Realm Grinder is, by far, the best idle game I've played -- both due to its relatively frequent updates and the depth of its content. The mechanics progressively unlocked through the Reincarnation prestige system keep the game engaging, having more complexity than AdCap's repetitive "buy more multipliers to progress" without going overboard into the "constantly micromanage this or it's useless" feeling of Cookie Clicker's garden. Another plus is that the game's seasonal events can usually be fully completed with a short burst of activity a few times a day, rather than the hours-long always-active play required by several other idles.

Perhaps the game's biggest flaw, at present, is that while offline and/or mostly-idle play is touted as a feature (half your starting factions and Undead in particular are designed to lean that direction), only after completing several dozen Reincarnations will you be able to make any kind of meaningful progress without active play -- and that often leans toward earning time-gated upgrades rather than pushing to your next Reincarnation.

Realm Grinder is, by far, the best idle game I've played -- both due to its relatively frequent updates and the depth of its content. The mechanics progressively unlocked through the Reincarnation prestige system keep the game engaging, having more complexity than AdCap's repetitive "buy more multipliers to progress" without going overboard into the "constantly micromanage this or it's useless" feeling of Cookie Clicker's garden. Another plus is that the game's seasonal events can usually be fully completed with a short burst of activity a few times a day, rather than the hours-long always-active play required by several other idles. Perhaps the game's biggest flaw, at present, is that while offline and/or mostly-idle play is touted as a feature (half your starting factions and Undead in particular are designed to lean that direction), only after completing several dozen Reincarnations will you be able to make any kind of meaningful progress without active play -- and that often leans toward earning time-gated upgrades rather than pushing to your next Reincarnation.