The Startup: Interactive Game 12+

I run a startup. This game is good in theory, and obviously interesting: but not in practice. Like the other review mentions there is too much focus on the user paying $ too early. I’m sure their churn is high because of this.

For example, I hired the best designer available then was required to pay at least $7000 to design an in-house logo that could be made in Word. $30k in web hosting pre-launch, when every startup can easily get $100k plus in hosting credits from AWS, Google, and Azure.

IMO they should let the user get further into the game where they are invested in their startup versus paywalls very few minutes. No mental investment in my startups growth = churn within 30 minutes. Also it just wasn’t fun and nothing like how an actual startup makes decisions based on the $200k of angel funding the game starts you with. It says the only focus is on building a product MVP yet forces you to invest in marketing campaigns before the product is built. Doesn’t make sense, not worth it. I’m ok with paying for games, but this one doesn’t give you enough time with the game before bombarding you with paywalls.

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I saw the ad just like everyone else and thought this would be an interesting and fun game where you can try to build a business from scratch. But it’s far from that, once you get into the game there’s so much reading to get a storyline in. It’s paragraph after paragraph, you never really get to make free decisions either, some npc tells you that you need to make company choices and gives you THREE options that change the entire company, and if you choose the “wrong” one he’ll tell you not to make the mistake again. On top of that my company didn’t even make barley any money at all since I started so once you run out of money after they force you spend it all on office buildings, logos, employees, you either have to wait hours for your employees to complete tasks or you have to end up buying money or a subscription which is $5 dollars a WEEK which includes not having to wait for tasks and the full storyline, so yeah you don’t even get to know the full storyline, the people who developed this game clearly didn’t care about the consumer playing, my guess is they made the game a horrible storyline for every player to go through so that the game is basically the same for everyone and they don’t have to worry about coding the game to let players make moves freely. Then the get to sit down and wait for people to buy the subscription or money so they can get their paychecks. You can definitely find a better game then this one.

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This is the first and only review I’ve written. This game is created by scum that are only interested in your money. I have no issues with buying games or spending money on in game purchases whatsoever. I actually think that more games should cost money due to the amount of work put in some of them. But this game is a joke. Not even 5 minutes into the game you begin a task where you team is “building something” and it is a 45 minute wait time so it automatically takes you to a screen to show you the options to purchase the premium version for either 5 dollars a week or 40 dollars a year (obviously trying to get you to spend 40). Every single building task or waiting task is 10 minutes to an hour, and they are very frequent. Oh what’s that? You accidentally clicked the wrong selection? Game over, start from the beginning, because the selection goes through as soon as it’s touched. I decided to spend 5 dollars just to see how much farther it would take me. The full game takes probably 20 minutes to beat and you don’t even get to see how well your business does on launch day, because the game ends on launch day. Don’t waste your money on this garbage. The absolute worst use of 5 dollars in my life.

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We are committed to providing a positive and enjoyable experience for all players, and we appreciate your feedback as we work to improve the game.
Please be informed that while in-app purchases are available, they are not mandatory for progressing in the game, and you can earn in-game currency through completing tasks and leveling up. We apologize if the game did not live up to your expectations and we hope to have the opportunity to provide you with a better experience in the future.