about being a living corpse and can result in lost bets. The idea of this game is very fun, but it seems like a get rich quick scheme for the developers more than an actual idle strategy game. I do not recommend downloading it..Version: 1.2.3
✓ Good game but needs improvementSo far the game has been great. I like the game playas well and real life concepts. The only reason im not giving this game 5 stars is due to the employment structure. As you move into higher levels of work the game typically starts you off at a higher salary making putting you in a financial deficit when it comes to your expense to income ratio. It would be awesome and truly a 5 star game is this was fixed. Hard and strategic work should be rewarded as you level up, not the opposite. If you finish the tier in one employment bracket where your making 3k a mo, your next bracket should be the same or higher instead of lowering your income to $26k just to work back up to where you were previously making it hard to survive the game. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏽.Version: 1.7.1
✓ To many draw back and nothing that’s actually good in this game that make you want to playThis game has a limit on every single job that you can got to a certain job until you have done every single other job I mean really if someone want to be a lawyer they don’t work 90 job have a good house and car they study and dress well for and interviews it’s stupid that to work as a promoter then a courier and 3 or 4 other jobs to be a taxi driver. Seriously and why do you require a private jet to be the president. Like for real hire a plane when you need to go some where this game has tones of stupid features instead of adding those time would have been better off add buying business and running heaps of companies or houses you can buy and rent out. And how the hell can a child go to a casino but not buy stocks, that’s just stupid not so much the stocks part but a 15 year old is allowed in a casino I mean really what casino let Children gamble. Over all this game has to many draw back and no real features, that anything to the game, your basically doing every thing as the game lets you and there no alternative starts and last of all how does this game have 4.7 stars I mean really..Version: 1.4.39
✓ Game is so dumb and unrealisticWhat kind of person in real life has a job as an accountant yet is relying on the stock market and casino to return a minimum profit each month?! Each time you get promoted into another business it’s a race to the top position to avoid getting bankrupt. The price of in-app purchases are also wayyyy too high for such a meaningless and limiting game. People rate it 5 stars just so they can get $2k at the start of the game..Version: 1.4.23
✓ Please read!This game has a wonderful concept and could be amazing. Could be. First I would like to say that there are no glitches and the number of ads is entirely reasonable. However, I have some issues. 1) It’s too hard. You need 6k and $300 a month to buy a car so that you can make an extra $200 or so. The developers say that if you can gamble right, or play the stock market correctly then you can make enough money and keep leveling up no problem. This is simply not true. To be honest you would be better off with no job, no education, and just gambling and playing the stock market. 2) You have to play as a man. There is no option to play as a women. I know this may seem small, but to me I think small minded is a better term. You have to play as a man and you have no choice. And any talk about women in this game is always them hooking up with someone. Further to the point, there’s no option about which gender you date. This is less serious than the problem with women’s portrayal, but still. I would like for there to be more of an option regarding gender. Of both the player and partner. I have only played two lives, so maybe as you play more you can play as a woman, but this is what I’ve found so far..Version: 1.7.1
✓ Impossibility renders this game rubbishAt first it’s fun but soon into the game you can’t advance because your outgoings become more than your incoming due to needing certain status to progress to better jobs. You have to watch millions of adverts to progress to the end I’ve watched over 600 adverts and still not past half way. This game is impossible and soon enough is no longer enjoyable. You can’t progress without spending a minimum of £500 of real GBP Sterling or watching a few million adverts. It’s crap and as I say I had already had to sit clicking over 600 adverts to get to where I am and now I can’t be bothered with the game as it becomes impossible and you loose everything if you don’t spend real money or watch hundreds of adverts. The game would have been one of the best on the market if you could actually play it normally without watching millions of adverts or spending hundreds of real British pounds to progress. Zero stars would be my rate if I could give that..Version: 1.2.12
✓ VERY difficultI have repeated this game several times and every time I have failed I find this game way to hard. U have to watch a ton a adds just to be a tiny bit ahead but the money problems come back very quickly and u die because of depression or become homeless. I personally would not recommend it. WAY to difficult.Version: 1.2.4
✓ Good idea... bad logistics!Games basically another pay to play game we’re you get so far and then have to spend in order to progress as the stock market is that loopy it’s impossible to make millions from it. You don’t actually earn any profit from working as your expenditure when you get so far is always higher than your income due to things you need for the next job, not to mention the waiting for the next job we’re your stuck in the minus expenditure... Progressing to own businesses you need capital to get it you need to gamble... never works in your favour! And as soon as you get to a certain age your character wants certain things if you don’t get them you get hit with a x2 unhappy rating and eventually are spending even more money to keep yourself alive and happy that you haven’t gotten to begin with... which asked you for more money to revive you unless you have to start again! Vicious cycle and not willing to pay to play!!!.Version: 1.1.3
✓ Too many ads and riggedFinally got to a point when I had over 200k spare cash but had to watch over 70 million ads. I was still earning negative though. On top of that, I somehow stopped receiving casino winnings (bet 10k - won 70k and got nothing. Bet 25k and won 225k and still got nothing) absolute garbage. There’s no way to finish this game without spending real $$$. Don’t bother downloading this app if you’re not prepared to pay..Version: 1.7.6
