Gaiadon: Eternal Quest

Hit a wall After 5 days or so. Wall is 3 weeks long. new content after that, but the most interactive game play portion of the game is over. Just afk and let the game run itself. Since its in early access, I hope the dev keeps working on it and fills the game out and adds more content. Would not recommend for now, has potential maybe in a couple of years.

Can't believe i found this hidden gem. Wasn't expecting much from the screenshot/trailer, but this game actually contains a lot more depth, the trailer really doesn't do it justice in selling the game, perhaps the dev is waiting for a more definitive 1.0 release patch to update the trailer or they don't want to spoil things? not sure. Anyways, Gaiadon is still being updated with many new major systems and content. Some of the discord members have already been actively playing for years since release, which is always a good sign. NGU idle was my favourite idler game and I haven't been able to find anything remotely close (I've tested a lot of idler demos, even those on other platforms like itch, not steam). Although i'm only just 1 week in, Gaiadon is already a major contender to dethrone NGU idle as my new or second favourite. Those who enjoyed NGU would surely feel right at home. I've not even reached mid-game yet, but I have already seen some of the newer endgame systems from discord or veteran players and I am very very much looking forward to it. The gameplay loop is extremely satisfying for me, and doesn't include clicker genre for me, which is a huge plus for me. The early game does have much more active management to min-max since the pace is decently fast, but by the 1st week, a lot of systems get automated (like boss sweep, auto ascension etc) or builds become more unchanging. The game loop becomes wake up>progress a few systems>idle towards the next big goal. It's a nice idler I can play while working. To be very fair, I do always play idlers in a different speed than publicly intended (iykyk), though the dev did mention in one of the discussion threads that it's fine, play how you wish. But I bring it up as I have seen some criticism that past midgame, it can take weeks for the next meaningful spike in power. But then again, I do also feel that most idler-genre players already know about playing in a different speed? even if they don't use it themselves. "Some people prefer slower/delayed gratification idlers, some prefer a faster customized experience" type of situation. Anyways, it's just a few bucks, definitely one of the most worthwhile purchases I made in steam.

there is simply no gameplay here. there are no interesting builds and every system the game currently has is shallow and uninteresting. additionally you'll eventually hit a wall where any meaningful progression starts taking days. quite unfortunate as the only satisfying part of this game is watching all the systems come together to boost your power to absurd degrees. but pretty much any idler can give you that experience. I don't regret buying this game since it was only 5 dollars. but I can't recommend it. there are much better idlers with more meaningful and interesting progression out there.

This game has some of the worst balancing and progression I've seen from an idle game yet. There is no constant feeling of progression, you always have too much of most resources while critically lacking another and progressing at a snail's pace. You mostly just wait a loooooong time for ascensions, and when you unlock incursions the last shred of hope you had for sensible progression goes out the window (why am I suddenly getting 1e300 times as much gold? Hello?) This game has a lot of different things and systems, and none of them actually care for the balancing of the other. So you get stuck and then try to engage another thing this game has to offer and it's either completely useless or completely overpowered. Rinse and repeat. This game *could* be good, if the systems actually tied together and didn't somehow invalidate each other. If there was a constant sense of steady progression, instead of either being stuck or taking massive leaps out of nowhere. The art is good, and the game has a whole bunch of mechanics that could work really well. At the moment they just don't.

Number goes up sim. Outside of the first few hundred hours there isnt much 'interactive gameplay' but if you enjoy a farm longterm kinda gameplay it scratches that itch. Theres no 'full' resets that bring you back to the start its just a steady progressions, with all game systems trying and working together, which is rare for an idle game You also get updates every month which is always adding in new stuff to grind for

Great game, especially when running in the background while working or doing an important project.

Dev is still actively revising and expanding this game. Lots of problems mentioned from old reviews no longer exist. The progression feels great. Must play.