# Idle Zombie Miner: Gold Tycoon — user reviews > 3,009 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Zombie Miner by Royal Ark, rated 4.40/5 from 27,291 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-zombie-miner-gold-tycoon/id6471983323/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-zombie-miner-gold-tycoon/id6471983323.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20,996 · 4★ 2,792 · 3★ 383 · 2★ 396 · 1★ 2,724 ## What do users think of Idle Zombie Miner? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Cute zombie characters - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 💡 Interesting concept - 🎨 Good graphics **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 💰 Excessive in-app purchases and ads - 🕰️ Slow progression and repetitive gameplay - 🚫 Misleading advertising **Commonly reported bugs** - Game not loading or freezing on startup - Connectivity issues and internet requirement - Progress and purchases not saving properly - Event participation bugs **Most requested features** - More diverse gameplay and mine types - Ability to carry over progress between mines - Offline play mode - Improved event system ## Newest reviews (18 of 3,009) ### 2/5 — Fake *2026-09-01, version 2.612.2790* Not what the videos show ### 2/5 — Decent for a minute *2026-08-31, version 2.612.2790* Decent until they make you watch a dozen ads for one zombie ### 1/5 — Fake marketing *2026-08-29, version 2.612.2790* Game isn’t the same as the adverts. Which is a shame as the adverts I see for this game on social media platforms are really good. I’ve played the game and it’s boring. Simple click and tap mechanics ### 1/5 — False advertising *2026-08-29, version 2.612.2790* The game that is advertised is completely different to the game that you get. Don’t bother. ### 1/5 — Fake. Liars. *2026-08-29, version 2.612.2790* Game doesn’t play anything like the commercial I saw which looked exactly like the screen shots on App Store. No bulldozer. No piles of gems. Developer responded without addressing the primary concern that their commercials and screen shots don’t look like the game. That is intentional. That’s not an accident. ### 3/5 — Fake ad beware *2026-08-28, version 2.612.2790* There is no bulldozer to control. fake ad and screenshots of the ad. False advertising mobile trash ### 1/5 — BUGGY *2026-08-27, version 2.611.2780* This game is so trash I would elevate then I would watch a add and it wouldn’t give me the reward for the add first of all then 2nd IT WOULD RESET ALL OF MY PROGRESS I JUST MADE IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. Save your time and don’t install this game until the devs get there stuff together ### 1/5 — Fake *2026-08-27, version 2.611.2780* Not even the same game from the screenshots ### 1/5 — Slop *2026-08-27, version 2.611.2780* Game is nothing like ads or pic previews. Candy crush waiting game not grabbing gems and upgrading machines for collection ### 1/5 — Fake screenshots *2026-08-26, version 2.611.2780* This game is fake! ### 1/5 — Misleading *2026-08-26, version 2.611.2780* This game is nothing like the ads or the “preview “ shown in this listing. ### 1/5 — False advertising *2026-08-26* Criminal level of false advertising. Certainly believe that this level of misrepresenting of a product violates Japanese law (downloaded from the Japanese App Store) which carries the penalty of 2 years prison time or fines of 3 million yen. Realistically nothing will happen but if we lived in a just world the develops if this game would be criminally prosecuted. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-08-26, version 2.611.2780* Fake ad. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2026-08-25, version 2.611.2780* Garbage. So much ads takes any fun out of it. Everything is an ad or a ad or oh yeah an ad Waste of time. Don’t buy anything in game Not just ads an insane amount of micro transactions. Nothing like the screenshots ### 1/5 — Unstable *2026-08-25, version 2.611.2780* Constant crashing and progress throttling. Unbalanced and inconsistent transition of difficulty ### 2/5 — Too many ads. *2026-08-25, version 2.611.2780* This is an unpaid, unbiased, honest review. The game concept is not new and definitely falls in the realm of “idle” genre games. The designs and characters give off a fun kid-friendly vibe. However, the ads are excessively incessant. The game automatically generates and forces a video ad “break” on the user regardless if they allowed the ad to play. And it seems to be happening every 2-5mins of game play or idle activity. On top of that, ads for pay-to-play services along with events are popping up like spam everytime you open the app. I’ve counted a out 5 times where i have to close down interfaces just to get to the main screen. For now, i am uninstalling after playing for about a month. Im not sure what purpose this game served if all it is is about idling away while ur away from ur phone. There doesnt seem to be any challenges other than