Increlution

Increlution

This game saved my life.

I am 35.

My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and adopted our son together. They are now both 4 years old.

When we were going through our separation, I found myself lost and miserable. I was self destructive. I got so mad one day from everything spiraling out of my control that I punched some concrete in a moment of overwhelming emotion. That caused me to break my 5th metacarpal in my right hand… my working hand… my games hand.. the hand that I held and carried my children to bed with.. The hand I desperately needed to make sure I could continue to provide.

Real player with 370.6 hrs in game


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Despite the 157 hours listed, I probably only played for about 90 or 100 hours with the game on in background for the rest. That said, those 90-100 hours were some of the smoothest I’ve ever experienced in an idle game. This is where the game really shines–there are few of the hard bottlenecks or annoying babysitting due to huge exponential growth other games in the genre tend to have.

Similar to Idle Loops and Your Chronicle, etc., you can queue processes for your player who will perform them–bars fill up and unlock new processes and flavor text in the form of unobtrusive story content. The handful of forks in the game are interesting and keep the gameplay (that is, the metagame) fresh, as different forks will be more useful at different stages of your character’s skillset progression.

Real player with 165.9 hrs in game

Increlution on Steam

Wall Street Bets

Wall Street Bets

10/10 would lose all my life savings again

Real player with 80.9 hrs in game


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I HAVE DIAMOND HANDS AND WILL NEVER SELL! Pretty cool

Real player with 5.4 hrs in game

Wall Street Bets on Steam

Incremental Cubes

Incremental Cubes

At this time I feel like you should probably not get this game.

Quick notes:

  • The game is free, but you should be warned that the game is still buggy and the balance is out of whack.

  • Also not very obvious in the video or description is that while the game is free, there is an in-game store where you can purchase stuff like temporary speed boosts, extra slots, and permanent upgrades to the game speed. You aren’t explicitly forced to buy anything and there is a daily bonus that can give you a bit of the in-game currency, but it’s random and even with the best luck (always getting the 3% chance reward) it would take 10 days to get anything really worthwhile.

Real player with 272.9 hrs in game


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Most recent update destroyed the game. In discord the Developer said;

“[v 1.0.7 “Hot Fix”]

Offline bonuses and helper updates

Adjusted to reset the original maximum value on prestige.”

These “helper updates” have caused people to no longer progress in the game at a reasonable rate. Game is now in a dire need of rebalancing. game is currently UNPLAYABLE as of November 22nd 2021. I will not be playing anymore. I will consider my $10 that I paid for the “starter pack” a “cost” of trying out this game. I do NOT recommend to anyone who likes Idle or Incremental games.

Real player with 212.9 hrs in game

Incremental Cubes on Steam

Business Tycoon Billionaire

Business Tycoon Billionaire

This game was not quite what I expected. It was really a game that let you click some buttons and watch the numbers go up. I put in 7 hours, but it was more of a set it and forget situation. Regardless of the “deal”, this game really was a time waster. If that is what you want, a true time waster, with no actual reward, then go for it.

Real player with 7.2 hrs in game

this game is just a rip off a poor rip off of much better games like Adventure capitalist which is free BTW an has a lot more content. i hope this game comes out with leaderboards A OPTION TO TURN THE DAM SOUND OFF!!!!! and some good content

Real player with 1.9 hrs in game

Business Tycoon Billionaire on Steam

Destroy the Demon Army - Modified

Destroy the Demon Army - Modified

Simple. I like it. Looking forward to updates and more content. : )

Edit: Not as simple as I thought. This will keep me busy. I want to keep the 5 stars lol

Good game. Great potential.

Real player with 13.8 hrs in game

Destroy the Demon Army - Modified on Steam

Incremental Adventures

Incremental Adventures

Don’t be fooled by the negative reviews from people who played it for 10 minutes. This game has far more content and depth than they’ve unlocked in that short timeframe.

I’ve been playing it since it launched on Kongregate a year ago, and it’s been one of the best idle/incremental games I’ve played in a long time.

It’s also a game you won’t easily reach the end of content in, with an active dev that actually cares about his game.

As for the DLC things that people complain about: it’s a free-to-play game, and those are clearly just more of a donation option than anything else. You don’t need them to progress in the game, and you don’t lose out on any experiences by not buying them.

