# Restaurant Tycoon: Simulator — user reviews > 93 indexed App Store user reviews of Restaurant Tycoon by Hidden Lake Games LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 578 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/restaurant-tycoon-simulator/id6483495808/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/restaurant-tycoon-simulator/id6483495808.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 435 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 102 ## What do users think of Restaurant Tycoon? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay concept - 🎨 Beautiful graphics **Cons** - 💰 Excessive monetization - 🔍 Lack of transparency around costs - 🤖 Repetitive storylines - 🕰️ Slow progression without paying - 📺 Intrusive ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Losing purchased content when restarting - Inability to make meaningful progress without spending money **Most requested features** - More gameplay depth and progression - Ability to earn in-game currency without paying - Option to disable ads for a one-time fee ## Newest reviews (17 of 93) ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-05-03, version 1.3.37* You can’t even test the game without having first to pay for game currency as you can’t even afford the cheapest restaurant. I don’t mind paying for a full game but not being tricked.. you’re even spammed with advertisements during setup before the game even starts. Shameless ! ### 1/5 — This game is a scam! *2025-05-02, version 1.3.37* You can't play unless you buy into the game it's worthless ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2025-04-30* They give you a few $ to begin the gameplay, but everything requires purchases using the $, and 3-4 steps into the process and you are out of money ### 1/5 — Took My Money *2025-02-20, version 1.2.32* I had to pay to move forward and when I paid I didn’t get ANYTHING. This is a terrible game and I received no gems or money when I paid for them. ### 1/5 — Ads? Just strted game 5 sac ago *2025-02-10* Just started game 5 seconds ago and they decided to throw an ad on my face bravo team ### 1/5 — Game *2025-02-02* Game is very nice in beginning, but you watch adds more then you play game. Not nice ### 1/5 — What a shame *2025-02-01* This game is unplayable, I would gladly put up with ads if I could play as the graphics and storyline is exactly what I was looking for but you cannot progress after 2 minutes without a big purchase, a real shame ### 1/5 — Too much ads *2025-01-19, version 1.2.27* Too much ads.. ### 1/5 — Idioma só em inglês *2024-12-16* Péssimo e jogo sem música. Só tem inglês, disponibilizem outros idiomas. ### 1/5 — Money Pit *2024-12-15* I wanted to like the game but only 5 minutes in and I had already watched watch 5 forced ads, 5 more ads to get past the subscription purchase screen, and ran out of money. The only way to get game money is to buy it with real money. Total waste of time in my opinion. ### 1/5 — Worst *2024-12-13, version 1.2.27* Don’t like this game. There is too much advertisement and you need to pay so you can play. ### 1/5 — Ads every 5 seconds *2024-11-29* Not worth it and idk how they are a 4.2 star rating when I decided to actually look at the reviews after the fact. Every review shown is only a 1 star, talking about ads and having to use real money. The ads alone are frustrating enough. ### 1/5 — Horrible Game *2024-11-24* They strictly built this game to take people’s money. Not fun or interesting. If you don’t pay for premium which is $4.99 WEEKLY you will have an ad every 5 seconds (I’m not even exaggerating) also will cost you money to make decisions required to play the game. **Developer response:** We’re sorry the experience has been frustrating. We’ve recently added a new chapter and made updates to improve gameplay progression and reduce interruptions. Ads and timers can also be disabled with an in-app purchase for smoother gameplay. Your feedback helps us make the game better—thank you for sharing! ### 1/5 — Don’t get it *2024-11-21, version 1.2.27* I had such high hopes for this game but it literally is an always failing game unless you continue to buy diamonds, cash, or pick the lowest options. Lame ### 1/5 — Bad Game - finished it in 5 minutes after hefty costs *2024-11-11* You cannot play this game unless you pay a hefty amount. This is 100% paid to play game. I went ahead and did that, thinking that maybe I would get a better gaming experience… But I did not. The game doesn’t offer any gameplay other than answering questions and very limited interior designing options which are only 3. You don’t get to actually decorate anything. You have to pick one of the three premade designs. You also only get three different cuisine/restaurant types, all of which follow the exact same storyline. THIS GAME IS A SCAM. PAY TO PLAY IS NOT WORTH IT. **Developer response:** We’re truly sorry to hear about your disappointing experience. We’ve