Idle Area 51

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Idle Area 51

Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.

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01 / Creative research

Turn the unknowns into a research plan.

01

Check the acquisition promise

Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?

Study the storefront
02

Look for ad evidence

Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.

Browse observed advertisers
03

Separate demand from paid growth

Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.

Review the market context

02 / Storefront & product

Where the click lands.

Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.

Screenshots

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03 / Market context

The business behind the app.

Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.

How Much Does Idle Area 51 Make?

Monthly Revenue
$1.0K
Annualized estimate
$12.0K
Per Download
$1.00

Platform Performance

🍎iOS
Revenue
$1.0K
Downloads
1.0K
Rating
4.8 (10,168)

Rating Distribution

4.8
★★★★★
10,168 reviews
5
2%
4
1%
3
3%
2
8%
1
86%

Top Countries

🇺🇸 US🇬🇧 GB🇦🇺 AU
Reviews (3)
★★★☆☆MobileGamer900010/24/2022
Great game but, a major exploit

I think this is a really fun idle game from what I’ve play, I had beaten the second world after a day or so and decided to pay for no ads. After I got no ads then I would click on the “Men in Black” pop up to get money for free basically, and I just set my phone down to do the dishes and would just keep clicking the “Men In Black” every time they would show up. That’s when I noticed that the amount of money they give you is based off how much money you have in the bank, which is a very poor design choice. While I spent 30 minutes washing my dishes and cleaning and clicking the “Men in Black” every time they popped up. I went from having like 20 million, with “MiB” pop up giving me 1-5mil, next time they gave me 9~Mil, then they gave me 15 mil, then 30 mil, then 100 mil, then 200 mil, eventually during the time I was washing dishes and not really playing the game the MiB had started giving me 500 Billion, and it just kept going until I had 50bb saved up in an incredibly short time. It’s a huge exploit and I could basically beat the whole game without ever buying a single upgrade for anything if I just keep collecting the MiB bonuses as they keep increasing practically double every time since they scale up with how much money you have stored. It’s a fun game from what I’ve seen but I would call this a bug/exploit that shouldn’t be there.

★★★★★wigese2/12/2022
Fun game

Been playing for a few days it’s pretty fun (kills time). But one thing I’m running across is after you level up an area pass 700 they run out of supplies no matter how many trucks or how much I level up loading/unloading the area always has 0 salvage the moment they get 1 it’s being deposited so it makes no money. One thing I wish there where is the option to purchase more forklifts maybe 1 or two extra just to have more trucks loading at once. I bought the ad free option and even with using all the power ups the games pacing is still very slow. P.s the speed up research is pointless it speeds you up but half’s your earnings I timed it and you’re making the same money also it adds the the original problem where the areas don’t have any salvage to use atm I have 4 areas just standing still not making money

★★★☆☆Bishop01016/12/2021
Great idle game, problems that show a lack of play testing

This is a very fun game. I think the game is very polished on the surface, but a number of things lead me to believe this game wasnt adequately play tested. Ad rewards are based on amount currently in the bank (about 40% of what you have from what I can tell). This means the fastest (by FAR) way to earn money is by watching ads (1.4^x, with x being number of ads watched). So this could be seen as intentional and the game is an ad cash grab or poor design. Additionally, the UI layout, although pretty, makes little sense. I do not need the in-app purchase buttons always on the screen, if I want to buy them, I would click the shop. Furthermore, I think the prestige mechanic is unclear and doesn’t feel as rewarding as other idle games. (40x -> 50x is a 1.25x upgrade). Additionally with this mechanic, I’ve found that the way prices are calculated seems very unbalanced and unpredictable. In this regard I’m pointing at loading and unloading times being totally different every prestige. Same with a strange balance of cost to build versus cost to unlock the related resource feels completely unrelated.

Version History (32)
1.8.125/15/2024
1.8.92/20/2023
1.8.710/14/2021
1.8.610/8/2021
1.8.59/30/2021
1.8.39/22/2021
1.8.18/25/2021
1.7.86/30/2021
1.7.76/24/2021
1.7.66/23/2021
Available In (114 Countries)
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Supported Languages (1)
English
App Details

The aliens have CRASH landed! Salvage as much alien tech as possible from the downed UFO and take it to your super secret desert facility for research...

iOS App ID
1537717101
Content Rating
9+
Min OS
12.0
Size
227.0 MB
In-App Purchases
Yes
Publisher
PlaySide
Au

In-App Purchases (10)

NamePriceType
Tiny Gem Pack$0.99One-time
LunarRover$4.99One-time
Government Coverup$4.99One-time
Probe$4.99One-time
Small Gem Pack$4.99One-time
Large Gem Pack$7.99One-time
Anamoly$9.99One-time
Tin Foil Hat$9.99One-time
No Ads!$9.99One-time
Massive Gem Pack$19.99One-time