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Scratchers

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58%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
58% User Score Based on 474 reviews

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About Scratchers

Scratchers is a single player casual management game with comedy and economy themes. It was developed by muffler and was released on June 16, 2025. It received neutral reviews from players.

Scratchers is an incremental game where you scratch cards to earn cash, unlock upgrades, and hire little scratchers to do the scratching for you. Discover rare cards, and optimize your earnings as you climb to scratcher supremacy!

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58%Audience ScoreBased on 474 reviews
gameplay14 positive mentions
stability33 negative mentions
  • Simple and fun incremental game with a charming pixel art style and relaxing lofi soundtrack.
  • Short gameplay duration (~1.5-3 hours) makes it a good quick time killer with satisfying scratching and upgrade mechanics.
  • Unique concept of lottery scratch tickets combined with idle and incremental elements, well-suited for casual players wanting a light distraction.
  • Gameplay is repetitive with little variety; many scratch cards are identical mechanically and progression is unbalanced, causing early and late game issues.
  • The game suffers from numerous bugs including crashing, save data loss, visual glitches (e.g. scratchers stacking in corners), and broken or ineffective upgrades.
  • Lack of quality-of-life features such as bulk buying, auto-save, consistent UI behavior, and endgame content makes the experience tedious and unfinished.

  • gameplay

    84 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 76% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The gameplay starts with an engaging scratch card mechanic and a satisfying progression loop but quickly becomes repetitive, unbalanced, and bug-ridden as players advance. Prestige and idle systems feel poorly integrated or broken, leading to limited meaningful progression and diminishing enjoyment. While the core concept is unique and has potential, the overall gameplay experience is short, shallow, and marred by frustrating design and performance issues.

    • “Scratchers starts off strong with engaging gameplay and solid mechanics, but as you progress, things start to feel a bit repetitive.”
    • “Blending incremental gameplay with the theme of scratch-off lottery tickets is a unique twist that sets it apart from typical idle games.”
    • “The gameplay loop is super satisfying — scratch, win some cash, upgrade a bit, and keep going.”
    • “There is no gameplay, basically no progression, and zero enjoyment.”
    • “Very repetitive gameplay, with little to none new mechanics added from prestige.”
    • “The progression is off on every level, there's a "booster pack" mechanic that's completely useless, and it just isn't enjoyable in the slightest.”

  • stability

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

    The game suffers from numerous bugs including visual glitches, UI freezing, progression inconsistencies, and frustrating glitches with upgrades that impact gameplay balance and stability. Frequent crashes, lag, and unskippable animations further detract from the experience, making it feel unfinished and unstable. Overall, the buggy nature significantly hampers enjoyment and progression.

    • “This game is so buggy now and honestly after trying it on multiple runs it's better if you don't waste your money on this game until it is fixed.”
    • “If you buy the 'clown' upgrade, it glitches buying the idle scratchers and stacks a load of them in the top left corner, whilst not actually adding them to your total.”
    • “Garbage game, very buggy. I closed the game and opened it again and there is no continue button and it forces you to start a new game every time you close it.”

  • grinding

    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 9% neutral mentions, 91% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is generally described as tedious and repetitive, especially early on due to manual scratching and slow progression, but it improves once upgrades and auto-scratch features are unlocked. While some find the grind manageable and even enjoyable for a short playtime, others feel it becomes unbalanced and overly monotonous toward the end. Overall, the grinding element may appeal more to active idle game players who enjoy hands-on gameplay rather than those who prefer passive progression.

    • “My second criticism is that manual scratching is pretty tedious because you have to keep going back to the card shop, buy another, scratch it, wait for the card to go away, go back to the shop, etc. It drags down the game a little bit (especially at the start).”
    • “I am over the three hour mark because I decided to attempt to idle the game instead of trying to muddle through endless booster packs, and even then I resorted to grinding out dozens of the ore miner boosters in order to get to the end of the game.”
    • “If you're the kind of idle game player who sits there and actively plays their idle games then this game ought to have a good couple of hours of gameplay and entertainment for you; however the end of this game is annoyingly grindy due to the scratchers being, well, literally scratchers.”

