“The amount of unskippable ads is INSANE! I swear I've been watching ads more than I was playing. It doesn't help that the game is an idle game so large part of "playing" is just watching numbers grow, in short breaks between watching ads…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 498 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-07.
4.3 ★78,036 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
ARE YOU RESOURCEFUL ENOUGH TO BUILD A WHOLE WORLD? 🌍
It’s all about supply chains in this fun idle world-building simulator game where the aim is to develop all of human civilization one hex at a time. Log, mine, craft and process raw materials to earn coins, then use them to upgrade your facilities and expand your profits so you can open up more land, unlocking entire continents and eventually the whole wide world.
If you’re looking for a fun builder game with some complex strategy elements and satisfying challenges, then download States Builder now and start building your worldwide business empire.
🪵 GET LOGGING: It all starts with wood – you cut trees to sell at market, then soon you’ll be able to afford a logging mill and a board factory. As you progress through the game, you’ll open up all sorts of other resources that can be processed in a variety of different ways.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.12.4 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-07 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.12.4, updated 2026-09-07.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 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
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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.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
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: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 71 distinct reviewers (14.3% of 498 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I loved this game until they added the advisors and "improvements". Now it takes way too long to earn the money needed to continue play. I don't want to sit idle for several minutes just to make the next move. Nor do I want to watch ad…”
“You pay for no unforced ads, but then you have problems with the forced ads restarting the game when you try and navigate through them. Most of the ads you have to make multiple clicks and still the game restarts. It is beyond a joke and…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.12.4.
What this app sells
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