# Recommend a new Idle game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 20, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742 "2018-04-20T00:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/1 "2018-04-20T00:48:40Z")
I enjoyed the strategy calculations for Trimps. Cookie clicker was OK for a minute, but it got boring fast,and the new minigames just don’t do much for me. Are there any out there that you’ve really enjoyed? I don’t want to have to look at it 30 times day, but I would like something that does require actual strategic thinking. I don’t mind paying a nominal fee to download, but pay to advance type games are right out. I think I might like a farming game if there’s one that’s sufficiently advanced. Oh, and PC, not phone. Thanks for any recommendations you might have! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/2 "2018-04-20T03:46:59Z")
[a dark room](http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/) [kittens](http://bloodrizer.ru/games/kittens/) [Swarm Simulator](https://swarmsim.github.io/#/) [CivClicker](http://civclicker.sourceforge.net/civclicker/civclicker.html) ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/3 "2018-04-20T05:06:32Z")
[Universal Paperclips](http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/4 "2018-04-20T14:19:19Z")
[Talibri](http://www.talibri.com) is a largely text-based MMO browser-based game where you can fight monsters, gather materials, craft gear and supplies, or all of those things. It is very actively being developed, so new features (guilds, housing) are coming. Absolutely, positively 100% free. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/5 "2018-04-20T17:45:42Z")
Another vote for [Kittens Game](http://bloodrizer.ru/games/kittens/#) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/6 "2018-04-20T23:57:33Z")
IIRC, A Dark Room was more of an exploration game that had a few idle elements, and CivClicker you couldn’t let run overnight, or you’d be overrun by barbarians. I haven’t tried the others. And the newest minigame in Cookie Clicker, gardens, busts the game wide open. I won’t give any more details just yet, because I want to exploit it to the max before it’s patched (hey, it’s not cheating!). Suffice to say that there’s a new strategy that blows away _everything_ that’s come before. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/7 "2018-04-21T00:07:45Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > [Talibri](http://www.talibri.com) is a largely text-based MMO browser-based game… That link gives a potential malware warning in every browser I open it in. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/8 "2018-04-21T03:31:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > IIRC, A Dark Room was more of an exploration game that had a few idle elements, and CivClicker you couldn’t let run overnight, or you’d be overrun by barbarians. I haven’t tried the others. > > And the newest minigame in Cookie Clicker, gardens, busts the game wide open. I won’t give any more details just yet, because I want to exploit it to the max before it’s patched (hey, it’s not cheating!). Suffice to say that there’s a new strategy that blows away _everything_ that’s come before. I loved A Dark Room, but played it out a long time ago. Curse you for telling me about the cookie clicker update! I was free! Free as the wiiiinnnnnd! :smack: Oh, well, OK. I did say I wanted a farming game. 😃 Thanks to everybody for the suggestions! I will definitely give kittens a try. And while I was looking I found [Space Company](https://sparticle999.github.io/SpaceCompany/) which seems good, though I only gave it a couple of hours last night. It doesn’tquite reach the level of strategy, but there is quite a bit of balancing to keep track of. And there are quite a few levels apparently. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/9 "2018-04-21T07:37:29Z")
I liked Space Company – interesting prestige system. It appears to be discontinued though (dev keeps saying “in a month or two” he’ll add content). ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/10 "2018-04-21T18:46:33Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > That link gives a potential malware warning in every browser I open it in. That’s odd. I’ve gone to that site at work (shush!) to check in every so often (besides running at home), and we’re on a very, very locked-down corporate network in a Fortune 200 company. It has a very active community and the dev communicates daily with the players on Discord. I’m not disputing you got a malware warning, just…puzzled. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/11 "2018-04-26T14:41:40Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > That’s odd. I’ve gone to that site at work (shush!) to check in every so often (besides running at home), and we’re on a very, very locked-down corporate network in a Fortune 200 company. It has a very active community and the dev communicates daily with the players on Discord. > > I’m not disputing you got a malware warning, just…puzzled. I get that the website is improperly configured, and the certificate belongs to [talibri.com](http://talibri.com). Your link goes to [www.talibri.com](http://www.talibri.com). Leave off the www and you don’t get the warning. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-new-idle-game/812742/13 "2018-04-27T04:09:49Z")
reported spam - kihage