looking for a genuine review of playrix’s games by a passionate player

like the title says. is township that bad? is homescapes or fishdom better? i’m at rock bottom in life & in order to survive i’m realizing i need something like a vehicle of soothing, happy thoughts to safely ride me thru my excessive bad luck. so far it’s been township. i’m shocked at how fun it is, but i’m also not stupid & know the mobile games industry is overly obsessed with our wallets even at the cost of our sanity.

i can’t afford that emotionally or financially. is there another game you know as well as township (either thru direct experience or thru a close friend/source) that fulfills the same needs?

here are my favourite things about township, for reference:

- i don’t mind match 3. i don’t even mind waiting to retry superhard levels over & over. strategy gaming like this has helped repair my brain fog + winning is satisfying especially since i can never afford powerups or t-cash.

- the decorating, building, & customizing.

- the wait times aren’t terrible… yet. (i’m only at level 20.)

does such a game exist or are they all unbearably rigged? like, is there a strategy to playing the game without getting exploited into a corner of unplayability? or, alternatively, what else do you use to fulfill the same needs as township? (maybe a non-mobile game, a hobby, a coping strategy, etc.)

i know mobile games are designed to tease you into spending money so it’s unlikely a company would ever make a game like this that wasn‘t lowkey unplayable… but i really want you to prove me wrong lol.