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Scratch Inc. is a single player casual management game with economy and science fiction themes. It was developed by Makopaz and was released on September 17, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

Build an Empire, From Scratch Scratch cards, earn points, and grow your empire in this idle/incremental game. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, prestige across industries, and climb the leaderboards. Endless Upgrades – Boost your point gain, match multipliers, grid size, and so much more. Prestige for Progress – Reset to climb faster across deep progression layers. Achievements with R…

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91%Audience ScoreBased on 1,335 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
grinding14 negative mentions

  • Addictive and fun incremental game with multiple layers of prestige and automation upgrades that keep players engaged.
  • Good progression speed and balance, allowing for steady progress and rewarding gameplay especially after unlocking automation features.
  • Free to play with no mandatory microtransactions, including easy-to-obtain achievements and optional donations appreciated by the community.
  • Repetitive gameplay loop with little variation in mechanics across prestige layers, leading to boredom after extended play.
  • Progression can feel slow or punishing at times, with frequent full resets that remove much of the progress and automation, requiring extensive manual play.
  • User interface issues such as poor window scaling on some displays, missing or off-screen UI elements, and lack of options to adjust screen size or resolution.
  • gameplay

    44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    11% positive mentions, 82% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The gameplay is characterized by a repetitive loop with minimal evolution or new mechanics, making prestige resets feel punishing and progress slow. While some players find the layered prestige system and swiping mechanic engaging initially, many criticize the lack of depth, manual grind, and limited offline progress, leading to a tedious experience over time. Overall, it suits those who enjoy simple incremental gameplay but may disappoint players seeking more advanced or varied mechanics.

    • “Unlike a lot of other idlers, it has several prestige mechanics that keep it feeling fresh.”
    • “They have a particular (to me, satisfying) game design, good use of assets, and a comfortably simple gameplay loop.”
    • “Gameplay can be really fast if you optimize your setup before going offline to maximize progress.”
    • “The biggest problem is the everlasting gameplay loop with no real new mechanics or progress.”
    • “The prestige system is dull and does not introduce new mechanics to the overall gameplay loop, so the game gets boring and repetitive fast.”
    • “The gameplay loop itself punishes you if you click off screen and go idle, and to be frank, it is not nearly interesting enough to demand 100% attention at all times.”
  • grinding

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

    The game features heavy grinding with repetitive and tedious gameplay that often requires extensive time investment and frequent resets, which can feel unrewarding and slow-paced. While some prestige layers speed up progress slightly, the repetitive nature and minimal decision-making may lead to player fatigue. Many find the grind overwhelming, especially at higher stages, though the incremental improvements can provide occasional motivation to continue.

    • “85 hours of grinding for the game to reset.”
    • “Pretty much losing all progress whenever you want to reset for a higher tier feels needlessly grindy, especially because there is no feeling of having actually received an upgrade until you have done it 3 times for what feels like a 10% boost.”
    • “Feel like I am missing something with the praise, but it quickly got tedious, as you have to do the same thing over and over again, without any decision making.”
  • monetization

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game features expensive gold microtransactions that many feel are unjustified, though in-app purchases are optional and not mandatory for progress. Positively, the game is free, ad-free, and purchasing is a way to support the developer. However, some users have reported issues with in-app purchases not working.

    • “The in-app purchases are very optional, and that is a huge plus.”
    • “I've tried a fair few idle games by now, from individual devs and studios alike, using various monetization strategies.”
    • “Terrible gold microtransactions; the game isn't good enough to justify those prices.”
    • “But it's also designed with expensive microtransactions in mind.”
    • “In-app purchases don’t work ;-;”
  • humor

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

    The humor in the game is well-received, with players finding the achievements and gameplay amusing and entertaining. Many appreciate the lighthearted, funny nature of the idle game, adding to its overall enjoyment.

    • “It's hilarious to be able to get achievements in-game, and for a free game this is actually really good.”
    • “I discovered that another game I played a long time ago with the same prestige system was made by this developer—hilarious mistake on my part.”
    • “Funny idle game.”
  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game lacks music entirely, which some users found disappointing, as they missed a relaxing audio backdrop that could enhance the experience.

    • “I relaxed for 5 minutes to this music long enough to realize that I was going to be okay.”
    • “No music though, but anyway.”
    • “Sadly, there's no music.”
  • stability

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

    The game is reported to have significant stability issues, causing periodic spikes that lead to system freezes and crashes, especially when running other applications simultaneously.

    • “Because of the periodic spikes it creates on my PC, much like data/crypto miners do, it freezes and crashes my system if I play something else as well.”
    • “Buggy-ass ♥♥♥♥”
  • story

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

    The story emphasizes perseverance and unpredictability in life, resonating with players on a motivational level. While some acknowledge the effort behind the game's development, comparisons highlight that the narrative pace feels slow and less engaging compared to similar titles.

    • “Moral of the story, you never know what life holds in store for you, and if I had given up when all the odds were stacked against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
    • “I know that game had a team working on it and this seems to be a solo dev project, but this story was less a glowing review of how much better Adventure Capitalist was and more a condemnation of how extraordinarily slow Scratch Inc is.”
  • optimization

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

    Optimization appears inconsistent, with some users experiencing unusual performance issues and FPS drops, though these problems are not widely reported. Overall, performance may vary depending on individual setups.

    • “I have some weird performance issues and FPS drops while playing, but I haven't seen any other reviews like that so your mileage may vary.”
  • graphics

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

    Users praise the graphics for being polished and visually impressive, enhancing the overall gameplay experience.

    • “Very polished experience in gameplay and visuals.”
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Play Times

12h Median play time
12h Average play time
12-12h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Scratch Inc. is a casual management game with economy and science fiction themes. Common tags for Scratch Inc. include free to play, 2d, linear, automation, text-based and others.

Scratch Inc. is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

On average players spend around 12 hours playing Scratch Inc..

Scratch Inc. was released on September 17, 2025.

Scratch Inc. was developed by Makopaz.

Scratch Inc. has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Scratch Inc. for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Scratch Inc. is a single player game.

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