Star Wars: Tiny Death Star

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The goal is to build and expand a Death Star, while attracting virtual people known as galactic Bitizens to build and run virtual businesses within the Death Star.{{cite web |url=https://mixnmojo.com/news/Star-Wars-Tiny-Death-Star-making-its-way-to-your-mobile-soon |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star making its way to your mobile soon |author=jp-30 |date=October 4, 2013 |website=The International House of Mojo |accessdate=October 5, 2013}}

The lowest floor of the tower, a lobby, has an elevator where bitizens can randomly appear. They will have a speech bubble above their head, with a number denoting which floor they would like to be taken to. If they are taken to a residential floor which has not been fully occupied, they will automatically inhabit that floor and become a resident of the tower. Each bitizen has a skill level out of 9 for each category of commercial floor, showing how good they are at each type of trade. This encourages the user to tailor each bitizen to a floor they are most suited to. Each bitizen has a dream job, and the player is rewarded "Imperial Bux" for placing them in that job. Occasionally, the player may be tasked to complete a mission, like search for a specific object or Bitizen. Every time a player accomplishes these tasks by tapping on the floor that the bitizen whom the player was looking for was on, they are rewarded "Imperial Bux".

In the game, there are two types of currency: Imperial Credits and Imperial Bux. Credits are used for the majority of purchases, often the most simple. Bux are used for special functions, such as speeding up processes which would otherwise involve a waiting period. Bux are not as common as credits are, and only appear randomly through active game play or through in-app purchases. Credits, on the other hand, are earned regardless of whether the player is playing or not.

While playing Tiny Death Star, Bitizens, Levels, and Scenes were unlocked in the album. Throughout gameplay, new species of bitzens are unlocked as they appear in the elevator or are found throughout the Death Star.

Scenes were unlocked when the elevator was used to take a specific individual (or sometimes member of a species) to a specific level.

The Death Star grows by constructing floors, which can be either residential or commercial. Residential floors house bitizens. Bitizens can be assigned to jobs on commercial floors. Commercial floors sell products, which are automatically sold, even while the player is away. There are 5 types of commercial floors: Food, Retail, Service, Recreational, and Imperial.

Up to three products may be sold at a single floor, one per employed bitizen. All these products follow the theme of the business. With every floor, construction time is parallel to real world-time; construction time will increase as the tower gets taller. However, special VIPs can be used to speed this time up, or the player can speed it up with "Imperial Bux".

Apart from standard Bitizens, there are also VIPs who randomly appear in the elevator. Up to 5 VIPs can be stored in the lobby at any one time, and they can be kept for any period of time. VIPs are used to improve the Death Star. They helped attract customers to the player's levels, complete tasks faster, move levels, upgrade levels, or fill an entire vacant residential floor with tenants.

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| MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/star-wars-tiny-death-star/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| Edge = 3/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.edge-online.com/review/star-wars-tiny-death-star-review/ |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star review |author=Edge staff |date=November 12, 2013 |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115080247/http://www.edge-online.com/review/star-wars-tiny-death-star-review/ |archivedate=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| Gamezebo = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/star-wars-tiny-death-star-review/ |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star Review |last=Oxford |first=Nadia |date=November 8, 2013 |website=Gamezebo |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| ML = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/star_wars_tiny_death_star_review |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star Review |last=Meunier |first=Nathan |date=November 12, 2013 |website=MacLife |publisher=Future US |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125024118/http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/star_wars_tiny_death_star_review |archivedate=November 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| PG = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/star-wars-tiny-death-star/star-wars-tiny-death-star/ |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star |last=Slater |first=Harry |date=November 7, 2013 |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media Ltd |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| TA = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2013/11/15/star-wars-tiny-death-star-review-the-bitizens-strike-back/ |title='Star Wars: Tiny Death Star' Review – The Bitizens Strike Back |last=Ford |first=Eric |date=November 15, 2013 |website=TouchArcade |publisher=TouchArcade.com, LLC |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| rev1 = Digital Spy

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a530585/mobile-reviews-rayman-fiesta-run-tiny-death-star-more/ |title=Mobile reviews: 'Rayman Fiesta Run', 'Tiny Death Star', more |last=Nichols |first=Scott |date=November 12, 2013 |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

| rev2 = Metro

| rev2Score = 3/10{{cite news |url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/11/12/star-wars-tiny-death-star-review-thats-no-moon-4183183/ |title=Star Wars: Tiny Death Star review – that's no moon (iOS) |last=Jenkins |first=David |date=November 12, 2013 |newspaper=Metro |publisher=DMG Media |accessdate=October 24, 2022}}

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At the time of the game's release, the iOS version received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

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In October 2014, Disney pulled the app from the App Store and Google Play. Co-developer NimbleBit was not given notice prior to the removal. As of December 11, 2015, it is unavailable on both the Windows Store and the App Store. Disney removed the game from all app stores because they wanted to take the Star Wars games in another direction. The developer, NimbleBit, was disappointed by the removal of the game because it was a high source of revenue.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/disney-removes-tiny-death-star-without-telling-the-developer |title=Disney removes Tiny Death Star without telling the developer [date mislabeled as "October 6, 2014"] |last=Matulef |first=Jeffrey |date=October 7, 2014 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008013638/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-07-disney-removes-tiny-death-star-without-telling-the-developer |archivedate=October 8, 2014 |url-status=live |accessdate=October 24, 2022}} The game is still available to play on the Amazon FreeTime Unlimited service.

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