Waitventure

If you like Idle games that you can just start, walk away or watch a show, then come back and do a little work then repeat, this is a solid title for you. Pick your class, enter the dungeon, and let the game chug away. Random things will join you along the way. When you exit the dungeon, you fuse various critters in to higher level critters, distribute skill points, head back in to the dungeon. There is a prestige mechanic allowing you to purchase permanent upgrades. I read about Challenges being unlocked, but I haven't gotten that far yet. There is a unique mechanic here in that the time spent playing accrues in real time, letting you bank seconds to be used in various aspects of the game. It's the first time I've run across actual time being used as currency in a game. The game is playable for free (option to watch an ad for a temporary speed buff) at archlemon.net . I prefer Steam to browser so here I am. There is no difference between the platforms. FYI, the previous play progress I exported from my browser imported perfectly in to the Steam client this morning. So no worries about losing what you might already have.

Well worth paying for. At times it is confusing as heck, it feels like it is missing features, balancing and tutorial, but it is tons of fun. It is in the alpha stages according to the website. Did I mention the game is free there? Yes it is! So basically what do you pay for? Well, other than helping out the dev and ensuring he will keep working on the game, you can click the ad button (that doesn't work on the website) to double the speed of the game, you only need to click it every few hours. P.s. the game IS very alpha, currently the game loop is just reset, buy a ton of tavern, fuse everything, keep 1 tank specialized in high hp, mp and defense and 3 others with high attack and speed. Seeing as currently only the one in front gets attack, high mp and high defense is useless on anyone but the vanguard. Now you do one 10x fast speed, open all the chests, heal, repeat. You will end up with a ton of time from the chests, when it starts to get around 1-2 hours per speedup, it is time to reset and get your golden clocks and do the loop all over. Theres one challenge in the game currently, but it is unclickable, ive also heard about hard mode and difficulty, but cannot find anything ingame. The way to get S tier humans and z tier monsters isn't obvious at all, mousing over says time warp with tier A human etc. when thinking that means you will unlock it from resetting, seeing time warp in the reset menu as a temporary upgrade and mousing over it lets you see "its the only way to upgrade S tier humans". Like I said, enjoying the game a lot, but it is a buggy mess in some ways, needs a lot of balancing and fixing of "exploits" etc. The game IS free on the website, but doesnt cost much here on steam, so just buy it, play a few hours, and see if it is for you. It is so cheap it won't be a loss anyways ;) edit: Well damn, a lot of stuff unlocked when finishing the first year, all the game modes, challenges etc. suddenly a lot of new stuff.

I don't usually write reviews for idle games but i have actually played quite a few. They all seem very generic and the same rinse and repeat formula of leveling up stuff to get more stuff, start over for some perks to get the same stuff all over again but faster. This particular game doesn't follow the same formula, it has the idle aspects but with a new added aspect. This particular one seems to bank the time you put into it and in a way use that as a form of currency for upgrading characters or getting speed boosts. As well the merging of your characters is a nice added bonus, eventually inevitably your going to get to the end and have everything that can't be avoided unless you quit. However so far I'm enjoying the journey getting there, i don't have to put in much time but when I do I'm more entertained than just following the upgrade stuff to get faster resources, I'm actually enjoying the building up of the characters and fusing them. I hope the developers add to the game just for fun or work towards a sequel with more unique takes to the idle games, this one is actually quite well done.