# Pixel Plex: City Builder — user reviews > 466 indexed App Store user reviews of Pixel Plex by Toast - Apps and Software LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 2,040 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixel-plex-city-builder/id1296964678/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixel-plex-city-builder/id1296964678.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,657 · 4★ 219 · 3★ 65 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 79 ## What do users think of Pixel Plex? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Chill and relaxing gameplay - 🤩 Great city building experience - 💪 Collaborative community aspect - 🎨 Appealing pixel art style **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - ⏱️ Slow progression and resource gathering - 💰 Paywall to create new cities - 🏠 Inactive players occupying city slots **Commonly reported bugs** - Buildings disappearing after upgrades - Incorrect countdown timers - Negative resource and money balances - Plex market crashing the game - Inability to create new cities after purchase **Most requested features** - Ability to kick inactive players - More buildings and upgrade options - Faster resource generation - Shared trading depot between servers - Ability to switch servers without losing progress ## Newest reviews (16 of 466) ### 4/5 — Creative but slow *2026-08-11, version 6.3* This is only my second day playing the game. August 11 2026. As a new player I will tell you don't be in a hurry. Gaining material is not really overly complicated but having the money for your building is the biggest challenge. So far the players have been very helpful in the chat area once I found it lol. So if you like a slow moving city building game with a challenge for strategy this is a good game. ### 3/5 — Slow and boring *2026-08-11, version 6.3* Slow and boring but ok I guess. Just super slow to get started. And everything takes loooong to finish building. ### 3/5 — Cool *2026-07-30* Ich mag das spiel so für zwischendurch ### 3/5 — Ok game *2026-07-27, version 6.2* It’s fun but expansion is too expensive ### 2/5 — Was good *2026-06-20, version 6.1* The game was fun, now servers seem dead. Join a new server all full of new players that you never see again after playing once. At least the dev’s update the game but prices for the newest update, would cost $16 real dollars for a 1 percent reduction in block upkeep perk. Again was a good check up once a day game now feels like a slow endless search to find anyone else willing to give this game a go. ### 4/5 — Asking me to write a review *2026-06-17, version 6.1* It keeps asking me to write a review, the games fun but this is annoying ### 4/5 — Intro guide *2026-06-16, version 6.1* This game is good, but I didn’t get it, we need a intro guide ### 5/5 — Slow but Great *2026-06-03, version 6.0.4* It’s a slow progress but a little bit to get distracted from life ### 5/5 — Terrific *2026-05-28, version 6.0.4* Great game. Don't eat time,no micromanaging hell. Communication and community. More big updates and more commercial for this one. It can go big. ### 4/5 — Nicht schlecht *2026-05-28* Moin, das Spiel an sich ist garnicht so schlecht. Nur hab ich das Pech in einer sehr inaktiven Stadt gelandet zu sein. Die Stadt kann sich nicht weiter entwickeln weil zu viele Spieler sein Monaten inaktiv sind. Und dadurch keine Wahlen und Abstimmungen stattfinden können. Kann man daran etwas ändern??? ### 5/5 — Really fun *2026-05-28, version 6.0.4* Really good to play with friends but if I could go for a 4.5 I would as it takes slightly to long to make money. Other then this really great fun on one island with a couple friends ### 5/5 — Gefällt mir *2026-05-24* Also bis jetzt habe ich hier noch keine Werbung gesehen. Keine nervigen Fenster mit Kauf-Angeboten. Schön wie man hier zusammen eine Stadt aufbaut und sich gegenseitig auch helfen kann. Natürlich dauert es hier und da auch mal etwas länger. Ich persönlich habe bis jetzt noch nichts gesehen was länger als 3Tage dauert an Bauzeit. Wenn man mal andere Spiele sieht, wo es mal schnell über 1 Monat dauern kann🤪🤣 Ich hab mein Grundstück, hab meinen Spaß und bin Glücklich. Weiter so! :D ### 5/5 — Loved it but it gets impossible to keep going *2026-04-10, version 5.5* This game was amazing, you had to be strategic to grow and grow, and then i hit 8 full tiles, everyone on my map gave up. I did the math and the only way i can grow any more is by running another account along side it and that just made the game feel worthless to play. But for the months i did play it was really fun. It’s a slow game but if you set up one tile wrong it sets you back. I like the skins and the fact that you don’t have to spend money to play it. 5 stars other than the fact i can’t progress i hope the devs sort out the income and the plot cost difference. ### 5/5 — Be Smart *2026-03-28, version 5.5* Only worthwhile consideration purchases would be $0.99 and $19.99, the apartments aren’t better than the apartment complexes, only wise building to buy from the store would be the distribution center, I started 19 days ago and I’ve been wise, take this advice into account when you are playing. ### 5/5 — Lit! *2026-03-14, version 5.5* Game is lit ### 5/5 — Chill! *2026-03-11, version 5.5* quite a slow going game but it’s very simple and chill ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Paid city ruined by cheater, no kick button. I spent real money to buy a private city. I shared my a *2026-08-27, version 6.3.1* Paid city ruined by cheater, no kick button. I spent real money to buy a private city. I shared my access code in a chat group. Immediately after, a cheater named "NeoFranki" intercepted the code and joined my server. He is exploiting the game. Without generating city income, he instantly bought 18 blocks. He is ruining the economy. As the owner, I