Shop Titans: Crafting Tycoon 9+

I have been playing this for over a year on and off. I finally decided to come and leave a review because this game totally deserves it. It’s very high quality and has NO ADS. You can totally play through the game comfortably without making any purchases - they make it so the in app purchases will add to your experience and not make it pay to win (even though there’s no competition in the game). With that being said, I have been loving this game for so long, I decided to make a couple purchases because I genuinely enjoy this game and have spent countless hours compared to the dollars spent. I was happy to finally support the developers. But like I said, you can play this entire game enjoyably without paying a cent or have to watch ads like every other game. Other things - the animation is great, a lot of fun designing your own shops and customizing your heroes which you send on quests to gather materials, and, if your lucky, being a member of an active guild is a lot of fun and everyone I’ve encountered has been exceptionally nice.

It’s a great game you can spend hours actively playing or check in and play casually. Plus, there’s constant special events (one you have to craft certain items, one you equip your team to fight a series of dragons for better rewards, etc) that further deepen the game.

But once again, thanks to the devs for making one of the best ad free games on the App Store!

This is one of the most well executed games ever on the phone. You may see people complain that things are too expensive to buy. But who is having fun spending actual money on a free game? For those who like to save their money, this game provides a good number of workarounds. For instance, Gems, are the premium currency to rush upgrades or whatever you want. In most games, you may get like 5 in a month if you’re lucky, otherwise you have to buy. Here, you can complete goals for tickets. You use tickets in a slot machine for tokens. Those tokens can be used to buy premium items like enchantments, gems, or hero upgrades. The slot machine is also not rigged like most games. It usually takes me 15 pulls to get jackpot. (I recommend waiting until you get 20 tickets and just putting it on auto spin). Many shop upgrades like building expansions, more tables, crafting slots, character slots, quest slots, are all locked behind level requirements and a certain amount of gold. When you see it, you want it. You want it and therefore you save your money and continue to play until your reached the required level until you finally achieve your goal. You actually work hard for the things you get but not in the grindy battle pass way. You are proud of what you build for yourself and can interact with guild members depending on those you are with.

I found this game 4 years ago when it first came to be, I’ve played this on every iPhone I’ve ever owned. I’m finally on lvl 40, I would recommend this game to anyone looking for an Ad-free, very large plotted, WiFi game that has very high “play with friends and reap the benefits together” play base, very easy to learn and catch onto and it’s not pay to play.
*For the game designers* I only wish the odds to obtain new blueprints to craft would be higher in all chests because I’m hoping for specific ones and I never get any very often even if I buy and open it with diamonds, the “item guaranteed with gems” is a lie I will say i understand the “odds percentage” but I wish that to be higher then 1-5%. I also wish there’s ways to upgrade the town more easily if you own a guild without many players, I can’t build certain things people ask for because the level is too low with a certain worker. How do I make 100M if I can only make 2M in my shop? I don’t quite understand how to upgrade the town when I don’t make that much money, and diamonds are in my every day strategy so it’s not that I’m not enchanting specifically high priced things to get double or triple the original price.