# Mining Empire: Idle Metal Inc — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of Mining Empire by ORCAT PTE. LTD., rated 4.60/5 from 1,199 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mining-empire-idle-metal-inc/id1636832060/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mining-empire-idle-metal-inc/id1636832060.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 914 · 4★ 164 · 3★ 58 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 49 ## What do users think of Mining Empire? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fun game - ⚙️ Enjoyable gameplay - 🔍 Interesting mining/factory mechanics **Cons** - 💸 Excessive ads - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🔁 Repetitive content - 🔒 Lack of progression **Commonly reported bugs** - Blank levels - Inability to progress - Audio issues - Broken functionality after updates **Most requested features** - More levels and content - Reduce ads or offer ad-free option - Fix bugs and glitches - Improve progression and longevity ## Newest reviews (18 of 82) ### 2/5 — 4 level nothing to mine *2026-08-07, version 1.4.4* I’ve spent hours playing this game all good and fun amd I get to level 4 everything is the same but nothing to mine so nothing to do what a waste the mines are empty ### 2/5 — Too many adds. Loses audio *2025-12-31, version 1.4.3* Normally I do not mind the ads. Watching ads usually will give you free gameplay items to help with your quest. This game is a good pastime if you can handle all the ads. After ads are finished the game will lose audio. Have to restart game for the audio to work. Considering deleting the game because of said issues. ### 3/5 — Ads *2025-12-22* Too many ads and the game loses audio after ads play. ### 1/5 — Unplayable since last update *2025-12-17, version 1.2.5* Great game until last update on 14/12/25 now nothing loads can’t progress on any part of game at all ### 1/5 — i paid *2025-12-17* there were so many ads I ended up paying for no ads. Only to find out that this game only has five main levels. With the latest holiday update it really screwed up the game you can't see any of the machine machines and everything stopped manufacturing. It's a time waster but now I think it's a money waster! ### 1/5 — Too many ads! *2025-12-05, version 1.2.4* This game could be fun if there wasn’t an ad every 30 seconds. Hard to play when you don’t have the opportunity. ### 1/5 — 進めない *2025-11-11* ステージ1で全部強化して次のステージ行けると思ったら、マネージャーを集めないと進めないク〇仕様 広告を見るか交易で放置するしか進める方法がないのでアプリ即消し😊 広告も多いのでこのアプリを入れてる人は今すぐ消してください🙇‍♀️ ### 1/5 — Ständig Werbung *2025-10-20* Man schaut mehr Werbung als man spielt . Schade gutes Spiel ### 1/5 — Nothing like adds *2025-10-15, version 1.2.4* The game is nothing at all like the adverts or even the pictures for it. I have played the game and there is 1 picture which is genuinely in the game, the rest are completely wrong ### 1/5 — Trop de pub *2025-10-14* À fuite le tuto pas encore terminé déjà à la 6 eme pub obligatoire veux même pas voir ce que ça va donné après ### 1/5 — Реклама *2025-10-12* Постоянная реклама ### 1/5 — Too Many Ads *2025-10-09, version 1.2.4* I get games need ads but there is an ad every 60-90 seconds. I can’t even play it long enough to see if I want to buy it ad free. I tried it for a few hours but had to delete it because of all the ads. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Too many other games I can download and play ### 1/5 — Werbung trotz Ablehnung *2025-10-03* Werbung die nur noch nervt, habe das Spiel gelöscht, ist einfach nur nicht zu empfehlen. ### 1/5 — Nothing but ads *2025-10-03, version 1.2.4* The amount of ads in this are nuts. Like every two minutes. ### 1/5 — Ridiculous amount of ads *2025-09-28, version 1.2.4* This could be a really fun game, but a 15-20 second ad pops up every 30 seconds-1 min, it’s absolutely absurd. I understand ads in free play, but bombarding a player with ads to try and force them into buying the no ads pack, which is $5, is just obnoxious. I deleted the game because you literally cannot enjoy playing the game unless you purchase to remove the ads. ### 1/5 — Too many ads to play *2025-09-28, version 1.2.4* The ads are so frequent you can’t even play the game. Looks fun and actually seems like it will be really enjoyable, but you can’t really tell because the ads pop up so frequently, you can’t really even play. Very disappointing. Maybe if the developer wasn’t so greedy trying to