recently added a new chapter and made updates to improve gameplay progression and resource management. While the current design options are limited, your feedback about customization and gameplay variety is incredibly valuable and will be shared with our team. Ads and timers can also be disabled with an in-app purchase. Thank you for sharing your thoughts—it helps us improve! ### 1/5 — Great Concept Poor Execution *2024-11-01, version 1.2.27* The game is truly is cool concept. The graphics are beautiful and I enjoy starting from ground zero. I understand putting this type of money into a game needs to be recouped. However, after only playing for 30 minutes I am stuck and need to pay real life money to continue. If I was sucked into the game and invested no problem. I’m sure I would “fork” over the $12.99 or whatever the package was. I think the developers need to bank more on getting people invested into their business and then have packages on the back end. I have no “bond” with this restaurant I have started but didn’t get to finish creating so it nothing to just delete the app and never look back. ### 1/5 — You have to pay to play *2024-10-30, version 1.2.27* No game should feel like we have to pay to enjoy it. Dont waste your time downloading this unless you’re trying to pay a monthly subscription or a yearly. Devs are money hungry now a days. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worst game I’ve ever played *2025-10-13* I don’t usually write reviews but this game upset me so much! If I could give a 0 star I would. I played for like 30 min and even purchased more money to continue to play, even with all that I never actually played the game. I think they’re goal is to have you spend as much money as you can until your just finally tired of it. I’ve gone through all the reviews going back a year and they all say the same thing and the company keeps saying they’re gonna address the issues and clearly they have yet to do so… very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Not satisfied *2025-09-21, version 1.3.42* This game has a good idea. But the game is all about spending actual money to continue playing. Theeefore it is not fun and it also freezes and locks up after moving forward. Delete this game. ### 1/5 — Awful game *2025-08-08, version 1.3.42* terrible app! you can’t even play, it’s either ads every minute, or you have to purchase to even get to play! Never wanted to delete the game so bad! ### 1/5 — Horrible *2025-05-26, version 1.3.42* El juego es bueno, pero si no vas a invertir una gran cantidad de dinero en él no sirve, sólo te permite elegir al principio las opciones más baratas, pero siempre para elegir cosas buenas tienes que pagar. ### 1/5 — Nul *2025-05-26, version 1.3.42* Si tu payes pas tu joues pas car dès le début pas assez de fond donc merci au revoir ### 1/5 — Ridículo *2025-05-09* Não tem como jogar sem pagar. Nem abrir o restaurante. Lixo. ### 1/5 — PAY2PLAY *2025-05-08, version 1.3.37* You can’t even start the Game without paying.. spamming advertisements, trust you don’t have to try guys ### 1/5 — SCAM *2025-05-06* Dont get to choose any good options unless you want to spend $20-$50+ of actual money just to start the game. Then after the first main decision they make you wait 45+ minutes for another “storyline” to unlock unless you purchase the premium… this game is a scam to get you to pay money and hardly get to play anything. Will be getting a refund on my in-game purchases that got me 2 minutes of actual gameplay! ### 1/5 — WHAT A JOKE *2025-05-05, version 1.3.37* REQUIRES PURCHASE TO START PLAYING. UNBELIEVABLE. AND THE ADS EVERY 3 MINUTES…. ### 1/5 — Can’t even start the game if not spending money. *2025-05-04* This game is soo cheap that need to pay to increase game money to start the game. Even I tried to choose cheapest option to start the game but it’s still not affordable to open the restaurant. This is very ridiculous. Don’t even try to download it if u haven’t. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ggffggghhgtgyyyuuutyyuuttuuu *2025-09-14* Tffffttgghhjhhgyyyhhyyuuhyuh ### 5/5 — Good game *2025-08-31, version 1.3.42* I love this game ### 5/5 — MUST READ! DON’T USE REAL MONEY!!!!! *2024-06-30* The game has great potential but the fact that you dint get enough money at the start of the game to actually start the game is a bit horrible. Beside that if you pay for more money in that game and decide you was to restart you lose that money and have to pay again! Horrible game if you pay for something you should be getting what you paid for no matter what!!!!! ### 5/5 — Play it now *2024-05-18, version 1.0* Have fun tycoon it means ### 2/5 — Unprovoked ads *2025-02-07* Too many ads ### 2/5 — No Inglés *2024-07-06, version 1.0.9* Para las personas como yo que no sabemos inglés, pues no entendemos que hacer, pero es perfecto para los que si saben inglés --- *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 2026-09-02.*