Tbf I tried to make it as objective as possible with the not-so-many hours of play time that I had (relative to what some people have put into the game). I found the mechanics in AD that were not introduced in the video like a month after we started, but I'd still leave the rating the same bc taking the time to unlock those mechanics doesn't work well for many people as they'd rather play another game that starts you off with more variety in what you can do. Still think it's a good game though and I am still playing it currently 👍
One one hand, to each their own, but there was a couple of cases where he clearly didn't even bother to try the game, and thus the ranking makes no sense. In AD's case, I'd say fair enough, he seemed to have tried it out and didn't like it. But, while I don't even like NGU Idle myself (way too grindy, and I don't really vibe with the art style and humor), I wouldn't call importing a complete save and then shitting on the game afterwards as being fair to it.
@@_TQ I kinda love slowburn idle games, that unveil slowly, and don't take as much of your real life time to progress. AD is not idle game to me, for me it's an incremental game with idle elements, which changes perspective a lot. You have to be active to progress and constantly change different stuff. So, altough I did like it, it was not idle game experience for me. Good slowburn Idle games are exact opposite - you can play them as much as you want daily and you'll progress either way; just slowly or faster, depending on how good you are at using game mechanics and how often you play. One of best Slowburns idle games I know is CIFI (Cell Idle Factory Incremental). Been playing for almost 2 years at this point and waiting for future updates rn as I'm closing on to face the content wall (altough i suspect I won't hit it before dev makes another content update because I'm around 2 months away from said wall)
I had hoped to see where Realm Grinder would be on the list, and thoughts about how it compares to others. While I of course would have liked for it to be in the video, I understand that one can't play EVERY game in a genre.
cookie clicker is elite also would've been a nice touch to also make an actual teirlist and spend a few seconds per game giving the ranking process a visual of dragging it on the category and also being able to compare and see all the other games' rankings
@@bird9188 Yeah, but still, Cookie Clicker, Antimatter Dimensions and Adventure Capitalist have been much more enjoyable experiences so far. Leaving my computer on to grind equipment levels just isn't fun past a certain point.
Sad to see Anti-Idle go unmentioned in a video this extensive :( Feels like it gets overlooked constantly in videos about incremental games despite being one of the oldest (2009!!) and most influential on the genre. I don't know how well it holds up for someone that (I'm assuming) hasn't played it before, but to me it remains the most legendary incremental game ever made. There's never been another game quite like it and I'm not sure there ever will be.
one thing that baffles me with idle games is that somehow the oppinions can get very subjective even tho most of theese games are extremely simple. (for the record, i didnt agree with almost any of the ratings here but im not complaining) also try trimps. its great
Yw. We had so many that we needed pastebin to make it work. The one exception was due to copyright issues where it was explicitly mentioned that it needed to be directly in the description lol
Personally I'm much more into the smaller clickers that you are able to complete without devoting months on end to them. A few good ones I've like are Magic Research and Gnorp Apologue, each of which I was able to complete in a few days/weeks. I would reccomend them to you but I think that the last thing that you need is even more idle games lmao
Really surprised at how few of the idle games I've played showed up in this video. On your list, all I've played are Cookie Clicker, Clicker Heroes, and Idle Champions, but besides those I've played Swarm Simulator, Factory Idle, CivClicker, Pizza Presser, and Pony Clicker.
As someone who has played IdleOn for well over 2 years now, I just have to say that the game is VERY grindy and the game basically never ends Calling it an idle game is like calling Minecraft a survival game. It sort of is but also not really. There's still a lot of stuff you have to do actively Imo the game is S tier early game, goes to C tier and the goes to a solid A tier later game
Bro I remember grinding Clicker Heroes back in middle school. It turns out I was the filthy casual though, as I just checked and I only have 2,171.7 hours
If you're ever looking for another idle game, Cell Idle Factory Incremental, or CIFI is pretty good. The same dev has another that's decent, but I haven't played it nearly as much, so can't talk as much about it. CIFI has a very long progression system with multiple prestige layers. With that progression comes a lot of different features that all work differently and it's pretty neat. Sometimes it gets grindy, though.
