Summary
OneMonopoly GOplayer’s proudest achievement in the game is deleting it after spending an estimated $1,000 on it. The board game spin-off quickly proved addictive as it continued to amass users after its April 2023 release, but some have fallen deeper into the game’s clutches than others. Despite technically being free-to-play,Monopoly Gohas gotten some users to spend more on it than they would shell out on an entire console.
Like its tabletop predecessor,Monopoly GOrequires spending in-game money wisely to make more of it. For many users, though, it’s ended up in them spending real-world money to make more of the in-game stuff. Players have alreadyvoiced concern over the latestMonopoly GOevents, saying it’d be hard to achieve everything without spending actual cash, but some users are far beyond the point of worrying about that. One unlucky Reddit user knows all too well how easy it is to spend much more than one would want to on an otherwise free app.
A Redditor by the name of AnonymousSomething90 claims they’vespent roughly $1,000 or moreon the game. That amount of spending wasn’t what they came to Reddit to brag about, though. Their proudest achievement was arguably a much harder one — deleting the app. Other players in the comments praised their ability to quit, with one calling deleting the game the only true way to win it. They may be on to something, too, considering howMonopoly GOhas made over $3 billiondespite not costing anything to play. Such a big revenue stream suggests AnonymousSomething90 wasn’t the only one spending real-world money in-game.
Players Have Spent a Lot on Free-to-Play Games
This isn’t the first time someone has spent an exorbitant amount of money on a free game. Earlier in 2024, a player revealed they hadspent $10,000 inRobloxby repeatedly changing their username. Other freemium-model games likeFortniteandCounter-Strikeare also infamous for getting users to spend far more in microtransactions than they likely would if they were simply buying the game outright. AnonymousSomething90 is only the latest in a long history of evidence of why it’s such an effective business model.
Monopoly GOis addictive, and it’s much easier to spend a little bit of money to unlock rewards than it is to earn them by racking up enough points. While each in-game item may not cost much, the total can quickly add up as users buy more. Some users have found that out the hard way, while others have managed to stick tofinding freeMonopoly Godice roll linksor playing enough to unlock things on their own. Most people get by without spending more than the price of a PS5 Pro on the game, but at least one Redditor was not so lucky.
