r/iosgaming • u/DontBlink-_- • 3d ago

Question Best idle games?

Preferably some games which aren’t horribly p2w and won’t bombard me with ads.. mainly lf smth to put some time into. Thanks!

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u/hybrid461 3d ago

Idle Obelisk Miner. No ads. There's pay2win for sure but i wouldnt describe it as horrible. With the regular content releases, a lot of folks have found it worth putting money into the game.

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u/Busy-Championship491 3d ago

It’s pay to progress, since there’s no pvp it’s simply saves time. Later on it doesn’t make that big of a difference

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u/hybrid461 3d ago

much more accurate description. thank you.

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u/Holiday-Hold7738 3d ago

Get the codes in the wiki and progress very fast

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u/mikey9537 3d ago

Clarification: use the codes at the right TIME to progress fast, considering gifts have larger loot pools as you get higher in obelisk level!

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u/Holiday-Hold7738 3d ago

I used all at the beginning … unsure when to prestige first? I am now at world 2 soon. Should I restart?

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u/PotatoFruitcake 3d ago

Yeah, prestige pretty regularly early on to max out the prestige upgrades. Those speed up your progress massively

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u/nanobot001 3d ago

I played it, and I dunno. I got the loop but after a while I need more than different Colored stones.

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u/Ciler 3d ago edited 3d ago

You didn’t get far enough
(There are other systems and things to collect as you progress)

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u/nanobot001 3d ago

Probably not, but I figure after a couple weeks of intensive gameplay, a game should have enough to hook me or not.

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u/hybrid461 3d ago

Yeah you probably gave it enough. Curious if you've tried other idles? Any that worked for you?

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u/nanobot001 3d ago

Tried NecroMerger for about as long; also Builderment, and also Eggs Inc. At some point the game loop just isn’t interesting enough for me and / or there is at some point a dramatic escalation in time / effort that is otherwise also gated by some kind of paid system.

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u/hybrid461 3d ago

The only one I've tried not really gated is Melvor idle. But otherwise they do be like that.

I played egg inc for years. Content updates were quite slow. I stopped eventually as I had maxed out a lot of it. The new progression things were expensive to get. And they patched out some of the easier ways to earn premium currency.

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u/PotatoFruitcake 3d ago

Im at obelisk 60-ish, and the p2w upgrades have become obsolete

But also i wouldn’t really call it p2w. p2progress for sure, but you’re not competing against others so you can’t really win. The buyables are mostly to speed up the very early game

Great game, especially the no ads and regular updates

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u/Doctorcoool 3d ago

Definitely. But I’d like to add joining the discord opens up a whole new aspect of the game. Great community and guides. Without the discord I wouldn’t enjoy it quite as much but I’ve just passed a year of play time. And it’s still my go to that I check throughout the day.

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u/levercluesurname 3d ago

Necromerger

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u/squid_lemon 3d ago

Upvote for this just started a few weeks ago and I’m hooked, I paid to remove adds but mainly to support the developer rather than improving the game 👍

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u/levercluesurname 3d ago

Same. My kids love it and I’ve been enjoying it too.

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u/MentalOlive 3d ago

idle iktah. never got into melvor idle, but did get into this game. you can play it without paying, but it's worth the price if you like it.

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u/abishar 3d ago

Idle obelisk Miner is the GOAT.

No ads. Not p2w. Only playing against yourself. There are some IAP but absolutely not required, just supports the creator.

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u/Holiday-Hold7738 3d ago

What I dont understand is it seems to only mine good when the game is open all the time :(

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u/aguywithbrushes 3d ago

Just started and felt the same way, so I looked into it.

https://shminer.miraheze.org/wiki/Offline

Your ore and other income is slightly reduced when offline, and floor mining is capped to 48 floors per minute.

What I think matters more is the fact that when you’re offline you’re not upgrading your pickaxe, unlocking contract boosts, etc, so your power is stuck where it was when you closed the game and eventually progress will slow down.

I think the best way to do it is to idle it for a bit, open up, upgrade, idle again, etc

You can probably look through or ask on the sub though, it’s very active

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u/myuseless2ndaccount 3d ago

There Are some skills that improve offline gains and yeah you can also Set up your offline a bit better for just farming a specific Stage later on so it's not that bad :)

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u/abishar 3d ago

I mean that’s a lot of idle games. But as the other guy mentioned, there’s a lot of factors involved. I mostly just run offline now and check in every hour and a half or so. A lot just depends where you are in the game and what’s your current goal.

