What This Monster Truck Racer Actually Offers Young Kids
Monster Trucks Game for Kids 2 by Raz Games is built specifically for toddlers and young children, roughly ages 2 to 8, who are into monster trucks. The core loop is simple: pick a truck, race down a course, crush cars, pop balloons, and collect stars. There are 42 levels and over 100 trucks to unlock, plus four mini games bundled in: Balloon Pop, Memory Cards, Puzzles, and Coloring Pages. The controls are stripped down to big buttons for jumping, honking the horn, and switching background music, which makes it genuinely usable by kids who can’t read yet or don’t have fine motor control for complex touchscreen input.
The trucks never flip and races are rigged so competitors slow down when they’re ahead, meaning the child essentially always wins. That’s clearly a deliberate design choice for the target age group, not a bug, and it matches what parents in reviews describe: very young kids, even under 2, picking up the controls and playing independently.
Where the Game Genuinely Works for Toddlers
Parents reviewing the app consistently say their toddlers and preschoolers are engaged by it, with one reviewer noting a sibling under two years old already able to control the trucks. The bright cartoon graphics, vibrant sound effects, and simple win-every-time race structure seem to be exactly what keeps young attention spans hooked, with several parents mentioning it’s hard to pry their kids away from the game once they start. The variety of unlockable trucks also gives the game some replay value beyond just finishing the 42 levels, since collecting new vehicles becomes its own goal.
Customer service also gets specific praise. Multiple reviewers mention emailing Raz Games after switching phones and losing access to purchased content, and getting a code to restore their purchase without hassle. That kind of responsiveness is worth noting since in-app purchase issues are a common source of frustration in kids’ apps.
The Ad and Purchase Problems Parents Keep Reporting
The most consistent complaint across reviews is ads appearing in a game marketed toward toddlers. One reviewer specifically called out a video ad for a gas station chain appearing after the first level, questioning why a small child needs to see that kind of advertising at all. Another parent described the pre-reading-age hassle of a toddler yelling for help every 30 seconds to close ads before they were old enough to dismiss them alone. The store listing does say ads are removed from the actual game screen and placed carefully, but user experience suggests the placement between levels still interrupts play frequently enough to annoy both kids and parents.
There’s also a recurring bug where the ‘watch an ad to unlock a truck’ reward doesn’t actually unlock anything after the ad finishes, which a reviewer flagged as a real problem needing a fix. Separately, at least one parent reported losing previously purchased trucks after reinstalling on a new device under the same Google account, despite having paid to unlock everything already. Combined with occasional reports of the app freezing mid-minigame, these are real reliability issues, not just nitpicks.
Mini Games Feel Like an Afterthought
The four bundled mini games are a nice pitch on paper, but actual users describe them as the weakest part of the experience. One parent whose son otherwise enjoys the game regularly suggested the mini games need to be more fun, or at least reward extra stars for playing them, since right now they don’t add much incentive beyond variety. Another reviewer mentioned a 4-year-old getting bored with the app fairly quickly after the novelty wears off, which tracks with mini games that don’t evolve or add depth over repeated play.
Final Verdict on Who Should Download This
This app does what it promises for the narrow audience it’s built for: very young kids who want a low-stakes, always-win monster truck racer with loud, colorful feedback. Parents of toddlers and preschoolers report real engagement and independent play, which is the main thing this kind of app needs to deliver. But the ad placement in a game aimed at small children, the truck-unlock bug, and purchase-restoration headaches are legitimate downsides that show up repeatedly in reviews. If you’re comfortable supervising ad interactions early on and don’t mind mini games that underdeliver, it’s a reasonable pick for toddler screen time. If ad-free, glitch-free kids’ apps are a hard requirement, temper your expectations first.
