I've played this game on the web version for a long time, and have a lot of time in it. It's a great game, and does a wonderful job of giving the experience of HFY as you snowball. Every time you think "This is it," the game gives you something else. If you watch Isaac Arthur, or love sci-fi, this is a great game to live out some of the most insane fantasies (science?) they cook up.

As far as incrementals go, it has several layers to it but only one real prestige, which is when you travel to another planet. It works all of this up slowly, so you never feel overwhelmed, and the discord is full of people more than happy to help out if you end up stuck. It has a light narrative that you can follow, but it doesn't get in your way.

It's become probably my favorite incremental ever, and I've played a lot of incrementals. The physics simulation is pretty good, too, if that's something that interests you. For 5$ this game is an absolute steal.

It is also, I would say, a fairly active incremental for the supermajority of the game. You unlock various automation features as you go along, but as you play the games moves faster and not slower, with the only exception being that idling can be used to progress megaprojects and the like, like building out more dyson swarms, megaconstruction yards, nuclear alchemy arrays, lifters (for stars and planets!) and a lot more. But know it can be very active going in, because that might not be your thing.

Give it a shot? It's 5 bucks, and you've got two hours to make up your mind. These days that's not even the price of a coffee, almost the same as *singular* gallon of gas.

I've been playing this for a few months now, and it's great. It's grown and changed so much even since I started, and there's something enticing about the way it presents the climate model and ebb-and-flow of resources that feels truly tangible. There's a nice planet surface visualizer that gives you a window to your handiwork, and it's satisfying to turn a blasted hellscape into a room-temperature paradise of gently-lapping beaches and planet-scale cities. It asks a bit more of you than the usual "idle" game, which I find gives me the perfect amount of engagement without being overbearing. You unlock full automation much later, by which time your production has scaled to allow some truly absurd feats and megastructures. I'm excited to see where it goes next.

Played the itch version for months.

Hands down the best long-form incremental that has dropped this year.

Does it utilize AI in its code? Yup.

Is it slop? Nope.