# Mafia Empire: City of Crime — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Mafia Empire by Farbflut Entertainment GmbH, rated 4.74/5 from 1,708 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mafia-empire-city-of-crime/id991778125/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mafia-empire-city-of-crime/id991778125.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,396 · 4★ 251 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 32 ## What do users think of Mafia Empire? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and smooth gameplay - 👍 Engaging gameplay loop - 🤝 Helpful syndicate members **Cons** - 💰 Overly aggressive monetization - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🕰️ Slow progression without spending - 🤖 Unbalanced matchmaking against high-level players **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect unit upkeep calculations - Disappearing resources and items - Login and server issues **Most requested features** - Comprehensive gameplay guide - More opportunities for free-to-play progression - Improved shield and protection systems - Better resource management tools ## Newest reviews (13 of 51) ### 2/5 — Just a money grab *2023-03-07* They make it way too easy to accidentally spend gold(real money currency), adding an instant spend button next to everything and that does not need any confirmation to use, ridiculous prices on the in game assets, game does not track things like upkeep properly (I lost 400 units in a battle but the upkeep kept charging me for them until my next recruitment finished, which was 6 hours after I lost the units) this results in you losing out on income that should've been made passively. ### 4/5 — New *2023-01-09, version 6.0.1* Brand new player - crime city died ### 2/5 — Log in *2021-10-01, version 5.8* I’ve been playing for years. Love the game but can’t log in and have not been about to play in the last 16 hours. If my base gets zeroed for this again. It will be for sale ### 2/5 — Waste of time *2020-11-10, version 5.7* Had my level to 12 (which took months) to have my city destroyed in 30 seconds. Months of troops destroyed and my wall defenses were crushed. Would take about 60 days to rebuild troops and walls and to have someone destroy it in seconds is SO DUMB! Pass on this game! ### 3/5 — Good game *2020-05-15, version 5.5* The game is fun and a decent way to pass time. While spending money helps its not necessary to spend large amounts at once. One thing I would like to see is a comprehensive manual. There are many intricacies in the game that aren’t explained and hard for new players to figure out. ### 3/5 — A good Pay to win game *2019-12-17, version 5.3.1* This game is good, I won’t lie. Although to make it to the top you have to spend thousands, which many have done. This game would be way better if it was less pay to win and more skill. ### 4/5 — Bug *2019-08-21, version 5.3.1* I don’t know where to report it to so I’ll leave a review my game is not loading I don’t know if others are experiencing this I’m just worried that I’m getting attacks like right now I can’t protect my rhm or resources I’m worried please fix and or respond ### 5/5 — Mafia empire *2019-05-19, version 5.2.1* Ah-May-zing ### 5/5 — Apollo Alexander *2019-04-26, version 5.2.1* Dame good game ### 5/5 — AWSOME GAME *2019-02-03, version 5.1* And this is a real review, the animation is better and how the quads drive through the street is good and better then mafia city ### 2/5 — Not very fun or exciting *2019-01-26, version 5.1* When I first got this game, it reminded me of the other strategy games. There was a significant difference, however. You almost never know what to do, and the gameplay is boring. While there are many games like this that restrict new players in other ways, this one advertises over and over again for you to buy packs. Syndicates are one of the best parts of the game, but getting invited into a big one so you can be protected if someone attacks you is extremely hard. The game also glitches and bugs out a lot, sometimes not allowing me to get new units. It may take a month to actually get anywhere in the game, which is still hard. If you attack an enemy raid thinking you’ll rob it with them, you’re wrong. And if you accidentally attack a better player, you’re dead. No matter how much you don’t want to attack another player, retreating costs 40 gold and trying to tap the transport is hard. All in all, this game is very limited and disappointing. ### 5/5 — Unit upkeep *2019-01-21, version 5.1* How to reduce upkeep ### 5/5 — Nice *2019-01-21, version 5.1* I like it I used to play mobile strike but they were too greedy making you pay for literally everything here it’s not like that at all ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — good game, bad support *2021-04-08, version 5.8* the game is fun but for a pay game, the support staff is terrible. They