✓ HorribleI made progress and did some in app purchases. But suddenly the guy went back to zero and all purchases and game history gone. Absolute cheating..Version: 1.2.9
✓ Starts out good, becomes unplayable. Giant scam.I very rarely write reviews for games, but this game is an exception. It starts off pretty good and you are able to advance your career pretty quickly; and then you notice that not only are you earning less then you are spending BUT you actually HAVE TO PAY EVEN MORE to advance your career which- news flash still puts you in a deficit. Don’t be fooled by the other scam which is actually spending your money. Unless you’re prepared to spend over $60, spending money just bides you time, it dosent give you enough to actually make it until the end. What’s most disappointing about this game though is that it actually can be good, if the developers weren’t so hungry for money. I see the developers saying it takes strategy but I consider myself pretty good with these types of games, so like I said before, unless your prepared to spend over $60 on the game IT IS IMPOSSIBLE without incredible luck at the casino or waiting years (real life) to accumulate the money. To the developers: this can be a great game and people would pay for things if they thought it was worth it; you just can’t make it impossible for the people that won’t pay and it’s incredibly frustrating that people have been complaining about this forever and you don't do anything. Anyone able to complete this without spending money or waiting for ages is smarter then Einstein..Version: 1.6.16
✓ Too difficult and too many pop upsThe idea is good, but the cost of necessary outgoings and balancing health and happiness on top is too hard I guess it is possible but I haven’t completed a game yet, and as your outgoings have to be higher than your income half the time it’s so hard to get anywhere. Then when you lose your money you get about 7 things appear on the screen one after another which frankly, annoying as hell. Then they keep popping up and just getting in the way when you try to drag yourself back to where you were before getting annoyed and giving up..Version: 1.3.19
✓ Impossible to achieve anythingI had good fun at the beginning but it’s impossible to go ahead & stabilise with the money you finish one section & you decrease with wage & outcome it’s to high I won at the casino with big bet & lost everything trying to get the money for the car & everything else watched over 100 add. Don’t waste your time on this game if you are not going to pay real money on it.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Had so much potential but it has seriously let me down.I originally gave this game a five star review as I was really enjoying it at the lower level. As I progressed it became glaringly obvious that I had to spend real money to achieve success as your expenditure was always more than your income. It is impossible to get around this as you need to have all the specific training/ house etc to get the jobs in the first place. I spent around £5 in total but this wasn’t enough to get me past half way in the job list and I ended up losing my job and having to start again as a result of running out of money. I understand from a business point of view they want you to be spending money but there should be a way to progress within the game for free (obviously a lot slower without having to watch the same golf advertisement a million times). I’ve now deleted the app and won’t be spending any more money on it which is a shame..Version: 1.3.0
✓ NEGATIVE INCOME IS THE ONLY OPTION IF YOU WANT TO WIN!!I’m disappointed that I had to spend real god dam money just so I didn’t lose all my progress, why is there no option to take a loan or be in debt??? How come you can make loads of progress an then when you run out of money, you have to start over, where’s the money from the car you owned? The business you had, it makes no sense and I’m really angry that I didn’t REAL MONEY just to win the stupid game, and then when I get to 50yo I have a crisis and LOSE EVERYTHING???? A waste of my time, a waste of my money and a waste of an game that has so much potential if it was more REALISTIC.Version: 1.2.11
✓ Just a Money GrabI always love life simulation/strategy games but this is simply a grab for money. Requirements to move up the employment ladder require you to increase expenses just to get hired. Things like getting a wife and kid or a better apartment, or more expensive food and cars. Which in reality have nothing to do with getting a job, but also makes sure your monthly budget is constantly in deficit. The only way to advance without paying real money is to watch endless ads to build your savings enough to get the next car and whatnot to get a promotion. But then you are still just in an income deficit. I was making better money as a waiter in a restaurant ($900/mo profit) than as a sales store manager (-$100/mo deficit). Not to mention you can only follow a single career path and it is completely linear. You have to work through an industry and then switch industries for a hefty pay cut for the first two jobs within the new industry. Don’t waste your time. Terrible game..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Great idea but bad gameplayThe game idea is great however the fundamental issue is the job payouts and the extra expenses such as monthly income for clothes or a wife. The jobs throughout don't allow you to earn more than your outgoings therefore you are constantly watching ads or gambling on stocks or the casino to supplement your income. Because of this, the game becomes one big ads you watch every 30 seconds until you survive until the next pay rise and more times than not the casino and stock market will almost hinder your income. So great idea but badly executed. Primary focuses on putting you in a financial difficulty later on with the higher jobs so you are forced to watch ads or purchase in app purchases..Version: 1.2.9
✓ Pay to playOkay so I really really like the concept of this game it’s just after a while I’m the game you can’t continue like literally it turns impossible unless you do nothing but watch ads for hours on end or spend like 50 bucks in real cash. There comes to a point in the game where you slowly start making less money than you are spending which means you will eventually be kicked out of your apartment/house and your wife takes the kids and disappears of the face of the earth you lose your job and start back at square one the only thing was at that point i was 40 years old and I was on the street and I had to take the first job again and also my guy was so depressed from losing his job that I wasn’t making enough money to make this snobby piece for garbage happy enough to get the next job to keep progressing. I’ve restarted nearly 20 times to try different strategies like doing college as fast as possible (which what got me to age 40 then I hit that brick wall). With all that said I love the idea of the game but very poorly executed.Version: 1.2.12
