AD is my "I get nostalgia from playing this game" like cookie clicker is for many people. It was the first incremental I fell in love with outside of cookie clicker, and I have spent well over three years of my life playing it off and on again. With the new reality update, I'm back at it. :)
@@ESoreos clicker heroes is a classic, but it's honestly not great. Maybe I'm forgetting some aspect of it, but I remember it not having many prestige type things and getting quite monotonous after the first 500 levels. Still a great example of early day idle, but not my go to replay
You really didn't play enough NGU Idle to get an appreciation for it. It gets deeper and expands like crazy. I played it for over a year before I beat it.
The true art of incremental games (for me atleast) lies in the very rare non-idle incrementals.That would be an incremental game, which is balanced around not having waiting times, and instead compresses it's mechanics(together with the numbers-going-up-dopamine) so you always have something to do. Leading to you playing for ten minutes, looking at a clock and realizing 3 hours have passed Anyways, try orb of creation
Kitten's game, wich was mentionned in the video, is half like that I'll say you can divide the game into age (starting age, settlement age, discovery age, space age ....), and how idle-non iddle the game is kinda depend on the era, some era are very actives, some gonna invite you to grab a soda can, and some are a mix where you can be busy doing 54 things while one other thing is slowly building up. .. ofc it depend of your prestige, when like many iddle games after multiple resets you kinda zoom through some ages wich used to be slow. It's really good because it's not just "numbers goes up" (for an iddle game the numbers stay rather very low), but instead make you wonder what should be your next goal and where to prioritise your ressources spending. Also it's a very good dopamine stimulis when a resource that used to be insulting slow to accumulate is now automatized at a good pace.
Loop Hero. Loop hero requires constant engagement early on and the entire gameplay loop just hits the right feeling. The incremental nature is building up the town, finding supplies which give you the raw stats to eventually beat the game, while also have incremental stat gains per fight via the plethora of loot that drops. I love it
@@WhatWillYouFind oh yeah loop hero is great Unless the specific part where you're farming special orbs without alchemist (and for alchemist hut) After that it's infinite stuff
@@WhatWillYouFind oh yeah loop hero goes hard af, I saw hutts play it and after it went free on epic games launcher I played for like 25 hours immidietely the week after
universal paperclips is a very well balanced game with a rare case of a good an entertaining story which you can complete in maybe two sittings. I've completed it a couple of times and i still come back to it from time to time
Out of all the idle games I've played Melvore Idle is my favorite it's basically osrs as an idle game but when extra skills and even a town building skill and minigames. Zero pay to win though it does have a $10 price tag when two expansions at $5 each but it also has a great free demo with no time limit.
As someone who plays a whole bunch of incremental games, the rabbit hole can only go deeper. Some of my favorites include: Antimatter Dimensions FE000000 Evolve Omega Layers Ordinal Markup Time Layers Universal Paperclips The First Alkahistorian(all three chapters and side story) Overall, this is a really great video! It’s the perfect bridge between idle and incremental games.
I would have appreciated some mention of how idle, incremental, and clicker games are different genres that all branched out from the start, but this has been a great video! Here's my suggestions for the comments: 1) Idling To Rule The Gods Its a bit long, at least in terms of finding new mechanics, but its got great story, worldbuilding (in a literal sense too), and the right amount of comedy and customization to be worth coming back to. The pets stuff can be quite confusing, even I still don't understand it, but... eh. 2) Universal Paperclips If cookie clicker is the grandfather, this heck is the grandma. Its something you can get done in a single evening if need be, but its just... cool. Some might call it existential but its still fun. 3) Unnamed Space Idle I know, I know, its unnamed. Ha ha. But seriously, this one's fun. While it *says* the average playtime to End Of Content is 52 days, I'm 61 days in and I still haven't unlocked some of the larger chunks of content. Prestiging is also a side action here, and not the main upgrader, which can be confusing at first, but after a while you'll get it, and your runs will go from 3 hours to... well my current one is closing in on 11 days and I don't see a reason to prestige for at least another one 4) Antimatter Dimensions Not my cup of tea, but its great. And its got a decent enough sense of humor at the '10e308 is infinity' thing 5) To The Core Not obscure, it hit the youtube algorythm a while back, and its an incremental game instead of the idle games I've put on the rest of this list, but its fun and enjoyable, and worth looking at if you liked Learn 2 Fly 6) World Of Talesworth You know people who pour thousands of hours into MMOs? How about an idle game about that. I keep giving up around the laboratory, but by the end of it you'll be 10boxing raids with literally all of your characters at once, and auto-leveling them all. Its interesting, that's for sure. 7) Realm Grinder Its one to try out. Fun, but the prestiges and unlocks come slow, taking either days of time or multiple hours with ye olde autoclickr. And it seems the community's died out too, since the wiki isn't getting updated with the game anymore 8) Idle Dice 2 Do you like absurdly wacky storyline? Do you like deckbuilding? Do you like dice? No to all three? Doesn't matter, Idle Dice 2 is actually worth playing, at least until you hit EoC. Which, I mean, its fun, but a little bit too grindy at the end, shifting more to pure clicker than the idle/incremental it was 9) Increlution Much like Dark Room, except... well, you'll see! I'd recommend going in blind and uncovering the world as you play, ravenous appetite and all. 10) Your Chronicle Escape the binds of fate, find love, probably kill the demon king several times over. Its going to be a fun ride if you stick with it, but after a few reincarnations in you'll find a bit of a drought while you work towards more content. And one last thing I'd like to say; be wary of the Pincremental game series, there's no way to delete your progress, so you can only play each once
im ngl incremental/idle/clicker games all feel very similar to me. There is some difference in how much of it is manually playing vs idle playing but they're really similar genres to the point I consider them pretty much the same
I really love realm grinder in particular. The community is actually quite strong. The wiki is no longer being updated due to hosting issues, however a huge new balancing patch is coming and a new wiki site will come along with it
I tried universal paperclips last night at around 6pm. I finished it at like midnight lmao. that game was amazing and my first real adventure into incremental games. Thanks for the recommendation!
@@ryanthorburn2963 Realm Grinder is the only one I've found that has held my attention long-term. The basic mechanics are pretty simple; click to earn coins, build buildings to earn coins/time, purchase upgrades with coins, then soft reset to get gems that offer multiplicative benefits. The game gets SO much more complex as it fetters in more mechanics over time though. The depth of the systems at play is unrivaled, at least in my experience. Can't wait for the update.
