Melvor Idle is doing a sequel, published by Jagex, inspired by Runescape, it’ll likely be another non-f2p title like the original. You can take most of the skills up to 60, progress carries over, it’s got nice QOL like non-combat equipment sets so you’re not sitting there swapping out a loadout whenever you do combat like the original does. If you like the original, the new ones will be right up your alley.
Melvor Idle 2 is set to release Nov 17th.
Quiet Bloom is about rejuvenating an oasis from a dry windy desert into a lush, vibrant area. It’s cute, it’s cozy, its a whole vibe. It has you managing the elements to bring life into it’s pixelated world. It features all the standard skill tree and prestige mechanics of the genre.
There isn’t a release date for Quiet Bloom yet, but it promises a single purchase on it’s Steam page.
Fantasy Idle RPG is an interesting one, most of your progression is via a card mechanic for quests. They’re how the story progresses, with different quests lines gated by the prior card. They also give rewards, upgrading your passive gold or experience. If you need to speed things up, there is the option to “grind” which has you clicking a button for rewards. It’s heavy on the humor, with a lot of jokes poking fun at plenty of nerd media like Skyrim and LotR.
Fantasy Idle RPG is already out for 3.99 USD with a launch discount till November 3rd.
I Like Trains is a beautiful but simple transit system incremental idler. You’ve got a bit of a story to it and how the prestige works, its got decisions to make about additions to different lines and specialized train lines. I honestly loved this as one of my favourite games of Next Fest. It’s just visually appealing, it has enough going on, but doesn’t really require a ton of your active time which is an idler pet peeve of mine.
I Like Trains has a 2027 Q1 launch window.
So I could have put Lumberboy in this section, but already wrote that up where I was writing about logging already that night. There are a few games I played that I’m not sure are making the cut for a review.