IdleOn - The Incremental MMO

Textbook definition of greed. It's impressive how a simple, genuinely fun game got gutted by one dev's decision to squeeze players at every turn. It's an "idle" game, but if you want it to actually idle, credit card. Want to progress, credit card. Want it to run slightly faster, credit card. Don't feel like dropping $10 on a single upgrade? Enjoy three months of mindless grinding instead. I don't usually review games. This one earned it. Do not play. I heard this game used to be fun and "free" when it had little to no players. I guess the greedy man decided, once he hit a certain commnuntiy size, to go against what built it up to begin with. ew

I've been playing this since probably 2022, at that point in time I remember World 5 being released. Game has been great and I really enjoyed it. To be honest I enjoy it to this day, but why the negative review you may ask - Greed. Well let's start that LavaFlame2 the Developer of this game might be greedier than EA and that is an hard achievement to achieve. With almost every new update there is new pack that could literally be 40$... you could buy even few games for that. At this point in time the game has probably packs that are worth probably 1000$ in total, maybe even 2000$. - The FOMO. With those packs come bonuses that you can't get anywhere else, companions you can't get anywhere else, I WOULD really not be that mad at those packs if it wasn't that fear of missing something important that can quadruple your stats - Companions. I remember the day they were introduced. Amazing buffs locked behind gambling and paywall. It was the first sign that the game was going downhill. Since it was introduced, there were 3, maybe 4 sets of companions, with each having bonuses like no others. You missed one set, and you won't be able to get that companions. Small change like being able to maybe claim a companion not every week but less than it, being able to get premium currency used to buy them normally throught things in game, or maybe something that doesn't need you to be every time on the clock with the free companion claim, why don't make a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ system in which you gather tokens every time that the time you needed to wait ends - Noncommunicative Developer. With the newest update - Glunko Cove - the developer released an update followed by a silent hotfix after few hours. People that played before the hotfix might as well be years ahead of people that started after the hotfix. After people saw it he just responded "You will catch-up" And thats just some of the absurdity of what the developer does. Mostly those negative things come from the developer, not the game itself, I really love it, and probably will still be playing, but I won't be buying anything, not until the developer and the game change for better. And to anyone starting the game, please don't. I don't recommend it. The game in it's current state is nothing more than a pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It's really disappointing to see how money changes people, because LavaFlame2 is really a talented developer and an amazing artist. If things change, I might change my review, but for now, ♥♥♥♥ the developer

Greedy developer only cares about quick cash grabs

Been playing this for awhile. I've come to accept that I'm a moderate to heavy whale in this space. I've bought most of the packs released, but never the currency otherwise. I've had some enjoyment trying to keep up with the Joneses - "supporting the dev". I think dev greed and a lack of quality control has finally broken the cycle. Unfortunately, I already picked up the latest packs. I think it's time for this whale to beach himself, I want to be done but I'll keep playing... too much sunk cost to drop just yet.

it's all fun until you realize the new event is just another cash grab and some pixels cost more than a koppa

Despite having many addictive patterns and questionable monetization practices, the game itself is pretty fun. For me, however, number of elements mentioned above is more of a flaw than an asset. Contrary to its name, game requires a lot of active playing in late stages. (Offline progress is less effective compared to actively playing and/or having your game turned on) If you look for a COMPLETELY F2P game, this might not be the one you are looking for.

Game was good, has gotten progressively more p2w, developer has gotten extremely greedy. Can't condone it any further.