Cooking City: Restaurant Games vs State.io - Conquer the World

How do Cooking City: Restaurant Games and State.io - Conquer the World compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Cooking City: Restaurant Games	State.io - Conquer the World
Genre	Strategy	Strategy
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	easy
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	medium	short
Rating	4.8 / 5	4.6 / 5
Ratings count	168,043	245,815
Reviews say	What players like Addictive gameplay keeps players engaged daily Variety of global cuisines and restaurant types Many levels and progression through world cities Common complaints Forced ads interrupt gameplay after almost every level Excessive gem costs for boosters vs. low earn rate Pay-to-win progression wall at higher levels	What players like Well-designed core gameplay and strategy mechanics Fun puzzle-solving and tactical elements Quick matches perfect for short play sessions Common complaints Excessive ads interrupt play constantly (watch ads to win, power up, every battle) PvP multiplayer is fake—all opponents are bots, not real players Ad-free purchase ($4.99) doesn't work and ads return after few rounds

Cooking City: Restaurant Games — A fast-paced time-management cooking game where you build restaurants across global cities and compete in timed service challenges. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) State.io - Conquer the World — A tactical real-time strategy puzzle game where you conquer territories on abstract maps, but the multiplayer is fake AI opponents. (rated easy difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-10. Last updated 2026-07-10.