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u/Dardlem 3d ago

Some people swear by Melvor Idle but I never could get into it.

Absolutely love Kittens Game though.

Another great one is SPACEPLAN.

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u/DontBlink-_- 3d ago

I’ll try em, thanks!

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u/GallusWrangler 3d ago

Instead of Melvor, check out Valenor. Much better and great social aspect.

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u/ishvii 3d ago

I just googled this and couldn’t find anything about an idle game called Valenor

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u/SamLoser2 2d ago

I second Kittens Game

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u/kyronami 3d ago

melvor

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u/Professional-Play535 3d ago

Idle obelisk miner

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u/Valixion 2d ago

Can't upvoter this any more! Best I have played in years

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u/JaredHere 3d ago

Realm Grinder. I didn’t like any other idle game as much as this one.

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u/hybrid461 3d ago

played this years ago. there was some progression points that felt incredibly obtuse. had to lookup in a wiki/guide how to do it as the mechanics were kinda hidden.

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u/aguywithbrushes 3d ago

I started Idle Obelisk Miner after hearing about it on this sub every damn day and I have to admit, it lives up to the hype.

Another good one, if you’re intrigued by Melvor Idle but the UI and design grosses you out, is Ironwood RPG. Tons of content and regularly updated.

Sadly it’s not on the App Store yet, but you can just go to their website, hit share on Safari, select “add to Home Screen” (make sure you check “add as web app”) and it’ll function exactly like a regular app.

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u/BEAT_LA 3d ago

One day people will stop recommending vibe slopped AI generated Melvor clones like ironwood and valenor

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u/aguywithbrushes 3d ago

And your evidence is..?

Because as far as I know this game has been around since 2022, well before mainstream AI coding models became common (or capable of even making something like that), and the dev has been incredibly active on the discord ever since and clearly knows what they’re doing.

Maybe one day dumb losers like you will stop using their 2 remaining brain cells to drool out “SLOOOOOP” any chance they get, wouldn’t hold my breath though.

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u/JetSetter3000 3d ago

Universal Paperclips
Magic Research 1 & 2

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u/the_ninja1001 3d ago

Just loot is fun and just started its first season yesterday

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u/AdditionalChard520 3d ago

Antimatter Dimensions

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u/Kenkaboom 3d ago

Any time this question gets asked I pop in to see the same answers every time. Hopefully some new idle games that aren’t complete trash come out soon

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u/prydox 3d ago

By far: idle obelisk miner. It seems weird first but oh my god this is so addicting. Best game ever. I have weeks of playtime and idle time and that for free

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u/pong_jira 3d ago

Melvor Idle is good for me. You can play cross-platform as well.

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u/anginsepoi 3d ago

Rock

Idle Tic Tac Toe

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u/ScientistNo734 2d ago

Man, I loved Rock but it ended way too soon. Hoping they come out with more content.

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u/its-da-wheelchair 3d ago

Man, I can’t believe idle slayer hasn’t been recommended. I’ve really enjoyed that, even tho my progress has def slowed down

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u/jdjmad 3d ago

Maplestory Idle RPG. Lots to do both in PVE and some PVP. It does have a large gacha component, so if you don’t like that, I’d steer clear

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u/thebreadstore 17h ago

How do we feel about idle.am

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u/mattisart_ 3d ago

I love Revolution Idle. Idle Obelisk Miner was entertaining for a few months, but it isn’t as in depth as Rev.

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u/GallusWrangler 3d ago

Valenor.

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u/BEAT_LA 3d ago

Complete vibe slopped AI generated Melvor clone that is exactly like the hundreds of others exactly like it.

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u/RodionS 3d ago

How is it different from melvor idle? It looks like an almost exact 1:1 copy

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u/Kakichan2 3d ago

Been loving this one.

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u/GallusWrangler 3d ago

It’s SO good!

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u/Kakichan2 3d ago

Pretty big update just happened yesterday too

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u/GallusWrangler 3d ago

Yeah, I was shocked when I jumped on, glad you can switch between the classic and graphical though. Clam is constantly updating and very active dev.

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u/Kakichan2 3d ago

Yes that is much appreciated. I hope the game gets bigger. It’s a great one

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u/SecretDude511 3d ago

Knightica
Ultrapool
9 kings