Good video! I personally love this one idle game called "Idle Slayer", I definitely reccomend it. It has pretty good mechanics, good pixelart, a pretty good prestige system, etc. The game is free on Steam AND Mobile devices, so, it has a dedicated Cloud Saving feature that lets you play it on both Systems with the same savefile, I never saw any other game do something like that, so, I reccomend trying that out as well!
for anyone looking for another one Grass Cutting Incremental, it has some good lore and fun mechanics but is really overlooked because of the platform it is made on...
Its criminal how you did not mention Universal Paperclips. A bit simpler but has one of the best laid out mechanics and endings ive seen in a game yet.
You know you did a video about something you're really passionate when you find yourself spending more time reading your viewers comments than your viewers spend on the video.
Gonna need to see a few thousand hours into NGU idle so you can give it a proper score! (Great vid, thanks for exposing more people to this wonderful genre.)
Cool video! Every now and then I'll go on a no-life incremental/idle-game playing spree and I think you've just given me some ideas. Definitely gonna check out some of those! I'd also include Universal Paperclips as one of the best text-based ones out there. Back when I played it, I've actually jumped into it without realizing the underlying idea for the game, and it was a nice surprise when I finished it :D (yes, it's finish-able!)
I'd recommend the paperclip maximizer game (universal paperclips), it has interesting plot twists, and it also showcases a common dilemma in AI design.
Randomly found this video recommended and it's always nice seeing incremental games being talked about, they are always a great way to give yourself something to do. Personally favorite would be Grass Cutting Incremental. It really doesn't get noticed as much as it should because of the platform it's on. No forced microtransactions, not timewall heavy, lots of progression and variety throughout the reset layers.
Grass Cutting Incremental on Roblox is by far the best incremental game i've ever played. Game's got story, vibes, incremental part and just cutting grass
This is the best video youtube could have ever recommended to me. I was on a shortage of games to play, and after watching this video i immediately spent 2 hours procrastinating my homework and playing prestige tree (and getting to row 4)
@@WyspEssays vacuum warrior is just a leaf blower revolution ripoff with worse micro transactions and just generally less enjoyable content. Not worth supporting someone who copies other peoples games.
tbh, I played a ton of idle games and most of the ones in the video but still, by far my favourite one is called "Grass cutting incremental", i just love all the new mechanics the game introduces, which most are pretty unique later on. It's pretty unknown to the public but that might be because it wasn't made for a browser or steam, but instead as a roblox game
There is a browser version of GCI called Really Grass Cutting Incremental made by MrRedShark77 (he also made Incremental Mass (he currently works on Rewritten version) and newly created Incremental Luck)
Trimps gets good after Zone 70, or around that mark. The game feels sluggish beforehand, but after Zone 70 I can say its the best incremental game I have played.
I mean, I'd say the first hurdle is Zone 50, but I'd say about Zone 70 is the biggest hurdle, but it depends, I mean as soon as you're truly hooked, most of the hurdles afterwards like the challenge runs feels incredibly smooth still.
I did not like Trimps after the zone 200-250+ mark. You Don't catapult to the higher zones as fast as you should and you basically idle for 12 hours and check on the game and there are no things to do at all. Zones before 200 are pretty fun. I'm on zone 670 and let me say it has just been a huge drag. I would be fine if it did not take more the half a year to get there with almost nothing happening in between.
@@aheadsounds2522 I think you might be doing something wrong if each of your runs is taking 12 hours, here's some tips from someone who's already at zone 750: •Remember that you don't need to push to your highest zone reached every single time, oftentimes it's way better to do shorter runs to gather up helium and Nullifium faster. •Remember to keep your Challenge²s up to date, the extra damage and health from them really helps. •Look through the achievements and see if there's any that seem easily doable. •If you keep getting stuck during wind zones then you should try climbing Bionic Wonderlands during the previous poison zone so that you can push through the wind using way better gear. •Fluffy is a really good boy, try to run the Experience challenge while using the ice enlightment to level him up quickly. •Try to optimize your personal spire as much as possible, being able to afford another tower will help you tremendously. •Double check your perks to make sure you are focused on the right ones, the most important perks are Looting (for more helium), Coordinated (to make sure you can always get every coordination), and the 3 Fluffy perks (for obvious reasons), also keep in mind that "______ II" perks give you way more bang for your buck than the originals. Hope some of these tips help make the game less of a drag (^_^)
My recommendation would be Idle Skilling, where you start with few skillers to up your stats to kill monsters, and then expand to crafting gear from fish and ores, gathering souls, upgrading portals, breeding pets with different genes, brewing potions from flowers, and fighting bosses. With two prestige systems in play and many mechanics that slowly reveal themselves (and a pretty good pixelated visuals) this is by far my favourite idle, that survived on my phone for four years. And yes, it is free on android and steam, though it has some bugs.
I also recommend idle skilling, its a mobile game (free, 100% ad free, not p2w) with about 30 different sections each with tens of little mechanics unlocked fast enough to not be boring but not overwhelmingly fast, that eventually help you get stronger to advance in the game's 10 fight zones. It takes a very long time to get maxed out (10^308 integer limit damage), and you can keep discovering new stuff about the game for months.
eyyy a lavaflame game personally, ive never played idle skilling, but im a big fan of another idle game that he has made - idleon its basically an mmorpg but ur characters work all of the time instead of doing stuff only when ure on its hella fun and jam packed with tons of mechanics, but it does take more time to progress after world 2
I remember playing Anti-Idle: The Game and loving it years before it became a genre, and when other games along the same line came along I was so happy
As an incremental games enjoyer, i was surprised when my friend told me that there's a really good incremental game on roblox. Little did i know that game will later become my most favourite game of all time. Grass cutting incremental on roblox is the game that i really advise for every idle game enjoyer to play. Not only that, roblox has a ton of cool incremental games besides gci (grass cutting incremental). Have fun playing
Im quite obsessed with incremental games too, and Prestige tree is probably the best incremental game ive ever played as well. I was kinda surprised that you didnt mention Antimatter Dimensions or Universal Paperclips, though, those are classics.
Oh, and I remember Spaceplan. (Sadly?) a paid game, but it's one of the best clicker games that has a story and everything. With just the right length to it.
Universal paper clips is my all time favorite Incremental Game, honestly surprised it wasn't in here but if you haven't played it before and like incremental games then I can guarantee it'll be high up on your list after you finish it
Very solid video. If i had to recommend any other games from the genre, especially ones that I feel are beginner friendly or at the very least easy to get into if someone has little to no experience with incremental games, Antimatter Dimensions, Universal Paperclips, Zen Idle and Space Plan are up there for me at least. I've played a bunch over the last few years and there's a lot out there if anyone wants to get more into the genre, but those would be ones I'd recommend first. A bunch of them I've found via the Incremental Games subreddit and while it doesnt have a list of every game in the genre as far as I'm aware, the list of games they have on there is pretty solid.
