“Not the game I thought it was — It is unacceptable that the ads for this game are completely different than the actual game. This should not be allowed. Change your ads or change the game. I’m so sick of this happening.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 60 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.4 ★42,001 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
305 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Upgrade your mine and manage resources like a true idle tycoon in this simulator game! Merge lower-level goblins to build stronger teams in this strategic idle simulator experience! Smash rocks to uncover hidden rewards and expand your own mining tycoon simulator. Collect special cards to give your goblins powerful bonuses and become the ultimate mine manager! Explore new mines and regions packed with treasures in this immersive simulation game. Take part in special idle events to earn valuable rewards and grow your mining operation even faster!
Ever dreamed of running your own goblin gold mine? Now you can join the gold rush! These cute goblin miners need your leadership. Without you, they can’t dig gold or find rare gems.
If you enjoy tycon simulation games, idle simulators, or tycoon games, you’ll love Gold & Goblins: Idle Merger.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.50.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.50.0, updated 2026-07-10.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 19 distinct reviewers (31.7% of 60 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“False Advertising — I’ve played this game through 100 levels. The game play video and some of the screenshots are not actual gameplay. This is misleading and false advertising. Always lead with the primary gameplay.”
“Bait and switch games — When I download a game after playing a demo version it, I expect the game to be like the demo. This is another one of those bait and switch games. I immediately uninstalled.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.50.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.