Incremental Cubes

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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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Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

69%

Audience ScoreBased on 751 reviews

gameplay10 positive mentions

grinding20 negative mentions

The game is visually stimulating with a unique geometric approach to incremental growth.
It can be quite addictive, especially after unlocking the prestige system which grants auto abilities.
The game is free to play, making it accessible for anyone looking for a casual idle experience.

Lacks offline progression, making it difficult to advance without keeping the game open constantly.
The user interface is clunky and poorly designed, leading to confusion and frustration.
Progression becomes tedious and slow, with many players hitting walls that require excessive grinding or microtransactions to overcome.

gameplay
49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of this idle game is criticized for being repetitive and poorly explained, with a lack of meaningful progression and tedious mechanics that often lead to frustration. While some players appreciate the aesthetic and certain mechanics like prestige and helper bots, the overall experience is marred by unintuitive controls, a broken progression system, and a gameplay loop that quickly becomes monotonous. Despite having potential, the game fails to engage players beyond initial curiosity, often reducing gameplay to mere waiting and grinding.
- “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.”
- “Terrible UI, terrible gameplay; it's not even an incremental game. It only has one reset layer, the challenges are easy but take way too long, and the entire game is just a snoozefest.”
- “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 wasted time.
- “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.”
stability
17 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 streaming, and that exploiting bugs seems to be a common method for progression. Overall, the experience is described as frustratingly unstable, with ongoing updates only addressing a few issues at a time.
- “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
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many praising the stunning visuals, good animations, and appealing color schemes. However, some users criticize the graphics as underwhelming or inconsistent, suggesting that while they are visually pleasing, they do not compensate for other gameplay shortcomings. Additionally, there are requests for options to lower graphic settings for better performance.
- “The graphics are stunning, the plot is riveting, and the characters are incredibly well-crafted.”
- “Animations are pretty good, good colors, good visuals.”
- “The game is pleasant to look at with a stark monochromatic aesthetic featuring pops of bold colors at hard, right angles.”
- “Not to mention the graphics and UI also suck.”
- “Unfortunately, pretty graphics aren't enough to save this.”
- “Dev seems to be pushing out fixes constantly, but besides the little bits of bugs, it's just not really that fun; progression is pretty bad, and the visuals are meh.”
monetization
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization in the game features high in-app purchase prices and occasional ads that are optional rather than intrusive. While some players appreciate the lack of forced ads and paywalls, many express frustration over microtransactions that can hinder progression and issues with not receiving purchased items. Overall, the game is seen as a mixed bag, with some players recommending it despite its monetization challenges.
- “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.”
- “In-app purchases are ludicrously high.”
- “The game completely stagnates at critical breakpoints because of microtransactions.”
- “I've also heard multiple stories of people losing their in-game purchases.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with users noting poor performance and slow progress due to inefficient loading and rendering processes. Many suggest that the developers should implement better optimization techniques, such as reducing unnecessary animations and improving menu accessibility, to enhance the overall experience. Overall, the lack of attention to optimization has left players feeling frustrated and disengaged.
- “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.”
- “Performance is quite terrible since it seems like you are loading every single block in the cube. Maybe think about optimizing this animation by not rendering any block that is covered by 6 other blocks.”
- “This game is poorly optimized, tedious, and unloved, considering the developers have disappeared.”
- “Balance and challenge issues aside, this game is not optimized at all.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some users find it enjoyable and worthy of an original soundtrack, others criticize it as poor quality. Overall, the consensus leans towards the music being a highlight, despite gameplay concerns.
- “Audio/music is fire.”
- “Each music track is very enjoyable to listen to, and I would love to have an OST for it.”
- “It is a good time waster, great music, but gameplay needs work.”
- “The music is god-awful.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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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 activities and a more developed narrative to maintain player interest.
- “The graphics are stunning, the plot is riveting, and the characters are incredibly well-crafted.”
- “Another suggestion is to include more things to do, 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 a story to go along with the game to keep the players hooked.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
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
1 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,' where you can use your acquired skill points to unlock new skills or bonuses and start the game all over.”
- “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 game once, I found little incentive to play again. The story doesn't change, and the gameplay feels repetitive.”
- “While the initial playthrough was enjoyable, I quickly realized that there are no significant changes or new experiences in subsequent runs.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
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.