Clankers

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Clankers is a single player casual strategy game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by IllFatedStudios and was released on December 2, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Clankers! is a short incremental robot killing game. Kill Clankers, gather money and spend it on weapons and upgrades to stop Clankers from stealing our jobs!

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Single-Player

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75%

Audience ScoreBased on 12 reviews

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game offers a fun and engaging core gameplay loop, especially after the initial grind.
The developer is responsive to feedback and has made significant improvements since the latest patch.
The flashy animations and sound design enhance the overall experience, making it enjoyable for casual play.

The game suffers from severe optimization issues, leading to frequent crashes and bugs.
The early game is slow and repetitive, with inconsistent enemy spawn rates and low rewards.
The upgrade system is poorly balanced, causing the game to become unplayable as players snowball through upgrades too quickly.

gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
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The gameplay is characterized by a straightforward core loop typical of the upgrade genre, but players note a significant lack of balance that detracts from the overall experience.
- “As with most games in the upgrade genre, the core gameplay is straightforward.”
- “The core gameplay loop is good; however, the balance is ridiculously absent.”
- “The core gameplay is overly simplistic and lacks depth.”
- “The mechanics feel clunky and unresponsive, making it frustrating to play.”
- “There are too many bugs that disrupt the gameplay experience.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is criticized for its poor optimization, leading to performance issues that detract from the overall experience.
- “Then you find out how poorly optimized the game is.”
- “The game runs like a snail on high-end hardware, which is incredibly frustrating.”
- “I can't believe how many performance issues there are; it feels like the game was never properly optimized.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players report significant stability issues, noting that the game becomes unplayable after about an hour due to frequent freezes caused by the rapid and excessive monster deaths.
- “The game becomes unplayable after about an hour of real play, as the monsters die so often, so fast, and in such large numbers that it just freezes into oblivion.”