Kittens Game

What to say about this game… I owed it. I had thousands of hours in it before I even bought it on Steam. When it finally came out here, buying it felt less like a purchase and more like paying a debt. I had like 5 minutes logged when I hit “recommend,” and honestly that says everything. It’s truly the Dark Souls of idle games. And I don’t say that lightly — I’ve played basically every idle/incremental game on Steam that has achievements. That’s a lot. I’m currently at 23k in-game years. This is run 74. It’s been quietly keeping me company while I’m at work for years. There’s something weirdly comforting about it. I don’t have ADD or anything, but I need something quietly stimulating in the background — and watching those numbers climb, optimizing production, planning the next reset… it just scratches that part of the brain perfectly. At some point you realize you’re basically studying spreadsheets and reading the wiki like it’s a sacred text. It’s deep. It’s punishing. It doesn’t hold your hand. And somehow it keeps pulling you back.

One of the best/classic incremental games that got the genre started, right besides Paperclips. It's not for everyone, but for those few, it will scratch that itch. Remember TAP before a reset.

I figured this would be an updated implementation or have some new features. It's basically an application wrapper around the web version, to the extent that you can even use the web version's cloud saving functionality, and it still has references to background tab optimisation for browsers in the settings. Since there isn't yet a way to mod the Steam version, it currently seems like a downgrade from the web version, which as of this review is still free (I have been informed by the developer that mods do work with this version so that's a good sign. The rest of my points stand at this time). On the plus side, I do love the game and always have, and don't mind paying a few quid to support the devs. But I think if you're going to buy, you should go in knowing you're not getting much for your money at the moment compared to what's already available for free. I'll keep my mind open, and update my review as EA continues, since we all know how that can work out.