Unboxathon

Interesting concept with rough execution. Many mechanics are poorly explained or not explained at all. I completed the entire game without interacting with shelves or synthesis, as I made all my money opening boxes. The progression isn't great, you will complete the game without being anywhere close to completing all upgrades, and if anything trying to complete all upgrades will hinder you from completing the game. Decent game, high asking price, eh progression.

Decent game, very simple mechanics although some aren't explained such as synthesis and where to get better shards etc. Gets progressively more satisfying as you play. However, towards the end, especially if you want 100% achievements, it becomes quite a boring and tedious grind. [spoiler] I found I had completed everything and rolled the credits before completing the 250 boxes achievement, and had to go back and open another 100+ boxes just to 100% the game. [/spoiler]

Mechanics are not explained, game is really boring.

neat

It was meh. About halfway through it became a slog and there was a definite lack of polish as well. Typically these "micro incrementals" will iterate on previous mechanics or add nifty things like some automation, or another layer of complexity. There was an attempt, but these later systems felt disjointed.

I don't know what I expected when I downloaded this game, but this is definitely better than I thought (in comparison to the other games in the "Numbers Go Up" bundle.) It's a very unique incremental, and fun enough to beat in one session. I was planning on 100%ing on top of all achievements, but that would take like 2 more hours. The only problems I have with this game is that endgame progression felt really slow, and that the last box wasn't really ever better than the second to last one.