Tiny Tower

Article summary

Tiny Tower is an incremental business simulation video game developed and published by the American indie studio NimbleBit. In it, the player manages a multi-story building with virtual people termed "bitizens" and must build floors to attract residents and generate more revenue. It was released on June 23, 2011, for iOS devices, followed by a version for Android on November 16, 2011. While it was shut down in September 2015, Tiny Tower was re-released with revamped gameplay in May 2016 and has since inspired spin-off games themed after other fictional properties. Tiny Tower garnered a positive reception for its gameplay. It was selected as iPhone Game of the Year by Apple in 2011.

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1. release date: 2011-06-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2016 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371089949