I remember playing it in my browser, I loaded up an auto clicker to upgrade automatically for me, found out that if you set the click speed very high, when toggled it would lag the browser and would purchase hundreds of upgrades with one click even if I didn't have enough paperclips. Beat the game in one evening. 10/10
I have been researching idle/incremental game for the past 2 weeks and stumbled upon your vid. Amazing vid btw! Im currious tho, how much money are you willing to spend on a game in this genre? Im making a game myself but Im scared to release it as a paid product. Not because I think it doesnt deserve it (its actually the oposite and Im very proud of what I have so far) but because Im scared I would be asking too much and I also dont need the money but it would be very nice to have. Maybe having some sort of way to "donate"? Im not sure. Any help is appreciated!
Personally, I spend the bare minimum on myself or the games that I play. I think that's atypical, but if you've got a first release, it's probably a good idea to make it free and then have paid projects later once that original publicity is solidified. Feel free to reach out on Discord for more information.
Thanks, it's much appreciated coming from the developer of one of the games mentioned. Never thought this video or what I do would go that far lol I will most likely return to the game at some point and keep playing. I loved the game when I played it, especially during the first few weeks. I've also been super impressed with the content and the direction the game was going in back when I first started playing back in 2021. Thanks for the support ♥
That game has been on my radar for a little while now. I've completed 71/100 Steam achievements so I'm guessing I'll be done with the game in the next month or so. It'll be in the sequel to this video that I'll be making that hopefully won't take another 100+ days lol
I was actually going to make a comment about that game because I started playing it about a month after starting this video due to another comment that suggested it lol Great game 8/10, probably A tier.
The idle game community has a problem but it’s so addicting I know I don’t have much playtime because I only have 800 hours of cookie clicker 155 hours of LBR and idk how many but years of playing adventure capitalist and communist on mobile
I've probably got close to more than a year of play time across all idle games, especially if we're including mobile games which I moreso played back in middle school, so I definitely agree there. Same with AdCap/AdCom on mobile (100s of hours wasted there).
How many more hours do you think it will take? I put 50ish into it w/ a lot of AFK time in between sessions and got like nowhere compared to some other videos I've seen.
@@_TQ the start is kinda grindy, the game is kina seperated in chapters where you focus mostly one one thing and have 1 goal but start to do other stuff also
as someone who's played idleon, the game gets WAY worse the further you go, especially with the p2w stuff, and considering you can flat out unban yourself if you cheat since the anti-cheat is client-side, you can easily just hack to the end and then just unban yourself if you want.
It might be less popular due to the price being $10. I think every game mentioned was free with the exception being Cookie Clicker. Melvor Idle also has ~1/6th the number of Steam reviews as Cookie Clicker which might explain the feeling that the game is niche.
I got it for free a while back from epic, for me it was a gateway drug into oldschool runescape and i stopped playing because runescape was more enjoyable to me
I did actually end up playing Realm Grinder following the release of this video. I enjoyed it, solid B tier. I haven't heard of Pokeclicker, but I will check it out now.
@@_TQ paper. Paper is shredded easily. If you fold like 1000 pieces of paper into a big paper sword its a weapon it can be used to beat people but can be cut by scissors.
Honestly, i really do not understand how you are not popular yet. I had an alt account that had non copyright music for 1 hour and 10 hour video on repeat, those got 10k views combined, this does not made sense when i edited on my phone by just copy and paste. It wasn't even a popular song. People who put in this much effort deserve so much more than
Thanks, the team really appreciates it. Part of success on UA-cam comes from consistency (which we're iffy with) and the other part is supplying what people want. Music is a very good way of doing that and I think the fact that this is a furry channel is a bit stigmatizing as well. Thanks for the support!
@@_TQ yeah, consistency is crucial to making a decent view count and retention rate. Look at what PewDiePie did, he didn't take a significant break for almost 10 years he posted daily too
It'll be in the sequel to this video. I 100%ed the game before the most recent update like 4 days ago. Same vibes as Antimatter Dimensions but the progression isn't as slow. Probably A tier.
