President Simulator Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience13.7% of reviews
Neutral2.0% of reviews
Negative experience84.3% of reviews

~ Based on 51 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is President Simulator Safe?

President Simulator: Election appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for President Simulator is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 502 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

86.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
12.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 502 App Store ratings for President Simulator.

Is President Simulator Legit?

President Simulator: Election appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for President Simulator is 70/100.

Based on 70 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Bom jogo, mas com limitações frustrantes

O jogo é muito bom, mas o tempo de espera é absurdo. Você joga por 10 minutos e precisa aguardar de 30 a 50 minutos para continuar. Ainda estou no início da campanha e já percebo que o jogo parece induzir o jogador a esgotar seus recursos ou perder a satisfação da população, dificultando o progresso sem gastar dinheiro real. É uma pena, pois o jogo tem potencial, mas essas mecânicas tornam a experiência frustrante.
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Has potential

It’s a great game and I’m really enjoying it, it’s just the subscription is completely out of pocket. It’s a new game and it needs time to develop. Try short ads, we don’t mind them.

Addictive Cash Grab

There are so many ads and I have tried to be aggressive with the tax agenda but whatever you do you run out of money and are forced to pick the bad options. I really wish I could enjoy this game because I’m having fun and it is addictivly good but right now it isn’t worth it to play free.

I have finished playing this game I won second team election I had $200k in the account

I have finished playing this game I won second team election I had $200k in the account playing this game you have to be smart mind what you spend on that’s all i know everything in this game I can play it again

unnecessary choices and option

The game is good but feels so fake in scenerios after some inital gameplay
It has epistine storyline and why we need to spend in billions to defend and why press confress will take hundered of millions of dollars these are just so you are destined to bad rating and forced yo buy game
If developer makes some serious changes this can be pretty good game
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Literal scam

I tried playing like 10+ times and you cannot even progress in the story without spending money. You get a few decisions about how to respond to certain crisis’s and all of them either cost most of the money you start with or hurt approval ratings which either way will end the game. AI slop money grab
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Too Many Ads

Can’t go 5 minutes without being Hit by an Ad. Then they eventually hit you with a 40 minute timer that can’t be skipped unless you watch more ads. This isn’t a game, it’s a ad watching app

Really good game but…

To many ads then on top of that it’s a timer and after repeating the first couple of chapters I realized the game is coercing you to buy or simple not enjoy the game very simple concept game with relatively the same storyline not matter what party or options you choose but the price is outrageous so simply no I deleted the game after a few plays and I’d give a better review if the purpose of this game wasn’t to spend 40$ to actually play
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Ai Slop

I’ve played this for a couple hours and here’s been my experience. Once finished appointing my cabinet I was hit with a timer of 30 minutes before I could continue, pay $60 a year, or watch 2 ads. I experienced the same set of events twice in a row at one point (setting annual budget), and had to watch an ad about every 10 minutes. Another time, a character came in and said he “had to make that comment but was still on our side basically, but I’d never seen that guy before. I think this game uses AI heavily in its generation and that’s what’s lead to some things just not making sense.
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Response from developer

Hi Adathul, Thank you for playing and for taking the time to write this. First of all, the storyline is being written by 4 different people and this is the biggest president simulator on the AppStore, so sometimes the team can get it wrong, sorry that it felt confusing for you! The wait after your cabinet is the game’s first pause, and you can always skip it for free by watching the ads. The subscription is optional for players who’d rather never wait or see ads. Everyone can still finish the whole story for free. The annual budget comes up once per fiscal year. If you saw the same budget screen twice in a row, that’s not how it should play, and we’d love to look into it. Please email us at hello@moreclues.com with roughly where it happened. The character you mentioned is likely one who first appears through choices on a different path, so on your path he arrived without his introduction. That’s useful feedback, and we’ll make sure he’s properly introduced whichever path you take. Since your review we’ve released several updates with new chapters, a full re-election campaign, more ways to recover a struggling presidency, and smoother pacing. We hope you’ll give the latest version another try.

