Huge amount of content and systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“There is an absolutely ridiculous amount of stuff to do.”
Steam review · 1700.2 h played ↗
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%Lavaflame22025Idler · Incremental · MMORPG
The verdict
A deep, charming idle MMO with endless systems and offline progress, but many players say monetization has become aggressive and pay-to-win. Skip it if FOMO bundles and gacha pets would bother you.
Great for
Players who enjoy min-maxing, managing many characters and leaving a game running in the background
Main risk
Aggressive pay-to-win bundles, gacha pets and FOMO make free progress feel slow
What players love
Playable free-to-play; only auto loot needed
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“True box price is $5 for the auto pickup pack”
Steam review · 10725.4 h played ↗
Offline progress and play as active as you like
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“There is plenty to do to play as actively of passively as you want”
Steam review · 53.5 h played ↗
Addictive progression and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game is seriously addicting if you enjoy thinking critically and figuring out how to maximize efficiency.”
Steam review · 3610 h played ↗
Humor, charming pixel art and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“love the pixel heavy aesthetic and humor.”
Steam review · 16.2 h played ↗
Active developer with frequent updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“This is the only idle game that gets updated often enough to keep up with my deteriorating dopamine receptors”
Steam review · 18873.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Aggressive pay-to-win bundles and power creep
Mentioned in ~3 in 4 negative reviews
“a bundle of the same price gives you an account wide 3x exp boost permanently, alongside gems that are exclusively earned by paying.”
Steam review · 216.1 h played ↗
Gacha pets, gambling and FOMO
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Employs every dirty trick in the book, fomo, gacha, gambling”
Steam review · 7659.7 h played ↗
Developer bans and silences criticism
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“he gives bans to people who even *breathe* a negative thing about the game.”
Steam review · 1205.4 h played ↗
Lag, crashes and login problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“just walking around, can cause lag.”
Steam review · 17635.3 h played ↗
Too much micromanagement; not really idle
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“playing increasingly feels less like enjoying a game and more like maintaining a second job.”
Steam review · 6321.7 h played ↗
Intrusive ads and pop-ups for bundles
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Could barely navigate to the menu and quit the game because of all the mtx advertisements.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorAn Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE3 capable
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsHardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorAn Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE3 capable
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsHardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
Storage1 GB available space
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