Enormous content and depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“THERE'S TONS OF CONTENT.”
Steam review · 1157.2 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%4G2019Incremental · Idler · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, funny, years-long idle game with deep systems and no real pay-to-win. Skip it if you want a truly passive game or dislike slow grinding, clunky UI and addictive time sinks.
Great for
Number-go-up fans who love optimizing many systems over months or years, with a background second-screen game
Main risk
Progress slows to weeks per step, needs frequent check-ins, and the game eats your time
What players love
Funny writing and goofy art
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“With so many funny texts, messages, memes and references to other games and anime, spread around the entire game, I found myself smiling and even chuckling at times”
Steam review · 5843 h played ↗
Addictive number-go-up progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The dopamine hit from seeing numbers go up is unparalleled to this day.”
Steam review · 110.2 h played ↗
Great background game with offline progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The best part is closing it knowing you're farther next time you open it (even if that moment in time is 5 years from now)”
Steam review · 4076.5 h played ↗
Many systems to optimize
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“There are also so many systems to tinker with and optimize! The math is satisfying, and there's just the right amount of decision-making.”
Steam review · 105 h played ↗
Fair free-to-play, not pay-to-win
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Free to play, with 100% optional in-app purchases possible. You can get everything in the game for free, paying just makes the idle aspect go a little quicker.”
Steam review · 5427.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Painfully slow, grindy progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Progression time is measured in months, not hours or even days.”
Steam review · 98.9 h played ↗
Not truly idle, needs constant management
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“An idle game that can't be left to idle for more than an hour.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗
Troll challenge and late-game frustration
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The Troll Challenge makes the game unplayable, reseting something every 2 minutes.”
Steam review · 964.1 h played ↗
Quality-of-life locked behind grind or payments
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Basic automation features are locked behind somewhere between hundreds and thousands of hours of playtime, or a paywall”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Poor, cluttered UI and resolution options
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Game is in dire need for a better user interface.”
Steam review · 25.2 h played ↗
Save loss and cloud save bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“I had a multi-week setback due to the app crashing and upon re-launch the local save somehow was really outdated”
Steam review · 460.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable150 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8, 8.1, 10. XP? Who the heck is still using XP?
ProcessorIf it was made after 2010 you're good.
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsProbably everything works, even integrated ( but you might have slideshow FPS)
Storage150 MB available space
OSWindows 7, 8, 8.1, 10. XP? Who the heck is still using XP?
ProcessorIf it was made after 2010 you're good.
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsProbably everything works, even integrated ( but you might have slideshow FPS)
Storage150 MB available space
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