Stocks

sooo... it says coming soon on the middle, so i can't get the ANY OF THE STOCKS achievements, only the money earning ones

ahahahaha

Stocks is such a strange little game that I was not really sure what to expect going in. It is basically a collector simulator built around the idea of earning fictional company stocks just by staying in the game. That sounds almost too simple, but I actually found the concept strangely relaxing because there is something satisfying about leaving the game running and slowly building up a collection. The main gameplay is essentially a waiting and collecting loop. As I stay online, I can receive different stock items, and each one has its own value and rarity. The seasonal system is what makes the collecting more interesting because older items can stop dropping while newer ones become available. I liked that this gives the collection a sense of history, since an item I find today can become more interesting once it is no longer being produced. The inventory is where most of the appeal comes from for me. I can keep track of the different companies I have collected and watch their values change over time. There is also the option to trade the items through the Steam market, which adds a more serious economy around what is otherwise a very simple idle game. I enjoyed the idea of coll…

Stocks

Let's Up Those Numberssssss

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