I'm seriously impressed by the accuracy of gridle's description. I just tried it, and like you said it suggested it would take about 30 minutes to complete. My finishing time was 30:26
I think mine ended up being somewhere in the 31 minute area as well, I feel like most people who understand the premise of idle games will be around there
> Has only 100 hours in NGU Idle > 6.6/10 I'd call that a first impression, not a review. ;-) Sad you didn't like the game much. If you don't at that point, you won't like it more later either. But to each their own taste. Love the video.
@@WyspEssays The thing is that you let the game mostly run in the background, though. So you can do whatever else you want while it runs. ;-) At least after the first few hours.
My favorite is Idle Wizard. You unlock more classes and pets based initially on different playstyles (like the actively clicking Druid vs AFK Necro), but as you go on, you have to complete various challenges to progress. This in effect add puzzle elements into an idle game or force you to try out different class/pet combinations.
If you haven't you MUST play antimatter dimensions, it's a 10/10 from me honestly, no other idle game has had me quite as hooked as AD, plus it has tons of content and playtime
And idle game video that doesn't include Clicker Heroes!? I'm surprised!! Also, as someone who played NGU Idle all the way through... I felt those comments.
clicker heroes has been brought up in the comments a lot. It's one of the first idle games I played after cookie clicker and at the time I enjoyed it but now that I've seen way more of the genre it doesn't have much to offer tbh, at least comparing it to like how it was in 2017 when I played
I've somehow never tried prestige tree. Every time it has come up I've gone "oh, it's that easy-to-mod game" expecting it to be bad, in the same way that you can expect something made in windows movie maker to be bad.
An incremental game I have not heard getting talked about enough is shark game: new frontiers which uses idle time as a mechanic. Meaning if you don't play the game for a day, instead of getting rewarded the resources you would have collected in that time, you get "frenzy" time instead which allows you to use it when needed. I like this game a lot because it makes it so that it is only played actively and the upgrades also contribute to that. To finish, the graphics are amazing with really nice themes and every (non ascension) upgrades make sense in the progression of the world you are in! I'd love to see a review of it on your channel.
I love idle skilling, it has the premise of defeating enemies, with the incremental coming from multiple different stuff, you get money from enemies, you can use it to upgrade your incremental stuff, you start with gym, were you can level up the attack, upgrading to level up other stats, and even unique gyms to up each of the 3 stats, there is then the mines were you can get ores, fishing, and forge, were you spend those material to get new upgrades, there is even upgrades that benefits for having specific materials storage, like extra money the more you have gold ores. You unlock those new areas/incremental stuff from the skill tree, that you get a point by each time a trait level up, then there is ascencions and rebirths with their own tree, botany, tilling, pets, all affecting the main objective of combat, upgrades that upgrade other traits, its a very fun game, bur can be very grindy, honestly i am on endgame, pretty much done nearly all stuff, and i still need to get a single pet that requires 67 points in total on a daily attempt of a secret mini game
00:59 When you put dancing clip, I thought you'd start talking about Idle Dancing 😂(it's a game on Kongregate btw) One of the Idle games I love is HunterStory (by ayumilove) There's something really fun about shooting arrows at incoming enemies (I just love BowMaster, it's been almost 20 years already!) I also really like simple idle games like Idle Dancing and House Idle Anti-Idle was great, but Dragon update kinda ruined it for me, the house and all cool cosmetic house upgrades were removed :( P.S. I have over 4k hours on NGU Idle but for the past few years, my gameplay is just open and play it for a few hours after like 3-6 months to collect all the offline loots and then close the game Now I'm playing Unnamed Space Idle, it's pretty fun in its own way. Optimizing your gains is very complex and tedious because there are a lot of buttons to press and there are no hotkeys but most upgrades are very rewarding
The game Synergism is similar in its base mechanics to prestige tree. It’s one of my favorite idle games of all time. It’s based on different “tiers” of prestige that reset all the tiers below. The thing that blew my mind the most was thinking I was at the end of the game after reaching what I thought was the last prestige tier, but then finding out there was ANOTHER tier which I still haven’t completed to this day over a year later
Great Recommendations. As someone who is fairly close to completing NGU with over 19,000 hours in it, though, I really hope you give it another chance sometime.
I first watched this vid thinking u prob had around 1 million subs but hen looked how many subs u had and was shocked u need more people to see ur vids this was amazing
i also like many incremental games, my only problem is that i lost my progress in many with the end of flash (i was playing on kong). anyway, some of the games i found really interesting and fun are: religious idle - a short and cute idle game, where you start a cult, that turns into a religion, and proceeds to take over the world idle wizard - every run you can play as a different class of wizard, each of them having different mechanics, and also many other interesting mechanics realm grinder - in a similar vein, you can choose the faction you ally yourself to in every run, unlocking different playstyles as you go the perfect tower 1&2 - a tower defense and idle game hybrid, in which you upgrade your tower to be able to destroy and survive more and more enemies, while also upgrading it between rounds factory idle - from the maker of reactor idle, another very complicated game where you create assembly lines to produce money and research, and unlock more factories as you go synergism - a game that has you do your first prestige about an hour or two in, and has many layers of automation also idle dice, cosmos quest, idle evolution, supply chain idle, and more, since i dont remember these all that well, but remember having fun with them
My genre is more of a "strategize" than immediate action type of idle games. I'd like to name just a few I've enjoyed but aren't mentioned: Idle Wizard - great art, great lore idle game centered around you using spells to earn mana (essentialy gold), with classic reset and big reset and tons of mechanics to figure (they're unlocked at decent enough rate as to not overwhelm you but keep you interested excluding few endgame ones which take a lot of playtime). You usually don't have to play active excluding just after a reset, just before a reset and starting the game, but it's very satisfying to strategize around all different various spellcaster classes and their unique mechanics and playstyles. The game is very long, I've played for more than half a year and yet to unlock last few mechanics. Crusaders of the Lost Idols, and then the next game from the same dev, Idle Champions of the Lost Realm - games that both are centered around you building a party to try and beat one of many quests (with progression similar to Clicker Heroes) using their buffing skills to maximum potential. Usually after you've build a party you don't have to play, but it depends on the mission restriction and the party itself. The cornerstone of both games is very mobile-like mechanic that I personaly despise - events, the best (and when both games launched it was just the one) way to obtain characters and their gear. New characters also tend to powercreep old ones at times, but devs try their best to balance them out from time to time. Desipte all that, it's very fun to complete, most quests usually have a restriction of some degree which makes you think of a new team to go on instead of using same build every time. There's also a decent amount of side mechanics and even few ways to "deal damage" per se. The first game is finished and will not be updated anymore, but events to gain characters repeat at yearly cycle, the second game is actively updated. First game hardly has any lore and looks more cute than good, the second game is based in Baldur's Gate universe which I don't know anything about, like, at all, so I won't rate the lore and story, but there's plenty of it if you're interested. Clicker Heroes, Pickcrafter, Time Clickers - genre-defying Clicker Heroes, and two next ones bringing something new to this idea. Don't have to explain much here, if you don't know Clicker Heroes you don't know the genre itself lol. Also, NGU Idle is superbly stupid and incredibly medicorly funny, might want to play it more just for lol. There's a sequel to it too, NGU Industries, but sadly it's abandoned. Might want to check it out still, even if just for lol. (p.s. NGU Idle is a finished game).
