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Sunday City: Life Simulator
Kefir · 3,388 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 19 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
15 negative reviews mention this · 79% of all complaints
★★★★★ "bad for gambling addicts. i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that t…" - Thor1272
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"money"
12 negative reviews mention this · 63% of all complaints
★★★★★ "bad for gambling addicts. i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that t…" - Thor1272
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"playing"
7 negative reviews mention this · 37% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips fo. It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips for gameplay. It's a fun game concept but it's very much elitist. You have to spend millions in casino chips to get back crumbs. This system f…" - JJ3005hhh
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"chips"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "bad for gambling addicts. i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that t…" - Thor1272
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"casino"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gets boring. Gets boring after a while. Nothing really to do until you can get more money or casino chips. Wish they had some hang out spots to mingle at like a house or club or something. Would be nice if we had our own house to customize and have part…" - Lorie48
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"play"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "bad for gambling addicts. i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that t…" - Thor1272
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"businesses"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Expensive. The cost to open a business with staff is unbelievable! I tried playing but not even a few days never enough money. Not buying coins especially this early! It doesnt come 1 billion dollars to start those small businesses! Deleting game now" - Contrese@1982
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"gamble"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Casino Sim. The fact you’re basically forced to gamble to progress is an alarming message." - jeff3125
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"other"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips fo. It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips for gameplay. It's a fun game concept but it's very much elitist. You have to spend millions in casino chips to get back crumbs. This system f…" - JJ3005hhh
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"amount"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips fo. It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips for gameplay. It's a fun game concept but it's very much elitist. You have to spend millions in casino chips to get back crumbs. This system f…" - JJ3005hhh
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"gambling"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "bad for gambling addicts. i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that t…" - Thor1272
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"right"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "bad for gambling addicts. i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that t…" - Thor1272
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Controller support
I love this game and it would be even better if it had backbone controller support
It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips fo
It's a pay to play game and you will still need to watch 30+ mins of advertising to get the chips for gameplay. It's a fun game concept but it's very much elitist. You have to spend millions in casino chips to get back crumbs. This system for rewards, money, hustle and a lot of other rewards requires an astronomical amount of effort, networking and money. It feels too much like the problems we already face in real life lol like I don't want to be in “game poverty” too. Thanks for reading my review and I hope this helps someone else deciding to provide their value in attention, money and time decide to spend those resources with a different game that actually values their gaming experience and provide more content for long-term players to even the playing field.
Micro Transactions At Every Corner
Seemed like a fun concept, but I had to spend $150 just to keep the game going for a couple of hours. You’d think after spending that kind of money your gameplay would go a lot further, but after upgrading everything I could I’d need to wait literally weeks if not months to upgrade the next business. I hope the creators enjoy my $150 cause they won’t be getting anymore. Deleted.
Don’t waste your time
Garbage
It started me completely over
I was far into the game and it started me over. I am so frustrated
Casino game !!!!
Force u to learn & play casino games!! Ethically isnot right. Besides, not optimised
Boat wheel & casino wheel
The boat wheel is so rigged. The casino daily wheel is rigged. Those are the only complaints that I have, and it needs to be fixed. Idk if the developers have a certain amount of spins before the earnings start getting really good, and if it is then please lower it to like 50 spins not 200… Other than that… the game is pretty good, chill, and relaxing.
Expensive
The cost to open a business with staff is unbelievable! I tried playing but not even a few days never enough money. Not buying coins especially this early! It doesnt come 1 billion dollars to start those small businesses! Deleting game now
Was fun
It was fun until you have to upgrade your businesses and put like $12 million for a freaking plant or a chair. It’s ridiculous. Even when you upgrade everything you still have to upgrade a whole bunch of other stuff which is crazy ex amount of money for a damn game makes the game not worth playing. Or want to play anymore?
Boring ai slop
Boring, tries to get you addicted to gambling, don’t get to furnish or actually build your businesses, all you do is gamble to make money to furnish your business. You can’t even pick the furniture or place it where you want it. It’s a cycle of earning chips for gambling through your business, gambling for more money for businesses, and spending all the money renovating said businesses. So lame. I deleted it within 10 minutes of playing.
