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Scratch Inc.

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91%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
91% User Score Based on 1,181 reviews

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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 1,181 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
grinding12 negative mentions
  • Addictive and fun incremental idle gameplay with multiple prestige layers keeps players engaged.
  • Smooth progression and good pacing, especially after unlocking automation features.
  • Free to play without forced microtransactions, with a well-polished and visually appealing interface.
  • Repetitive and grind-heavy gameplay loop with frequent full resets diminishes long-term engagement.
  • Requires significant active participation; not truly idle as constant player input is often needed.
  • Technical issues including save problems, UI scaling issues on some displays, and occasional performance drops.

  • gameplay

    40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    13% positive mentions, 79% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally simple and repetitive, relying heavily on grinding and frequent resets with little meaningful progression or new mechanics introduced through prestiges. While some appreciate the layers of prestige systems and polished presentation, many find the gameplay lacks depth, becomes tedious quickly, and demands more active play than typical idle games. It may appeal to fans who enjoy straightforward incremental loops but falls short for those seeking advanced or evolving gameplay.

    • “Gameplay can be really fast if you optimize your setup before going offline to maximize progress.”
    • “Unlike a lot of other idlers, it has several prestige mechanics that keep it feeling fresh.”
    • “They have a particular, satisfying game design, good use of assets, and a comfortably simple gameplay loop.”
    • “The content isn't really deep enough to justify the amount of time investment you would need to beat it. It's more of a time sink for the sake of being a time sink. Compared to other idlers I've played, this one feels like half of a game, which really makes the prestige mechanic feel all the more punishing (i.e., there's nothing to do to kill time in-game while you wait to build back up).”
    • “The mechanics are solid enough and the design is okay, but this requires being played in the background all the time as offline progress is almost nowhere and because of the mechanics you have to keep resetting every few minutes, which is real drudgery.”
    • “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

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

    The grinding in the game is widely seen as tedious and repetitive, often requiring players to perform the same tasks repeatedly with little decision-making. Progress resets feel slow and unrewarding, leading to frustration despite incremental improvements. While some find it addictive initially, the grind-heavy gameplay can quickly become a turn-off.

    • “You will get hooked and then consider spending more money to speed up the purposely slow and grindy gameplay.”
    • “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

    Monetization in the game is a mixed experience: while some criticize the expensive gold microtransactions as unjustified, others appreciate that in-app purchases are optional and the game lacks ads. Additionally, some users have reported issues with in-app purchases not working properly.

    • “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

    Users find the game's humor enjoyable and entertaining, appreciating the funny elements like achievements and gameplay systems. The humor adds charm, making the free game feel engaging and amusing.

    • “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 long ago with the same prestige system was made by this developer - a hilarious mistake on my part.”
    • “Funny idle game.”

  • music

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

    The music is highly praised for its calming and reassuring effect, helping players feel relaxed and comforted during gameplay.

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

  • stability

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

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, causing periodic system spikes that can freeze and crash the PC, 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 crap”

  • story

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

    The story conveys a theme of perseverance and unpredictability in life, highlighting personal growth against the odds. However, some users felt it was overshadowed by criticism of the game's slow pacing compared to similar titles.

    • “Moral of the story, you never know what life holds in store for you, and if I would have 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, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Optimization appears inconsistent, with some users experiencing occasional performance issues and FPS drops, though these problems are not widely reported.

  • graphics

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

    The graphics are highly polished, contributing to an immersive and visually impressive gameplay experience.

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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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