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Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games

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Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games is a fun and engaging idle game with cute potato characters, but it is heavily criticized for excessive and often broken ads, a frustratingly long tutorial, and a lack of recent content updates.

⚠ Not updated in 16 months, this app may be abandoned
4.8★ lifetime (31,029) Free + in-app purchases since 2023 by TapNation recent negative 26% 120 reviews across 3 regions
Ads Enjoyable Gameplay Tutorial/Hand-holding Music/Audio Interference Lack of Updates/Content Progress/Purchases Lost Age Rating Change Pay-to-Win/Paywalls
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recent reviews across 3 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games is an idle game where players recruit and upgrade potato heroes to fight monsters. While many find the core gameplay fun and addictive, recent reviews highlight significant issues with pervasive ads, unskippable tutorials, and a perceived lack of developer support.

What users like

  • Fun and engaging idle gameplay with cute charactersR3R7R10R11
  • Easy to play and offers passive income through AFK mechanicsR31R41R72R362
  • Characters and skins are enjoyable, including potato-themed heroesR10R27R28R29

What users complain about

  • Excessive and unavoidable ads, often required for rewards or progressR4R6R9R15
  • Specific Lego ad is frequently broken, preventing rewards and hindering progressR74R77R78R79
  • Game constantly pauses or turns off background music/audioR5R60R63R149
  • Tutorial is excessively long, forced, and interrupts gameplayR13R49R55R56
  • Lack of new content and events, leading to stagnation for long-term playersR243R245
  • Progress can be lost, including purchased items or significant gameplay advancesR2R16R33R94
  • Game becomes pay-to-win or hits paywalls at higher levelsR9R51R61R103
  • Age rating changed to 17+, preventing younger players from accessing itR19R25R40R53
  • Some in-game mechanics are perceived as rigged or unfair, like mini-games and increasing gold requirementsR22R38R125R126
  • Bugs and glitches, including non-working features and UI issuesR48R70R109R137

Latest update · v2.3.0

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

1.Added new heroes and illustrations 2.Recruited heroes and upgraded them 3.Hero skill optimization 4.Fixed known bugs

Recurring themes

Ads negative
Many users complain about the sheer volume of ads, stating they are excessive, unavoidable, and often required to progress or claim rewards. A specific 'Lego ad' is frequently cited as broken, not providing rewards, and looping, making the game unplayable for some.R4R6R9R15
Tutorial/Hand-holding negative
A significant number of players are frustrated by the long, forced, and unskippable tutorial sections that constantly interrupt gameplay, especially when unlocking new features.R13R49R55R56
Music/Audio Interference negative
Users consistently report that the game automatically pauses or turns off any background music or other audio playing on their device, which significantly detracts from their enjoyment.R5R37R60R63
Lack of Updates/Content negative
Despite the developer's notes mentioning new heroes and optimizations, recent reviews indicate a perceived lack of new events or content for months, making it difficult to acquire new characters or keep the game fresh.R44R70R243R245
Progress/Purchases Lost negative
Several users report losing game progress, purchased items, or account data when switching devices or due to crashes, with no apparent way to restore them.R2R16R33R94
Age Rating Change negative
The game's age rating was changed to 17+, which has prevented many younger players who previously enjoyed the game from re-downloading or playing it.R19R25R40R53
Pay-to-Win/Paywalls negative
Some players feel the game becomes difficult to progress without spending money, hitting 'paywalls' at higher levels or in specific mini-games.R9R51R61R103
Enjoyable Gameplay positive
Many users find the core idle gameplay, character progression, and overall concept of the game fun, addictive, and a good time-killer, especially in the early stages.R3R7R10R11

Who it's for

This game is for players who enjoy idle games with character collection and progression, and who are patient with ads and potentially slow progression R3R10R27. It is not for players who dislike frequent ad interruptions, unskippable tutorials, or who want to listen to their own music while playing R5R6R13R60. It is also no longer suitable for younger audiences due to its 17+ age rating R53.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, particularly regarding ads and the tutorial, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a decline in user experience over time, possibly exacerbated by the lack of recent updates (last updated 15.8 months ago). The developer's notes mention 'fixed known bugs' but recent reviews still report numerous bugs and glitches, including broken ads and lost progress R38R74.