Just a Money Grab
Spent at least 30 Million to complete businesses whose ROI is ridiculous. 30m for 8k per real hour. Nothing to do but gamble game is trash.
bad for gambling addicts
i didnt realize going in that this was a gambling game as gambling is required to earn money to build things in the city. it was fun at first, but gets repetitive. upgrading things costs way too much in comparison to what's earned so that they get you to buy more chips. i paid for some extra chips to reach a reward for one of the events as it was ending soon. i did not get the reward as was a few hundred short and lost all that money. a lot of the events end right before you can finish them, even if you've played for a long time. i contacted support and they basically said too bad, so sad.
Fun but annoying
I love the concept of this game however, the materials and work are extremely unrealistic and drains the bank account extremely fast. It’s annoying to pay 2 mil for a sofa. When I’ve already spent millions (10+mil) on materials to to the renovation! I think if you make materials that expensive then the instore work shouldn’t be that expensive. I mean I’m only at the third store and I’ve given up because it don’t matter how much money I win it won’t complete a renovation because it’s so expensive. I had 30 mil in the bank and it still didn’t cover the project. Anyways. The idea is cool.
Gets boring
Gets boring after a while. Nothing really to do until you can get more money or casino chips. Wish they had some hang out spots to mingle at like a house or club or something. Would be nice if we had our own house to customize and have party’s at. Definitely wish it was more like the Ads but it’s not. Everyone pretty much looks the same. Need to be able to customize characters more.
Cards
The nerve to be counting down the days for the shark costume but yall give out so many duplicates and we cannot trade gold cards which is unfair this makes no sense also yall put a limit on the amount of cards u can send . Also we already purchase gems but u do not give no incentives for gems at all knowing thats one of the only ways we can collect chips to play . The game itself is fun but listen to the people playing and spending our money
Casino Sim
The fact you’re basically forced to gamble to progress is an alarming message.
Thought it was going to be fun
So, I cant design my own character, 1. I have to freaking gamble to get more money? 2. I really thought this was going to be a game where we got to do different fun tasks to level up, and actually interact in the world. I thought I was going to get a job. We dont own a house or anything. It was entirely too complicated just at the intro. Man dang, I was actually excited for this from the ads
Crash
I’ve been playing the game it started out fun but then it just started crashing everytime it opens or the ads get stuck and have to restart very annoying
not sure how to feel
before i constructively critique this game i will say, i like the idea of the game. it simulates an open world with players with a tycoon feel to your businesses. i will say better than roblox tycoons and the sims free play. which is what i was hoping for originally with the game. however, i have a few issues. for one, i understand your game says 18+ because of the consistent gambling you have to do in order to make money, but you have no serious way of confirming age. so basically i can’t make any friends on here without worrying that they are 12 years old. which brings me to the next pointer… 12 year olds gambling. call me crazy, but even adults are addicted to gambling, and these kids are ranking high numbers on this game. seems like an inefficient strategy to keep people playing. you should probably enforce actual age restriction. like roblox and animal jam. either get an ID or get a parents permission. i’m sure most of these childrens’ parents wouldn’t be okay with this. which is why you shouldn’t even advertise the game the way you do. seems like it would be okay for any age. and you provided so many unrealistic expectations in your ads. (can’t really take points off for that, most people over-exaggerate their game ads) like most of your reviews i’ve read, the game is repetitive. you do a job, gamble, and upgrade repeat. the events you need other players and the events only come ever so often. this game got boring after 15 minutes and i love simulators, so that says something in itself. there are only little kids on here. im sure any adult that recognizes this is perplexed and uncomfortable. who in their right mind said yes i think adults wouldnt mind gambling with children😂? 18 + my badonk. and with an open chat box that i really hope is closely monitored (unlike roblox) i will say from one adult to another… do better! stop profiting off of naive kids and their want to mimic adults.
Sentiment summary
94%
Positive (4-5★)
1%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)