force add income we could find out if this game is enjoyable or not ### 2/5 — Too many forced ads *2025-09-24, version 1.2.4* I don’t mind have ads that you click on to help you along but it ruin a game when the ads a forced on you any few minutes ### 4/5 — こういうの好きだし面白いけど *2025-09-21* 広告が多すぎるので星4 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Excessive ads *2026-05-31, version 1.4.4* It’s just a money grab of an app which is a shame because it’s kind of fun, within 30 to 45 seconds no matter what you’re watching an ad ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-04-15, version 1.4.4* I play this game and go up levels and then poof it’s now not working…nothing in the mines. World 4 nothing to do. How do you make money to keep upgrading? ### 1/5 — Schade *2026-04-09* Es wird von Ebene zu Ebene schlechter. ### 1/5 — TMA *2026-03-29, version 1.4.4* Too many adverts ### 1/5 — i paid *2026-02-01, version 1.4.3* there were so many ads I ended up paying for no ads. Only to find out that this game only has five main levels. With the latest holiday update it really screwed up the game you can't see any of the machine machines and everything stopped manufacturing. It's a time waster but now I think it's a money waster! update 2026: there was a "winter" look update and now the game doesn't play at all! AVOID! ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-01-28, version 1.4.3* On world #4 the mineral did not spawn so the game is completely unplayable. Also an excessive amount of ads. ### 1/5 — Stupid ADs *2026-01-10, version 1.4.3* Really pointless ads that dont skip or play so frustrating ### 1/5 — It was good….until: *2026-01-05, version 1.4.3* I’ve really liked this game so far. Once I got to factory 4: PC factory, the level is blank. It shows the spot where mined stones would go, but, everything else is blank. I paid for no ads so this is kind of frustrating. ### 1/5 — ????? *2025-12-22, version 1.2.5* The actual gameplay is considerably different than the game shows on the App Store. I’ve been playing with an ad blocker (there’s literally an ad every 45-60 seconds), and it seems to have half a dozen mines and that’s it. It’s be a terrible waste of money to pay for no ads and find out that I had already played the whole game. ### 1/5 — Big issue currently. *2025-12-17, version 1.2.5* There is no new material being formed, in already opened mines. I am on the computer factory. The game has been ok up until now. I have emailed the developer, but not yet heard back. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — True, there are ads, but… *2026-07-13, version 1.4.4* The game is awesome, because it lets me test out many different production theories while learning how factories operate. It has a bit of a learning curve, which I enjoyed. And running an ad to upgrade a machine or increase a coin bonus is not a problem. I did run into an unexpected bug in World 4 - PC factory, where no mineable resource existed in the first 3 mine pits - the last 3 were mineable but how to get to them? Possessing infinite patience, I figured out a solution, and I’m now well on the way to finish World 4. The question is - is there anything beyond World 5? Inquiring minds want to know… ### 5/5 — Miene *2026-05-05* Macht Spaß ### 5/5 — Lots of ads *2025-08-17, version 1.2.4* Fun game if you pay for the free ads if not you will be bombarded with ads ### 5/5 — 아니 ㅋㅋㅋ *2025-08-08* 무슨 광고가 퍽하면 광고 좀만 지나도 광고 광고제거 사기가 무섭다... ### 5/5 — Great *2025-04-26, version 1.2.0* I like it cause I waste my time and it’s exactly what I’m looking for. I wish I got paid real money but other than that I spend a lot of time here. ### 5/5 — 👍🤩 *2025-02-18* Alles wieder ordentlich schön und sauber 🤩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✅ ### 5/5 — Very fun! *2023-10-11* A lot of ores to transform into items to sell! You hire workers and managers and upgrade everything, then use the money earned to grow your business, bigger better machines and better items for more money! Seriously this game is very fun and enjoyable. ### 5/5 — H *2023-03-11, version 0.4.6* needs more levels to it ### 5/5 — Graduation in two days *2023-01-26, version 0.4.6* No other new content or maps, and it's over in a flash. ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-11-14, version 0.4.6* Turn airplane mode on or wifi off and the game is an amazing idle game --- *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 2026-09-01.*