@@_TQwhen will said sequel be,also my progress on the game seems really slow i’m like 60hrs in and only on mynsecond infinity so i don’t know if im doing wrong or eometjing
@@ywze The sequel I think was planned for January, but I expect it will be done in late February. The team is a bit slow, but they work hard when it counts. Also, the game has exponential progress so 60 hours might be accurate. Just prestige and promote as often as possible and spend IP when you're able to.
why did u say that alpha wolfs are men at 0:57 WHY CANT I BE A COOL SIGMA ALPHA WOLF HMMM????? OR WHAT ABOUT MY NON BINARY FRIENDS THEY CANT EITHER?????? GRRRRRRRR *growls* *shows teeth* you dont wanna mess with us alpha wolf girls kitten.... *barks* or my enby alpha wolf friends..... you better lock your doors
Middle school was a dark time where it was either be left alone to play Terraria as nobody wanted to play with me (I was a cringey kid back then, so I understand why), or play Clicker Heroes and 8 ADHD jokes later, I chose Clicker Heroes.
Antimatter Dimensions didn't deserve to get slandered so hard here
Neither did NGU Idle
Tbf I tried to make it as objective as possible with the not-so-many hours of play time that I had (relative to what some people have put into the game). I found the mechanics in AD that were not introduced in the video like a month after we started, but I'd still leave the rating the same bc taking the time to unlock those mechanics doesn't work well for many people as they'd rather play another game that starts you off with more variety in what you can do. Still think it's a good game though and I am still playing it currently 👍
One one hand, to each their own, but there was a couple of cases where he clearly didn't even bother to try the game, and thus the ranking makes no sense. In AD's case, I'd say fair enough, he seemed to have tried it out and didn't like it. But, while I don't even like NGU Idle myself (way too grindy, and I don't really vibe with the art style and humor), I wouldn't call importing a complete save and then shitting on the game afterwards as being fair to it.
@@FredrIQ Honestly fair point.
@@_TQ I kinda love slowburn idle games, that unveil slowly, and don't take as much of your real life time to progress. AD is not idle game to me, for me it's an incremental game with idle elements, which changes perspective a lot. You have to be active to progress and constantly change different stuff. So, altough I did like it, it was not idle game experience for me. Good slowburn Idle games are exact opposite - you can play them as much as you want daily and you'll progress either way; just slowly or faster, depending on how good you are at using game mechanics and how often you play. One of best Slowburns idle games I know is CIFI (Cell Idle Factory Incremental). Been playing for almost 2 years at this point and waiting for future updates rn as I'm closing on to face the content wall (altough i suspect I won't hit it before dev makes another content update because I'm around 2 months away from said wall)
if idle gamers weren't so allergic to paying and supporting devs then the quality of games made in the genre would increase a lot
as someone with 11k hours on ngu idle i agree with c tier
idle games are not real, don't believe the lies.
PREACH!
Wait, so my record against Victor was a lie?!
From the depths of the discord, the pirate otter is not real, it cannot hurt you.
I had hoped to see where Realm Grinder would be on the list, and thoughts about how it compares to others. While I of course would have liked for it to be in the video, I understand that one can't play EVERY game in a genre.
cookie clicker is elite
also would've been a nice touch to also make an actual teirlist and spend a few seconds per game giving the ranking process a visual of dragging it on the category and also being able to compare and see all the other games' rankings
I definitely agree with you. We ended up switching editors midway through the production of this video so there were some scrapped/forgotten ideas.
Watching this video was an idle game for me.
wtf I played Bounty Below YEARS ago and forgot it existed, thank you so much
1:56 *J E V I L*
Ngu idle in C tier? absolutely not nu uh, it's like one of the best
As someone with 1k hours in NGU Idle, no it's C Tier.
@@kernium you basically just started, that's still early game
@@bird9188 Yeah, but still, Cookie Clicker, Antimatter Dimensions and Adventure Capitalist have been much more enjoyable experiences so far.
Leaving my computer on to grind equipment levels just isn't fun past a certain point.