Money grab

Leads you to believe you’re going to start playing without weekly or monthly payments. You open up with trying to win 4 of the 7 swing states and it’s impossible with the budget they give you. So you buy more campaign money, just to get through it and still not win. Immediately after that the game hits you with the weekly / monthly payments to continue the game. Misleading. Deceitful. Poor game play. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
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Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to write this, and we're sorry the Midterms left you feeling misled. That's the opposite of what we want. Buying campaign money shouldn't feel like the only way to compete for the swing states, and your review is a clear sign the budget feels too tight. The subscription is optional: the story continues for free if you wait out the timers. We don't have any hard paywalls and the game could be completed without any purchases. Hope you come back and give it another try!

Ripoff

Only way to really enjoy the game is to have to pay to play. There are way too many ads to have to watch to keep the game free. Absolutely not worth it.

Response from developer

Thanks for the honest feedback. Ads only start after your first timer, and watching them is always optional: every timer also runs out on its own if you wait. Subscribing removes both ads and timers, but you can play the whole story for free. Subscriptions help us improve our games and create new ones, unfortunately it's quite costly to create new content. We're sorry the ads got in the way, and we'd love to hear where they felt like too much at hello@moreclues.com.

Good

I like it

Response from developer

Thank you, Ari! We really appreciate it!

Excellent!

I will start by saying I only paid real money to avoid ads. If you’re having to fork out more money you aren’t budgeting your country correctly…
The parallels with real life is the best feature. It gives you a chance to plot a different course of action. I ended the game with a 90% approval rating, 83% and up in every category. I hope they come out with a second term soon!
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Response from developer

Thank you for your support and the review - as a small independent gaming studio, it really helps us a lot! We will continue to extend the game and add more content soon. In the next week we’ll be releasing 7 new acts especially for the mid-terms. We hope you’ll love it!

Part 2

When do we get part 2?

Response from developer

We will continue to update the story regularly. Next week we’ll be releasing 7 new acts as a special mid-terms event - we hope you’ll love it! Thank you very much for the positive review - it helps us a lot!

Cannot function with real payments

This game could be great. But you cannot function as the president without spending real money. It seems there is no way to earn it besides buying it. Don’t spend your time on it.

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! There are free ways to earn money: your Treasury collects taxes every fiscal cycle, and you can raise or lower the tax rate in the East Wing at any time. You can also watch an ad in the Store for extra cash a few times a day. We're sorry this wasn't clearer. We'd love for you to give it another try. Also, the game is absolutely possible to finish without spending any real money.

Money hungry

This would be such a good game if the developers weren’t so I’m not hungry. You literally cannot play this game without spending money.

Game not completed

I would have given it 5 stars but the game isn’t even completed. It doesn’t mention that at all but keeps pushing subscription

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words! The full story is complete and playable from start to finish. We also keep expanding it with new chapters in every update, with a second term, foreign state visits and cabinet shake-ups coming next. Everything is playable for free by waiting out the timers. We hope you enjoy what's coming and change your opinion about giving us 5 stars this time 🥹

AI Pay to play garbage

Don’t waste your time supporting this trash, all positive reviews were purchased from ad revenue and people spending money on this “game”

Money Grab

This feels more like a money grab than a strategy game. You can barely get through the beginning or complete an objective before being hit with an ad or being pushed to subscribe and spend real money. The game has potential, but the monetization gets in the way of actually enjoying it. Let players experience the game and progress naturally instead of constantly interrupting gameplay with ads and paywalls. I’d gladly support the game if the monetization felt reasonable, but right now it feels like you’re being charged before you even get a chance to properly play.
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Uncomfortable Story Line & Push for Payment

The use of the Epstein storyline is uncomfortable and inappropriate. Additionally, the game won’t be fun to play unless you pay to remove ads.