Press Start: Video Game Story

Name: Press Start: Video Game Story
Rating: 4.12 (3612 reviews)
Author: Tapps Games

Tapps Games

★ 4.1 (3,612 ratings)

⬇ 1,000,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 1,171,627

Style: Simulation

Free

Released: Jun 14, 2018

IAP: $1.99 - $24.99 per item

Contains ads

Rated: Everyone

Mechanics Idle / incremental

Signals

4 this week · 1 positive · 2 warnings All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +28 installs — 56% slower than the week before (+64) · 8/day since Sep 18
🏆Among Simulation games bottom 43% by installs gained this week (21471 peers growing)
⭐Rating ★ 4.18 → 4.12 since Sep 18
🛠Updates quiet · updated 60 days ago

Installs since launch

+343 installs · -5 ratings since Sep 18

SDKs in the app · version 1.0.41, analysed Oct 23, 2026

Ad mediationAppLovin MAX ironSource / Unity LevelPlay
Ad networkAppLovin SDK BidMachine Bigo Ads Chartboost DT Exchange (Fyber)Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) 25.0.0 Liftoff Monetize (Vungle) 7.7.4 Meta Audience Network 6.21.0 Mintegral Moloco Ads 4.9.0 Ogury Pangle 8.1.0.5 Unity Ads 4.19.0
AnalyticsFirebase Analytics 22.1.0
AttributionSingular TikTok Business SDK 1.6.0
BackendCloud Firestore Cloud Storage for Firebase Firebase Authentication 23.0.0 Firebase Realtime Database
ConsentGoogle User Messaging Platform 4.0.0
Crash reportingFirebase Crashlytics
Deep linkingFirebase Dynamic Links
Engagement & messagingFirebase Cloud Messaging 24.0.1 Firebase In-App Messaging Play In-App Review 2.0.1
Game servicesPlay Games Services 21.0.0
PaymentsPlay Billing Library 8.0.0
Remote configFirebase Remote Config 22.0.0
SecurityPlay Integrity API 1.2.0
Social & loginGoogle Sign-In 20.7.0

39 mediation adapters

Adapters connect a mediation SDK to an ad network. An adapter alone does not mean the network’s own SDK is bundled.

AdMob mediation adapter → unityAdMob mediation adapter → unity 9.12.1.1AdMob mediation adapter → unity 6.21.0.4AdMob mediation adapter → unity 8.4.1.0AdMob mediation adapter → unity 9.4.4.0AdMob mediation adapter → unity 17.0.31.0AdMob mediation adapter → unity 8.1.0.4.0AdMob mediation adapter → unity 4.19.0.0AdMob mediation adapter → vungle 4.9.0.0AdMob mediation adapter → vungleAppLovin MAX adapter → AppLovin 25.3.0.0AppLovin MAX adapter → AppLovin 25.3.0.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresageAppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 3.7.1.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 5.10.1.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 8.1.0.5.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 9.12.1.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 6.21.0.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 8.4.1.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 9.4.4.0.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresageAppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 17.0.31.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 4.9.0.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 6.2.2.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 4.19.0.0AppLovin MAX adapter → OguryPresage 7.7.4.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.9.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.8.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.7.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.10.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.6.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.3.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.2.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.3.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.11.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.4.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.21.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.11.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 5.10.0

Found by static analysis of the app package; bundled is not the same as active. All SDKs →

Update history

1.0.41 Sep 2, 2026 · seen Sep 18, 2026

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Only the current version so far — new entries appear as the game ships updates.

Press Start: Video Game Story screenshot

Press Start: Video Game Story is a simulation game by Tapps Games with 1,000,000+ downloads (about 1.2M estimated). +28 installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.1 from 3.6K ratings. Released Jun 14, 2018. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Press Start to embark on a journey filled with gaming nostalgia! Advance through generations of gaming history and play out your best memories from classic 90’s titles, from 8-bit adventures to the first 3D games and beyond! Relive all the fun that got you into gaming in the first place with an idle clicker…”