Real player with 588.0 hrs in game

This is another one of the few decent idle/incremental games on Steam. I have two big criticisms though.

The gameplay does a one 180. It looks like a party RPG kind of idle where you allocate stat points and fight tooth and nail for progression through stages. It’s like that for like an hour or two. And then the character/class/gear system becomes sort of irrelevant for advancement. At this point advancement largely depends on what you have your prestige settings and general options at. Don’t get me wrong, it still an engaging game, but in a completely different way.

Real player with 528.2 hrs in game

Incremental Adventures on Steam

Drugs and Crime Idle

Drugs and Crime Idle

-Summary

I enjoy this game, there’s not a lot going on to it but it’s still a game which takes a few days in total to almost finish. You take the role of a drug dealer and you have the opportunity to grow marijuana and sell multiple different drugs. You got a variety to choose from. You unlock different areas on the map and upgrade your drug dealers in order to maximise profit and speed up the amount of time it takes to sell the product. You can start a money laundering business in order to produce clean money, as well as a gambling section to buy, sell and unlock different crates which give different rewards which are by chances.

Real player with 168.6 hrs in game

I love the idle genre, and I want to like this game, but there are too many little things wrong with it to recommend it right now. I fundamentally dislike the lootbox mechanic, but even setting that aside, there are some serious flaws for an “idle” game:

1.) Your end game progress is capped by whether you have the DLC (almost every core game feature is level capped, but the cap is higher with DLC). I think the free version would be better advertised as a demo, and you have to pay for the full version (which I have no problem with). Most idle games allow you to pay for faster progress or an early boost, but this is the only game I know of where a free player can’t even approach a paying player in endgame, no matter how much time they invest.

Real player with 129.1 hrs in game

Drugs and Crime Idle on Steam

Super Brain Cube

Super Brain Cube

SuperBrainCube is a cube puzzle clicker in space.

You change the player cube to match the obstacle cube, if you clear the stage you get an achievement.

SuperBrainCube have different speeds and number of cubes to hold the motivation high.

Every speed have its own color.

Can your brain solve all stages on all speeds?

Super Brain Cube on Steam

Future Fortune

Future Fortune

Should you be able to retroactively increase the rarity of your boosters? Yes. Does that make the game RNG? No, not really. This game is simple, fun, and intuitive and does not play even remotely similarly to Adventure Capitalist other than they are both clicker games. Everyone who is salty about this game either has no patience or no sense for numbers, as the game is easy and picks up the pace very quickly. Is the game a masterpiece….well, no. But it does what it sets out to do.

Source: Thousands of hours of Idle Game Experience

Real player with 544.0 hrs in game

It’s a decent idler. Been at it a few days, running on the secondary monitor as an occasional distraction.

Good stuff:

  • You start off fully manual on all of your activities. Then you earn points to automate those clicks so it becomes more idle.

  • Pace of earning points to increase your resources and automation seem steady and good.

  • So far, no walls hit or problems. Just spend your points wisely where they will have the greatest impact on how you want to play.

  • Left it running overnight 24x7 for 4 days without a bug or crash.

Real player with 527.6 hrs in game

Future Fortune on Steam

Idle Monster TD

Idle Monster TD

I really wish Steam had a neutral option. This game, for me, would be a case of “Yep, it’s okay” or “Fun under specific circumstances”.

Let’s get started!

Pros:

1. The game actually rewards you spending time interacting with it. The little helicopters that show up every so often will make you frequently check in on the idle game. While the rewards aren’t “outstanding”, an overall reward of 10% boost to damage of all your monsters for every 5 clicked can add up quite quickly if you’re active. There are also spells (which you can automate, but isn’t as effective for anything except the resource gathering spells) which you can activate in order to help push you through a wave.

Real player with 1429.3 hrs in game

I have been playing this game on a number of platforms and did test it on the Steam platform here. I truly like this game and it has kept me coming back since June. There’s always something else to build on, upgrade, or figure out. The developer is actively adding content, quality of life improvements and is still working on more.

It is not necessary to pay to progress and two of three of my accounts (Steam and iOS) are free to play. Yes, it takes longer as free to play, but everything is fully accessible and nothing is behind a pay wall. The good thing is that there is no one best set-up and all godly and immortal monsters are viable to use.

Real player with 626.4 hrs in game

Idle Monster TD on Steam