My two recent rime killers are very simple, yet very colorful incremental called Idle Game 1 by CEM games, and an idle game called Ctrl C. I am only on the third chapter in Ctrl C, but it is cool how the layout and upgrades change completely when you prestige to a new chapter. It almost feels like a different game in each chapter. These are mobile games btw, sorry for not mentioning that earlier.
after having almost 300 hours in trimps and having played quite a few other idle games, to me trimps stands as the sole king. i personally did not find it very repetitive as it introduces new features at a good pace and the thing i really liked about it is that it works great when playing both actively and when you're mainly making progress offline. sure, actively playing makes you go through the game faster overall, but offline play being a viable way to progress feels great for when you dont have time to get on the game and click buttons for hours
One of my favorite Incremental Games is called Increlution, it might not be your thing, but it's my favorite to mess around with and watch number go up.
This game is fantastic, Ive seen very few games that use this sort of reincarnation concept and this is probably the best one. It's very far from what I would consider perfect so I do wish someone made a better version using this concept but very very good game still
I've got more about half a dozen i play regularly, they definitely are much more rewarding than most games nowadays, but normally have a large initial time investment, to get to a point where you can truly 'idle' or just leave offline, whilst checking in daily or every so often like i do with cookie clicker.
You. You did this. I thought it was an innocent little idle game that I'd get bored of in a day. But no. NGU Idle claimed me. I am a slave to its infinite gameplay. Thank you though, it is awesome and fun.
Only 100 Hours of Trimps, my man, how much Helium have you gotten in such a short time? I mean, Trimps is a legendary game, and while it's pretty samey throughout it all, it's by far the best pure incremental game out there. It gets a lot better the longer you play, and the best part is, you don't really have to care too much about keeping your eyes on it for too long, have it run in the background and checking up on it every hour or so to adjust minor things, like storage upgrades, or change into a challenge mode, clear one of the hellishly difficult maps... Sure the gameplay loop is the same always, but on each reset you learn a bit more about the game, and eventually you'll go, I'm going to Hard Reset the game and go for the biggest challenge of them all, 100% achievement run...
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its criminal to not include antimatter dimensions in this list
And synergism
AD is my "I get nostalgia from playing this game" like cookie clicker is for many people.
It was the first incremental I fell in love with outside of cookie clicker, and I have spent well over three years of my life playing it off and on again. With the new reality update, I'm back at it. :)
And Clicker Heroes
@@ESoreos clicker heroes is a classic, but it's honestly not great. Maybe I'm forgetting some aspect of it, but I remember it not having many prestige type things and getting quite monotonous after the first 500 levels.
Still a great example of early day idle, but not my go to replay
Universal Paperclips FTW
You really didn't play enough NGU Idle to get an appreciation for it. It gets deeper and expands like crazy. I played it for over a year before I beat it.
The true art of incremental games (for me atleast) lies in the very rare non-idle incrementals.That would be an incremental game, which is balanced around not having waiting times, and instead compresses it's mechanics(together with the numbers-going-up-dopamine) so you always have something to do. Leading to you playing for ten minutes, looking at a clock and realizing 3 hours have passed
Anyways, try orb of creation
Kitten's game, wich was mentionned in the video, is half like that
I'll say you can divide the game into age (starting age, settlement age, discovery age, space age ....), and how idle-non iddle the game is kinda depend on the era, some era are very actives, some gonna invite you to grab a soda can, and some are a mix where you can be busy doing 54 things while one other thing is slowly building up.
.. ofc it depend of your prestige, when like many iddle games after multiple resets you kinda zoom through some ages wich used to be slow.
It's really good because it's not just "numbers goes up" (for an iddle game the numbers stay rather very low), but instead make you wonder what should be your next goal and where to prioritise your ressources spending. Also it's a very good dopamine stimulis when a resource that used to be insulting slow to accumulate is now automatized at a good pace.
Loop Hero. Loop hero requires constant engagement early on and the entire gameplay loop just hits the right feeling. The incremental nature is building up the town, finding supplies which give you the raw stats to eventually beat the game, while also have incremental stat gains per fight via the plethora of loot that drops. I love it
@@WhatWillYouFind oh yeah loop hero is great
Unless the specific part where you're farming special orbs without alchemist (and for alchemist hut)
After that it's infinite stuff
@@WhatWillYouFinddon't write like a redditor please
@@WhatWillYouFind oh yeah loop hero goes hard af, I saw hutts play it and after it went free on epic games launcher I played for like 25 hours immidietely the week after
universal paperclips is a very well balanced game with a rare case of a good an entertaining story which you can complete in maybe two sittings. I've completed it a couple of times and i still come back to it from time to time
Seizure warning though, but also a good game definitely
Out of all the idle games I've played Melvore Idle is my favorite it's basically osrs as an idle game but when extra skills and even a town building skill and minigames. Zero pay to win though it does have a $10 price tag when two expansions at $5 each but it also has a great free demo with no time limit.
Agreed. Melvor is best
However all data is local, so you can just cheat engine it
@@RoyalBluePhoenix this applies to almost every game in the list, with some not even needing a cheat list, just notepad to edit the save.
As someone who plays a whole bunch of incremental games, the rabbit hole can only go deeper.
Some of my favorites include:
Antimatter Dimensions
FE000000
Evolve
Omega Layers
Ordinal Markup
Time Layers
Universal Paperclips
The First Alkahistorian(all three chapters and side story)
Overall, this is a really great video! It’s the perfect bridge between idle and incremental games.
man i love antimatter dimensions
okay hear me out, play 5 hour until update
Universal Paperclips was amazing
Kittens game still is by far the best idle game and i played them all
ngu seems good
I would have appreciated some mention of how idle, incremental, and clicker games are different genres that all branched out from the start, but this has been a great video!
