looking for a good idle game
hi, i’ve been scrolling through old posts but wanted new recs. i would really like to play a good idle game that is free. i dont know exactly what im looking for, but ill try to characterize the aspects of games ive liked and disliked.
- i hate having to restart to earn more or enter a new area continuation from the previous one. basically like having everything you’ve done deleted or obsolete.
- i like seeing progress and having a goal
- i don’t like tapping as fast as you can as the goal
- i like when you can progress offline and in the game
- i don’t know if this makes sense, but a sense of strategy to the game feels rewarding
- i like having different things to do throughout the game
- some games i have seen just throw you into a bunch of random tasks that don’t really make sense. i like being able to slowly unlock more things so you can understand different aspects
- i like building or upgrading things so you can see progress
- i don’t like ads or paywalls that are necessary to complete the game
- ads are fine, but i would obviously prefer none. i don’t really want to spend money on the game unless i really wanted to.
these aren’t necessary straight-up idle games, but i have liked merge mansion and hay day, though i would like something different. when i was a kid, i was addicted to cow evolution and adventure capitalist, though those both had those restart aspects i don’t like. i also liked egg inc but it had both the restart and the tapping. i recently downloaded idle cult, which has so far seemed to be pretty good surprisingly, though i am not deep into the game.
pls lmk if you have any recs, and if it is not free, then id maybe be willing to buy if it really is that good for what im looking for. i would like a long-term game to start on.