have NO function to KICK or BAN him. There is not even an option to reset the access code to stop him from re-entering. Developer email support ignores my complaints. Manually ban this cheater and wipe his blocks from my city, or I demand a full refund! My City ID: 1MXRNYEX ### 1/5 — Auto-kick doesn’t work. Developer ignores messages *2026-07-15, version 6.2* My city has 38/40 allowed players. Only 10 people are active. Active players want to expand and benefit from utilizing nearby blocks, but they can’t because those blocks are locked down by inactive players. Some players have not opened the game for several months and the “auto-kick” feature is FAR past the countdown timer. The “auto-kick” feature was rolled out four years ago. Players have been complaining about it not working since DAY 1. This issue has been regularly mentioned on the Discord server and the developer never responds to anyone. Apple’s policy states developers have 90 days to fix bugs or be removed from the App Store. Get on it… ### 1/5 — Umm hello game staff help *2026-05-26, version 6.0.4* So to unlock buildings I have to join an event. Okay. Events are posted on the main menu. Where I check every day. Someone in city chat said use this code for an event. Where did you get the code? I have to delete my city to use this code. I have to pay to unlock another city if I want to see if this code is valid or am I just getting scammed to join a private city… ### 1/5 — Fun, but game is dead *2026-04-24, version 5.5* Nice game, played for a few months. It is a huge grind the further you grow. Balance of cost gets way off and the growth grinds to a virtual halt. Game is definitely dead, no updates in 5+ months, bugs are making it unplayable. Don’t waste your time, the devs sure aren’t anymore. ### 1/5 — Multi-lvl Marketing as Game *2026-02-15, version 5.5* It’s just a non-strategic, forced-delay app that wants you to share it with your friends to increase revenue. It’s not a game. It’s just MLM. ### 1/5 — Residents *2026-01-12, version 5.5* When it comes to hiring people they favor some type of building and sometimes you have to evict hundreds of people just to get one person and this can take hours. This mad play this one of the hardest thing to do but other than that it is pretty fun ### 1/5 — garbage *2025-12-15, version 5.5* Just like the ‘free’ fitness games i’ve come across at the meta store (yes, i plat VR as well), this app is *technically* free ‘to download’, free to download… that’s it, to even *ACCESS* the game itself, there’s an automatic *paywall* do yourself a favor and steer clear of this if you’re not into paying just to play a free game ### 1/5 — The stockts doesnt work *2025-11-10, version 5.5* I have a vip that reduce the time of the construction but when the construction said 5 min , and I opened the game again show me 3 hours 😡 ### 1/5 — okay concept, everything else sucks *2025-10-22, version 5.4* absolutely no player support, i tried reaching out through discord, instagram, and a few other means over an item i payed for that wasnt received. never got a response. decided to put that aside and continue playing, ive now had 4 properties that have merged then deleted from my plex, specifically the gas station and lumber mill. id reach out about it again but clearly theres no point ### 1/5 — Incredibly slow *2025-10-07, version 5.3.4* The game itself isn’t bad. Takes a few minutes but I got the hang of it. I only played around a day and a half. Had a score of 38 with only one block. I was waiting for resources to make an expansion and decided to check out some cities on their discord, which erased my progress. Unless you pay 5.99 you get only one city block to start with. If you leave a city it erases all progress. It’s a shame, because of how long the game takes this discourages early game experimentation. It’s simply too slow and limited for me to give it any more effort, let alone think about paying them for the ability to do so. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Relaxing game *2026-08-12* Exactly what I would expect from a relaxing city builder. Great mechanics ### 5/5 — My experience playing *2026-08-11, version 6.3* A really fun game to play with friends and make news great game has its quirks but the developers are amazing and on top of things really appreciate playing a game that has good upgrade and enticing to people who enjoy building games! ### 5/5 — Nice game *2026-07-31, version 6.2* It’s a great game for those who don’t want to be trapped in a time consuming game and like a little game time every once in a while. Really like the city I was placed in. Great game. No ads. ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-07-23, version 6.2* Basic, easy to understand. It’s fun to have a “community” in the game, such as electing a mayor, town/city projects that can contributed to, etc. ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-11, version 6.1.2* I enjoy this app. Very addictive ### 5/5 — My experience playing *2026-06-22, version 6.1.1* A really fun game to play with friends and make news great game has its quirks but the developers are amazing and on top of things really appreciate playing a game that has good upgrade and enticing to people who enjoy building games! ### 5/5 — Good *2026-06-18, version 6.1* Good ### 5/5 — Problem *2026-06-18, version 6.1* I love the game so far but my in game language randomly changed so half of what I see is in Spanish now. I also can’t seem to find how to change it to English ### 5/5 — Great *2026-06-05, version 6.0.4* Great game. Wish the deals where better, I’d buy pixels but to expensive and no good deals to go with them. ### 5/5 — Ignore the bad ones *2026-06-04, version 6.0.4* Is the best time killing game and play with my friend and playing it with family is better --- *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 2026-08-31.*