Rip Them Off1.6.7 - App Store

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

Version History - 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. 1.6.7 10/07/2025 Bugfixes and improvements 1.6.4 03/28/2025 Bugfixes 1.6.3 11/04/2024 Minor bugfixes and improvements 1.6.2 08/28/2024 Updated description with our awards 1.5.2 11/02/2021 Updated metadata 1.5.1 10/28/2021 - Rip Them Off is now fully translated in italian
- Various bugfixes
- Performance improvements 1.5.0 08/31/2021 Updated Metadata 1.4.2 02/25/2021 This update brings full controller support to Rip Them Off.
Now you can control the whole game using your favorite joystick or keyboard. 1.4.1 02/08/2021 Get notified when there's a new Map of the Moment (one notification every 10 days) 1.4.0 02/03/2021 Fixed a crash that could occur on some devices on iOS 14.2 1.3.1 11/09/2020 The Halloween event has ended, and a new Map of the Moment has appeared. 1.3.0 11/06/2020 Changed some tips in the manual 1.2.5 10/24/2020 Added Korean localization 1.2.4 10/21/2020 Fix for a problem while displaying some cutscenes 1.2.3 10/19/2020 This version contains only bugfixes. The Halloween Event continues, have fun with the Ghostly Dupes on the Halloween Map! 1.2.2 10/18/2020 *** Halloween Event ***

The spookiest time of the year is nearly here and Rip Them Off wants to give you a fright with all-new content and seasonal customizations in this chilling free update:

- The Halloween Map of Terrors! Creepy spiderwebs and awful bats await you in a brand new map with hair-raising music composed especially for the occasion.
- Ghostly Dupes! A special new spooky animation sees the Dupes glide through the air without touching the ground. They might be dead, but they still have shopping fever! Perhaps that’s what they died of?
- New spine-tingling hidden items! Find these hidden items in each map to see an atrocious animation!
- A terrifying new app icon.
- A hideous new title screen.
- Seasonal UI customizations that’ll make your skin crawl!

Also new in this update:
- tapping on an entrance now displays the path the exiting Dupes will take
- the tutorial has been improved
- a new animated page in the manual
- reduced difficulty on some levels through reduced milestones
- various improvements and fixes

Have fun with the Ghostly Dupes on the Halloween Map today! Oh, and don’t forget to keep following The Board’s recommendations! 1.2.1 10/16/2020 *** Halloween Event ***

The spookiest time of the year is nearly here and Rip Them Off wants to give you a fright with all-new content and seasonal customizations in this chilling free update:

- The Halloween Map of Terrors! Creepy spiderwebs and awful bats await you in a brand new map with hair-raising music composed especially for the occasion.
- Ghostly Dupes! A special new spooky animation sees the Dupes glide through the air without touching the ground. They might be dead, but they still have shopping fever! Perhaps that’s what they died of?
- New spine-tingling hidden items! Find these hidden items in each map to see an atrocious animation!
- A terrifying new app icon.
- A hideous new title screen.
- Seasonal UI customizations that’ll make your skin crawl!

Also in this update:
- taping on an entrance now displays the path of the Dupes that will come out of it.
- a new animated page in the manual
- various improvements

Have fun with the Ghostly Dupes on the Halloween Map today! Oh, and don’t forget to keep following The Board’s recommendations! 1.2.0 10/15/2020 Hone your capitalistic edge with a brand new Map of the Moment with fun modifiers 1.1.0 10/04/2020 Entrances now display the emission rate and how many Dupes will come the next day.
Shops additionally display their capacity and income per second. 1.0.4 10/02/2020 In addition to incomes, the daily summary now also displays the number of Dupes that couldn't enter, due to the store being overcrowded, and the occupancy rate of each shop. 1.0.3 09/30/2020 Minor bugfixes. 1.0.2 09/27/2020 Added some more hints. Minor bugfixes 1.0.1 09/22/2020 iCloud sync, additional animations and hints, minor bugfixes and updated metadata. 1.0.0 09/21/2020 Added SImplified Chinese and Japanese translations.
New animations on the intro and cutscenes
More leaderboards and achievements
New language selection menu
Redesign of some maps 0.7.0 09/14/2020