Is this a great idle game? Yes.

This game has an incredible amount of thought put into the nitty-gritty math, I was delightfully surprised at how thorough the very core of the game was designed.

Do I recommend it? No. Here's why:

I'll start with more subjectively negative things, and then finish with the reason why you shouldn't play this one even if you disagreed with me at the beginning.

This game's UI is mind-numbingly boring. For some people, that's fine. In fact, I quite enjoyed it myself. For an idle game as complex as this one, it can be quite a challenge to build a cohesive and enjoyable experience. I loved that this game owns the fact that it's focus isn't on looks, it doesn't hide from it.

The vanity content (boss names, boss images, lore, etc.) is quirky to say the least. This is another place where the game is very upfront about what it is, but a combination of a lacking UI and ms paint bosses that were picked at random from the dictionary. At one point relatively early on one of the bosses is literally just a piece of cheese with a crossbow . For some, I could see how this would be a fun and entertaining reward, seeing the next ridiculous boss and accompanying image could be an enjoyable reward for some. For most, however, I think it will get old fairly quickly. It doesn't help that some of them are essentially 3rd grader level humor.

Finally, yet most importantly, this game is devious in how it portrays itself in one absolutely critical way. This game is not free. You will either spend your hard earned dollars on it, or you will not play it very long. The feedback loops that drive the core of this game get slowed to a near halt over time and the only solution being staying idle for days/weeks or buying some stuff from the sellout shop (that's the game's term for it, not mine). I fail to see how anyone could come close to feeling complete with the game without spending upwards of $60 (USD), and I stopped with quite a bit of content left in the game.

TL;DR: The only real compelling part of the game is slowly elongated in such a way that it all but requires a series of microtransactions to continue. It's possible to beat the game without microtransactions, but it will likely take quite awhile. You have to REALLY, and I mean REALLY enjoy idle games to not give up on this game relatively quickly.

Is this a great idle game? Yes. This game has an incredible amount of thought put into the nitty-gritty math, I was delightfully surprised at how thorough the very core of the game was designed. Do I recommend it? No. Here's why: I'll start with more subjectively negative things, and then finish with the reason why you shouldn't play this one even if you disagreed with me at the beginning. This game's UI is mind-numbingly boring. For some people, that's fine. In fact, I quite enjoyed it myself. For an idle game as complex as this one, it can be quite a challenge to build a cohesive and enjoyable experience. I loved that this game [i] owns [/i] the fact that it's focus isn't on looks, it doesn't hide from it. The vanity content (boss names, boss images, lore, etc.) is quirky to say the least. This is another place where the game is very upfront about what it is, but a combination of a lacking UI and ms paint bosses that were picked at random from the dictionary. At one point relatively early on one of the bosses is [spoiler] literally just a piece of cheese with a crossbow [/spoiler]. For some, I could see how this would be a fun and entertaining reward, seeing the next ridiculous boss and accompanying image could be an enjoyable reward for some. For most, however, I think it will get old fairly quickly. It doesn't help that some of them are essentially 3rd grader level humor. Finally, yet most importantly, this game is devious in how it portrays itself in one absolutely critical way. This game is not free. You will either spend your hard earned dollars on it, or you will not play it very long. The feedback loops that drive the core of this game get slowed to a near halt over time and the only solution being staying idle for days/weeks or buying some stuff from the sellout shop (that's the game's term for it, not mine). I fail to see how anyone could come close to feeling complete with the game without spending upwards of $60 (USD), and I stopped with quite a bit of content left in the game. TL;DR: The only real compelling part of the game is slowly elongated in such a way that it all but requires a series of microtransactions to continue. It's possible to beat the game without microtransactions, but it will likely take quite awhile. You have to REALLY, and I mean [i] REALLY [/i] enjoy idle games to not give up on this game relatively quickly.