Deep formation strategy
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The thinking man's idle game.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Crusaders of the Lost Idols
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Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%Codename Entertainment Inc.2015Incremental · Casual · Strategy
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A deep, free formation-based idle game with huge content, but it's sunset, has no offline stage progress, and pushes heavy microtransactions. Skip it if you want new updates or hate grinding.
Great for
Idle fans who like formation min-maxing and long, slow grinds running in the background
Main risk
Slow grind, no offline stage progress and pushy monetization in a game that is sunset
What players love
Huge amount of content and events
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“tons of content. thousands of levels. you will never finish this game.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Works as a relaxed background idler
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“This game respects your time. You can play actively or idly and still progress.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Fair free-to-play, no pay-to-win
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I have spent $0 and I am top 1% probably. Very fair game economy.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
Funny writing and charming characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“The writing is hilarious. References to everything from Star Wars to obscure internet memes.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slow grind and boring repetition
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Painfully slow progression. Why any idle game would choose to keep their prestige mechanic gated behind days of grind is beyond me.”
Steam review · 18.8 h played ↗
Heavy, predatory microtransactions
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it bombards you with MTX at every step (even the Steam page has over 100 EUR of DLC available)”
Steam review · 229.4 h played ↗
Sunset, abandoned and still labeled beta
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“As of March 1, 2022... the game has sunset -- there will be no new content added to the game.”
Steam review · 11799.8 h played ↗
Crashes, login errors and startup failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Stopped working one day, only getting a black screen.”
Steam review · 521.2 h played ↗
Bugged achievements and poor support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Steam achievements can be missed due to a known bug that hasn't been resolved in years.”
Steam review · 657.5 h played ↗
No offline progression, game must stay open
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“you have to let the game running in the background cause it doens't have offline stage progression”
Steam review · 347.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable120 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows 8 Classic
Processor2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbook class devices
Memory512 MB RAM
Storage120 MB available space
OSMicrosoft® Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows 8 Classic
Processor2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbook class devices
Memory512 MB RAM
Storage120 MB available space
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