Fidget Spinner RPG
- September 26, 2023
- Bryce Summer
- 192h median play time
Get on SteamFidget Spinner RPG is a unique title that combines the fidget spinner craze with RPG elements. Players collect and upgrade various spinners, engage in battles using spin moves, and explore a vast world to become the ultimate spinner champion. With charming pixel art graphics and a variety of challenges, this game offers a fun and engaging experience for all ages.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a surprising depth with its crafting, talent trees, and automation mechanics, making it engaging for fans of idle and clicker games.
- For its low price, the game provides great value, with many hours of entertainment and a variety of systems to explore.
- The visuals and sound effects are captivating, enhancing the overall experience of watching the fidget spinner evolve and progress.
- The game suffers from balance issues and optimization problems, leading to lag and a repetitive grind that can detract from the enjoyment.
- Many players find the early game fun, but it quickly devolves into a slog with little meaningful progression or content in the late game.
- The use of AI-generated content for flavor text has raised concerns among players about the overall creativity and effort put into the game's development.
- gameplay16 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews for this game are mixed, with many users criticizing its mechanics and user interface, describing it as unsatisfactory and tedious, particularly in terms of automation progression. However, some players find it surprisingly fun and appreciate the unique mechanics and potential for deeper automation, despite acknowledging that many features are still in a rudimentary state. Overall, while the game has interesting elements, it may not appeal to everyone due to its flaws and lengthy initial grind.
“It's not the longest lasting idle game, but it is interesting and has some different mechanics than most that I've played.”
“A ton of automation mechanics that are as deep as you want them to be.”
“Surprisingly fun with a good amount of mechanics.”
“This game is horrible and has horrible mechanics, and it takes like 15 hours just to get any type of automation. It is not worth buying.”
“The mechanics are not great, even for an idle game.”
“The UI feels bad, and I wasn't satisfied at all with the current gameplay loop.”
- graphics12 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The graphics in this clicker game are highly praised for their impressive visuals and sound design, making the gameplay visually engaging despite its idle nature. Many players appreciate the elaborate animations, such as the transformation of a spinner into a wormhole machine, although some feel that the focus on visuals overshadows the gameplay experience. Overall, the game is noted for its stunning graphics, appealing particularly to fans of visually complex clicker games.
“It's just a clicker game, but it's got a lot of fancy visuals and sounds, and watching the spinner evolve into a wormhole-creating machine (basically, yes, this kind of happens) is entertaining to watch those numbers go up and up and up.”
“Great game, able to make potions and gear; the graphics are insane.”
“If you like obscenely complicated clickers with spectacular visuals, well, look no further.”
“They must have spent all of the budget on the visuals; this is the most boring idle game I have played in a long time.”
“It's just a clicker game, but it's got a lot of fancy visuals and sounds, and watching the spinner evolve into a wormhole creating machine (basically yes, this kind of happens) is entertaining to watch those numbers go up and up and up.”
“It's given me a newfound appreciation for clicker games that have the always open side panel on one side and the graphics on the other.”
- optimization8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is criticized for being inadequate, leading to a lack of balance that detracts from the overall experience. Players feel that the game fails to satisfy the desire for effective optimization typical of idle games, and improvements in this area are deemed essential for enhancing gameplay.
“Bosses that require optimized stats and gear to defeat and obtain unique items.”
“Not much to the game and doesn't satisfy the optimization itch of a good idle game.”
“This is almost a fun game, but it's ultimately bogged down by a huge lack of balance and some optimization issues.”
“Balance and optimization fixes would go a long way towards making this a decent idler.”
“Bosses that require optimized stats/gear to defeat and obtain unique items.”
- humor8 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is noted for its pervasive humor, with players finding it amusing that they can equip armor in a fidget game. The fast-paced gameplay is complemented by a variety of visual and musical effects that enhance the comedic experience, making it an entertaining and lighthearted title overall.
“Nice game, kind of funny because you can equip armor in a fidget game, but it's fine.”
“Else than that, an insanely funny but fast-paced game... I was not able to carefully read all the skills while progressing the grind, but I managed to get to max upgrades in like half a day nevertheless.”
“There's humor everywhere, and the spinner spins with a lot of various visual and music effects.”
- grinding5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious and repetitive, leading to frustration and a desire to uninstall. The difficulty in obtaining rare items, such as rainbow or epic shinies, further diminishes the enjoyment of the grinding experience. Overall, the grind is seen as a significant downside that detracts from the game's appeal.
“I don't like grinding in this game; it's repetitive and boring, the only biggest downside.”
“Given the difficulty of farming up rainbow/epic shinies, any such wipe will pretty much negate the fun of that activity.”
“But I do know that while you can probably get a few hours out of this game, I do not enjoy it at all, as once you get to a certain point a few hours in, it is so grindy it makes me want to uninstall.”
- music4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game is notable for its seamless transitions between the space and time phases, enhancing the overall experience. Players appreciate the humorous elements and the variety of visual and musical effects that accompany the fidget spinner's movements.
“What impressed me the most was the transition of the music between the space and time phases of the fidget spinner.”
“There's humor everywhere, and the spinner spins with a lot of various visual and music effects.”
- monetization4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game is praised for having no in-game purchases, which is seen as a positive aspect. However, there are concerns that it may have been a cash grab, as the frequency of updates dropped significantly after launch.
“The best thing about this game is that there are no in-game purchases.”
“The best thing about this game is that there are no in-game purchases.”
“The likelihood that this was a cash grab seems pretty high, since the rate of patches went from multiple patches per week to 0 immediately after the release.”
- story2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is highly praised for its rich and engaging narrative, with many users considering it a strong contender for awards in storytelling.
“My personal nominee for the outstanding story-rich game award.”