Frequently asked

Does Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games have a lot of ads?
Yes, Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games is heavily criticized for having an excessive number of ads that are often required for rewards, resources, speed-ups, and even claiming achievement rewards R4R6R15R17.
Can I listen to music while playing Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games?
No, many users report that the game constantly pauses or turns off background music and other audio from apps like Apple Music, making it less enjoyable R5R60R63R149.
Is Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games pay-to-win?
Some players feel that the game becomes very difficult to progress without spending money, hitting 'paywalls' at higher levels or in specific mini-games, leading to a perception of it being pay-to-win R9R51R103R116.
Why is the age rating for Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games 17+?
The age rating for Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games was changed to 17+ for 'infrequent/mild cartoon and fantasy violence,' which has prevented many younger players from accessing the game R53.
Are there bugs in Hero Making Tycoon Idle Games?
Yes, users report various bugs and glitches, including a broken Lego ad that doesn't provide rewards, non-functional features like the egg hatcher, issues with purchased blessings not advancing, and lost game progress R38R48R70R74.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R3] 4/5 · US Good game: This game starts kind of slow but picks up and gets really fun
  2. [R7] 5/5 · US Yurrrrr: Love it
  3. [R10] 5/5 · US My favorite game I have: This one’s so fun you can get pets I like the map I like what kinda like is in great for kids funny and cool
  4. [R11] 5/5 · US W: It’s so fun and most things are cheap it’s a def recommend
  5. [R31] 5/5 · US Neato mosquito: Really cute and fun, easy to play! I love the characters lol.
  6. [R41] 4/5 · US This game: The game is just like it title screen but I like it because it allow me to craft my own army plus I can go on afk and have passive income.
  7. [R72] 5/5 · US Potato master: Best game I’ve played in like seven years is very nice and calm. Your potatoes grow very very very very very fast. If you can make I have this a five out of thousand 1000 thousand so far good
  8. [R362] 3/5 · AU Recommend playing the game: The game is a fun and simple you get to see your progress as your potato hero’s level up and get stronger. It’s very simple to play kills a lot of time and has a lot of side quests you can complete to help level up your hero’s. Would recommend playing this if you are looking for a good way to kill time. I would request the developer add some quality of life improvemen
  9. [R27] 5/5 · US The best: This game is so good and fun The characters are literally potatoes It’s so funny and then you can also get different skins for the potatoes. definitely recommend if you like idol games.
  10. [R28] 5/5 · US Potato warrior!?!?: Had fun with this one. Made tons of jokes with friends while playing.
  11. [R29] 5/5 · US This game is the best: Th,is game is good if you , like action and there are many fun skins,The only bad thing is that you can’t get some certain skins unless you o💵
  12. [R4] 2/5 · US Could be fun, but…: This game has pretty good dynamics and is fun to play for about an hour before you’re stalled unless you want to watch ads. And this game has ad boosted play in nearly every aspect. I’m not kidding. There are ads for recruiting heroes, ads for resources, ads for chests, ads for speed ups, ads for getting the rewards for your own achievements, ads for energy, ads for currency, a
  13. [R6] 1/5 · US Ad spam: This game is nothing but ads. Run.
  14. [R9] 1/5 · US Don’t play this: Game’s just bad, too many ads and P2W, don’t become a whale to it
  15. [R15] 1/5 · US Ads required: You have to watch ads to claim quest rewards. Daily quest also requires watching ads. Ads everywhere.
  16. [R74] 1/5 · US Decent game: As the other reviews stated, the Lego ads are a pain. You don’t get the reward for it and you lose resources because of it. Having ads was bad enough but having the same ad that doesn’t give you credit made me stop playing. Once the other ads have run out all you get are the Lego ads so at that point you may as well delete the game.