@@kernium cookie clicker of all games? alright
You should check out "Magic Research" one and two. Simple visuals but incredible incremental games
Sad to see Anti-Idle go unmentioned in a video this extensive :( Feels like it gets overlooked constantly in videos about incremental games despite being one of the oldest (2009!!) and most influential on the genre. I don't know how well it holds up for someone that (I'm assuming) hasn't played it before, but to me it remains the most legendary incremental game ever made. There's never been another game quite like it and I'm not sure there ever will be.
… it can’t be … idle .. research… mentioned. MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!!!
16:53 truer words that i 103% relate to have never been spoken before
Great video, keep strong!
Thanks, the team appreciates it
one thing that baffles me with idle games is that somehow the oppinions can get very subjective even tho most of theese games are extremely simple. (for the record, i didnt agree with almost any of the ratings here but im not complaining)
also try trimps. its great
Bro, you need to get catapulted into the mainstream by the algorithm. You have such quality content relative to your subcount. Keep it going!
antimatter dimensions is idle game peak speaking as someone with about as many hours as you
As a recent college graduate this is honestly a fine use of time during school
I appreciate you giving credit to all the songs you used
Yw. We had so many that we needed pastebin to make it work. The one exception was due to copyright issues where it was explicitly mentioned that it needed to be directly in the description lol
THE FIRST PERSON IVE EVER SEEN THAT ALSO CANT DRINK CARBONATION LESS GO IM NOT THAT WIERD
I am devastated not seeing the Simpson tapped out in this video
Personally I'm much more into the smaller clickers that you are able to complete without devoting months on end to them. A few good ones I've like are Magic Research and Gnorp Apologue, each of which I was able to complete in a few days/weeks. I would reccomend them to you but I think that the last thing that you need is even more idle games lmao
Really surprised at how few of the idle games I've played showed up in this video. On your list, all I've played are Cookie Clicker, Clicker Heroes, and Idle Champions, but besides those I've played Swarm Simulator, Factory Idle, CivClicker, Pizza Presser, and Pony Clicker.
As someone who has played IdleOn for well over 2 years now, I just have to say that the game is VERY grindy and the game basically never ends
Calling it an idle game is like calling Minecraft a survival game. It sort of is but also not really. There's still a lot of stuff you have to do actively
Imo the game is S tier early game, goes to C tier and the goes to a solid A tier later game
Bro I remember grinding Clicker Heroes back in middle school. It turns out I was the filthy casual though, as I just checked and I only have 2,171.7 hours
If you're ever looking for another idle game, Cell Idle Factory Incremental, or CIFI is pretty good. The same dev has another that's decent, but I haven't played it nearly as much, so can't talk as much about it. CIFI has a very long progression system with multiple prestige layers. With that progression comes a lot of different features that all work differently and it's pretty neat. Sometimes it gets grindy, though.
Okay, that Bible joke was top-tier. Probably earned you a sub 😂
Idle game is like Bethesda games, crashes a lot but you keep playing
Would like to recommend Universal Paperclips
I remember playing it in my browser, I loaded up an auto clicker to upgrade automatically for me, found out that if you set the click speed very high, when toggled it would lag the browser and would purchase hundreds of upgrades with one click even if I didn't have enough paperclips. Beat the game in one evening. 10/10
Great vid (if we're not counting the NGU slander, definitely not similar to other games)
why bother ranking games you havent played? NGU Idle is S tier, I have over 5000 hours on it lol, its nothing like any other idle game.
Idle slayer is def my favorite idle game
*WHY ARE SWARM SIMULATOR AND UNIVERSAL PAPERCLIPS NOT HEEEEERE!!!*
I have been researching idle/incremental game for the past 2 weeks and stumbled upon your vid. Amazing vid btw! Im currious tho, how much money are you willing to spend on a game in this genre? Im making a game myself but Im scared to release it as a paid product. Not because I think it doesnt deserve it (its actually the oposite and Im very proud of what I have so far) but because Im scared I would be asking too much and I also dont need the money but it would be very nice to have. Maybe having some sort of way to "donate"? Im not sure. Any help is appreciated!
Personally, I spend the bare minimum on myself or the games that I play. I think that's atypical, but if you've got a first release, it's probably a good idea to make it free and then have paid projects later once that original publicity is solidified. Feel free to reach out on Discord for more information.
