# Retro Tower: Building Tycoon — Build & manage your skyscraper

> Build & manage your skyscraper (iPhone/iPad app by Thomas Rhode.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-tower-building-tycoon/id6816649022 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Thomas Rhode](https://appshunter.io/developer/1798251236)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-10-12
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Retro Tower?

Build your own skyscraper and turn your first floors into a lively city in miniature. In Retro Tower, you plan apartments, offices, hotels and attractions, manage your income and watch daily life unfold in a detailed pixel world.

GROW YOUR TOWER, FLOOR BY FLOOR
Bring homes, workplaces, restaurants and shops together. Expand to new floors and make room for a cinema, swimming pool, ice rink and more. You decide how your skyscraper takes shape.

BUILD, MANAGE AND IMPROVE
Keep track of income, costs and satisfaction. Provide the services your residents and visitors need. Find bottlenecks and turn your building into a well-run tower.

KEEP YOUR TOWER MOVING
Watch residents, workers and guests follow their daily routines. Connect your floors with local elevators, express elevators and escalators. Add parking and a subway station to bring people into your tower.

PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE
Play offline and pause to plan your next move. Three separate save slots give you room for your towers. An in-game guide and wiki help you get started.

START FOR FREE
Both tutorials and three buildable floors of your own tower above the lobby are free to play. Building the fourth floor above the lobby requires a one-time full-game purchase. It unlocks further expansion across all three save slots. Keep your existing tower: you can continue playing it without buying, or expand it after purchasing.

One purchase. No subscriptions. No ads.

Game languages: English and German.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retro Tower Full Game | $3.99 | one-time |


## Is Retro Tower safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Retro Tower.

## Is Retro Tower legit?

Retro Tower: Building Tycoon appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Retro Tower is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-11-05

Our App Store page now explains more clearly how to build and manage your own skyscraper. Both tutorials and three buildable floors remain free to play. Gameplay and the purchase model are unchanged.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-13

New portrait screenshots show the whole tower with its subway and cars, plus close views of lively floors, shopping, cinema, swimming pool and nightlife.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-13

New App Store screenshots bring you closer to Retro Tower: lively floors, shopping, cinema and swimming pool, nightlife, and the subway with its passengers.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-12

No release notes.

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All apps by Thomas Rhode: https://appshunter.io/developer/1798251236

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