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Idle Area 51

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62%Game Brain Score
graphics, humor
monetization, story
62% User Score Based on 622 reviews

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Idle Area 51 is a single player casual management game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by PlaySide Studios and was released on February 5, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Become the best secret agent and run your own secret facility in this idle game.

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62%
Audience ScoreBased on 622 reviews
graphics7 positive mentions
monetization80 negative mentions
  • Cute and appealing graphics with charming interactions between soldiers and aliens.
  • Simple and addictive idle clicker gameplay suitable for passively killing time.
  • Reasonable progression speed at early stages, making it enjoyable initially.
  • Severe and frequent bugs including random resets of gems and money, causing frustration and lost progress.
  • Excessive and intrusive ads with many forced views and poor reward mechanics leading to a pay-to-progress feel.
  • Limited content with very few levels and no meaningful updates, making late-game progression slow or non-existent.
  • monetization
    87 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's monetization heavily relies on frequent and sometimes intrusive ads that often crash or fail to grant rewards, resulting in slow progression without spending money. Many users find the high cost of removing ads and buffs excessive, labeling the game a cash grab that demands excessive ad-watching to advance. While some appreciate optional ads for bonuses, persistent bugs and a paywalled experience significantly detract from enjoyment.

    • “I bought the no ads purchase, and the one that gives 300 diamonds.”
    • “Really fun and no ads unless you ask for them.”
    • “It's great, no ads; you need to watch them yourself. In 20 minutes you can get to 1 million cash. Game really great, should try.”
    • “Nether is the 2 minute x2 buff for 30 second videos that might give you a reward, then you have: $10 to remove ads, $5 income buff, another x2 buff for $10 and a $15 pass. Very greedy game.”
    • “$10 to make offline cash per night, also $10 to get rid of ads. Crazy amount for a game that basically plays itself. Uninstalled after 2 days and 500 ads.”
    • “Got old after a few levels, because you can't really progress much unless 90% of your time is watching ads.”
  • story
    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally considered unremarkable, with many players frustrated by lack of new missions beyond a certain point and issues with mission rewards resetting, which disrupts progression and diminishes engagement.

    • “The story is meh and not a fan; combined with expensive upgrades and low rewards, progression takes a long time or requires extensive ad watching.”
    • “I enjoyed it up to level 50, but now I just get a message saying 'more missions coming soon' with no new content.”
    • “The quests and missions do not update properly, causing gems and rewards to reset frequently and making mission progression frustrating.”
  • graphics
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally praised for being cute, charming, and visually appealing with delightful character interactions, contributing significantly to the game's appeal. However, some users note issues with low-quality visuals, occasional lag during level-ups, and a desire for more realistic or improved graphics settings. Overall, the visuals are considered a strong point but with room for optimization and enhancement.

    • “So far, not a single bug or crash. The game looks amazing with tons of hidden cute interactions, like a small soldier training on top of a mountain, soldiers taking naps, aliens doing alien stuff, and occasional abductions.”
    • “The graphics are cute and the interactions between the soldiers and aliens are adorable.”
    • “Great game with beautiful graphics and awesome sound.”
    • “The 1 star is for the little cartoon graphics.”
    • “Builds on an established model with a new story and graphics that are acceptable.”
    • “A terribly slow game, low graphics and low amount of things to do to keep you interested.”
  • stability
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent bugs with earnings calculations, mission progress resets, and ad functionality. Players report random resets of in-game currency and freezing crashes, making the overall experience frustrating and often unplayable.

    • “Could be a super fun game, but the calculations of earnings while idle are so buggy that it's almost unplayable.”
    • “Game has glitches though, keeps resetting my money to zero and my gems back to 50... seems random.”
    • “Pretty nice idle game, but damn, not stable and buggy with missions.”
  • gameplay
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is clean and addictive but generally shallow, with few new elements compared to similar games. While the concept is fun, issues like a broken money mechanic and lack of challenge due to its ease detract from the overall experience.

    • “Without ads, progressing takes a few hours of gameplay.”
    • “Clean, addictive gameplay but way too easy and brainless.”
    • “Broken money mechanic: doing objectives gets you gems but it keeps resetting them back to 0 along with the money. It's a shame because it's actually a fun concept, but it's broken.”
    • “Gameplay is very shallow, nothing you haven't seen in other variants.”
    • “Broken money mechanic: doing objectives gets you gems but it doesn't matter, it keeps resetting back to 0 and same with the money. Shame, it's actually a fun concept but it's just broken.”
    • “Without ads, getting there is just a few hours of gameplay.”
  • grinding
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is generally smooth and simple, with some players praising its farming mechanics as enjoyable. However, several users find it slow, tedious, and frustrating due to unexpected coin and gem resets, increasing timers, and intrusive ads in bonus loot boxes, which can lead to a repetitive and pay-to-progress experience.

    • “After farming for loading perk, the timer goes from 3 seconds to 43 seconds, which feels like a downgrade. It made me uninstall the game.”
    • “Grinding is boring, slow, and tedious. The game puts ads in 'bonus' loot boxes without informing you that you'll need to watch an ad to open them.”
    • “After the first 10 minutes, the game becomes boring. It seems designed to push players to spend money, making you grind endlessly if you don't pay.”
  • music
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users appreciate the music and background ambiance, particularly enjoying the Area 51 theme, but are frustrated by bugs that prevent the mute settings from working properly, especially after viewing ads.

    • “I love the music and the Area 51 background.”
    • “It's not bad, but what's the point of utilizing the mute music and audio buttons if the sounds keep happening anyway?”
    • “Update: I found a bug that turns the sound (not music) back on after viewing an ad despite my setting.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is largely seen as missed potential, with critics noting it fails to creatively leverage its UFO and Area 51 setting for unique or funny moments. While some find it mildly amusing, the comedic elements are considered generic and interchangeable with other settings.

    • “It's been fun and funny to it's cool”
    • “Funny.”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game requires some optimization improvements to enhance performance and ensure smoother gameplay.

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Idle Area 51 is a casual management game with science fiction theme.

Idle Area 51 is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Idle Area 51 was released on February 5, 2021.

Idle Area 51 was developed by PlaySide Studios.

Idle Area 51 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Idle Area 51 for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Idle Area 51 is a single player game.

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