  17. [R77] 1/5 · US Lego ad: Has been broken for weeks and doesn’t allow you to receive ad rewards. Only ad for majority of day. Led me to uninstall game because it hinders progress
  18. [R78] 3/5 · US Ads: I watch the ads for bonus stuff but after a certain time of day there is a Lego ad that comes up that won’t go away and doesn’t provide any rewards afterwards. This happens every day and makes the game unplayable for me after 6pm
  19. [R79] 1/5 · US Lego Ad Loop: The Lego and keeps looping and you can’t get the rewards from the video. Please fix or remove the Lego ad.
  20. [R5] 3/5 · US Fun but can’t listen to music: This game is fun but you can’t listen to music while playing it which makes it much less enjoyable. It will constantly pause Apple Music no matter what you do.
  21. [R60] 1/5 · US Fun but blocks music: Fun game but it blocks music / turns off music while playing which is an automatic one star.
  22. [R63] 1/5 · US Terrible app: Every time I tried to play music while playing the game the app would automatically make a phone call to not allow me to play music or listen to anything in general. Needless to say automatic deletion of the app
  23. [R149] 3/5 · US Can’t listen to music and play at the same time: Cool but Can’t listen to music and play at the same time. Kinda inconvenient
  24. [R13] 1/5 · US Tutorial: The tutorial way too long its annoying trying to play the game and it just forces you to do something that you can figure out on ur own
  25. [R49] 2/5 · US A forced tutorial with some game features: The game is self explanatory, the forced tutorial is absolutely unnecessary. The option to skip any tutorial would be a nice addition. If you have the patience to basically play an almost nonstop tutorial that won’t let you play in peace then have fun
  26. [R55] 2/5 · US Hand holding: The game would be a half decent time killer if it wasn’t for constant hand holding, I just want to play the game and I’m being interrupted ever minute or so with “you unlocked a new thing! You’re not allowed to do anything else until I tell you how to press 2 buttons”
  27. [R56] 1/5 · US Why does this game interrupt you 90 times: It’s a fun game but I’m deleting it,they interrupt playing to instruct you with instruction meant for geriatric toddler who’s gone blind in both eyes. Just let me play the game and I’d actually give into the paid scams for additional items but this is garbage.
  28. [R243] 3/5 · US Forgotten about?: Game is pretty fun, but I’ve been playing for 3 months and the weekly event rewards have not changed at all, making it impossible to collect more characters. Seems like it’s become a forgotten project.
  29. [R245] 3/5 · US Game is awesome but one major issue: I think the game is great and addicting, but I have one major gripe with it. There has been no new events or content in months. There’s a lot of legendary hero’s I would like to earn, but I can’t if there’s no events allowing for me to compete for them. Bit disappointing. Follow up comment. I suspected a lot of the “players” you see are bots. It seems that thes
  30. [R2] 1/5 · US List account: Switched phones and lost everything I payed for. Crazy game but fun. If u can fix it 5 star.
  31. [R16] 1/5 · US Purchase a subscription package: I purchased an annual subscription package but never received it. I contacted the developers on Discord to no avail; I gained absolutely nothing.
  32. [R33] 1/5 · US Can’t log in: I can’t get my old account and I spent money on it so please add a account link to the app
  33. [R94] 1/5 · US Scammed me: I would have rated this game pretty high but I just got super lucky and upgraded my fire pet to SSS and my game crashed for the first time after 12 hours of play. Then poof it was gone.
  34. [R51] 1/5 · US Very bad pay to win: It’s starts good but you get to lvl 150 and they made it so hard to where you can spend 100$ and still have a hard time 100levels later greed is aweful I requested a refund and still haven’t heard anything it’s been 4 days