✓ It’s okay.Had played this game many many times but every time I get stuck and it’s because you require lots of luck or p2w to progress much further. In my opinion you should be able to decide on what your expenses are and just have the education for going to the next job. You shouldn’t have to drive a nice car or have a family that costs $500 a week to get a job. You should just have education and experience..Version: 1.2.11
✓ I hope you like watching ads...Because that is the only way you won’t completely fail and end up homeless in this game. You will literally have to watch hundreds of ads. My screen is probably 80% watching ads and 20% UI. They make it so you are constantly in a deficit and losing money each month (1 day = 1 sec). If you want a better job to make more money, ironically you’re going to have to spend more money to meet the requirements of that job. It’s a vicious cycle that I’d say the devs need to fix but I’m sure they know exactly what they’re doing. Either you constantly watch ads for fake money or you spend REAL money. Either way it means more real money for them so why would they change it? I downloaded it yesterday and ended up homeless because I couldn’t watch ads fast enough. Usually I love these kinds of games but this one is honestly a hoax. I’m not sure how they have such high ratings either. Doesn’t add up..Version: 1.4.31
✓ It’s not realisticThis game just wants your money and I’d ad money hungry. It’s not realistic for me to get a more expensive car then current expenses in order for me to drive to a job that pays me way less then I was paying in expenses to begin with. I’m at the age of 50 because I had to pay for money. Don’t by the cars $$ wise because they lie about what it covered. I was told in a purchases it covers up to pick up truck. Got there and still had to buy the truck. I also hate that there’s no way to accumulate time unless your on the app. I understand you have to be active in the app but if I can get like a 2 month idle time or something it would help someone who isn’t a child and can’t just sit on my phone all day. Plus the app in itself is boring so now I’m bored and my phone is in usable. I love the concept but it’s obvious the developers just care about the profit side of the app a lot more then actually making a good game that people will want to spend money on..Version: 1.6.4
✓ Please update and changeIt is to hard to live normally it needs to be easier to keep income higher than the expenses.Version: 1.2.9
✓ Great concept. Disgraceful executionStarts off nicely. And slowly. However, as you progress, you are always spending more money than earning. Whatever Job you have, you always spend more. So you can never be in a positive monthly cash-flow, EVER. You have to either gamble in the casino or trade the stock market. But if you’re always losing money, what’s the point? You’re always going to lose ultimately when gambling too. This game just wants you to spend real money. And what a waste it is. Do not waste your time on this game. Could have been so much better. Could have been great. A life full of what ifs..Version: 1.2.9
✓ Could of been a great gameThis has potential to be a great game. The concept is good but far to hard to actually succeed without paying and even then, I have doubts you would get far. The real reason for the 1 star however is when you start to get depressed in game it threatens suicide... I think this is absolutely ridiculous to have in a game where kids are playing it..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Just a ragular boring time waster...The game starts off rather fun! The side jobs are a good way to make alot of quick cash for when your spendinh more then you earn! But... while you waiting to climb the job ladder... your just sitting there.... its boring. Im currently at a point where i need to wait 4 month of experience for the next job and time goes way too slow to the point where i cant be bothered to “play”. Are you really playing a game where you just sit are stare at the screen? A fast forward button would be a nice addition or some fun mini games to play whilr the time passes..Version: 1.5.2
✓ Real life is easier than thisI can see why some would rate it 5 stars, but I was never able to get into it. First off is that, for a game meant to be a life simulator, it isn't very realistic. Sure, a lot of it makes sense from a gameplay perspective, but the job requirements become ridiculous really quickly. What company looks at a person's marital status and says "Uhp, you don't have a spouse, you can't work here"? Not to mention that the expenses to get new jobs (including the aforementioned spouse, food, clothes, housing, and keeping your character happy and healthy) pile up really quickly until your expenses constantly outweigh your income, forcing you to gamble or trade stocks just to keep food on the table (which, while probably realistic in some cases, is frustrating beyond belief) and leading to the next major problem. It's virtually, if not literally, impossible to complete the game without opening your real-life wallet, something that is inexcusable for a non-demo free-to-play game. I just uninstalled this game in favor of something more enjoyable, and don't plan on ever reinstalling again..Version: 1.2.11
✓ Annoying.Bit of a shame that all you have maintained goes so fast!.Version: 1.3.19
✓ Just a cash cow for developersGame starts off good but after a few promotions it becomes clear that the developers aren’t interested in making this game enjoyable, they just want to line their pockets. It’s impossible to win this game as the requirements for promotions cost more than the promotion will pay. Had the opportunity to be a really great game, but completely blew it..Version: 1.1.3
✓ Pay to winThis game is so trash. It’s a hidden pay to win game frl. It’s simple, if you wanna win, you have to watch an add every minute otherwise your spending more than your earning. This game is not representative of the real life. And to top that, it big a lot for casino. Just put 50$ on the 9, went on it, won 1.8k$ but didn’t show up in my money bar. Just like i won nothing. I gave multiple chance to that game theses last years, but they lost me forever. This game is programmed to make you lose if you don’t watch add, put real money on the game. All this company wants, is money. Capitalism at his finest frl. Disgusting..Version: 1.7.2
