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Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon is a single player casual simulation game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon is a single-player simulation game where you build and manage a drug-dealing business across 21 cities worldwide. Trade, launder money, and dominate the urban underworld in this tycoon experience. However, the game suffers from annoying ads and numerous bugs that may affect gameplay enjoyment.

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66%

Audience ScoreBased on 580 reviews

gameplay7 positive mentions

monetization101 negative mentions

The game is fun and addictive, reminiscent of classic drug dealing games.
Great concept with potential for expansion and improvement.
The developers are responsive and have made significant updates to enhance gameplay.

The game is plagued with bugs, including freezing and issues with saving progress.
There are too many ads, which disrupt the gameplay experience.
The gameplay can become repetitive quickly, with limited options for progression.

monetization
111 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
4%
5%
91%
The monetization aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players expressing frustration over the excessive and intrusive ads that disrupt gameplay. While some appreciate the option to pay for an ad-free experience, others feel that the game is nearly unplayable without making purchases, leading to accusations of predatory monetization practices. Overall, players are calling for a more balanced approach to ads, suggesting that they should be optional or rewarded rather than forced upon users.
- “Overall good simple game; one thing that bugs me, other than the ads, is that most of the item prices have no big differences in other cities regarding what their favorites are. Maybe a requirement for ranking up sounds good because I don't even know how to rank up since it happens randomly sometimes.”
- “Just purchased premium that includes no ads too.”
- “Could be a game changer with added elements over time, but the game won't let me do an in-app purchase to remove ads or anything. I would like to see this fixed so I don't delete the game; other than that, very entertaining.”
- “Now I see people complain about premium; in 99% of cases, games exist solely for the purpose of predatory monetization.”
- “So you're forced to watch ads (many ads @ 30+ sec each to gain small amounts of money), so basically you cannot play the game as intended without a purchase.”
- “Way too many ads and impossible to get anywhere unless you spend money.”
gameplay
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
67%
12%
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with many players noting a lack of variety and depth, leading to boredom after a few hours. While some appreciate the strategic elements and nostalgic interface, others criticize the mechanics as tedious and confusing, with limited replay value and a reliance on in-game purchases. Overall, the game offers a decent experience but falls short of expectations due to its repetitive nature and insufficient content.
- “They added a bunch of new features and tweaked the imbalances of gameplay.”
- “Pretty addicting, not amazing but fun, will take a good ten hours of gameplay before it gets boring.”
- “A classic, smooth, convenient, fun gameplay experience with a lot of replay value for your modern day game collection.”
- “Getting from tier 2 to 3 takes 85% of your gameplay time unless you extend your game by unlocking it.”
- “The main gameplay mechanics are tedious and there isn't much to experience after your first playthrough.”
- “What I got was a much worse version than its 21-year-old predecessor, with barebones gameplay, a broken leaderboard, and no core elements of what made games of this genre good, such as PvP.”
stability
20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is a significant concern, with numerous users reporting frequent glitches, freezes, and bugs that disrupt gameplay. While some players appreciate the fun concept, the persistent technical issues, especially during purchases and interactions, detract from the overall experience. Despite some improvements noted in recent updates, many still find the game frustratingly unstable.
- “Here's the short version: it's very fun, but buggy and difficult to play.”
- “The game gets stuck too much, freezes too often, and glitches a lot.”
- “On top of that, you have to exit the game every 5 minutes and reload it because it freezes.”
story
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
50%
30%
Overall, players express a desire for a more engaging story in the game, suggesting the addition of character-driven narratives, missions, and unique content to enhance gameplay. Many feel that the current experience becomes repetitive once financial goals are met, and they believe that a structured storyline could significantly improve the game's appeal and uniqueness. The lack of tutorial guidance and functional crime missions further detracts from the potential for a compelling narrative experience.
- “Oh man... this game can be improved upon by adding new features and indeed a storyline, making it extremely unique on its own!”
- “Cool game but on the update, include a storyline giving me both options of going legit and moving weight.”
