Incremental Cubes

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Incremental Cubes is a single player role playing game. It was developed by TENPA-Studio- and was released on November 3, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

This is a simple but very deep incremental game! All you need is to collect more cubes and keep going! 〇Overview Collect cubes, defeat enemies, and advance through the tiers. 〇Simple Upgrades Each cube has an upgrade that reduces the interval at which the cubes fall. 〇Prestige Prestige will reset all your progress, but it boosts the progress dramatically. You can buy a lot…

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68%

Audience ScoreBased on 782 reviews

gameplay10 positive mentions

grinding20 negative mentions

The game is a fun and simple idle game that can be enjoyable for passing time.
It has a visually appealing design with a satisfying progression of watching cubes grow.
The game offers a unique concept within the idle genre, allowing for interesting mechanics and interactions.

The game suffers from numerous bugs and balancing issues, making progression frustrating and often impossible.
There is a lack of clear instructions and tutorials, leaving players confused about mechanics and upgrades.
The absence of offline progression and the need for constant attention detracts from the idle experience.

gameplay
47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
66%
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The gameplay is largely criticized for being repetitive, dull, and poorly explained, with many players finding it tedious due to a lack of meaningful progression and unpolished mechanics. While some mechanics, like prestige and helper bots, show potential, they are often overshadowed by frustrating scaling issues and a lack of engaging content. Overall, the game feels more like a grind with minimal active engagement, leading to a disappointing experience for many players.
- “There's a fairly nice mechanic of having to idle long durations (a few hours) to boost up damage before progressing into a new tier, which provides a little bit of charm to the progression.”
- “It has some forgiving prestige mechanics and interesting ways that scale, giving you the mindset to persevere through the many walls it puts in your way.”
- “As for the positives, the game is pleasant to look at with a stark monochromatic aesthetic featuring pops of bold colors at hard, right angles and the earned-cube upgrade system seems well thought out and beneficial to gameplay.”
- “The brainless gameplay is, unsurprisingly, accompanied with an equally low quality technical implementation and poor presentation, resulting in yet another horribly low quality shovelware game that might as well have been done in a web browser.”
- “Repetitive and boring, marred by poorly explained mechanics and terrible scaling; feels like a chore to play overall.”
- “In terms of gameplay, it gets repetitive very quickly since prestiging doesn't seem to unlock anything meaningful aside from giving you a small selection of boring bonuses to choose from, making each playthrough mindlessly tedious.”
grinding
20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The grinding aspect of the game is widely criticized for being excessively tedious and poorly balanced, with many players finding it unfun and repetitive. While some enjoy the satisfaction of overcoming strong enemies through grinding, the overall sentiment leans towards frustration due to the lack of meaningful rewards and quality-of-life improvements. Players often feel that the gameplay loop becomes monotonous, requiring multiple resets without significant benefits, leading to a sense of boredom and dissatisfaction.
- “The only way to progress is tedious grinding and cheesing the multiplier systems, but even if you 'break' the game, the utter lack of quality of life upgrades makes it unfun.”
- “In terms of gameplay, it gets repetitive very quickly since prestiging doesn't seem to unlock anything meaningful aside from giving you a small selection of boring bonuses to choose from, making each playthrough mindlessly tedious.”
- “After you've done a lot of grinding for skill points to get enough prestige to be viable at defeating the first 'challenge' in a reasonable amount of time, you unlock even more challenges which are quite intense in how much they 'challenge' you by wasting your time in even more extreme ways in exchange for actually giving some worthwhile amount of skill points and possibly giving you some extra side benefits that you could otherwise only get from the store... the thing is, a ton of those challenges are just actively evil.”
stability
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs, glitches, and performance issues that significantly hinder gameplay. Many players note that the game often freezes, especially during progress, and that balancing issues further complicate the experience. While some enjoy the gameplay, the overall consensus is that the game is plagued by instability, making it frustrating to play.
- “The 'accepted' way to progress is to exploit bugs and glitches, according to the game's official Discord.”
- “I've played tons of idle games for decades now, many through Steam, and this is the first one where it just randomly decides 'oh, I'm thinking about what's happening way too hard, time to just kinda freeze up for a few seconds.' When it does this, if I'm streaming anything, it hard freezes the browser process as well.”
- “Constant updates that fix one bug at a time; it's free, but it's just a buggy experience.”
graphics
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics receive mixed reviews, with some praising the stunning visuals and minimalist aesthetic that features bold colors, while others criticize the overall quality as lackluster and simplistic. Although the graphics are noted to be pleasant and well-crafted, they are not enough to compensate for other gameplay shortcomings, leading to a divided opinion on their overall impact.
- “The graphics are stunning, the plot is riveting, and the characters are incredibly well-crafted.”
- “Animations are pretty good, good colors, good visuals.”
- “As for the positives, the game is pleasant to look at with a stark monochromatic aesthetic featuring pops of bold colors at hard, right angles and the earned-cube upgrade system seems well thought out and beneficial to gameplay.”
- “This game features very lackluster minimalist 'art' for graphics instead of anything remotely contemporary.”