✓ UnrealisticThe game basically forces you to live outside your means, where the only way to stay afloat is to gamble at the casino or trade in the stock market (which doesn’t seem to work like a real stock market at all, cheating you out of any profits). Interesting idea, but grossly unrealistic and promotes degenerate gambling. Needs work..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Gender discriminationI was really enjoying this game until I realised, it’s 2019, why is there no option to play as a female? Why is it after a wife and 2 children you advance to a wife + children + a mistress? Appalling discrimination against women. Even after playing all those advertisements because of the imbalance which by the way, well done. Make people spend, that is the name of the game isn’t it. Fix the app, make it more gender inclusive. Disgusting how you forget about 50% of the population. There’s no reason why women can not be president. I’m looking forward to playing this game once your discrimination against gender is rectified..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Good layout and game however...I have played this to about a day or 2 and I have a few complaints first of all college 36 months . Why that is like 15 minutes of irl time I don’t want to wait for me to be waiter to then go to restraint administrator I think they should decrease the time for that but I like the game I like the goal area where you want to be president but overall not a bad game but a few tweaks to the game and it would be almost perfect.Version: 1.3.9
✓ I Might Have a Heart AttackI love this game. It’s very enjoyable to play but it is extremely stressful (that’s a bit of a good thing). Though there is points where your about to start drowning in debt there is some very difficult choices in the game, and timing is key. Though the whole Stock market concept is brilliant, I don’t think it racks in enough profit and the casino is much better. Adding some more profit to the stock market would make it a better choice. Also the character starts wanting things to keep him happy very early and to the point where if you do decide to make him happy right away, you could go bankrupt. Though there is a few kinks in my opinion, I think it’s a great game, that helps you stimulate your brain by making decisions and trying to to things at the right time..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Fun but can be annoyingThe games fun and well made but once you’re up to the third category of jobs you lose more money then you make which is really annoying because if you don’t have enough money then the game essentially just restarts you and you have to pay real money just to not lose.Version: 1.4.31
✓ Doesn’t let me playIt doesn’t let me play and when I try to join it kicks me out..Version: 1.6.13
✓ Great game... butThis is amazing fun, I played it for a solid 2 1/2 hours until it got to the point where the only way to stay afloat was to spend real £/$ to have enough money for monthly expenses. The character is constantly demanding upgrades, and if you don’t buy them his happiness plummets and it’s impossible to get a promotion. You’re in a deficit for years, and you finally get into a profit and you have to lower your wage again. It’s impossible to keep up with the pace of the game..Version: 1.4.23
✓ A HUGE shameStarts off really fun but once you get to the higher jobs you’re income is lower than your outgoings. There’s nothing you can do about this as you require all of your outgoings to keep your job. Not to mention to advance through the business tier, you have to have ridiculously high payments to take the next jobs. When you’re losing money without doing anything this becomes impossible. Not to mention the casino and Stock Market. The stock market you’ll lose money 5/10 times, this isn’t bad but your wins will be between 2,000-5,000 on average while your losses are 8,000+. In the casino, you’ll win maybe 6 or 7/10 times so long as you’re betting below 5% of your bank balance. As you bet more % of your bank your odds of winning are around 3/10 making it impossible to generate the 400,000+ you need to advance..Version: 1.2.11
✓ Fun at firstBut soon becomes impossible when your outgoings become more than your income. You *have* to have a wife and kids and a nice apartment to get the next job up. WHY? Those things should only affect your happiness, not your job. This game has been designed to draw you in then get you spending money. Obscene amounts at that. £50 for a 2x decrease in happiness for only TWO DAYS! If you play this game and decide to spend money on it you will end up broke in days. Devs: you need to make some serious adjustments and focus on gameplay, not your own greediness. Lower the charges for items and people may actually be inclined to invest a little in your game. Make certain things about health and happiness and not a requirement for certain jobs. This could be a really great game - the foundations are already in place..Version: 1.2.12
✓ Super Fun Impossible WinThis is not a pay to win game as others have stated. Unless your willing to shell out cash for the 50 or 100 dollar in app purchases. The concept of balancing life decisions and moving up a corporate ladder with dreams of being the president is awesome and very compelling for you to want to try again and again. But after several attempts you realize expenses tend to consistently outweigh income, depressing spirals are maddeningly hard to recover from, and even paying with real money for the stock exchange upgrade or casino upgrade (8$ Real Currency a piece) don’t actually do anything to help in game but I’m assuming increase your odds. I’m actually more so disappointed in myself I would say curiosity killed to cat. I purchased the stock upgrade and the only thing it does is post a green emblem on your screen. Overall Fun Concept just don’t plan on being president even if you pay!!!!.Version: 1.2.9
✓ Feel like an iPad kid, being used for crazy amounts of ad money and kinda misogynistic undertonesFirst off, CALM DOWN with the adds, I’ve been getting around two 30 second adds per 3 minutes, it’s way too much and it ruins the gameplay, I’m happy to have a banner add or less adds. I used to love this game 5~ years ago but god it’s become a wasteland, a good example of this is the random encounters (you get 3 choices, one let’s you watch an add to get a positive outcome and the other 2 normally decrease either your happiness, money or health) and as bad as the game punishing you for not watching 15 adds per minute, lots of the scenarios are kind of womanising, they aren’t TOO bad but they kind of just feel a bit odd, and some of the scenarios treat women like objects or something to flaunt which is untrue, that’s about all I have to complain about with this game, I’m pretty devastated because there aren’t enough life simulators on the platform but that’s about all I have to say. TL;DR: Overall, great work developers but tone down the adds and fix the random encounters :) (Also get rid of the communist version which is exactly the same as the original but with the overused joke of ‘haha, communist country weird’, love the devs though and they deserve to be payed for their work 👍).Version: 1.7.5
