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LORED

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78%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
78% User Score Based on 183 reviews

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LORED is a single player casual management game with horror and comedy themes. It was developed by Dillon Simpson and was released on August 29, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Play the demo now! LORED is an idle-incremental game about collecting as many resources as possible, including Iron, Copper, and... Malignancy?! Set your stickfigure LOREDs to work, buy them plenty of Upgrades, and ensure they don't run out of fuel! There are four tiers--or Stages--of Upgrades and LOREDs! The most powerful Upgrades consume your current host, requiring a prestige. Leveling …

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78%Audience ScoreBased on 183 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions
  • Unique and quirky idle game with a lot of charm, humor, and interesting character dialogues that add personality and depth.
  • Engaging progression with many layers, upgrades, and customization options including difficulty settings; keeps players making meaningful progress.
  • Developer actively updates the game, listens to feedback, and includes features like modding support, controller support, and detailed mechanics for stat enthusiasts.
  • Gameplay can feel shallow and grindy with confusing and sometimes buggy mechanics, especially in later stages; progression may hit frustrating walls or softlocks.
  • User interface issues include buggy UI scaling, obscured menus, unintuitive autobuy controls, and lack of in-depth tutorials making understanding game systems difficult.
  • Humor and dialogue contain edgy, outdated, or offensive content that may detract from the experience; also game is still early access with missing content and occasional crashes.

  • gameplay

    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 70% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally described as simple, idle, and occasionally shallow, with some complexity added through resource production mechanics that lack depth and clear explanations. While the progression systems and arcade-style mini-games offer some variety, issues like repetitive content, reliance on online play, and occasional calculation bugs detract from the experience. Nonetheless, many appreciate the gameplay's charm, humor, and satisfying idle elements despite its early access limitations.

    • “Gameplay so far has the right amount of complexity and idle time required for my taste!”
    • “The gameplay is simple yet satisfying and the conversations are humorous!”
    • “Animations and gameplay loop are pretty fun.”
    • “As you advance into the game, your resource production capabilities are improved by the addition of mechanics that add complexity but not depth.”
    • “All it does is make the game practically impossible to run offline, which the dev presents at the start of the game as an intentional design decision that is key to the gameplay, rather than just being a natural result of designing such an overcomplicated mess.”
    • “But compared to other incremental games that layer in clever mechanics, hidden synergies, or surprising depth, this one feels a bit shallow.”

  • humor

    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    95% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The humor in the game blends clever meta-jokes, absurdity, and edgy internet meme culture, offering charm and laughs particularly through character dialogue and animations. However, some find the humor outdated, cringe-worthy, or overly reliant on niche 4chan-style jokes, which can detract from the experience. Overall, it appeals mostly to those who enjoy irreverent, internet-savvy comedy.

    • “The characters are funny and the interactions are fun.”
    • “Very good incremental game, with fun stick-figure graphics and lots of humorous dialogue and text sprinkled all over the game, in every little corner.”
    • “The humor is fun and pokes fun at the gaming industry.”
    • “The gameplay of this incremental game is really good, but the humor is just not funny and really takes away from the experience.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    80% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics feature a unique, humorous art style with simple stick-figure visuals complemented by witty dialogue and flavor texts. While the design is charming and enhances the game's personality, there are some minor UI scaling issues that require manual adjustment for optimal viewing. Overall, the graphics contribute positively to the game's quirky and entertaining atmosphere.

    • “Great art style.”
    • “The art style is cool and the dialog and flavor texts are really funny.”
    • “Very good incremental game, with fun stick-figure graphics and lots of humorous dialogue and text sprinkled all over the game, in every little corner.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game lacks music and any form of audio beyond simple menu clicks, resulting in a noticeably silent and less engaging experience.

    • “Missing music; any form of audio aside from menu clicks would go a long way, in my opinion.”
    • “No sound or music, just clicking and waiting.”
    • “”

  • story

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users are intrigued and eager to see how the story develops, though some have not engaged much with the dialogue or narrative yet. The incremental gameplay received positive remarks, especially in the early stages.

    • “I can't wait to see how the story plays out from here.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is occasionally compromised by UI bugs and unintuitive interface elements, leading to a less smooth user experience.

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Play Times

280h Median play time
280h Average play time
280-280h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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LORED is a casual management game with horror and comedy themes. Common tags for LORED include indie, pixel graphics, early access, idler, cute and others.

LORED is available on PC, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 280 hours playing LORED.

LORED was released on August 29, 2025.

LORED was developed by Dillon Simpson.

LORED has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked LORED for its gameplay but disliked it for its music.

LORED is a single player game.

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