Lost Vessel

I've dabbled in Idle games over the years, but this one has to be right up at the top of my list. The fact that it is ZERO P2W is amazing. It helps to keep the sense of a community all working together. The dev, who is doing this all on his lonesome, is continuously adding things into the game. We've had 2 new buildings built entirely from the contributions of the players. He's active in Chat and listens to our complaints. He also isn't afraid to get goofy when us weirdo internetizens get weird. Great game and I can see myself sticking with it for a long time to come!

This is a very fun and well done Idler game, I highly recommend it to any one that loves these kind of games.

If you're looking for an idle game that actually respects your time, Lost Vessel is it. Zero Paywalls: There are absolutely no pay-to-win elements or arbitrary paywalls here. It’s a pure experience from the jump. Deep Progression: The game offers plenty of achievements, tools, and gear to grind for. The focus on augments, implants, and overall skill progression provides a ton of depth as you increase your player level. You utilize idle combat to gather mats, and the upgrade paths are clear, present, and supported by a highly useful codex. Addictive Pacing: The gameplay loop is fantastic. The game sets up addictive goals and uses proper time gates to hold your progress back just enough so that every milestone feels earned rather than rushed. Great Community: The active community, both in the Discord and the in-game chat, adds a ton of value to the experience and keeps things engaging. It’s a rare gem in the idle genre that actually delivers on its promises.

作為一個玩 OGAME 長大的玩家，這類太空主題的網頁遊戲每一款我都會想玩玩看，Lost Vessel 也不例外。遊戲的介面設計得還不錯，但資源必須一層一層精煉上去的繁瑣機制，這點我不是很喜歡。 玩了兩週左右，目前體驗下來最大的缺點有兩個： 1. 放置遊戲連「放置」都沒做好 這個遊戲會偷你的時間。我已經抓到三次放置完全沒有收益的狀況，少則兩小時，最久的一次整整吃了我 8 到 9 小時的進度。向作者反應後，雖然官方有發放補償道具，但道具的加成完全無法彌補損失的時間，特別是「戰鬥經驗值」的部分根本補不回來。後續再寫信反應，作者就沒有回音了。放置遊戲如果連放置收益都算不準，還算是遊戲嗎？ 2. 更新過於頻繁導致伺服器不穩 遊戲更新實在太頻繁，有的時候一天可以更新 10 次左右。頻繁的更新很容易造成數據回溯，這也是導致玩家掛網進度一直被吃掉的主因。 越玩越不爽的遊戲還真的蠻少見的。雖然知道作者一個人開發很辛苦，但這種動不動就讓玩家心血歸零，且補償機制又不到位的致命缺失，真的沒辦法讓我推薦給朋友。 ------------------------------------------------ As a player who grew up playing OGAME, I want to try every space-themed browser game out there, and Lost Vessel is no exception. The UI design is quite nice, but I am not a fan of how resources have to be refined layer by layer. After playing for about two weeks, I've found two major flaws: 1. An idle game that fails at "idling" This game steals your time. I have caught it three times where my idle session yielded zero progress—ranging from around 2 hours to a massive 8 to 9 hours of lost progress. After reporting this to the developer, although a compensation item was issued, its stat design completely fails to make up for the lost time, especially since it doesn't recover any combat experience at all. When I followed up with another email detailing the math, I was simply ghosted with no further reply. If an idle game can't even get idle progression right, can it still be called a game? 2. Excessively frequent updates causing rollbacks The game updates way too often, sometimes up to 10 times a day. These constant updates likely trigger frequent data rollbacks, which seem to be the primary reason why players keep losing their idle progress. It is quite rare to play a game that makes me increasingly frustrated the more I play it. While I understand that developing a game solo is hard work, such glaring and critical flaws make it impossible for me to recommend this to my friends.

A great idle game with a few areas you can play more actively if you want to. As well as Steam it's available via browser, which is how I tend to play so I have a lot more hours than Steam shows! The developer is very active, listens to feedback and engages with players. He seems to have lots of plans and the game has a lot of promise and a developing community. There is already a lot of great content, with more coming out regularly. And it's free to play (donations can be made but don't affect gameplay so it's not pay-to-win). What's not to like!

Idle games are for grinding. This one embraces it from an older school approach. You're going to be grinding a lot of long term goals with no automation, it takes a week to really unlock a lot of the game and you won't even have gotten to the 'reawakening' reset mechanics. The initial game has the usual ramp up, you're not grinding for hours at a time yet, so it helps you get into the initial story and feel for the game before the grind kicks in, which is good. The UI is clean and bright, graphics are basically item icons, they're cool looking but a little bit repetitive. The developer is actively working on the game and a daily part of the community. THERE'S A COMMUNITY. This game has chat channels with players who will help you out and if you give good feedback the dev will see it and action on it. So while this may not be the game for everyone, if you like old school grinds and idlers, give it a shot.

Max offline time is 8 hours which is less than a day of work which makes you leave your pc burning electricity during the day. Not free.