✓ Too ChallengingGames has rewarding challenge factor, but to be at negative income on every job is pointless, you can never get ahead/stabilise enough for the next risk manoeuvre..Pay to win is the only foreseeable outcome... I watched over 150 ads, got v.lucky with shares and casino and still depression got me around 45yo... I was negative $3K to stop depression and I was spending $4.5K to keep up with the basics... game broken... un achievable with paying $70 actual dollars... might as well buy another Xbox game for longevity... I think the vehicle and business outlays make it unachievable... like when you upgrade your business why don’t you get some sort of cash back from the business you started or some sort of ongoing income? If you start the business and own the car why do you loose it when you got bust and have a mid life crisis? You should get lump sum from all those things to be a life simulator... If you are going to keep the game this hard there needs to be some redundancies to recover from your “mid-life crisis(es)” I almost gave it three stars but with non stop ad watching you should at least be able to get ahead not just keep your head above water....Version: 1.2.1
✓ Good idea but poorly executedIt begins okay but then once you get to the higher position jobs, you have to spend more money on cars, food and houses in order to get the next job even though the pay can be lower. You end up so that you spend more than you can possibly earn. Wish there was an option to not need a wife as this barely benefits you, only costs you money and in real life a job won’t require you to be married with a kid. Also just randomly throughout the game will pop up saying your quality of life is too low and you need to watch a video to get more money in order to keep your job - I watched like 5 videos and still lost everything and had to start from scratch. I had enough money and my character was happy and there was no way for me to prevent this from happening..Version: 1.2.4
✓ Would be perfect if they makers weren't so stingyLove the concept and the execution, but after you get to the business section it's almost impossible to play the game anymore and you're forced into spending a lot of money just to get to the next step, where you're in the same situation and need to spend more money again. The wages need to be double for this to be realistic. Loved playing half the game but won't bother playing anymore. If you want money so bad just charge for the app and then make it so you can actually finish the game without forcing you to buy stupidly expensive in app purchases..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Don’t bother 😡This game seems like a great concept at the start. It’s fun, you waste a lot of time playing it. You might even start making small in game purchases with real money. Suddenly, your character becomes unrealistic in his demands and you can’t keep up. If you run into issues, a window pops up Giving you the option to spend your money to continue playing. I actually spent $3.99 to avoid having to start all over again for the third time and still lost it all because by the time the purchase completed my character was homeless jobless and had lost everything. Once your character loses everything he stays depressed and sick and no amount of money can keep him happy and healthy enough to continue to progress back up the job ladder. I spent a lot of money on this game and it’s a waste. I will contest the last charge for a refund because it didn’t do what it was advertised to do..Version: 1.2.11
✓ Money HungryI gave this game a real shot playing as strategically as possible only buying items necessary to advance my career as well as no gambling and only slight investing. I made it to 38 years old and to the 2nd to highest position in the finance field. (About 4800/mo). Some things I didn’t like is that throughout most of my career I lived paycheck to paycheck, even though I only bought the minimum to keep advancing. And anytime I had to get education or switched field or career, I lost money for months. I saved over 30k early in my career to pad losses and still had no effect. I really like the idea behind this game, but the fact that you have to have a wife and kids or fancy possession to advance your career is stupid. You guys could’ve put a little more effort into the strategy portion of the game making it more fun and I would’ve gladly paid to keep playing, but instead the entire game I felt like the app was BEGGING FOR MONEY! I hate what these crappy app games are becoming. Zero to Give us your money is a more appropriate name 🤦♂️🤦♂️.Version: 1.2.9
✓ RiggedYou go so far, try so hard, barely keeping on top of everything, it’s fun right until you realise you can’t win unless you pay up. In each job category only one of those jobs will keep you above your budget atleast 0.1K until you hit business manager, then you finally think yes! I’ve got more money! You think you’re safe until the next job makes you buy certain things that puts your budget behind 1.5k per month and now you HAVE NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE 30K TO SPARE. I died the first time as I had 16K and it kept going down so fast I tried betting and losing and died of depression. And now the 2nd time at this point, I paid up $11 out of my own money and still each next job from now on requires up 50K to spend on opening businesses with no way to earn back, no bonus nothing, if you wanna wait each month(31 seconds) for a measly 0.6K to come in go ahead. There’s no earning when the app is closed btw. You can never be on top. ITS ALL PAY TO WIN..Version: 1.2.12
✓ Impossible to manageI had fun with this until i realised there is no point trying to get better jobs as it just requires you to increase all your outgoings in order to get it so your expenditure is always higher than your income, then you’re at the mercy of the stock exchange which is completely random and pot luck if you gain anything. Got really far then the stock exchange caused me to lose everything even though I had never ever seen it go so low. Think the game is rigged to make it do that so you get desperate and buy money. Can’t be bothered to start again. Will be deleting.Version: 1.3.19
