Addictive number-go-up progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The gameplay loop is pure, weaponized crack: click, level up a hero, ascend, lose all your progress, do it again slightly faster”
Steam review · 32 h played ↗
Clicker Heroes
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Playsaurus2015Incremental · Idler · Casual
The verdict
A free, long-running idle clicker with a satisfying number-go-up and prestige loop that runs well in the background. Skip it if you dislike late-game grind, pay-to-win currency or needing frequent attention.
Great for
Players who like background idle games, watching huge numbers grow and long prestige grinds
Main risk
Progress stalls into a repetitive grind, with rubies pushing you toward spending
What players love
Great background/second-monitor idle game
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I love this game bc i can leave it in the background while i literally do whatever!”
Steam review · 93.2 h played ↗
Nostalgic classic that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“still the same good old grindy incremental flash game as it was before”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
Prestige system with deep optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“It's a math game: your task is to find the optimal strategy for the fastest progression.”
Steam review · translated · 722.1 h played ↗
Free with fair monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“This is a fun idle clicker game that requires no expenditure of real money to advance.”
Steam review · 961.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, shallow late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Fun until you realize that the game has little to no depth or creativity in it, and that you'll just be ascending and transcending in the same way over and over again to no end.”
Steam review · 28.5 h played ↗
Brutal grind and timewalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“there are several, big "slowdown points" in the game where your progress is effectively halted for several tens or hundreds of hours of gameplay as you grind”
Steam review · 271.8 h played ↗
Pay-to-win rubies and costly mercenary revives
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It seemed optional and then mercenaries unlock and the power scales infinitely away from playing for free.”
Steam review · 34.2 h played ↗
Addictive time sink that wastes your life
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The sort where the longer you play, the less you're having fun, yet the more time you feel compelled to actively put into it.”
Steam review · 84.8 h played ↗
Memory leaks, lag and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Whatever engine update they did absolutely killed performance in this game.”
Steam review · 9888.1 h played ↗
Not truly idle, needs constant attention
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Fun fact, this isn't an idle game. If you leave it for even 10 minutes your progression hits a standstill.”
Steam review · 171.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support100 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or later
Processor2.0 GHz dual-core processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsIntegrated Graphics
Storage100 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or later
Processor2.5 GHz dual-core processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsAny GPU
Storage100 MB available space
OSWindows 7 or later
Processor2.0 GHz dual-core processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsIntegrated Graphics
Storage100 MB available space
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