# Businessman ONLINE board game — Become a business monopolist!

> Online multiplayer board game for aspiring business monopolists. (iPhone/iPad app by Vahagn Sargsyan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/businessman-online-board-game/id1069353655 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vahagn Sargsyan](https://appshunter.io/developer/913182073)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.11/5 from 368 App Store ratings · 42 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 87 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2016-01-04
- Data updated: 2026-07-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/businessman-online-board-game/id1069353655/reviews.md

## What is Businessman ONLINE board game?

Start your BUSINESS: NOW ONLINE!

Welcome to BUSINESSMAN ONLINE: the best free online multiplayer board game.

​Multiplayer game, perfect interface, 3D design and fun sound effects will let you feel yourself as a powerful businessman, who deals with the world business challenges.

Play online board game with your friends and other game gurus. Roll the dices, travel around the world, buy countries, trade your property, win auctions, catch the opportunities, build houses and hotels, charge fees and run the world as a real BUSINESSMAN.

The aim of the game is to become a monopolist among all the players and to make as much money and property as you can. You will earn money each time your opponents land on your property. When you own all properties in one color group, you become a monopolist and you are allowed to build houses and hotels. The rent of the property with houses or hotels are much higher.

Don’t forget you can trade the properties with your opponents. Be lucky on chases and chances, try to escape from jail.

So go ahead, build your BUSINESS, rule the world and act wisely not to become bankrupt.

Enjoy and have fun!!!

## Key features

- Online multiplayer gameplay
- Buy and trade properties
- Build houses and hotels
- Become a business monopolist
- Roll dice and travel the world
- Win auctions and catch opportunities

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads | $0.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Businessman ONLINE board game?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Fun game overall
- 👍 Challenging AI trading
- 👍 Random dice rolls (mentioned by one user)

**Cons**

- 😠 Excessive ads
- 😠 Game rigged against player
- 😠 AI cheats
- 😠 Slow game progression
- 😠 Unfair trades with AI
- 😠 Buggy gameplay
- 😠 Start button not working
- 😠 Confusing board design
- 😠 Poor value for paid version (ads still present)

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Start button not working
- Game freezes or lags after updates
- Ads appear in paid version
- Dice rolls are inaccurate or manipulated
- AI makes illogical trades
- Human players penalized for good strategies
- Screen freezes during property purchase options
- Ads required for basic actions (mortgaging, purchasing)
- Dice landing off-center affects roll
- Dice landing on points causes re-roll issues
- Triple doubles sending human to jail but not always AI
- Computer players roll doubles more frequently
- Inconsistent trade acceptance/rejection
- Failing to load videos for earning money
- Not getting paid when opponents land on owned property
- AI opponents buy almost all properties
- Players have fewer properties and less money than AI
- High taxes after passing Go
- Taxes paid before passing Go
- Minor glitches with money calculations
- Opponents cheat frequently
- Players land on opponent's properties more often than vice versa
- Complex process to build houses/hotels
- Ads popping up mid-game
- Unskippable ads
- AI players landing on Go to Jail to avoid bankruptcy
- AI players landing on Chance when not supposed to
- AI ignoring one die roll
- AI making trades for much less value than other AI
- AI declining fair trades from human players
- AI giving away monopolies for little cash
- AI not making reasonable trades with humans
- Game not working offline
- Play button not working
- Constant ads playing
- Pieces take too long to move

**Most requested features**

- Fix the start button functionality
- Improve AI trading logic
- Reduce ad frequency
- Make game less rigged
- Improve dice roll randomization
- Allow players to collect fines until Free Parking
- Fix bugs related to property purchases and ads
- Make the board design clearer
- Improve game speed/performance

## Recent user reviews (10 of 42)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/businessman-online-board-game/id1069353655/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Controlled / Manipulative game dynamics; “luck / chance” removed

*2025-06-24, version 6.1*

After thousands of hours playing Monopoly, both the board game and the video game versions, and after reading many of the reviews, i agree with those who say the game is rigged to prevent players who are playing against the AI to execute legitimate strategies to win.
 As the logo of this Monopoly version suggests, “Become a business monopolist” we’re encouraged to execute strategies to “monopolize” by purchasing as many properties as funds allow, and as everyone knows, that’s how you win the game.  The game dynamics, however, controls / manipulates several elements in game dynamics, from what your dice roll to manipulating trading.

For example, according to several of the reviews, there is no luck of what the dice might roll. This version also removes “luck / chance” by manipulating trading.  If a trade with an AI gives you too much of an advantage, the AI will block you from even offering a trade to one of the AI characters while all of the other AI characters require massive amounts of funds to purchase their properties.  So, you are actually penalized for executing gameplay like a “Monopolist!” o.O

Since i know a little about how Monopoly game dynamics should function (received my first Monopoly board game at 9 yrs old), and since the reason Monopoly became such a worldwide popular game was due to its appeal to “monopolize.”  (Many say that its appeal to monopolize is what took Monopoly to the level of the most popular #1 game in the world; astounding when considering its humble beginnings of 5,000 homemade games produced and sold during the year after it was patented on December 31, 1934). 

So, if you want to play a game that removes the key element for why Monopoly is a great game and replace that monopolist element with game dynamics that are controlled / manipulative and that remove “luck / chance,” then this version is for you.  If not, you may want to keep looking for a better version.  Oh, and btw, if your choice is the former, prepare yourself for a LOT of annoying ads.

