(the) Gnorp Apologue

(the) Gnorp Apologue

Myco · December 14, 2023 · Incremental, Idler, Strategy, Building, Economy

Buy (the) Gnorp Apologue from Steam at $6.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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(the) Gnorp Apologue price by region

(the) Gnorp Apologue costs £5.19 in the United Kingdom, €5.69 in Europe (EUR), $6.99 in the United States, $6.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$7.99 in Canada, NZ$8.89 in New Zealand, A$9.95 in Australia, R$14.49 in Brazil and zł25.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest (the) Gnorp Apologue offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £5.19 £5.19 — 1
Europe (EUR) €5.69 €5.69 — 1
United Statesyour region $6.99 $6.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $6.99 $6.99 — 1
Canada CA$7.99 CA$7.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$8.89 NZ$8.89 — 1
Australia A$9.95 A$9.95 — 1
Brazil R$14.49 R$14.49 — 1
Poland zł25.49 zł25.49 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About (the) Gnorp Apologue

✦ AI summary

Help adorable gnorps get filthy rich by smashing rocks, collecting shards, and strategically upgrading your quirky workforce in this charming incremental game. With dozens of unique gnorp types wielding everything from pickaxes to psychic powers, hundreds of synergistic upgrades, and a deep talent system, you'll craft wildly different builds to push your numbers to absurd heights.

(the) Gnorp Apologue is a game where you help small beings called gnorps get rich. It is a unique incremental game with interesting upgrades, and visuals to match the numbers.

Hit the rock
What is the rock? Irrelevant question — when struck, it outputs shards, and shards are amazing. They allow you to purchase and upgrade gnorps, and build new structures. The gnorps must have them. Hitting the rock is only half the battle, however, as the gnorps must retrieve the shards before they can use them.

Acquire and upgrade gnorps
Gnorps represent the heart of the game. They are responsible for both shard generation and collection. Gnorps adapt varying methodologies to reach their goal. Some slam the rock with their heads, others shoot it with arrows and guns. You have gnorps that grow flowers, and gnorps that use psychic powers. They even build rockets and drones. All for a single purpose — the accumulation of shards.

A strategic incremental
(the) Gnorp Apologue is about making numbers goes up, but how you do that is up to you. At your disposal:
- All the gnorps, with their varying strengths and weaknesses
- Upgrades that enhance and modify both gnorps structures and gnorps
- The Talent Stone, offering unlocks that allow for extreme, synergetic effects
- Status effects to enhance and modify shard generation
- A special resource, Zybellium, that can greatly enhance your gnorps

If you enjoy theorizing about and executing builds in games, this game is for you.

Will you help the gnorps?

(the) Gnorp Apologue — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

(the) Gnorp Apologue is a charming and well-balanced idle game about repeatedly hitting a rock, praised for its solid mechanics, cute visuals, and clever tooltip humor that refine the genre without overstaying its welcome. The main drawback is the lack of an offline mode, requiring the game to run continuously to accumulate resources, though the screensaver function mitigates this somewhat. Players who enjoy incremental games should find it worth trying, with the general consensus suggesting it delivers good value for its price.

Recommended Sep 7, 2026
Simple but really fun and nice achievements
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Recommended Sep 8, 2026
feel like pure ♥♥♥♥ just want gnorp epilogue
Recommended Sep 7, 2026
The Gnorp Apologue is a fun, surprisingly short little idle game about beating the ever-loving crap out of a rock until you win. Solid concept, cute visuals, and surprisingly challenging - Gnorp takes what a lot of Idle games have (prestige system, rapidly escalating numbers, simple gameplay loops extrapolated to the extreme) and refines it into a solid, enjoyable package that never stuck around long enough to be irritating. If I had to make one single complaint about The Gnorp Apologue, it's mainly just the title. Mainly the brackets and the lack of capitalisation. That's my only real bugbear about this game - everything else you pay for is solid, charming and entertaining - as difficult or as easy as your understanding of the game gets. It's hard to imagine anything I'd really change (except that title), and no problems were had as a result of it's visuals, sound or game design. Overall, charming, solid, enjoyable and easily finished. Quality product all around!
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
in the club, straight gnorpin it
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
this game is heat
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
A lovely incremental. (the) Gnorp Apologue is an extremely well balanced game, in where the you are limited on what you can do with every run. Also, with the ability to reassign prestige points, it allows you to try different builds to see what works for you. However, the game does not have an offline function, so you have to keep it running to stack resources. It does have a screensaver function, and I found it quite entertaining having it run on one screen while I'm doing something else. I've found this game quite addictive, especially with the cute graphics and the hilarious tool-tips. I implore anyone who enjoy this genre of games to give it a try.

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