@TQ Unnamed Space Idle
It'll be in the sequel to this video dw. I started playing it like a month after releasing this video.
I played WAMI for 5 years and you didn't even put it on the list.
"I Ranked Every Idle Game" my backside
I'll try to add it in a sequel that'll hopefully be out sometime early next year. There's some stuff I wanted to change and ofc more games to include.
@@_TQ nice!
Man i wish otters were real, they seem cool
Idle Slayer Slander!!
Yeah ngl I should've given it more credit for the lore and more unique parts of the game. Welp more content for the sequel to this video lol
Orb of Creation.
Orb of Creation
25:47 OH MY GOD IT'S THE THING THE ONE AND ONLY IDLE GAME
Cool vid -- being LV 74 in world 1 is a bit overleveled but you could probably get to world 2 and world 3 in a day
Thanks, it's much appreciated coming from the developer of one of the games mentioned. Never thought this video or what I do would go that far lol
I will most likely return to the game at some point and keep playing. I loved the game when I played it, especially during the first few weeks. I've also been super impressed with the content and the direction the game was going in back when I first started playing back in 2021. Thanks for the support ♥
Exponent Idle (android only I think) is also good
Omg otter :3
Omg its TQ.......
I’ve just found revolution idle and it is addictive and fun you should try it out there’s a lot of layers to the game.
That game has been on my radar for a little while now. I've completed 71/100 Steam achievements so I'm guessing I'll be done with the game in the next month or so. It'll be in the sequel to this video that I'll be making that hopefully won't take another 100+ days lol
your video quality has gone up alot, keep posting man 👍
The team really appreciates it. Thanks for continuing to support the channel
I'm just here to see if the idle game I play is here.
Edit: was just here, this mf plays all the games I play- plus 10 idle games
grass cutting incremental on roblox is honestly one of the most diverse nd fun incremental games :3
its so trash ngl
what about relam grinder!! it has a small amount of achivements!!
I was actually going to make a comment about that game because I started playing it about a month after starting this video due to another comment that suggested it lol
Great game 8/10, probably A tier.
I'm grinding clicker heros as I'm watching this
The idle game community has a problem but it’s so addicting I know I don’t have much playtime because I only have 800 hours of cookie clicker 155 hours of LBR and idk how many but years of playing adventure capitalist and communist on mobile
I've probably got close to more than a year of play time across all idle games, especially if we're including mobile games which I moreso played back in middle school, so I definitely agree there. Same with AdCap/AdCom on mobile (100s of hours wasted there).
I have 10 000 Hours in leafblower and its still not finished!
How many more hours do you think it will take? I put 50ish into it w/ a lot of AFK time in between sessions and got like nowhere compared to some other videos I've seen.
@@_TQ to max out from my point maybe like 2 hours grinding a day! Im actually waiting for an update rn!
@@_TQ the start is kinda grindy, the game is kina seperated in chapters where you focus mostly one one thing and have 1 goal but start to do other stuff also
удивительно как здесь нет Realm Grinder, как по мне он куда круче большинства идл игр
most underrated channel I've come across. I love the video style!!
Adventure communist is on steam however it is very different than the mobile version
hot otter
Castle Crashers music 🗣️🔥
as someone who's played idleon, the game gets WAY worse the further you go, especially with the p2w stuff, and considering you can flat out unban yourself if you cheat since the anti-cheat is client-side, you can easily just hack to the end and then just unban yourself if you want.
also im genuinely surprised you didnt bring up the legendary time warpers or time clickers games.
A bad game with 24/7 bots in the top
10:42 music kept playing minor editing mistake literally unwatchable (great vid btw :3c)
you are actually so right
Antimatter dimensions hater, opinions automatically rejected.
I've been watching "a lot video" and none of them talks about "Melvor Idle". I'm curious, is it just a niche of the genre or just no one like it ?
It might be less popular due to the price being $10. I think every game mentioned was free with the exception being Cookie Clicker. Melvor Idle also has ~1/6th the number of Steam reviews as Cookie Clicker which might explain the feeling that the game is niche.
