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Monopoly Go!

Released 11 April 2023 Developer Scopely

A mobile take on the Monopoly board game: you roll dice to move around themed boards, collect cash and upgrade five landmarks on each board. Rolls trigger mini-games, hourly events and bank heists against other players, and you collect sticker albums that can be traded with friends. It is free to play and designed for short, frequent sessions.

Money health HarmfulChance, compulsion or exploitation
Addictive design Very high5 of 5 — counts the hooks designed in
Average price Freefree to download
Spending ceiling No ceilingRepeat purchases, no limit
Australian rating ACBGOnline interactivity

How it makes money

Harmful: chance, compulsion or exploitation

Monopoly Go! is free to download. Scopely sells dice-roll and cash bundles as in-app offers: the Australian App Store lists them from A$2.99 to A$149.99, and Google Play shows single items up to A$299.99. Dice rolls are limited each day and players can buy more, while sticker albums, hourly events and mini-games such as Prize Drop keep rewards random and short-lived. The store description says purchases include random items. Gross bookings were reported to have passed US$5 billion by April 2025.

How you pay

  • Free-to-play

    The App Store AU lists in-app offers from A$2.99 ('Offer 1') to A$149.99 ('Offer 15'); Google Play (AU) shows single items from A$1.49 to A$299.99.

  • Loot boxes

    The App Store description says the game 'Includes random-item purchases'; Google Play and the ESRB rating also flag in-game purchases that include random items.

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Techniques it uses to keep you paying or playing

  • Wait or pay

    Daily dice rolls are limited and players can buy more (Wikipedia); Android Central called out a daily energy system.

  • Game currency

    In-game cash and dice rolls are the two currencies; both can be earned in play and both are bundled into paid offers.

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  • FOMO timers

    New events run every hour (store description); Destructoid describes a 30-minute event that could give a large advantage, which made the writer feel the app had to be reopened.

  • Collect all

    Sticker albums pay large rewards when completed, and stickers are traded with friends and in Facebook trading groups (store description).

  • Social nudges

    Bank heists on other players, co-op Community Chest events and sticker trading are built around friends; the Monopoly Go website invites you to connect Facebook and Contacts, and Destructoid says the game prompts you to invite friends at launch.

  • Slot-machine

    Mini-games such as Prize Drop (a plinko game) and Cash Grab pay out random rewards (store description); Germany's USK rating cites 'pressure to play excessively'.

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  • Always online

    The store description says an internet connection is required to play.

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  • Never-ending

    New themed boards and events are added continuously (the store description talks about an 'expanding universe').

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Fairer alternatives

Similar games with a healthier money model

What it costs

Free to start, then A$2.99–A$299.99 a purchase

WhatWherePriceChecked
Offer 1 (smallest listed in-app offer)
The App Store shows only a selection of the game's purchases, named 'Offer 1' to 'Offer 15'.
Apple App Store (AU) · iOS ↗ A$2.99 Oct 2026
Offer 15 (largest listed in-app offer)
Other listed offers range from A$4.99 to A$29.99.
Apple App Store (AU) · iOS ↗ A$149.99 Oct 2026
Largest single in-app item
Top of the 'per item' range shown on the Google Play listing (A$1.49 to A$299.99); the item is not named.
Google Play (AU) · Android ↗ A$299.99 Oct 2026

Store prices change often and sales are common; we record the regular price on the date shown.

Reviews from across the web

What the critics said

  • 2.5/ 5

    Android Central ↗

    Rachel Mogan · 8 May 2023 · Android

    Judged it well made and enjoyable without spending, but a heavily monetised time-waster with almost no real gameplay, a daily energy limit and constant pop-up offers.

Scores belong to the outlets that published them; follow the links to read the full reviews. Summaries are ours.

Age ratings

Classification

ACBG

Australian Classification · record ↗

Online interactivity

Interactive elements: In-game purchases (includes random items)

ESRBE

ESRB (North America) · record ↗

Mild Fantasy Violence

Interactive elements: In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)

PEGI16

PEGI (Europe) · record ↗

Interactive elements: In-game purchases (includes random items)

USK16

USK (Germany) · record ↗

Increased incentives to buy, Pressure to play excessively

Interactive elements: In-game purchases (includes random items)

Age ratings judge content (violence, language, gambling themes). They say little about how hard a game pushes spending — that's what the badges above are for. About rating boards

Safety & parental controls

Who can talk to your child, and what can they buy?

  • No chat
  • Players can interact with strangers
  • No user-made content
  • Account: not recorded
  • Terms of service minimum age: 13

No text chat in the game itself, but Scopely runs a separate MONOPOLY GO!Chat app (rated 17+ on the App Store AU) for messaging friends and teammates and arranging sticker trades. Heists, co-op events and Facebook trading groups can put players in contact with people they may not know. Scopely's terms say users must be at least the age to consent to data processing (13 in the United States, 16 in some EU countries) and that anyone under 18 needs a parent's permission. Apple's AU rating is 16+; Google Play AU shows 'General' and Germany's USK rates it 16. Turn off in-app purchases in the phone's settings.

Platforms & release

Where you can play it

PlatformReleasedStore
iPhone and iPad
Available in some countries from March 2023 before the April launch.
11 April 2023 Store page ↗
Android phones and tablets 11 April 2023 Store page ↗

Further reading

Facts last checked 22 October 2026. Sources: apps.apple.com, play.google.com, play.google.com, play.google.com, play.google.com, en.wikipedia.org, www.monopolygo.com, www.scopely.com, apps.apple.com, www.androidcentral.com, www.destructoid.com, www.metacritic.com. Spotted something wrong? Send a correction.