Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game

Incredibly unfun. Direct ripoff of Leaf Blower Revolution. Early access with paid DLC for basic quality of life upgrades. Pretty weak attempt at a cash grab, you literally copied someone else's project and STILL somehow managed to completely miss the popularity train and make the game far far less enjoyable. Please make this the last game you publish to Steam.

Originally, I recommended this game, because I thought it was by the same developer as Leaf Blower Revolution, but as it turns out this is the result of copying someone else's work almost 1:1. There are subtle (and probably legally distinct) differences, but essentially, it's almost identical in so many ways, except that the dev I'm referring to is a GREAT dev who is very generous to his FTP players, and I've gladly paid for the supporter packs from LBR, and I'm very cautious of giving money to this dev, hoping to cash in on his reputation. It's one thing to take inspiration. It's entirely a different thing to nearly rip off someone else's idea. It's almost like a billionaire investor who didn't make anything ever, claiming he founded and invented Tesla, or something.

These days I can't recommend Leaf Blower Revolution due to the sheer amount of DLCs and a toxic playerbase, but it has heaps more content than this game has to offer. There are plenty of other good incremental games, but if you [i]really[/i] want something like this - just play LBR. Vacuum Warrior's developer prioritised making a mobile version to get more money from in-app purchases. The last real content update was 0.7.0 Mars, which came shortly after the mobile release. The dev has been making some minor updates, most likely to avoid Steam's update disclaimer, but none of them had any real content, just minor fixes or features. Then the dev decided it'd be a great idea to leave the game unfinished and announce a new one (also in Early Access). By that point it became pretty clear the game isn't getting finished and the new one will be similarly milked for money.