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Classic idle game with no ads

Ratings

Age

4+

Category

Casual

Languages

English

Idle Acorns is a thoughtfully designed mobile game that blends accessible mechanics with steadily increasing challenge. Players place and manipulate objects to influence in-game elements, solve levels, and progress through curated stages. The experience favors experimentation and polish, with simple controls and satisfying feedback.
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Ratings & Reviews
Satisfying!
Sat Jun 11 2022 Devisu9520

I haven’t realized how satisfying it can be actually having to play a mobile game and not feeling at a disadvantage because there’s some in app purchase that if I just used I could speed up my progress that much faster. Having no way but to progress through the game gives you such a feeling of accomplishment. Despite this being just an idle clicker it has brought me more satisfaction than most games with much more content that contain in app purchases. On one note there is one small bug I have found when using the swipe function to change menus if done so on the shake acorns button the button remains pressed regardless of player interaction. I’d assume this isn’t an intended feature. Other than that this game is great and definitely worth those 2 dollars.

Gets an important part wrong
Sat Dec 10 2022 Rhythm Robber

So this game is pretty great all around, but it gets the clicking very wrong. There's a button to click to get acorns (your main currency), and it does some very wrong things with it. It doesn't register clicks as fast as you can tap it. There's apparently a cap to how fast they want you to click and collect acorns. Dumb, but it would be acceptable IF clicking too fast didn't also cause the game to not recognize the majority of your clicks (98%... It's almost as good as not clicking at all). You will collect MORE acorns by tapping slower. This might sound like a good thing, but the problem is that there's no good indication of where the line is between "optimal collection speed" and "oops you're going too fast so we're only registering one click every few seconds". I have to go way slower than I need to just to make sure I don't cross that line. Either they need to show an "acorns per second" thing so you can tell when you're going too fast that guess from 500aps to 25aps, or preferably, they need to reprogram it so that it can register every click - even if they cap the collection speed, but having it be where clicking too fast is as good as not clicking at all is really bad. Five stars if they fix that.

A manageable addiction
Thu Jun 29 2023 AmyS911

This has become the nicotine patch of idle games for me. Some other reviews have complained about its slow burn, or that you can’t speed it up much through a bunch of manual interaction, but that has become one of the things I appreciate the most. It doesn’t cause me to get into the usual idle game cycle of getting addicted, spending way to much time on it, and eventually deleting it in a moment of sobering self reflection. It doesn’t give that massive dopamine rush like other games, but thank goodness for that. It is fun, deeper than it first appears, and completely supports checking in from time to time and then leaving without a nagging tug to go back right away.

Has potential, but very little content.
Sun Sep 22 2024 Jr ddjdjsjihbdficebfifebfjc

For a paid clicker game, I expect a lot more. I’ve played plenty of free clicker games which can be relaxing, but incredibly complex with the methods to optimize production at the same time. Of course you can do some of that here, but it’s incredibly limited. Most of the game is just artificially dragged out with long timers and high upgrade costs that require you to manually tap for hours, or just collect what is automatically gained for 4 days till you can buy something. Progress shouldn’t be too easy, but you never really feel like you’ve achieved a high production rate. On top of that, the main acorn currency becomes almost useless after a certain point, so you just wait 6-12 hours for diamond trees to grow and for fish from the simple mini-game to cook so you can sell them for diamonds. At least the art style‘s pleasant though.

Pleasant, fun, cryptic
Mon Nov 20 2023 Deldesto

I have been playing this game for a couple months now. It’s fun, relaxing, and pleasant to look at. It seems self explanatory at first. But there is a lot of hidden mess and cryptic understanding on what your suppose to do next especially as you unlock the camp ground. I don’t know what each animal does before hand and it’s hard to know how to plan crafting when I don’t fully know what I’m getting. Even with the in game guide it’s not always clear what you are suppose to do or how things work. I get it’s an idle game without a paywall and I really appreciate that, but eventually your gonna be waiting days to unlock things in the late game. All in all, it’s still enjoyable and relaxing. I definitely will continue to play . But more clarity would be nice.

Wonderful idle game!
Tue Feb 15 2022 WRS15743

I applaud this developer for doing everything right. The design and concept are really cool, the gameplay is enjoyable, perfect for when you have a little time here and there, and the fun stickers are a nice bonus. So many games are designed like dungeon/fantasy, I way prefer this fun nature design you created instead! So engaging! I also super appreciate that there are no ads, IAP or data collection, and that the file size is small. It’s also great on battery life. Thank you so much for doing this right. I wish you success and highly recommend this game to those considering it, it’s one of the best incremental-idle games out there.

Not much to it, very slow start
Fri Jul 12 2024 brainwhirlwind

I can tell you from starting this game, the gains are trash for a long time. You will basically build up to a point of about a million acorns per hour of offline gains. And that’s that, you will have a single moment to purchase a single upgrade, and that’s a wrap. You will spend less than 5 mins per hour collecting offline gains and maybe you can afford 1 upgrade and maybe this is the hour to collect the premium currency you cooked up. And on that note, there isn’t even a premium or iap store. Not sure where the dev is going with this game but they better get on it, things don’t gain slow traction in this world anymore, they live and they die. Better get with the times on this one.

I am incredibly picky but this isn’t bad
Fri May 28 2021 Morningnight12

Only 4 star right now till maybe I unlock more or it gets more content however the way it is now is pretty amazing. Usually idle games like these have optional purchases that speed the game up....yea nah nothing of the sort here it’s literally a pure idle game.....if your of the type like me who enjoys just checking up on a game in the evening after work or what have you and just tap a few things or if I’m feeling like it be a bit active. Can’t wait to see what else is in store if anything at all. Otherwise hope you whose reading this enjoys the game!

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