### 1/5 — Ужас

*2025-04-05, version 6.1*

После обновления стало ужасно тормозить и в проплаченом появляется реклама. Верните все как было

### 2/5 — More adds than play.  There is a 30 to 45 second ad that you have to click

*2025-02-05, version 6.1*

More adds than play.  There is a 30 to 45 second ad that you have to click at least three times on the X button to get back to the game. This happens before each and every turn you get so there is more time trying to close the ads then actual game time. It’s a shame because it is kind of a neat game.

### 3/5 — Jan 3 2023 Review: Buggy

*2024-01-24, version 5.1.5*

Decent version of the Hasbro “Monopoly” game, but this one is a bit buggy. - When you land on an unpurchased property, the human user is not allowed to mortgage properties and then purchase the new property unless you watch an ad. Annoying and distracting. You have to put up with it unless you pay to remove ads. 

The computer opponents can automatically do this if they wish. 

The human player has the screen frozen between a choice of Declining to buy the property and using AUCTION, to allow other Players to bid on the property. - restarting or quitting has a similar “watch an ad” requirement. Annoying. 

 - Rolled dice can land off the center of the board and the result changes the actual dice roll. If, for example, you rolled a 1 and a 5 and the 5 die landed slightly off the center of the board, the game would ignore the 5 result and assume you rolled a 1. 

 - I have also seen the same result because one of the dice landed on its points, instead of landing flat! Generally, if one of the dice landed wrong, that dice would be re-rolled or both dice would be re-rolled. 

- Rolling DOUBLES three times will auto send a human player to Jail. It does not always seem to work that way for computer opponents. Sporadically, I have seen the computer player roll triple doubles. 

- Computer players seem to roll doubles more frequently than human players. The randomization algorithm probably needs to be reworked. 

 - TRADE algorithm and logic needs explaining. I counteroffered to trade two properties to a computer player, that was accepted. A previous offer where I offered more money than the original Computer offer was rejected sometimes. Not consistent, but this is still “human”, I suppose. Humans are not very consistent. 

Suggestion: a setting switch that allows all player fines and fees to collect until someone lands on FREE PARKING.

 I originally bought the Parker Brothers - Hasbro Monopoly app from the App Store. They temporarily removed it from the App Store after a change in iOS versions. When they updated the app, nobody who bought the previous version was offered an upgrade. One of the reasons why I won’t buy the Hasbro version.

### 1/5 — Waste of time

*2022-09-09, version 5.1.4*

Too many adds don’t waste your life and download alternatives

### 2/5 — Sad

*2022-09-04, version 5.1.4*

It’s a fun game and it has so much potential but the ads are obnoxious and overly forced every 15-30 seconds. To the point where I have to turn off my data and Wi-Fi. And another thing. They always cheat you when you own properties with hotels by not letting the other players land on them. SMH. But it’s a fun game overall you guys just need to step it up it’s 2022. 🤦🏽‍♀️

### 3/5 — Needs work

*2021-09-29, version 5.1.3*

I have an iPhone and think this game is great!… except when every other game that not give me money when trading something. Or when I am almost going to win but then I don’t get paid when someone lands on my space. That’s frustrating when u spend hours on a game and can’t win :/

### 1/5 — Greedy developers

*2021-06-15, version 5.1.3*

Too much ads. The board looks so confusing. Super boring. The worst game ever!!!

### 4/5 — Best version of monopoly out there

*2021-03-15, version 5.1.3*

Because the licensed Monopoly game by Hasbro is such absolute cheating trash, this is the best version of monopoly available that I’ve found. The dice rolls are random. It counts the spaces correctly every time, and the trading w AI is challenging and mostly fair.

### 3/5 — Failed to load

*2021-01-04, version 5.1.3*

When playing, I want to watch a video to earn money and it keeps saying failed to load. I can’t mortgage property or sell houses, so have to file bankruptcy.

## Frequently asked questions about Businessman ONLINE board game

### What is Businessman ONLINE?

Businessman ONLINE is a free online multiplayer board game. Players aim to become business monopolists by acquiring properties, trading with opponents, and building structures to earn rent and wealth.

### How do you win Businessman ONLINE?

The primary goal is to become a monopolist by owning all properties in a color group, allowing you to build houses and hotels. The player who amasses the most money and property while avoiding bankruptcy wins.

### Is Businessman ONLINE free to play?

Yes, the game is free to play. However, it does offer in-app purchases and may display advertisements, which are common monetization strategies for free mobile games.

### Can I play with friends?

Yes, the game is designed for online multiplayer. You can play with your friends and other game enthusiasts from around the world, making it a social and competitive experience.

### What are the key gameplay mechanics?

Key mechanics include rolling dice to move around the board, buying countries and properties, trading with opponents, participating in auctions, and strategically building houses and hotels to increase rent collection.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.1 — 2024-12-12

Bug fixes, online multiplayer mode improvements, better graphics

### 5.1.5 — 2023-07-27

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 5.1.4 — 2022-04-10

Better multiplayer gameplay, play online now!

### 5.1.3 — 2020-04-26

- Bonus system to get extra points
 - Better online monopoly gameplay
 - Bug fixes and improvements

### 5.1.1 — 2020-04-18

- Better monopoly gameplay
 - Bug fixes, improvements

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