Click and Stack

Developer provided me with a key for review.

I played Click and Stack through to 100% completion and unlocked all achievements, and overall I had a good time with it.

This is a short, satisfying incremental game built around stacking, upgrades, and chasing the next unlock. The core loop is simple, but it works well, and the physics-based stacking gives it enough charm to keep it engaging the whole way through.

What I liked most is that it knows what it is. It does not drag itself out forever, and it kept giving me that "one more unlock" push that good incremental games need. If you enjoy shorter idle or clicker-style games with a light physics hook, this is an easy recommendation.

Just go in expecting a compact experience rather than a huge long-term timesink, and it lands well.

I was provided a copy for my curator by the developer.

I am a huge fan of shortcrementals which is why I call the flood of short incremental games that just keeps on giving. I don't like all of them, some don't get it ride and are obviously just trying to ride the hype.

This is not such a case. Click and Stack is a unique shortcremental in that it is physics-based and revolves around you being able to balance a structure made out of increasingly-more-valuable-but-not-necessarily-easy-to-stack objects. Clear the rounds to earn money based on the amount and type of object, buy upgrades, more platforms, improve income, you know the drill.

The game progresses well if you get a feel for the behavior of the objects and later upgrades shorten the amount of time the pieces must remain stable so you can get away with some spamming, some of the upgrades had less of an impact that I thought they would at first, but once the effects start to stack you snowball in a very satisfactory manner ngl.

It took me a little over 80 minutes to 100% and would recommend on sale, would be cool as part of a bundle with other shortcrementals or if you're a big fan of shortcremental games and want something different enough to make you raise an eyebrow without too much compromise. In my region, the price is the same as a 2lt bottle of diet coke, which lasts me around 18 hours. Make with that information what you will.