✓ Could be amazingI love this game, or the concept of it anyway. I actually put it away for 2 years because it was frustrating that the expenses were hire than the income. But I decided to try again. This time I spent about $6 of my real money to try to get ahead. But then I got to the point where I’m losing $5k a month because of the mandatory items needed to advance my career. I’ve tried the “side jobs” but I don’t see where that does anything but lower my health and happiness. I’ve been reading the reviews and the developer responses saying it’s meant to be hard and based on decisions but the only decision you can make is whether to stay at a profitable job (which there seems to be only one or two) for a significant amount of time or advance. What I would like to see is being able to choose your food/car/clothing/relationship be an actual choice and not requirements for job (except maybe basic food & clothing choices), but that can affect your health and happiness so that’s where you need to determine your risk level. Sure we can watch ads, play the casino & stock market etc., but aside from the ads those are “luck” based so not really reliable for income..Version: 1.6.7
✓ Pay to win add simulatorHonestly you’d be spending real money or watching adds every 10 sec just to Try and keep up to the losing this game gives you. Just play real life. Better chances.Version: 1.7.6
✓ PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE!The idea of the game is amazing, and at first you can start to level up. However, once you get to around the IT Career section, it is physically impossible to progress without using real money. For instance, you can look at your budget by clicking on your character, and when your salary is $3K, your bills will be atleast $4K. They give you the ability to level up at first so that the user believes it is possible to progress, then once you get into the middle of the game it switches. Another thing, you cannot go up the career ladder without going into debt. For example, If you are a food manager, you probably make about $2-3K. But in order to go to the next type of job, you have to accept a career that pays less than what you were getting, such as $1K or $1.5K, making you go into debt, causing a chain reaction, and watching your character’s happiness and accomplishments slowly slip away unless you pay real money. Unreal!!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Nice tryIt’s a good theory. But you just end up watch ads. And the game moves so slowly and doesn’t continue while your not in the app. Really really needs to be re worked so you can do anything. It’s really not fun to have to sit staring at you phone all day just to grow a couple of years. Also it’s very sexist, why can’t you play as a female!? A good way to waste your life, but there’s like a 1000 better ways to do it.Version: 1.2.9
✓ Zero to StrugglingI like the idea of the game, but I really wish that it wasn’t so hard to make a surplus in cash instead of barely scraping by just to move up levels. To get money you have to watch ads that are 15 seconds at least and that gets old after the third time. I also wish that your money stacks up when you’re not playing, but it doesn’t. You have to physically be in the game for anything to continue, at least it seems that way. When you complete a line of work like Manager for example making $2.5k/month, the next level up will start you at $1.5k/month and it takes a few levels to get to where you were before. That means debt for a while and using money to keep your character happy and healthy instead of saving it. I’m about ready to delete this game so I can stop dying from spleen and sorrow..Version: 1.2.9
✓ Nice game butI’m really enjoying the game. However I’ve tried to make purchases a few times and although my account is charged immediately there seems to be a bug preventing me from collection the money straight away. Very annoying..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Good and not so goodFantastic game. Well built. Addictive. So why only 3 stars? With the way the game is built you are pretty much set up to lose, and when it happens you lose fast. The only way to beat the game is to submit to the micro transactions and I’m not about that. I don’t like games that try and force you to pay..Version: 1.2.10
✓ Unrealistic and $$$You’re mostly stuck in a negative income to spending ratio, if not you’re only earning $100 profit in some jobs. This is due to the unrealistic requirments placed on you such as spending over $250 a week for food, 3.4k a month for a small country cottage (never seen a mortgage this high, let alone rent), $700 a month for work suit (sorry but most men don’t buy a whole new suit every month) etc etc. The requirements for becoming a president are to own a sports car etc and have 2 great grandchildren??? Don’t see any presidents that are 90+ mate. The game is designed so that it is literally impossible to complete it without spending a fair bit of real coin $$$. Not worth it as it just gets frustrating..Version: 1.2.5
✓ More work than real lifeImpossible to advance without spending money. The game constantly wants your expenses to be higher than your income and then to get to the next job you need to keep going for more and more education which gets more and more expensive. Then just when you start to catch up you are always miserable because you want more kids or you want more education which all costs money you don't have. It's really quite annoying. Not to mention that to make more money you have to keep dropping down in money. Like to go beyond 3k a month you have to take a job making 2k then 2.3k, ... You can't skip any jobs so you have to do every one. Oh and when you run low on money you get constant popups to spend money to the point where you can't do anything but spend money or start over!.Version: 1.3.12
✓ Casino is GlitchedThis game would be halfway playable if the casino actually gave you money you supposedly win, but it doesn't and you're basically forced to either watch an infinite amount of ads or use the stock market. If you do use the stock market, you'll get bombarded with pop ups to watch ads and it's annoying and makes you lose money. Fix the casino glitch and maybe it'll be actually playable. Update: Devs, while I appreciate the feedback, it seems the point was missed. The ads are literally forced onto you at random times and the casino is GLITCHED. You cannot win ANY money from the casino and that was my main complaint. By that definition, the game is unplayable. So, I'm not sure how the spontaneous ads are supposed to help advance in the game when the current layout is a nightmare. Maybe you should look at your FZtH Communist game since that may help with the casino glitch in this game. Communist was playable and enjoyable; this game, not so much. Please fix the CASINO glitch!.Version: 1.7.2
