Entropy Archive tasks you with managing a deteriorating computational system through cycles of energy generation, exploration, and strategic resets. Each prestige run deepens your understanding of hidden mechanics while you recover data fragments and push further into corrupted archives, though the progression system's scaling and UI clarity remain works in progress.
About this game
Uncover a collapsing machine of endless growth, hidden systems, and recursive resets. Generate energy, unlock expansions, recover corrupted records, and descend deeper into the Archive.
What players are saying
▼ Not recommended4 hrs
After several prestiges metaprogression tanked. I would expect to get the same amount of rewards if I prestige at the same point as in the previous runs. But the returns go down while the costs for upgrades go up. One of the problems is, that the energy producer rolls, it has affixes. So in one run you may be blessed because it consumes very little timer while producing a lot of energy and the next one it is the exect opposite.
In earlier runs I would get 10+ metacurrency when at 1.5k energy but after a few resets I get 4 at 15K-ish. I did everything I can from my experience to build a foundation to generate progress but I was ultimately punished for it.
In the end mechanics are way too obscure to the point to leave me puzzled. It is like someone has to explain to me why a joke is funny - This game needs the dev to explain to you how it this game works so it becomes enjoyable because the ingame hints did not make it obvious what I did wrong. Maybe you are someone who understands the obscure intend so you get it right away, for everyone else I advice to skip it.
Free so yes. But, I don't really get it. One reset I got prestige currency then I never got it again after like 5 more resets, and I couldnt work out how to spend the currency I had, I had enough for an upgrade but it wouldnt buy it when I clicked on it.
Also you cant resize the window, I aint playing this wasting my entire monitor.
Like 5/10, if you can work out how to play this game maybe it gets better lol
v1.0.1 — Hotfix Thanks for the launch-week feedback! Quick patch to fix the most-reported issues: Fixes Starting Energy (and 6 other repeatable upgrades) weren't scaling past their first level. Level 2+ now grants the full per-level bonus as the description promises. "Reset" button now properly wipes ALL game state. Previously it deleted the save file but kept the in-memory state, so some unlocks and values persisted. Your Settings (language, FPS cap, music volume, etc.) are still preserved across a Reset. "Leave a Review" button inside the in-game popup now opens Entropy Archive's correct Steam page. Previously it could navigate to an unrelated app. Lore Archive section headers and locked-entry placeholders now update immediately when you change language (no need to switch tabs). Polish Added hover tooltips explaining Coherence and the SIG / FLX / CNT diagnostic readouts on the Core screen. Entropy upgrade entries no longer get visually "stuck" highlighted after a purchase. Recovered Systems screen layout cleaned up — sector list, descriptions, and mode selectors all render correctly now. In-game review popup is bigger with a proper full-edge border and clear button spacing. Filled translation gaps in Russian / German / French / Spanish across Recovered Systems and the Lore archive.
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