Naomi Clicker

Absolute waste of time.

0/1000 into the hidden game abyss with you

"Naomi Clicker" is another scam game like "banana", effectively a blockchain/NFT game, but abusing systems like the Steam Marketplace + in game transactions instead of some other blockchain/wallet system... the end result is the same, this isn't a real game, it's just dumped on Steam to scam PC gamers through the Steam Marketplace like in-game transactions. It has no value as a serious game, you just click stuff in the hopes an "NFT" marketplace item drops so the developer can get paid for the sale... and of course so the developer can sell ones that he's farmed up himself.

The game features really lacklustre AI Generated 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs to pretend they're mobile phones or Commodore 64s. The intellectual bankruptcy of making such a cash grab with AI imagery is just disgusting.

This isn't really free as the game is infested with mobile app store like microtransactions. This is a consumer hostile model that we don't need to see on PC. It's deceptively priced to gouge gamers, and that's a reason in itself to avoid this.

There's also an eye watering $5 "premium" DLC with nothing in it... basically the developer behind this junk is going through every possible avenue to abuse Steam and cash in as much as possible for no real product.

Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 14 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away.

Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it?

Nope. This isn't worth downloading. While this didn't cost me any money up front, I still feel ripped off.

Developer Response!

The developer has weighed in to inform everyone they didn't read the Developer Usage Rules for Steam "partners", or they deliberately ignored the part where Valve says:

Though it may be tempting, not every review needs to be responded to. A developer response will frequently draw more attention than the original statement, potentially turning a small issue into a much larger community discussion. It's also not a good idea to use this feature to refute customer opinions. Your direct attention can be seen as validation or a defensive attempt to silence your customers.

Clearly the developer can't read. When I say this is "like" a block chain game, I don't mean it "is" a blockchain game, just that it is "like" one. It's obvious the developer not only can't make his own games (this is AI GENERATED slop), he also can't read English. What a joke. It explains the toxicity here, but excuses none of it.

The developer makes the rather serious claim that my review is inaccurate/contains information which isn't factually evident. But this simply isn't true... the facts of my review can easily be verified with just a glance at this godawfully crap product.

We know that if there was any glaring inaccuracy in my review the developer would have jumped on it and pointed it out right away... but they can't even cite one single example. Because they know my review is accurate. They just don't like being presented with the facts.

So they make up these false accusations of inaccuracy to soothe their ego. Anything but facing up to the truth. But why is this intellectual dishonesty good for gamers? It isn't.

Here's a link to the DLC to prove that component. The Steam Store page clearly indicates the presence of the objectional cash grab methods the developer is using. It's unwise for developers to make false accusations and tell lies when they're easily disproven with evidence, as I've just provided.

The developer seems really upset and angry that his AI slop fake game cash grab only has joke reviews, and is now confronted by the first serious review of his garbage pollution. Blaming the community for his own toxic incompetency is unacceptable, but you can see from the developer response just who we're dealing with and why this crap got onto Steam in the first place.

Nothing in the developers pointless breach of Valve guidelines changes any of the objective facts of my review. I've amended my review to add more emphasis on the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the developer.. I cannot recommend this game to anyone.