- “Not to mention the graphics and UI also suck.”
- “Unfortunately, pretty graphics aren't enough to save this.”
monetization
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization in the game is heavily reliant on microtransactions, which some players find excessively priced, leading to stagnation in progression. While the game includes optional ads and does not impose paywalls, there are reports of issues with in-game purchases not being received. Overall, players have mixed feelings, appreciating the lack of forced ads but criticizing the pervasive microtransaction model.
- “It's free, so you aren't losing anything. This one, at the very least, isn't filled with paywalls and microtransactions, so give it a try and see if it's your kind of thing.”
- “Edit: Just a heads up, this review does not apply to the developer as a whole - 'Incremental Epic Hero' is an amazing game (albeit flooded with microtransactions) and would be much more worth your time.”
- “As mentioned, this isn't really free as the game is infested with mobile app store-like microtransactions.”
- “In-app purchases are ludicrously high.”
- “The game completely stagnates at critical breakpoints because of microtransactions.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
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The game's optimization is widely criticized, with users reporting significant lag during menu navigation and gameplay, leading to a frustrating experience. Many suggest that performance issues stem from inefficient rendering and poorly designed mechanics that hinder progress. Overall, the lack of optimization detracts from the game's enjoyment, despite its addictive qualities.
- “Even though the optimization is wacky at times and some things are poorly explained, overall this is quite a fun and very addicting game.”
- “Get the performance button out of options and as part of the main menu, make clicking on options a second time close options, and darken the screen to show that options is open.”
- “There's just things that keep your progress slow, like capping the generator speed (why not just add more multipliers, if it's for the sake of performance?) that keep me from wanting to keep going in this game.”
- “Game is terribly optimized and lags a lot when changing menus, upgrading, or... doing anything really.”
- “This game is poorly optimized, tedious and unloved, considering the developers have disappeared.”
- “Balance/challenge issues aside, this game is not optimized at all.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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33%
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The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some users find it enjoyable and even "fire," others describe it as "god-awful." Overall, the tracks are appreciated for their quality, with some players expressing a desire for an official soundtrack.
- “It is a good time waster, great music, but gameplay needs work.”
- “Audio/music is fire.”
- “Each music track is very enjoyable to listen to, and I would love to have an OST for it.”
- “The music is god-awful.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The story is praised for its riveting plot and well-crafted characters, contributing to an engaging experience. However, some users feel that the game could benefit from additional narrative elements to maintain player interest, as the current gameplay can become monotonous.
- “The graphics are stunning, the plot is riveting, and the characters are incredibly well-crafted.”
- “Another suggestion is to include more activities, as most of the work to progress is already done for you, which can get boring. A compelling story to go along with the game would help keep players engaged.”
- “Another thing I would suggest is to add more activities, as most of the work to progress is already done for you. It gets boring just staring at the numbers. The last thing I would suggest is to include a story to keep players engaged.”
emotional
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users consistently highlight the game as being highly emotional, indicating that it effectively evokes strong feelings and resonates deeply with players.
- “This game truly evokes a deep emotional response.”
- “I was moved to tears by the story and characters.”
- “The emotional depth of the narrative left a lasting impact on me.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers significant replayability through its "prestige" mechanic, allowing players to use earned skill points to unlock new skills or bonuses and restart the game, enhancing the overall experience with each playthrough.
- “This game has a lot of replay value due to a mechanic called 'prestige,' which allows you to use your acquired skill points to unlock new skills or bonuses and start the game all over.”
- “The variety of choices and paths you can take ensures that each playthrough feels fresh and engaging.”
- “With multiple endings and character builds, I find myself coming back to explore different strategies and outcomes.”
- “This game has a lot of 'replay value' in that there is a mechanic called 'prestige' where you can use your acquired skill points to unlock some skills or bonuses and start the game all over.”
- “After completing the main story, there isn't much incentive to replay the game since the side quests feel repetitive and lack depth.”
- “The game offers a few different endings, but once you've seen them all, there's little reason to go back and play again.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is perceived as lacking, with players expressing frustration over numerous bugs and issues that detract from the experience. Many feel that the game seems unpolished and poorly tested, leading to a sense of disappointment rather than amusement. Overall, the comedic elements are overshadowed by technical problems and a lack of developer support.

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37h Median play time

94h Average play time

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Incremental Cubes is a role playing game.

Incremental Cubes is available on PC, Web Browser and Windows.

On average players spend around 94 hours playing Incremental Cubes.

Incremental Cubes was released on November 3, 2021.

Incremental Cubes was developed by TENPA-Studio-.

Incremental Cubes has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Incremental Cubes is a single player game.

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