  35. [R61] 2/5 · US Not a chance in winning: The game can be fun, but it’s tedious at higher levels. All they do is make you stack your points for extra stars that slowly build your character and if you’re considered the pet game leveling up, your pet is like winning the lottery and let’s see you do level your pet then you have to win the lottery again without fail or otherwise your pet becomes product so you have to
  36. [R103] 1/5 · US Play to paywall: This whole game is nothing but play until you hit a pay wall. Defeat stage bosses in the main game till you get to the point where the timer gets to 0 faster than your troops or abilities kills them. After that, either spend money to progress or wait till midnight for all the other activities to reset to get more resources. You don’t get enough coins or gems to upgrade enough but
  37. [R19] 5/5 · US Make it least older: I use to play this but I run out of space I want to re load it but you aged up aged down so I can play it pls
  38. [R25] 1/5 · US Make it kid appropriate: Plz make it kid appropriate
  39. [R40] 4/5 · US change the age back please: change the age back please
  40. [R53] 1/5 · US Rating: This game got changed to 17+ so now I cannot play it! It is for a dumb reason to,it is for infrequent/mild cartoon and fantasy violence.
  41. [R22] 1/5 · US I believe this game is rigged.: There are times when the skills, (fireballs, tornadoes) do a lot of damages to the boss. You can tell by looking at the boss’s health bar. The health would drop very quickly. The skills would do a lot of damages to the boss but suddenly when the skills are activated again, they barely did any damage to the boss. That makes no sense. Which makes me think that it was
  42. [R38] 3/5 · US Waste of time: This game is set up saying ads aren’t necessary but give you huge benefits for watching them. But half the time I try it freezes at the end of the ad and I have to close the game and open it back up only to find I need to rewatch the ad if I want my reward. The “tarot” mini game is also a scam they have set up to watch ads. I counted 12 times in a row I apparently chose the wrong ca
  43. [R125] 3/5 · US Please help: I like the game overall but there are so many broken/evil aspects of this game. In order to get a simple class S hero I have to complete 70 missions. That being said 2 of those missions require me to acquire gold. Why then does the required amount of gold keep rising the more I obtain? It’s either a glitch or a blatant scam so I can never receive this hero (princess). Also I know for
  44. [R126] 1/5 · US Impossible goals?: I got ss of the goals of the game like collecting a certain amount of coins for the princess rescue plan and the goal just keeps becoming more and more until it’s going higher than the goal started like why?
  45. [R48] 4/5 · US Slight problem: I bought the iron man looking pack for $8 and then it won’t let me fully use the pass system like it was not finished before released. I hope we can get that problem fixed bc it’s def a fun game to play!!!
  46. [R70] 3/5 · US Overall mid: It’s a decent enough game it is a bit overboard with all the ads but it’s a free game. The problem is where in most tournament and arenas you get extra chances and gos if you buy the premium pass, and currently the egg Hatcher from the last seasonal game doesn’t work just says wait until tomorrow and their is constantly a notification for a hero but there no upgrade needed or availab
  47. [R109] 3/5 · US Ads won’t load: Ads won’t load & u can’t level up without watching the ads!!! Can’t find another way to contact the developers
  48. [R137] 3/5 · US Bought Auto-Renew for Blessing and now they don’t advance: Title basically sums it up. I really enjoy the game but since I bought the auto-renew for the blessings they no longer level up and increase their boosts. I never would have bought it if I knew the boosts would stop increasing in effectiveness once I did that. Hopefully the developer sees this and either gives me my money back or fixes thi
  49. [R37] 4/5 · US Music: I can’t turn off the music.
  50. [R44] 4/5 · US Pls more update: Pls more update 😭😭😭😭😭
  51. [R17] 1/5 · US Excessive ads: I’m down for watching ads for rewards, or being forced to watch ads periodically, but this game is far to excessive in its desperation for ad revenue
  52. [R116] 1/5 · US This try’s to waste my money…: I try and try to upgrade but it try’s to waste my money

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store