Here's my suggestions for the comments:
1) Idling To Rule The Gods
Its a bit long, at least in terms of finding new mechanics, but its got great story, worldbuilding (in a literal sense too), and the right amount of comedy and customization to be worth coming back to. The pets stuff can be quite confusing, even I still don't understand it, but... eh.
2) Universal Paperclips
If cookie clicker is the grandfather, this heck is the grandma. Its something you can get done in a single evening if need be, but its just... cool. Some might call it existential but its still fun.
3) Unnamed Space Idle
I know, I know, its unnamed. Ha ha. But seriously, this one's fun. While it *says* the average playtime to End Of Content is 52 days, I'm 61 days in and I still haven't unlocked some of the larger chunks of content. Prestiging is also a side action here, and not the main upgrader, which can be confusing at first, but after a while you'll get it, and your runs will go from 3 hours to... well my current one is closing in on 11 days and I don't see a reason to prestige for at least another one
4) Antimatter Dimensions
Not my cup of tea, but its great. And its got a decent enough sense of humor at the '10e308 is infinity' thing
5) To The Core
Not obscure, it hit the youtube algorythm a while back, and its an incremental game instead of the idle games I've put on the rest of this list, but its fun and enjoyable, and worth looking at if you liked Learn 2 Fly
6) World Of Talesworth
You know people who pour thousands of hours into MMOs? How about an idle game about that. I keep giving up around the laboratory, but by the end of it you'll be 10boxing raids with literally all of your characters at once, and auto-leveling them all. Its interesting, that's for sure.
7) Realm Grinder
Its one to try out. Fun, but the prestiges and unlocks come slow, taking either days of time or multiple hours with ye olde autoclickr. And it seems the community's died out too, since the wiki isn't getting updated with the game anymore
8) Idle Dice 2
Do you like absurdly wacky storyline? Do you like deckbuilding? Do you like dice? No to all three? Doesn't matter, Idle Dice 2 is actually worth playing, at least until you hit EoC. Which, I mean, its fun, but a little bit too grindy at the end, shifting more to pure clicker than the idle/incremental it was
9) Increlution
Much like Dark Room, except... well, you'll see! I'd recommend going in blind and uncovering the world as you play, ravenous appetite and all.
10) Your Chronicle
Escape the binds of fate, find love, probably kill the demon king several times over. Its going to be a fun ride if you stick with it, but after a few reincarnations in you'll find a bit of a drought while you work towards more content.
And one last thing I'd like to say; be wary of the Pincremental game series, there's no way to delete your progress, so you can only play each once
im ngl incremental/idle/clicker games all feel very similar to me. There is some difference in how much of it is manually playing vs idle playing but they're really similar genres to the point I consider them pretty much the same
I really love realm grinder in particular. The community is actually quite strong. The wiki is no longer being updated due to hosting issues, however a huge new balancing patch is coming and a new wiki site will come along with it
I tried universal paperclips last night at around 6pm. I finished it at like midnight lmao. that game was amazing and my first real adventure into incremental games. Thanks for the recommendation!
@@ryanthorburn2963 Realm Grinder is the only one I've found that has held my attention long-term. The basic mechanics are pretty simple; click to earn coins, build buildings to earn coins/time, purchase upgrades with coins, then soft reset to get gems that offer multiplicative benefits. The game gets SO much more complex as it fetters in more mechanics over time though. The depth of the systems at play is unrivaled, at least in my experience. Can't wait for the update.
Big fan of kitten's game. Numbers go up!
Good video!
I personally love this one idle game called "Idle Slayer", I definitely reccomend it. It has pretty good mechanics, good pixelart, a pretty good prestige system, etc. The game is free on Steam AND Mobile devices, so, it has a dedicated Cloud Saving feature that lets you play it on both Systems with the same savefile, I never saw any other game do something like that, so, I reccomend trying that out as well!
Idle slayer goes hard af
for anyone looking for another one
Grass Cutting Incremental, it has some good lore and fun mechanics but is really overlooked because of the platform it is made on...
kind of a spoiler so imma put it kinda hidden
i am on loop 1@trinag9570
@Slferon I. Only just about to get snt4...
roblox ain't that bad
@@BotherteamNI1 i know, the games are fun indeed but the community can be rather abnoxious sometimes.
Yeah, sadly. 😢GCI should be more well known for its GREEEEAT gameplay (save me from solarians)
you are an absolute CRIMINAL for not including the perfect tower and the perfect tower 2. and also idleplex.
Its criminal how you did not mention Universal Paperclips. A bit simpler but has one of the best laid out mechanics and endings ive seen in a game yet.
You know you did a video about something you're really passionate when you find yourself spending more time reading your viewers comments than your viewers spend on the video.
surprised you didn't talk about candy box which was what a dark room was based off of
Gonna need to see a few thousand hours into NGU idle so you can give it a proper score!
(Great vid, thanks for exposing more people to this wonderful genre.)
Cool video! Every now and then I'll go on a no-life incremental/idle-game playing spree and I think you've just given me some ideas. Definitely gonna check out some of those!
I'd also include Universal Paperclips as one of the best text-based ones out there. Back when I played it, I've actually jumped into it without realizing the underlying idea for the game, and it was a nice surprise when I finished it :D (yes, it's finish-able!)
I'd recommend the paperclip maximizer game (universal paperclips), it has interesting plot twists, and it also showcases a common dilemma in AI design.
if that's the text based game I'm thinking of it's great
criminal this wasn't included
I've been getting a lot of out of pocket gaming recommendations on yt lately. Decided to check this one out and was pleasantly surprised, subscribed.
Randomly found this video recommended and it's always nice seeing incremental games being talked about, they are always a great way to give yourself something to do.
Personally favorite would be Grass Cutting Incremental. It really doesn't get noticed as much as it should because of the platform it's on. No forced microtransactions, not timewall heavy, lots of progression and variety throughout the reset layers.
Awesome video i love seeing super niche restrospective style content on things that like 99% of people dont really care about its so inspiring
Grass Cutting Incremental on Roblox is by far the best incremental game i've ever played. Game's got story, vibes, incremental part and just cutting grass
yooooooo me too here! loved that game but i already completed the entire recent update lol ;-;
@@Rissoe_Reallyim still on layer 2 or 3 depends onhow you look at it (the gems) even tho my file is 1 year old😭
nah it’s basic incremental game
@@DhioneMaiawhat’s also cool about it is that you walk around instead of just using your mouse. The areas look nice.
