Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 02:27 pm
Rip Them Off – Entertainment Game Review
Rip Them Off is a Entertainment/Puzzle/Simulation game from Lozange Lab, first launched in 24th September 2020.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 17+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Rip Them Off Stand Out
Rip Them Off is a minimalistic new puzzle game of economic management and tower defense.
The Board needs its profit, and it’s up to you to line the streets with shops the masses can’t resist. Choose your locations, pick your stores and earn enough to advance up the corporate ladder with its increasingly difficult challenges!
— PRESS —
• Pocket Gamer's Top 25 best tower defense games for iPhone and iPad
• "With a gorgeous visual aesthetic, a jazzy soundtrack, and smart puzzle-play, it's hard to find too much fault with Rip Them Off" – Pocket Tactics
• "With a minimalist 1960s art style, a capitalist-sceptic theme, and jazzy soundtrack it’s got style" – Metro.co.uk
• "Rip Them Off features a beautiful, minimalistic aesthetic” – The Gamer
• "Coupled with the lovely 1950s aesthetic it's definitely a game worth keeping an eye on.” – Pocket Gamer
— AWARDS —
• “Pocket Gamer Awards 2021” Finalist for the most innovative game
• "TIGA Games Industry Awards 2020" Finalist for best puzzle game, best strategy game & game of the year
• "GDC Summer 2020" Artwork selected at GDC Artists gallery
— Message from the Board: —
Welcome [New Hire Name Here]. We’re proud¹ to have you as the newest member² of our [Product Name Here] sales team. Here at [Subsidiary Company Name Here] we’re passionately committed to [Vague Passionate Commitment Here] and we know you are too³.
Here at [Company Name] we’re all about giving the people what they want, and what they want is [Product Name] (the ad boys have seen to that!⁴).
As a valuable member of our [Company] family⁵ this is where you come in.
¹ Any assertion of pride is purely performative and does not reflect the Board’s opinion of individual employees
² Unless otherwise stated new employees shall be referred to as “Office Drone”
³ Please see Standard Employee Contract section 11b Subsection 12: “Your New Personal Opinions”
⁴ Any suggestion of consumer manipulation by [Company Name] advertising practices is purely hypothetical
⁵ [Company Name] is a registered corporation and not a familial unit. Please see Employee Contract section 154a, “Knowing Your {Lack Of} Rights”
— Choose
Maximising profit and satisfying the board will require planning. In each city, utilise suspiciously* empty locations and create an inescapable maze of retail opportunities the masses simply won’t be able to refuse!
*not suspicious at all
— Spend
Those stores aren’t gonna build themselves*! Make sure to prioritise your earning potential by managing your budget: buy the right stores in the right locations at the right price.
*Self-building stores coming in [Unobtainable Release Date Here]!
— Earn
Once you build it, they will come. And keep coming! But it’ll take more than one location to satisfy the Board’s exponential profiteering*. Combine locations and store types to really take them for all they’re worth and open up exciting new opportunities around the world!
*Year on year growth is currently set at a more-than-reasonable 3015%
— FEATURES —
- An innovative new type of game: Combining puzzle mechanics with tower defence games, Rip Them Off is a new breed of challenge, easy to pick up but hard to master.
- Gorgeous design: Evoke your inner Mad Man with 1950s inspired music and graphics.
- Addictive gameplay: Each new city provides an increasingly devilish challenge. Can you make it all the way to the biggest metropoles?
- Challenge your friends: Who’s the best rip off merchant? Compete against your friends and/or rivals with the leaderboard feature to find out who comes out on top.
- Map of the Moment: Hone your capitalistic edge post-launch with Map of the Moment, showcasing revamped versions of your favourite maps with fun modifiers to keep you on your toes.
- Go fast or slow: Control the flow of time to make sure your strategies unfold with perfection.
- iCloud sync
Choose your location, choose your stores, give the people what they want. And of course, don’t forget to…
RIP
THEM
OFF
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Rip Them Off is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th October 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Whether you say ‘color’ or ‘colour’ we’ve got you covered: you can now choose between UK English and US English.
- Unity engine vulnerability has been patched for improved security.
Download & Availability
Rip Them Off is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Game directions are minimal, which is maybe the intention? Its very vague how to succeed other than trial and error. There is a lot of data to analyze but its presented poorly and up to the player to figure out how to advantage it. Trial and error seems to work just as well. The main advice we have for the creators is KILL THE INTRO. Having to wait through what seems like eons for the game to load is ridiculous when its such a simple game, it shouldnt need that much time. Also, the game reset several times and we had to replay the tutorial (super slow and annoying) and the first couple levels multiple times. We were drawn in by the idea but so far have been disappointed by the execution. The Board is interviewing new programmers.
This is a stylistic tower defense-style game with humorous writing and jazzy music. You build stores to attract shoppers with the goal to make them spend all their money before leaving town. It seems simple enough, but many maps take careful planning and/or desperate trial & error. Sometimes a few small tweaks will put you over the win threshold, but other times you have to go back to the drawing board and start from scratch. They have built-in tips to help you figure it out, but its more fun to try and figure it out on your own. Excellent game, check it out.
Almost a minimalist puzzle with funny writing text and a learning curve. Once you figure out the pace of the Dupes and the capacity and speed of the stores, you got it.
You just have to try different combinations with no information and hope you chose right otherwise you lose.
We suspect "Rip them off" was the designer's mission statement for people suckered into buying this game.
To begin, there is little to no introduction/instructions. You are just placed in a strategic game that gets extremely boring extremely quick when you have no idea how to play it. We have no idea how this game came up on our suggestions it is terrible. We suggest you take our advice or youll see and lose your money. Id rather watch our little cousins play fortnite than play this game.
2018 iPad Pro will not load. Crashes at launch. Deleted old version. New version installed and working. Ill update after having some time with the game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.6.7
- Size: 179.72 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Lozange Lab
Last updated: 7th October 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Puzzle | Developer: Lozange Lab