Surprising depth and strategy
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Best idle game out there imo. If you like strategizing and a lot of depth, you basically can't do better!”
Steam review · 9845.2 h played ↗
Realm Grinder
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Divine Games2017Incremental · City Builder · Strategy
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A deep, free idle game with many factions, builds and prestige layers that can last thousands of hours. Skip it if you dislike wiki-dependent builds, late-game time gates and repetitive clicking.
Great for
Idle-game fans who enjoy min-maxing builds, factions and long-term progression
Main risk
Late game becomes a guide-dependent, time-gated grind with a static screen
What players love
Addictive and relaxing background play
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“only 39 hours in so far and I every time I try to get on to check my stuff I end up playing for an hour.”
Steam review · 39.3 h played ↗
Distinct factions and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The faction system is probably my favourite part.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Huge amount of long-lasting content
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Been playing this game on and off for a number of years now and have still not run out of content to explore.”
Steam review · 9845.2 h played ↗
Free with no need to pay
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“In-game purchases are not at all needed to fully experience it.”
Steam review · 1205.1 h played ↗
Still updated, cloud saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“I was surprised to find out it's still getting updates despite coming out in 2017”
Steam review · 687.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, boring grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It's just upgrade the buildings, buy the upgrades, upgrade the buildings and add more buildings so you can unlock more upgrades so you can upgrade more buildings.”
Steam review · 40.9 h played ↗
Late-game time gates and slow progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Last achievement is pretty heavily timegated.”
Steam review · 871.2 h played ↗
Needs wikis; poor in-game explanation
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“a needlessly confusing wiki simulator. how is this a game, and why are the devs allergic to including any useful information whatsoever into the game itself?”
Steam review · 95 h played ↗
Monetization and pay-to-progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“As of today, we have reached "Give us ten bucks so you can get bonusses when logging in every day" - so... paying for dailies.”
Steam review · 64.8 h played ↗
Lost saves, black screen and Mac issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Every time I load this game, I just get a pitch black screen that I cant do anything in.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Updates invalidate builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 negative reviews
“Every time I get real into this game, like hundreds of days of progress keeping track of what upgrades do what and which ones are the most useful, the devs change everything.”
Steam review · 1159.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorCore i5 or Core i7
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 400 Series or Better
OSWindows 7
ProcessorCore i5 or Core i7
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 400 Series or Better
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