Yo I was just about to comment that. It's my favorite incremental game. I'm already on mega loops
This is the best video youtube could have ever recommended to me. I was on a shortage of games to play, and after watching this video i immediately spent 2 hours procrastinating my homework and playing prestige tree (and getting to row 4)
Nice video!!! I was def waiting for you to mention Leaf Blower Revolution
Lbr is good, there's also a super similar game called vacuum warrior on steam that came out semi recently
@@WyspEssays vacuum warrior is just a leaf blower revolution ripoff with worse micro transactions and just generally less enjoyable content. Not worth supporting someone who copies other peoples games.
Bro what an underrated video. Amazing job! I was looking for new idle games and dropped here lol
wizard and minion idle
Earned a subscriber here matey. As a game dev myself very informative…
I'm surprised that not only Antimatter Dimensions was missed but also Ordinal Markup
Hey, this is a really cool video :D
Nicely conveyed the information and delivered it with a cozy vibe, gotta try some of these!
prestige tree is basically every roblox incremental game, and i love it
tbh, I played a ton of idle games and most of the ones in the video but still, by far my favourite one is called "Grass cutting incremental", i just love all the new mechanics the game introduces, which most are pretty unique later on. It's pretty unknown to the public but that might be because it wasn't made for a browser or steam, but instead as a roblox game
Hello cool to see you here
W mans I was searching if anybody commented about it :D my #1 game.
There is a browser version of GCI called Really Grass Cutting Incremental made by MrRedShark77 (he also made Incremental Mass (he currently works on Rewritten version) and newly created Incremental Luck)
@@uh-33 yeah already know about it.
Saying cookie clicker isnt that good then giving a dark room a 9.5/10 is insane.
Yeah maybe, I hard prefer text based games especially simple af ones like adr
i can't believe you're this hidden, your editing is so good dude
haha the dancing man with sound effects is so satisfying for some reason, nice video
Hooray Kittens Game 🎉
Also try Magic Research and of course the classic Realm Grinder.
Trimps is truly something special. I've had a great time with it.
It would be worth explaining the gameplay of such games, their typical elements, types of upgrades, etc.
the fact this guy includes learn to fly 2 as a incremental game, but not learn to fly idle as a incremental game is crazy to me.
Saaaaaaaame
Too simple of a game for me to enjoy it
The gnorp apologue is not just numbers, it’s colors too.
I think Universal Paperclips absolutely belongs here.
Trimps gets good after Zone 70, or around that mark.
The game feels sluggish beforehand, but after Zone 70 I can say its the best incremental game I have played.
I mean, I'd say the first hurdle is Zone 50, but I'd say about Zone 70 is the biggest hurdle, but it depends, I mean as soon as you're truly hooked, most of the hurdles afterwards like the challenge runs feels incredibly smooth still.
I did not like Trimps after the zone 200-250+ mark. You Don't catapult to the higher zones as fast as you should and you basically idle for 12 hours and check on the game and there are no things to do at all. Zones before 200 are pretty fun. I'm on zone 670 and let me say it has just been a huge drag. I would be fine if it did not take more the half a year to get there with almost nothing happening in between.
@@aheadsounds2522 I think you might be doing something wrong if each of your runs is taking 12 hours, here's some tips from someone who's already at zone 750:
•Remember that you don't need to push to your highest zone reached every single time, oftentimes it's way better to do shorter runs to gather up helium and Nullifium faster.
•Remember to keep your Challenge²s up to date, the extra damage and health from them really helps.
•Look through the achievements and see if there's any that seem easily doable.
•If you keep getting stuck during wind zones then you should try climbing Bionic Wonderlands during the previous poison zone so that you can push through the wind using way better gear.
•Fluffy is a really good boy, try to run the Experience challenge while using the ice enlightment to level him up quickly.
•Try to optimize your personal spire as much as possible, being able to afford another tower will help you tremendously.
•Double check your perks to make sure you are focused on the right ones, the most important perks are Looting (for more helium), Coordinated (to make sure you can always get every coordination), and the 3 Fluffy perks (for obvious reasons), also keep in mind that "______ II" perks give you way more bang for your buck than the originals.
Hope some of these tips help make the game less of a drag (^_^)
My recommendation would be Idle Skilling, where you start with few skillers to up your stats to kill monsters, and then expand to crafting gear from fish and ores, gathering souls, upgrading portals, breeding pets with different genes, brewing potions from flowers, and fighting bosses. With two prestige systems in play and many mechanics that slowly reveal themselves (and a pretty good pixelated visuals) this is by far my favourite idle, that survived on my phone for four years. And yes, it is free on android and steam, though it has some bugs.
I also recommend idle skilling, its a mobile game (free, 100% ad free, not p2w) with about 30 different sections each with tens of little mechanics unlocked fast enough to not be boring but not overwhelmingly fast, that eventually help you get stronger to advance in the game's 10 fight zones. It takes a very long time to get maxed out (10^308 integer limit damage), and you can keep discovering new stuff about the game for months.
eyyy a lavaflame game
personally, ive never played idle skilling, but im a big fan of another idle game that he has made - idleon
its basically an mmorpg but ur characters work all of the time instead of doing stuff only when ure on
its hella fun and jam packed with tons of mechanics, but it does take more time to progress after world 2
@omiadera i played idleon for about a year when it was released but some of its mechanics got too annoying for me and i quit
I remember playing Anti-Idle: The Game and loving it years before it became a genre, and when other games along the same line came along I was so happy
As an incremental games enjoyer, i was surprised when my friend told me that there's a really good incremental game on roblox. Little did i know that game will later become my most favourite game of all time. Grass cutting incremental on roblox is the game that i really advise for every idle game enjoyer to play. Not only that, roblox has a ton of cool incremental games besides gci (grass cutting incremental). Have fun playing
Im quite obsessed with incremental games too, and Prestige tree is probably the best incremental game ive ever played as well. I was kinda surprised that you didnt mention Antimatter Dimensions or Universal Paperclips, though, those are classics.
Oh, and I remember Spaceplan. (Sadly?) a paid game, but it's one of the best clicker games that has a story and everything. With just the right length to it.
Best it yesterday. Too short imo
Universal paper clips is my all time favorite Incremental Game, honestly surprised it wasn't in here but if you haven't played it before and like incremental games then I can guarantee it'll be high up on your list after you finish it
Realm grinder not being on the list is criminal
Very solid video.
