Idle Games

[DoomRater]

Sometimes known as Click2Win or that game you leave open in your browser while you do important things.

If you guys play, which ones and why?

For me, this is a no-brainer- Zombidle from Berzerk Studios helps the developers trickle in cash towards their goal of making console games every time you watch an ad or buy diamonds. So yeah, I'll be playing this one for a long time. I've played Cookie Clicker before but things like Idle Sword (which has you clicking on things to either heal your rougelike army so they can kill things or click enemies to help them kill things) had a much more interesting hook to it.

Another one is actually a Minecraft mod: Project E. What's that, you say, it's NOT an idle mod? I call bullshit. Especially when you start generating EMC which you can then turn directly into building blocks, food, or whatever else you feel like. The entire mod is based around the fact that once you have it once, you can make as much of it as you like, given enough EMC. So the game becomes about how badass your cobblegen is or how big your EMC flowers are.

[Dancso]

I'm the worst kind of idle game addict there is.
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Cookie clicker
We all know this one

Adventure Capitalist
Spent 1900 hours on it. Nuff said

Adventure Communist
Newly in beta

Runescape Idle adventures
In beta also, enjoyed trying this one, clicker macro recommended for special abilities though

Clicker Heroes
Caused me severe wrist/hand pain after a while. The endgame had little satisfaction to it. I regret putting 1600 hours into it Drags way too much attention and needs a clicking macro if you don't want to ruin your life with it

Swarm Simulator
No visuals but it's a fun concept with just the right amount of effort to play. Has sort of a zerg theme.

Clickpocalypse 2
This caught my eye because of the visual aspect, played it for months and loved it for the most part (though the latter half was just an achievement hunt)

MineQuest Idle
Had a phase with this game, kind of imbalanced and slows down tremendously after one point. It's a flash game so a resource hog and actually hang a couple of times from running too long.

Trimps
No special visuals, got some interesting ideas. New features keep popping up as you play. Got burned out with these games midway, might continue this one some day.

Factory Idle
If you like a combination of critical thinking/planning and idle games, this one's for you. I lost interest after a while because either I found it to get very slow after a while. Either that or I just couldn't figure out how to set my factory up properly

I also have played a minecraft modpack that I'd describe as an Idle game, It may even be the same mod you're referring to.
The pack was called Tekkit but since then it's renamed to Tekkit classic iirc, the mod specifically was Equivalent Exchange.

[Caligari87]

If you like clickgames, you should try PonyClicker Great progression mechanics and it's 99% guaranteed not to give you cancer. I don't even like clicker games and this one had me hooked for hours at a time.

[Reactor]

Believe it or not, but many people play SimCity-games like that. They turn off disasters, turn on auto-budget and just leave the game runnin' literally for days, and weeks. To be fair though, these games usually feature no real endings, so you can't really "complete" them.

[DoomRater]

Tekkit and Tekkit Lite had Equivalent Exchange 2, which Project E is a complete rewrite of, and it also had IC2 before Mass Fabricators were turned into an almost unmanageable mess, both of which could provide limitless resources over time once you had the generators for them.

Hero Simulator: Idle Adventures was one of those games I kinda got bored of. Though, one thing I like to do is play MasterMind: World Conqueror like one near the end of the game instead of actually conquering the world for the REAL end of the game.

[Viscra Maelstrom]

what about candy box? would that count as an idle game?

[DoomRater]

Candy Box starts as an idle game and in theory ends as an idle game, but it's meant to be an expansive game like what Spore was supposed to be but failed to do... It's about as much an idle game as Mastermind WC or Tekkit. I'd count it.

[Marisa the Magician]

I've married trillions of wives and billions of husbands. I can tell you that much.

I tried out Clicker Heroes myself but I didn't really like it.

Other than that, I pretty much have Cookie Clicker running when I'm bored and have nothing to do. I'm still on my first run.

[Dancso]

I love the fact that the wife one has 10x more installs than the husband one.

@DoomRater
You got me hooked on Zombidle. My free time would like to have a word with you.
It's turning out to be a lot like a generous Clicker Heroes - progression style is extremely similar but at least it hasn't completely crushed my soul a few days into it. It is slowing down a lot now, despite abusing my mouse macro heavily.
I wish the hell part started earlier with shorter build times. Starting to feel like the game is already out of twists.

Idle Sword failed to capture me. The speed of exploring kept outpacing my ability to make informed decisions about gear - then after what seemed like 20 minutes of gameplay it already ended. Seemed like there is kind of a newgame+ aspect to it but the whole combat seemed too reliant on my clicking than I would have liked.

[DoomRater]

When Zombidle slows down, go through a portal ASAP and start again. Orbs are key to getting started in this game. And you want billions. I'm a bit behind on my "double my 4M orbs" goal myself, but that hasn't stopped me from crafting more war splinters while i try to double my DPS in other ways.

[Matt]

> addict

> Swarm Simulator

this thread needs a trigger warning

[DoomRater]

Sawrm Simulator's currency is Larvae. This becomes obvious from playing for 5-10 minutes... and oh man, I want a map showing what I've infected, and maybe an enemy to throw my war critters at.

[Gez]

Candy Box is interesting because it just keeps unfolding and unfolding and something that seems excessively lame and limited at first ends up being quite fun. Though the fun is really only in the discovery of just how much it expands. Doesn't really have any replay value.

For the others, meh. Reading forums is my idle game!

[DoomRater]

Expansive games sometimes start like idle games. "You are in a Dark Room" has the same sort of expansiveness, but I almost think it stays more of an idle game.

There's a Candy Box 2 as well.