Idle Crown

The worker system is fantastic. It's easily the best part of the game. Watching your workers gradually take over tasks and automate your little kingdom is genuinely satisfying, and it's the one mechanic that gives the game its own identity. Offline progress and the community boost system are also nice additions. Unfortunately... that's about where my praise ends. Everything else feels like a remix of every other idle RPG on Steam. Skills, crafting, combat, progression, prestige, equipment—none of it feels fresh or particularly interesting. I kept waiting for the game to introduce something that would surprise me, but it never happened. The biggest problem is that outside of workers, the game doesn't really have its own personality. It borrows heavily from games like Idle Realms and similar idle RPGs, but never evolves the formula into something more engaging. Instead, it becomes a long series of familiar grinds that started to feel repetitive much sooner than I expected. The AI-generated presentation doesn't help either. The art is serviceable, but generic, and the audio has that unmistakable AI-generated feel. Nothing about the game's presentation really sticks with you. I do…

Too bad the exe shows as malware/virus when run.

The forge with eternal coals does not work well offline. Even if the heat consumption is lower than generation, the heat decreases and the coals stop working Also, it's a dumb idea that they only work when there's heat.

it's alright. doesn't really stand out from the pack in any way and is a little slow, but solid mechanics and no bugs. an easy middling vote if steam had one

Yes, it is cheap, but still, free games can be more complex. Basic game loop is nice but over time you realize, you are just crafting "stuff" which only purpose is being sold. And selling it is actually not really reasonable because A) money are mostly useless, B) over time, selling price goes up if you pick proper perks. All in all, you are just leveling is a goal and a journey. In late game you can just keep the game closed, visit once every 12 hours (or whatever you max offline time is) and repeat. Not to mention, plenty of things and bonuses make zero sense. F.e. i can increase pet drop rate like 30 times, which i cannot afford yet. Problem? I have all pets already! No way maxing out these uprgades is viable. For anyone. Plenty of perks like that... sadly.

Awesome incremental, great fun and reasonably well designed. As the creator claims, it does take it's time, so be sure to let the game follow it's course. You'll surely keep coming back to it (I did).