# Hollywood Studios Tycoon Game

> Simulation

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id952235045](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id952235045)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id952235045`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Moritz Lindauer
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (143 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2018-03-12
- **First published:** 2015-01-18
- **Size:** 26 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hollywood-studios-tycoon-game/id952235045)
- **Website:** [http://byteshifter.com/hstudios](http://byteshifter.com/hstudios)

## Description

Hollywood Studios Tycoon is a realistic offline movie studio simulator. Build your own Hollywood studio, hire writers, actors, and directors, set budgets, and guide productions across a 45-year timeline to create blockbuster films.

Customize stages, backlots, and post-production facilities; manage scripts and marketing; schedule premieres for seasonal weeks; play offline with no in-app purchases.

## Rankings

- #126,513 — Overall
- #20 — variety

## Review summary

The app has a fun film-industry tycoon concept with clear potential and good value, and it appeals to movie fans. However, users report stability/compatibility issues on newer devices, a frustrating 35-year time limit, shallow interactivity, and late-game economy problems (inflated actor costs). Update frequency and ongoing support also seem lacking, which undermines long-term appeal.

### Pros

- Fun and entertaining gameplay that many players enjoy.
- Strong potential for future updates and expansions.
- Good value / reasonably priced.
- Appealing film-industry theme appreciated by movie buffs.

### Cons

- Compatibility and stability issues on newer devices (e.g., iPhone 13) with crashes and forced closes; updates needed.
- Long-term progression is hampered by a 35-year time limit/reset that interrupts planning.
- Lack of depth and interactivity; mostly text with limited growth of cast/crew.
- Late-game inflation of actor costs and high studio fees makes production hard.
- Perceived lack of ongoing updates or maintenance for the game.

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