  • graphics

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

    The game features unique and charming pixel art with a simple, distinct 64-bit style that many players appreciate for its originality and appeal. While the graphics contribute positively to the overall experience, some users note issues like visual inconsistencies, glitches, and mismatched elements during gameplay and upgrades. Overall, the artwork is seen as a strong point, though there is room for refinement in visual feedback and polish.

    • “All unique and original artwork, which for many small games isn't the case.”
    • “The 64 bit artstyle is very unique in the way the dev uses it.”
    • “The graphics made me buy the game and that was the reason I would not refund it.”
    • ““Permanent” upgrades lose their effect when ascending, and the on-screen graphics don’t reflect the current level.”
    • “Buying the clown upgrade doubles the required space for full automation, but the code doesn’t account for this, causing crashes, frame drops, and graphical glitches.”
    • “The prestige upgrades are vaguely and incorrectly worded, with mismatched graphics.”

  • optimization

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 47% negative mentions

    The game suffers from serious optimization issues, causing lag, stuttering, and poor performance that worsen as progress is made or more elements are added. Users find the unoptimized UI and gameplay frustrating, with frequent slowdowns and inefficient mechanics impacting overall enjoyment.

    • “The main downside I had with this game was less than ideal optimization, which led to pretty severe lagging for the idle income portion of the game.”
    • “Unoptimized UI means you're required to make multiple clicks in separate menus or pop-ups to make progress.”
    • “It almost feels like the unoptimized gameplay was somewhat intentional, as the further you progress, the lag also increases which slows down everything else.”
    • “While I like the idea and I got what I paid for, it's horribly optimized.”
    • “Optimization is terrible too the more people you hire.”

  • music

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    57% positive mentions, 43% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music in the game is consistently praised for being chill, relaxing, and immersive, with a lo-fi soundtrack by Vicate that enhances the overall calming and enjoyable atmosphere. Many players find it a standout feature that complements the gameplay well.

    • “What really sets it apart is the lofi soundtrack—super chill and perfect for relaxing while playing.”
    • “The music in this game is by Vicate (see them on Spotify and Apple Music!) and it's so good.”
    • “As someone with autism who can't get their brain to shut up, this game was a delightful joy; it had the right amount of catchy music addictiveness and satisfying elements to make me just stop thinking, which is rare.”

  • story

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The story is widely regarded as weak or nearly nonexistent, lacking depth and engaging elements. Players find it uninteresting, unfinished, and insufficient to drive excitement or meaningful progression in the game.

    • “Interesting story, as far as you can call it a story.”
    • “That, along with the promise of prestiging to unlock bigger and better permanent upgrades that would help me on my quest to buy the biggest scratcher ever, were more than enough to propel me along initially.”
    • “A third-person stealth mission where you sneak up on scratch off tickets and interrogate them about your missing family?”
    • “Unfinished, boring game with a weak goal and storyline.”
    • “It's really a lackluster idler, small and not enough story or framework to make it an exciting exploration.”
    • “No story.”

  • replayability

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

    The game offers limited replayability, with few incentives to revisit it after completion. While it provides some enjoyment and supports indie developers, most users find little reason to replay beyond the initial experience.

    • “Clearly an early dev project and it is cheap with some replay value to it, won't catch me moaning with 10 easy achievements.”
    • “Little to no replayability.”
    • “I didn't see any obvious features for replayability (I could start a new game, but why?).”

  • atmosphere

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

    The atmosphere is generally adequate but lacks excitement, resulting in a somewhat dull and uninspired experience.

  • humor

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

    Users find the humor enjoyable and lighthearted, contributing to a fun and relaxing experience. Despite minor typos, the comedic elements enhance overall enjoyment and make the game highly recommended.

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Play Times

2h Median play time
2h Average play time
2-2h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 7 analyzed playthroughs
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Scratchers is a casual management game with comedy and economy themes. Common tags for Scratchers include 2d, pixel graphics, relaxing, capitalism, gambling and others.

Scratchers is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 2 hours playing Scratchers.

Scratchers was released on June 16, 2025.

Scratchers was developed by muffler.

Scratchers has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Scratchers for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Scratchers is a single player game.

Similar games include Incredicer, Scritchy Scratchy, Keep on Mining!, To The Core, Fortune Mill and others.