If i had to recommend any other games from the genre, especially ones that I feel are beginner friendly or at the very least easy to get into if someone has little to no experience with incremental games, Antimatter Dimensions, Universal Paperclips, Zen Idle and Space Plan are up there for me at least.
I've played a bunch over the last few years and there's a lot out there if anyone wants to get more into the genre, but those would be ones I'd recommend first.
A bunch of them I've found via the Incremental Games subreddit and while it doesnt have a list of every game in the genre as far as I'm aware, the list of games they have on there is pretty solid.
The absolute king of incremental games for me is realm grinder. I’m surprised it wasn’t even included on this list
Good video! One thing i would recommend is to put what game you are talking about somewhere not obstructing.
I'm seriously impressed by the accuracy of gridle's description. I just tried it, and like you said it suggested it would take about 30 minutes to complete. My finishing time was 30:26
I think mine ended up being somewhere in the 31 minute area as well, I feel like most people who understand the premise of idle games will be around there
> Has only 100 hours in NGU Idle
> 6.6/10
I'd call that a first impression, not a review. ;-) Sad you didn't like the game much. If you don't at that point, you won't like it more later either. But to each their own taste.
Love the video.
Man if you have 100 hours in a game and call that a first impression that's not a game that's a full time job bruh 😭😭
@@WyspEssays The thing is that you let the game mostly run in the background, though. So you can do whatever else you want while it runs. ;-)
At least after the first few hours.
Great video. My favorite is Peter Talisman and it only takes like 40 minutes to beat. Definitely recommend
My favorite is Idle Wizard. You unlock more classes and pets based initially on different playstyles (like the actively clicking Druid vs AFK Necro), but as you go on, you have to complete various challenges to progress. This in effect add puzzle elements into an idle game or force you to try out different class/pet combinations.
If you haven't you MUST play antimatter dimensions, it's a 10/10 from me honestly, no other idle game has had me quite as hooked as AD, plus it has tons of content and playtime
Where are Increlution and Melvor Idle?? 😢😢
They are my 2 favourite idle ones, idle slayer is also pretty good
Surprised there was no mention of universal paperclips. “0.001% of the universe explored” continuing to haunt me
0.0000000000001%
16:43 Isn’t not being super active kind of the point of idle games though?
That's why I call clicker/idle/incremental games all the same genre, they all have a similar vibe to me but I prefer ones that are more active
I was so happy when you brought up physics based games because i was hoping youd mention pincremental
And idle game video that doesn't include Clicker Heroes!? I'm surprised!!
Also, as someone who played NGU Idle all the way through... I felt those comments.
clicker heroes has been brought up in the comments a lot. It's one of the first idle games I played after cookie clicker and at the time I enjoyed it but now that I've seen way more of the genre it doesn't have much to offer tbh, at least comparing it to like how it was in 2017 when I played
@@WyspEssays it's far from top-tier. Personally I lose interest in it after a few transcensions. But it's cool to have two prestige layers.
thank you for blessing me with the knowledge about the existance of prestige tree
hey! try revolution idle x, that game is real fun!
I've somehow never tried prestige tree. Every time it has come up I've gone "oh, it's that easy-to-mod game" expecting it to be bad, in the same way that you can expect something made in windows movie maker to be bad.
My favourites are synergism and endless stairwell, but this was a great video!
candybox 2 wasnt included, one of my personal favorites
An incremental game I have not heard getting talked about enough is shark game: new frontiers which uses idle time as a mechanic. Meaning if you don't play the game for a day, instead of getting rewarded the resources you would have collected in that time, you get "frenzy" time instead which allows you to use it when needed.
I like this game a lot because it makes it so that it is only played actively and the upgrades also contribute to that.
To finish, the graphics are amazing with really nice themes and every (non ascension) upgrades make sense in the progression of the world you are in! I'd love to see a review of it on your channel.
Didn't know this existed till this comment, will definitely check this out since it looks great
I love idle skilling, it has the premise of defeating enemies, with the incremental coming from multiple different stuff, you get money from enemies, you can use it to upgrade your incremental stuff, you start with gym, were you can level up the attack, upgrading to level up other stats, and even unique gyms to up each of the 3 stats, there is then the mines were you can get ores, fishing, and forge, were you spend those material to get new upgrades, there is even upgrades that benefits for having specific materials storage, like extra money the more you have gold ores. You unlock those new areas/incremental stuff from the skill tree, that you get a point by each time a trait level up, then there is ascencions and rebirths with their own tree, botany, tilling, pets, all affecting the main objective of combat, upgrades that upgrade other traits, its a very fun game, bur can be very grindy, honestly i am on endgame, pretty much done nearly all stuff, and i still need to get a single pet that requires 67 points in total on a daily attempt of a secret mini game
00:59 When you put dancing clip, I thought you'd start talking about Idle Dancing 😂(it's a game on Kongregate btw)
One of the Idle games I love is HunterStory (by ayumilove)
There's something really fun about shooting arrows at incoming enemies (I just love BowMaster, it's been almost 20 years already!)
I also really like simple idle games like Idle Dancing and House Idle
Anti-Idle was great, but Dragon update kinda ruined it for me, the house and all cool cosmetic house upgrades were removed :(
P.S. I have over 4k hours on NGU Idle but for the past few years, my gameplay is just open and play it for a few hours after like 3-6 months to collect all the offline loots and then close the game
Now I'm playing Unnamed Space Idle, it's pretty fun in its own way. Optimizing your gains is very complex and tedious because there are a lot of buttons to press and there are no hotkeys but most upgrades are very rewarding
What is the song name? 00:59
sorry for the late response, its beep block skyway from mario 3d world
@@WyspEssaysthank you
The game Synergism is similar in its base mechanics to prestige tree. It’s one of my favorite idle games of all time. It’s based on different “tiers” of prestige that reset all the tiers below. The thing that blew my mind the most was thinking I was at the end of the game after reaching what I thought was the last prestige tier, but then finding out there was ANOTHER tier which I still haven’t completed to this day over a year later
There is just something about simple-looking browser games, where I need a 20+ page google doc to not waste 1000 hours to beat the quarter of the game
I really really hope to see Mouse Hunt here on this list, it has wildly surprising depth that is unexpected
Underrated creator alert
I'm sorry but the transition gif and song clap combo is amazing. Where can I find them?
the gif is just ted nivision dancing (idk what one ngl he dances a lot) and the song is Beep Block Skyway from super mario 3d world
god damnit i turned on the song to find it to reply to you and i cant stop dancing like ted :sob:
Prestige Tree is soooo good, I was hooked by this genre of games thanks to it.
I have no idea why the algorithm recommended this too me but thanks for making the video.