- “It just gets a bit boring if you have too much money and you invested in all the businesses, bought all the cars, etc. Maybe you should expand the game a bit, have hotels and stuff like that, maybe put some story mode in it, get some characters going in every city, make it a bit more interesting.”
- “I would like to be able to have more of a story for my character to break up the constant numbers.”
- “Some new content and maybe more of a 'story' based thing would make it better?”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
57%
43%
Overall, the graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many players expressing disappointment in the character designs and visual quality, describing them as bland and in need of improvement. While some appreciate the art style, others feel it detracts from the overall experience, suggesting that enhanced visuals could elevate the game significantly. Despite these criticisms, players still find the gameplay solid, indicating that while graphics are a concern, they do not overshadow the game's overall enjoyment.
- “I like the visuals, and to me, that was the only thing missing in Dope Wars.”
- “It's not gonna blow you away with stunning visuals and gameplay, but it is a very solid game.”
- “The old nice simple art style and layout is gone in favor of the new, much worse one.”
- “I would really like to give it five stars, but the parts of the game I don't like are the graphics. The face of my character makes me feel weird in real life. Nevertheless, it's a good game, and I think you should try it as well.”
- “It's an okay game, but it needs some improvements like more situations, meeting other criminals, prisons, jobs, getting married, lawsuits, randomized names (it gets a little annoying having to choose a name each time), illness, assassinations, hiring people for cartels, cartel wars, and improvements on the graphics. It's just too bland to look at, but overall, it's an okay game.”
- “The visuals are lacking, and by the time you're on your third life, you can easily make millions of dollars.”
grinding
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious and unenjoyable, with limited progression after the initial playthrough. The mechanics lead to repetitive gameplay, and the inability to regain health exacerbates the grind, making encounters feel futile. Overall, while the game has potential, its flaws contribute to a frustrating and monotonous experience.
- “The main gameplay mechanics are tedious and there isn't much to experience after your first playthrough.”
- “It's not really a bad game, but it's got some game-changing flaws that make it extremely grindy and unpleasant to play.”
- “After a couple of hours of playing, there's no more advancement in the game, just grinding.”
replayability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Overall, the game's replayability is mixed; while some players find it enjoyable and engaging enough for multiple playthroughs, many others feel that once the gameplay mechanics are mastered, there is little incentive to return. Suggestions for improvement include adding more varied gameplay elements and random encounters to enhance replay value.
- “Nice little game, but it needs replay value such as random encounters.”
- “A classic, smooth, convenient, fun gameplay experience with a lot of replay value for your modern day game collection.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The music aspect of the game has received mixed feedback, with some players expressing a desire for background music, such as jazz, to enhance the experience. Others criticized the absence of music entirely, describing the sound effects as subpar and detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.
- “It's a great game! I personally have fun playing with my friends. I wish there was some form of multiplayer, but it's a great game without it. I just wish it had some background music, maybe something like some jazz.”
- “Bruh, this was a waste of time. Get 200 jobs, click click click, here is gang run away, go to the doc, buy business, click click click. You have bought everything, now you are 80, game over. No background music, the shooting sound effects are trash, dealing with drugs is bad because cops always come and check, and you lose a lot of money on health. Oh, also they have premium; imagine paying 3 dollars for this game?”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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100%
Players feel that the game's optimization could be improved, particularly regarding weapon pricing, as they find the costs unrealistic—such as a shotgun priced at $75,000—and suggest that guns should be accessible from the beginning of the game.
- “I wish weapon prices were more optimized; a shotgun shouldn't cost $75,000, and guns should be available from the start of the game.”
- “I also wish weapon prices were a bit more optimized; a shotgun shouldn't cost like $75,000, and guns should be available from the start of the game.”

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Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon is a casual simulation game.

Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon is available on Phone and Tablet.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon.

Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon was developed by Cybertale Games.

Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Urban Drug Empire – Tycoon is a single player game.

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