✓ Daily bonusThe game is good to play. There are 2 things I don’t like, to progress on to the next step you have to buy items and this could mean your expenditure is more than you are actually earning which means you are losing money and to survive you may have to buy an in app purchase. The daily bonus don’t seem to working correctly as I have received 3 days worth of the daily bonuses but in the 4th day it doesn’t seem to give you the bonus and then resets back to the 1st day on the 5th. I must be on day 12 so far and have only received up to 3 days worth of daily bonuses..Version: 1.2.9
✓ Terrible gameHow this game has a majority of 5 star reviews? I don’t know. The game starts off interesting and fun but very very quickly becomes impossible to complete without spending real money. The idea of the game is to progress your career and buy better houses and cars and clothes. Unfortunately you need certain houses clothes and cars to progress your career and these items cost more than your salary and there’s nothing you can do to make money other than to watch a ridiculous amount of adverts or spend real money. DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME!.Version: 1.3.19
✓ Change of mindAt the beginning of the game it was amazing, something new and different, but as you progress and you would of thought have more money because you earn more, have better job etc. NOPE. You earn more but spend even more for what’s needed to have that job or get a better job. Also when you change careers the money earning drops massively again, and that’s how you loose your house, clothes, and family, and you have to spend real money to buy money in game. It would be an amazing game if this would be changed though. Also, would be nice if you could as a female character ! :).Version: 1.2.4
✓ РекламаИгра заключается в том, чтобы смотреть рекламу. Если не смотреть рекламу, нереально играть в эту игру. Я все понимаю, нужно зарабатывать деньги, но это перебор..Version: 1.7.4
✓ Can’t possibly win without payingI love the concept but The expenses are almost always more than the income and you can’t increase your income without increasing spending. For example they force you to get better house and car to get a better job but the job but you get can never cover the cost of the house, car, meal plan, and RELATIONSHIP STATUS. Yes they force you to get a spouse, kids, a side chick, and grandkids just to get a job and you have to pay a monthly fee for these as well. If you try to reduce your expenses then they make you start from the beginning because they fire you! The only way to possibly win is by gambling or the stock market which are both chance based. And luckily I didn’t fall into the trap of buying anything in game; however my friend bought the $10 car and it was helpful at first but when he finally ran out of money and lost his job it forced him to get rid of the car he PAID REAL MONEY FOR and the only way he was able to get the car back was to pay about 40k or so in game cash which he couldn’t achieve because they forced him into bankruptcy. The game has a great concept but it is broken. It seems too hard to win even if you do pay..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Really wish I had listened to the reviewsI spent $5 on this app to jumpstart. Paid for college, watched a couple hundred ads in order to skip time/earn extra money (this was all in one day. I had a day to waste due to illness and spent it passively watching ads while playing this game). It became apparent quite soon that cost of living outgrew income and never really balanced out. Unlike real life, you couldn’t cut costs in order to balance your budget. I have never had a job or promotion that required better food or more children in my family. I understand requiring nicer clothes, more education, and even the nicer car to get promoted. But requiring items to get a job that cost more than you can earn doing that job shows you that they are all about their paying players. If you’re free to play, even with watching a ridiculous amount of ads, you will find this game infuriating. The stock market in the game moves way to quickly to actually win anything (no decision making time, you have to hit the button at just the right time to make any profit). The casino is fun, but it’s a casino. It’s not a smart use of funds and typically doesn’t pan out as a money making tool. For those willing to put real money into game purchases, this game isn’t bad but boring after a couple hours. If you’re not going to put money into this game, I suggest finding something else. I deleted it about 6 hours after downloading..Version: 1.7.6
✓ Fake reviews and overall terrible gameSo, for starters, all (or at least most) of the 5 star reviews are fake and made by the creators trying to soothe their ego, you can tell by how simple their reviews are and how their usernames are a random combination of numbers and letters and even sometimes emojis. So trust the reviews that are more sophisticated. Also, this is a terrible game all round, for Christ’s sake you pay for a girlfriend and a family. If you are looking for a life simulator unlike this flaming hot pile of garbage I would recommend BitLife..Version: 1.3.7
✓ Time wasteYou have to gamble or play the stock market just to keep you from becoming homeless. The pay drops between new job categories is ridiculous especially given that it requires you to upgrade your house etc which means your wages are almost always lower than the expense. On top of that you have to play as a man there are no options and it's really rather sexist since you have to have a girlfriend, then a wife and a mistress and at no point does it financially benefit you, the whole thing of it suggests that women are money pits. Oh and the avatar never stops whining about wanting a better car etc so you spend a lot of money trying to make him happy whilst also making money to get him to the next level so he stops whining..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Unrealistic, and way too demanding.I’ve played this game and have used ads up the wazoo to clear through school, gain money, etc. But when I switch from a job that gives me less than what I currently make, and I have to invest what basically takes the lifetime to get? It doesn’t make sense. A business that gives 11k/hr but I have expenses that are 13k/hr makes it IMPOSSIBLE to grow. I don’t know anyone in their right mind who would move to a position that pays less and doesn’t cover your costs, so the game is awful in realism. It’s nearly impossible to get yourself to a point where you make over 1k/ month in profit, and that makes saving up for a business that takes 300k 300 months to get if you don’t want to risk money gambling, trading stock, or watching ads. 2/5 here, it’s just too difficult to enjoy and not rewarding enough to keep playing..Version: 1.1.3