letting ur character do its idle thing. ### 1/5 — Nothing like the videos or screenshots *2026-08-25, version 2.611.2780* Maybe the cool isometric digger game is a special stage or something but it’s nothing like the main game. Not sure how they get away with this or Apple allow it through review when it’s completely different to the App Store listing screenshots. Looking forward to Apple clamping down on misleading ads and marketing materials. Update: Apologising is great and everything, but you guys are the ones intentionally pushing out screenshots and videos that are absolutely nothing like the game. If you were truly sorry you’d stop pushing misleading marketing materials. Shameless. ### 3/5 — I wanted the ad *2026-08-25, version 2.611.2780* The only thing close to the ad is a 60sec mini game between the mines which are drag click and wait. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nothing like it shows *2026-09-01, version 2.612.2790* The game is nothing like it shows in the add. ### 1/5 — Nothing like the ads *2026-09-01, version 2.612.2790* Nothing like the ads and the pace of play is absolutely terrible unless you pay to win. ### 1/5 — Liar of a game *2026-09-01, version 2.612.2790* Absolute trash. Nothing like the video ad ### 1/5 — Deceptive ads *2026-09-01, version 2.612.2790* The ad shows you driving a bull dozer around pushing ore in to a grater which turns it in to gold when the actual game play is far from that at all. A copy cat of another game with the same concept that already exists with better graphics and apparabce ### 1/5 — Not the game in the ads/images *2026-08-31, version 2.612.2790* This game is not the one shown in the pics on the App Store. It is not the game in the ads found on social media. It’s a time based micro transaction app that requires you to collect resources and level up cards. You do not just drive around collecting things, pushing items around like the video ads show. That’s a bonus stage found at the end of each mine stage. It’s timed and not very fast at all. ### 1/5 — Nothing like the ads *2026-08-31, version 2.612.2790* This game is nothing like the ads you don’t get to drive a little truck around collecting whatever. You just place zombies in a square and they mine the blocks beside them. ### 1/5 — Fake ads fake screenshots fake game *2026-08-31, version 2.612.2790* Game is nothing like its advertised. Dont waste your time. ### 1/5 — terrible *2026-08-31, version 2.612.2790* game is terrible didn’t even match the ads smh ### 1/5 — Don’t believe the ads *2026-08-30, version 2.612.2790* Nothing like the game advertised. If they’d put so much effort into creating the game they pretend it is, as they do into creating fake ads, then maybe they’d have a better product and better reviews. ### 1/5 — Not like the ads *2026-08-29, version 2.612.2790* Not like the advertisements, and the screenshots for the game on the app page are not reflective of gameplay. Dev replies to reviews are the same copy and past responses, they are not written by humans, and devs don't care. Shame that for years you've been saying the SAME thing when people say they are being misled by advertisements- you should not be allowed to purposely mislead people in this caliber. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super idle fan *2026-08-29, version 2.612.2790* Favorite game since being a kid, played on Xbox and ps1, I always hit a 100 plus on these kinds of adventures ### 5/5 — Zombie *2026-08-26, version 2.611.2780* Good game ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-17, version 2.603.2750* This game is super fun ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2026-08-15, version 2.603.2750* I love this game ### 5/5 — Zombie Fun *2026-08-07, version 2.603.2750* Great little game ### 5/5 — Ads and workings *2026-07-30, version 2.603.2750* It has about three minutes until every commercial break. This game is does have ads but when you get into it, you can really figure out. It’s really fun. You should try it today. Have fun. ### 5/5 — False game *2026-07-10, version 2.600.2741* This is not the game it’s supposed to be ### 5/5 — Game not opening *2026-07-10, version 2.600.2741* The game isn’t opening. I deleted and reinstalled but it is not working. ### 5/5 — 急にログインできなくなりました。 *2026-07-07* 今までログインできてたのに、急にログインできなくなり、何度か再起動してから、ログインしようとしてもできません。 **Developer response:** Sorry about your experience. Please update the OS of your device to the latest version and the problem should be solved. If the problem remains, contact our support at support@zombieminer.com ### 5/5 — Bin soweit eigentlich zufrieden *2026-07-05* Ich würde mir als Verbesserungsvorschlag eine zusätzliche mine wünschen. Eine Art endlos mine die nie zu Ende geht und wo man seine Zombies immer weiter aufleveln kann. Das wär cool wär schön wenn ihr das umsetzen könntet. **Developer response:** Thank you for 5 stars and the suggestion! 💚 Have fun in the game and stay tuned for more! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*