either don't exist or chose not to respond. if i was an investor, i'd look close at what you spend on IT support because you are getting ripped off. ### 1/5 — You would think? *2020-06-05, version 5.5* I honestly thought this game was gonna be very good compared to mafia movies. Ended up spending a dollar and I am very upset about it. I miss my dollar. DONT DOWNLOAD Go download the Godfather ### 1/5 — Bad *2020-05-22, version 5.5* This game is doo doo don’t get ### 1/5 — Bug they had in the game *2019-07-31, version 5.3.1* They took my account because I found a bug in the game and I used it! They want me to pay 30,649$ US DOLLARS back! I have spent a lot of money on this game! I’m not giving them nothing back it’s they fault they let this happen in the game ### 1/5 — Played from the beginning *2019-07-11, version 5.3* I started when game first came out . Spent a thousands of dollars had fun with other players . Than game fell straight into a bottomless pit and never found its way back up . Yours truly , BRUNO . ### 1/5 — Lame *2019-07-04, version 5.3* Really slow and has too many micro transactions ### 1/5 — Boring *2019-03-02, version 5.1* IT DIDNT SAY LEVEL 1 crook ### 1/5 — Uninstalling *2018-11-08, version 4.9.2* I liked this game and would be fun but I don’t like how players with millions and millions of respect point can attack someone with thousands. How do you compete against that I build up to just be attached by someone who has 100,000 units to defeat my little 4000 units. Sad to say that after I spent so much time and some money that I have to delete. It’s useless if I keep being attacked by players who I stand no chance against defending my territory ### 1/5 — last update 8-16 my character gone. *2018-08-16, version 4.8.1* spent a month building a mob level 25 boss. now everything is gone. last update. game was good. now too many updates too many problems. ### 1/5 — No support at all *2018-08-15, version 4.6* Game is fun until it glitches and you end up loosing everything. Then you contact support only for them to tell you they don’t see anything wrong with their server. Beware especially if you spend real money in app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2021-03-13, version 5.7* Been playing this game for 4 years.... very entertaing ### 5/5 — Oklahoma *2021-03-03, version 5.7* Lick me ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2020-12-20, version 5.7* I love this game ### 5/5 — Mafia *2020-06-26, version 5.5* Was apart 02 series this is way better. ### 5/5 — Love game *2020-05-04, version 5.4.1* I love the game but is their any way we can start the game over if you don’t like what you did in the past ### 5/5 — A Must Try *2020-02-25, version 5.4.1* Mafia is a fun game and has a lot of things to do. You will never get bored playing. In the beginning Global chat is a bit intimidating but the fact is that cool people are on every game. So just ignore the uncool comments and focus on the cool ones. I give this game a 5 star +. Thanks ### 5/5 — Mafia Empire *2020-02-01, version 5.4.1* Perfect Way To Stay Alive ### 5/5 — Game is addictive *2019-12-18, version 5.4* First, this is not a game where you get relatively quick results. It takes time. Second, you do not need to spend large amounts of money. $5 every 3 to 4 weeks should be enough. The problem I’ve seen in the reviews is players want quick results. If you want quick results, you can spend a lot of money if you want to. Third, most of the players I have communicated with are helpful in explaining the game. A lot is trial and error, but a lot is intuitive. Fourth, joining a Syndicate is necessary. This game is not meant to be played alone. Relax and enjoy the game. No need to get up tight! The only issue I have is the shield system, I have not figured out how to keep my district shielded for a long time. But that’s part of the fun, trying to figure 5 things out. If you get on the game contact me, my player name is Tony Lipp. ### 5/5 — Buyer/Player beware! *2019-08-03, version 5.3.1* The game will take your money then steal back the product you paid for! Buyer/Player beware! Very poor or non existent customer support. ### 5/5 — Good game tho pls fix these issues *2019-06-19, version 5.2.1* Good game just maybe have a how to button for any questions, more room to expand like maybe using stations troops to start new bases like up to three. And fix the instant construction bug because mine should be 8 minutes but won’t let me till 3 minutes because I am in syndicate. Also fix all the toxic people on global chat some please it’s a bit out of control. Also about the time thing it was allowing me to instant finish on that time with NO vip status and now I have to wait till three minutes! That’s less than when I started the friggin game. Please fix cuz that’ll drive me to deleting the game at one point --- *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 2026-06-10.*