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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 101.7 hrs on record (3.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: 5 Apr, 2017 @ 2:15pm
Updated: 6 Apr, 2017 @ 8:03pm

Idle Evolution is a polished idle game that centers around the periodic table of the elements. It's good. It's cheep. Buy it.

It is culturally a clicker but isn't quite one because there isn't really an option to speed up gameplay by wearing out your mouse. You can speed (at least) one thing up by hovering over it, but clicking does nothing.

The gameplay is rich with complexity that is slowly introduced and built upon as you play the game. This complexity is heavily based on Chemistry. You don't need a strong background in Chemestry to enjoy this game; however, you may have to reference things ingame or just a couple of different configurations to something to work. For example, you might need to place something over all the elements that make up Phosphoric Acid. This means you need to place a thingie over Hydrogen, Phosphorus, and Oxygen.

I haven't experienced any bugs, glitches, or just obvious poor design. On the contrary, everything feels about right and there are lots of obscure things included. For example, hitting M on your keyboard while ingame will display information about the currently playing background music. This is not at all necessary for a game but is a mark of well thought out games.
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