I got it for free a while back from epic, for me it was a gateway drug into oldschool runescape and i stopped playing because runescape was more enjoyable to me
sad that realm grinder and pokeclicker were not mentioned
I did actually end up playing Realm Grinder following the release of this video. I enjoyed it, solid B tier. I haven't heard of Pokeclicker, but I will check it out now.
oh I missed a tq upload ☹️
With the way you do videos you should focus on a mmo or somthing as you would get a good audience with that... old school runeacape... or somthing
I might consider it for the future. I think the prospects with some of the more niche games aren't quite there, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.
i guess im early. So a riddle. If i am shredded easily yet a weapon. If i can beat a human but not a scissor what am i?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
@@_TQ paper. Paper is shredded easily. If you fold like 1000 pieces of paper into a big paper sword its a weapon it can be used to beat people but can be cut by scissors.
no mention of insaniquarium, little inferno or my singing monsters?
Singing monsters is a farm game like hayday. Is little inferno a single player game from 2010 where you burn stuff? It is not an idle game.
what about mobile idle games?
I've got a whole video dedicated just to mobile games coming out hopefully in a few months.
@@_TQ make sure to add Tap tians 2 to it
Try universal paperclips
idle pixel on top
Honestly, i really do not understand how you are not popular yet. I had an alt account that had non copyright music for 1 hour and 10 hour video on repeat, those got 10k views combined, this does not made sense when i edited on my phone by just copy and paste. It wasn't even a popular song. People who put in this much effort deserve so much more than
Honestly I know that it's the algorithm glazing all of the brain rot channels
Thanks, the team really appreciates it. Part of success on UA-cam comes from consistency (which we're iffy with) and the other part is supplying what people want. Music is a very good way of doing that and I think the fact that this is a furry channel is a bit stigmatizing as well. Thanks for the support!
@@_TQ yeah, consistency is crucial to making a decent view count and retention rate. Look at what PewDiePie did, he didn't take a significant break for almost 10 years he posted daily too
i suport you man
you should check out revolution idle
It'll be in the sequel to this video. I 100%ed the game before the most recent update like 4 days ago. Same vibes as Antimatter Dimensions but the progression isn't as slow. Probably A tier.
@@_TQwhen will said sequel be,also my progress on the game seems really slow i’m like 60hrs in and only on mynsecond infinity so i don’t know if im doing wrong or eometjing
@@ywze The sequel I think was planned for January, but I expect it will be done in late February. The team is a bit slow, but they work hard when it counts.
Also, the game has exponential progress so 60 hours might be accurate. Just prestige and promote as often as possible and spend IP when you're able to.
@ alr ty
You forgot the best idle game! Nothing!
No really, the game is called nothing. The goal of the game is to do nothing. It's free on steam
According to Steam, it's similar to games I've played like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous lol
research idle basically just got the , i cheated so the game sucks treatment, its fun though :(
3:50 is how you alienate your audience, never make it on youtube and therefore never make it as an adult.
Disliked, never will sub. Ect ect.
why did u say that alpha wolfs are men at 0:57 WHY CANT I BE A COOL SIGMA ALPHA WOLF HMMM????? OR WHAT ABOUT MY NON BINARY FRIENDS THEY CANT EITHER?????? GRRRRRRRR *growls* *shows teeth* you dont wanna mess with us alpha wolf girls kitten.... *barks* or my enby alpha wolf friends..... you better lock your doors
im funny
adventure capitalist belongs in F tier
and cookie clicker isn't that good either
Now do idle clicker multiverse like roblox games
what the hail why the f do you have so much time on clicker heroes do you need help i am concerned for you
Middle school was a dark time where it was either be left alone to play Terraria as nobody wanted to play with me (I was a cringey kid back then, so I understand why), or play Clicker Heroes and 8 ADHD jokes later, I chose Clicker Heroes.
Why did youtube recomend me this gay channel?
Is this hate?
guy who knows the difference between left and right twix, do simulation games next 🫵
Ngu idle is C? Bruh I can't imagine how skibidi you are, pls delete internet 🛜