✓ Do Not Buy, Extremely Pay to WinI made it all the way to the level before president before I gave up. The game makes it literally impossible to win right when you get to prime minister title. Your expenses are way more then you actually earn. This is true throughout the game but is normally fine if you know how to play the stock market. But, then at prime minister your house starts getting robbed every month making you lose at least 32k a month or you have some take scandal which can take away 42k almost every other month. Also they make the last vehicle you need to become president an impossibly expensive there’s no way you can get it without buying. Once you reached prime minister the stock market also starts behaving completely different. It’s made so whichever way you invest, buying or selling, the market moves the opposite way and you lose almost every time. Terrible game do not play..Version: 1.4.36
✓ What’s going on?Good game, but I had tons of coins and suddenly it started spamming me I had no money and sold everything I had??? I resurrected him and now there’s not much point in what I did because it’s like the character’s stuff all crashed..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Game is completely different to what’s advertisedAdvertisements which led me to download this game make this game look entirely different to what it actually is. And after beginning to play, I realise that this game is impossible to get ahead. Another one of those “watch ads for money” games to be able to afford anything.. and to get ahead. Everything is mostly pay to play based. Beware if you download, to either waste your time watching ads getting sick of it or to waste lots of money on this game. Not worth it..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Pay to playYou cannot play and win this game without paying for it, when you do pay for it you have to play for the full time or it’s not worth it, you’ll be bankrupt before you know it, no way to sell or downgrade items either.Version: 1.5.1
✓ Good butHere the thing if you watch a lot of ads you can win but it’s annoying because after you “win/become president” it’s boring there are no new features if it adds more features I would rate 5 but it’s annoying to not pay 2 win and no features.Version: 1.4.41
✓ Don’t playForces you to live outside of your means with your monthly expenditure usually being higher than your income. Despite spending money I was unable to keep my player alive because he got too sad and hung himself.. teaching people that if you don’t get want you want you should kill yourself.. ALSO spams you so you spend money when your not even low on it. Does anything to take your money.Version: 1.2.3
✓ Boycott 🙄This games awful it’s literally designed for you to fail constantly no matter what you do guessing if you spend money on getting the grandchildren before the age of 54 then you win! I spent days on this game and you don’t do anything but look at the same screen for ages as the days go by to get the next job to continue doing that you literally have to pay more monthly on the things the game forces you to buy which is over all always higher than your salary meaning you’re constantly in debt basically you can’t ever be higher than your out goings you’ll mainly survive of casino winnings please do not waste your time on this terrible game 😂.Version: 1.6.15
✓ Good start, rapidly downhillThe game is fun, but as you get further into the game, it's setup to give you 2 options: 1. Fail 2. Use Micro transactions I had managed to get all the way to an additional job as a newspaper salesman, full health, full happiness, making profit, when the message appeared "due to loss in quality of life, you will lose additional job unless you watch ad and get coins for free or buy them in the store". So sure enough, I watched an ad... nothing changed. So then I became homeless. I perceived and got back to the same stage... boom... same thing happened again. Deleted..Version: 1.2.4
✓ So slowIt’s a good game and it is enjoyable but I would say that there needs to be a feature to speed time up a bit. Currently one real life second corresponds to one in game day, but where you have to have 3 months experience to progress to the next career, I find myself sitting here waiting for it to get there.... or when your incoming salary is finally more than your outgoing expense, you should be able to speed time up for a bit to accumulate a comfortable amount of money without having to sit there or gamble it.Version: 1.4.31
✓ SlowThe game is about surviving in the world. Getting a job, home, food, transportation and a family. You can play roulette or bet on the market. You also get certain situations that you have to make decisions for. The game is relatively slow, since time doesn’t pass when your not playing the game. I can sit there for 5 minutes waiting for something to happen. You can bet by a casino or the market but neither of those games I like to play. Personally I don’t know how to play roulette or bet on the market. They don’t clearly explain anything. Since they don’t explain how you play and the tutorial is vague, you have no idea if you win or lose. The market and roulette also seem to be rigged. The market skyrockets when you are trying to buy and crashes when you are trying to sell. Of course you can watch an ad to fix this but don’t depend on the ad because it doesn’t tend to help. Every decision you make has a cost, weather it’s your happiness, health, or money. This is the one thing that makes me hate this game. No matter what you do, to have fun, to have a little happiness you lose something in the end. Unless, of course, you watch the provided advertisements..Version: 1.6.3
✓ EhThere’s not really much of a “how to” do you really have to figure things out on ur own....the little tutorial doesn’t help much....you really don’t know how much time has passed...I wish there was a countdown that lets you know how long you have had the current job you are working.....also, I feel like after you finish one section of jobs you shouldn’t have to accept a lower paying job, also I feel as though you should be able to just pick one path and that one path lead to the dream job your person wants....also, I think the dream job shouldn’t always be the same...that should be random as well....other than all this, it’s a koo game, but it doesn’t play on if you’re not in the game....so time only passes if you have the game open...I wish I could close it and it continue....well at least it should be where we can still collect money if the game isn’t open.Version: 1.2.12
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