Great Recommendations. As someone who is fairly close to completing NGU with over 19,000 hours in it, though, I really hope you give it another chance sometime.
I first watched this vid thinking u prob had around 1 million subs but hen looked how many subs u had and was shocked u need more people to see ur vids this was amazing
Thank you!! New video out soon hopefully (depends how painful premiere wants to be)
i also like many incremental games, my only problem is that i lost my progress in many with the end of flash (i was playing on kong).
anyway, some of the games i found really interesting and fun are:
religious idle - a short and cute idle game, where you start a cult, that turns into a religion, and proceeds to take over the world
idle wizard - every run you can play as a different class of wizard, each of them having different mechanics, and also many other interesting mechanics
realm grinder - in a similar vein, you can choose the faction you ally yourself to in every run, unlocking different playstyles as you go
the perfect tower 1&2 - a tower defense and idle game hybrid, in which you upgrade your tower to be able to destroy and survive more and more enemies, while also upgrading it between rounds
factory idle - from the maker of reactor idle, another very complicated game where you create assembly lines to produce money and research, and unlock more factories as you go
synergism - a game that has you do your first prestige about an hour or two in, and has many layers of automation
also idle dice, cosmos quest, idle evolution, supply chain idle, and more, since i dont remember these all that well, but remember having fun with them
The amount of dopamine I got when I recognized your outro song!
My genre is more of a "strategize" than immediate action type of idle games. I'd like to name just a few I've enjoyed but aren't mentioned:
Idle Wizard - great art, great lore idle game centered around you using spells to earn mana (essentialy gold), with classic reset and big reset and tons of mechanics to figure (they're unlocked at decent enough rate as to not overwhelm you but keep you interested excluding few endgame ones which take a lot of playtime). You usually don't have to play active excluding just after a reset, just before a reset and starting the game, but it's very satisfying to strategize around all different various spellcaster classes and their unique mechanics and playstyles. The game is very long, I've played for more than half a year and yet to unlock last few mechanics.
Crusaders of the Lost Idols, and then the next game from the same dev, Idle Champions of the Lost Realm - games that both are centered around you building a party to try and beat one of many quests (with progression similar to Clicker Heroes) using their buffing skills to maximum potential. Usually after you've build a party you don't have to play, but it depends on the mission restriction and the party itself. The cornerstone of both games is very mobile-like mechanic that I personaly despise - events, the best (and when both games launched it was just the one) way to obtain characters and their gear. New characters also tend to powercreep old ones at times, but devs try their best to balance them out from time to time. Desipte all that, it's very fun to complete, most quests usually have a restriction of some degree which makes you think of a new team to go on instead of using same build every time. There's also a decent amount of side mechanics and even few ways to "deal damage" per se. The first game is finished and will not be updated anymore, but events to gain characters repeat at yearly cycle, the second game is actively updated. First game hardly has any lore and looks more cute than good, the second game is based in Baldur's Gate universe which I don't know anything about, like, at all, so I won't rate the lore and story, but there's plenty of it if you're interested.
Clicker Heroes, Pickcrafter, Time Clickers - genre-defying Clicker Heroes, and two next ones bringing something new to this idea. Don't have to explain much here, if you don't know Clicker Heroes you don't know the genre itself lol.
Also, NGU Idle is superbly stupid and incredibly medicorly funny, might want to play it more just for lol. There's a sequel to it too, NGU Industries, but sadly it's abandoned. Might want to check it out still, even if just for lol. (p.s. NGU Idle is a finished game).
Good video good luck to ya. In my opinion the audio could be a little louder if possible.
Oh look! It's one of those channels which will grow 1000x in the next 3 months
lmao I hope so man tyty
I liked the humour of cookie clicker as well as the game just being fun.
My two recent rime killers are very simple, yet very colorful incremental called Idle Game 1 by CEM games, and an idle game called Ctrl C. I am only on the third chapter in Ctrl C, but it is cool how the layout and upgrades change completely when you prestige to a new chapter. It almost feels like a different game in each chapter. These are mobile games btw, sorry for not mentioning that earlier.
Dont mind me im just gonna go spend 2000 hours of my life trying out the games on this list i havent yet played
Melvor Idle is really nice
Orb of Creation
after having almost 300 hours in trimps and having played quite a few other idle games, to me trimps stands as the sole king. i personally did not find it very repetitive as it introduces new features at a good pace and the thing i really liked about it is that it works great when playing both actively and when you're mainly making progress offline. sure, actively playing makes you go through the game faster overall, but offline play being a viable way to progress feels great for when you dont have time to get on the game and click buttons for hours
You should also check out spaceplan and universal paperclips. Some of my favorite idle games.
Reactor Idle and Factory Idle are SUCH GOOD games. I played those years ago, and they are so damn good
Not mentioning Antimatter Dimensions is crazy
One of my favorite Incremental Games is called Increlution, it might not be your thing, but it's my favorite to mess around with and watch number go up.
This game is fantastic, Ive seen very few games that use this sort of reincarnation concept and this is probably the best one. It's very far from what I would consider perfect so I do wish someone made a better version using this concept but very very good game still
reactor idle is a game i used to play even tho im not the biggest fan of idle games, i still loved it.
Idling to rule the gods is another good one, but it might fall into category of too much at once.
Idling to rule the gods is pretty good, although I'm definitely biased towards it since I played it before I found melvor or ngu
I've got more about half a dozen i play regularly, they definitely are much more rewarding than most games nowadays, but normally have a large initial time investment, to get to a point where you can truly 'idle' or just leave offline, whilst checking in daily or every so often like i do with cookie clicker.
Great video
Sad to see such a low channel doing such good stuff. Deserves more attention
Cool video, thanks for the list
You. You did this. I thought it was an innocent little idle game that I'd get bored of in a day. But no. NGU Idle claimed me. I am a slave to its infinite gameplay. Thank you though, it is awesome and fun.
Only 100 Hours of Trimps, my man, how much Helium have you gotten in such a short time? I mean, Trimps is a legendary game, and while it's pretty samey throughout it all, it's by far the best pure incremental game out there. It gets a lot better the longer you play, and the best part is, you don't really have to care too much about keeping your eyes on it for too long, have it run in the background and checking up on it every hour or so to adjust minor things, like storage upgrades, or change into a challenge mode, clear one of the hellishly difficult maps...
Sure the gameplay loop is the same always, but on each reset you learn a bit more about the game, and eventually you'll go, I'm going to Hard Reset the game and go for the biggest challenge of them all, 100% achievement run...
It starts to suck past zone 300. It gets repetitive, it takes too long, And nothing changes ever.