You want the feeling of progress from an MMORPG but have no time for it? A simple game on Steam allows just that: Idle Clans.
For many, the genre of MMORPGs is the most popular, and the mechanics that come together there create the greatest appeal. The constant, small progress of the character and the joy when some bar fills up again so that you can reach the next level of a skill or a level.
This speaks to something in us gamers, and some are simply susceptible to it. I feel the same way.
But MMORPGs consume a lot of time and can easily suck up all your free time if you don’t play carefully. It’s also almost impossible to play multiple MMORPGs actively.
Fortunately, there is a game on Steam that perfectly meets these desires: An MMORPG with permanent progress, for which you need only a little time because it is an Idle Game, meaning: Progress in the game is also achieved when you don’t have that much time:
I don’t want to pretend I played this voluntarily. No, a “friend” simply sent me the link to the game on Steam, urging me to join. Because he knew exactly that it would grab me and where he was shoving me in.
What do you have to do actively? Even though much of the game runs automatically, it doesn’t go completely without intervention. Tasks that require attention include:
- Choosing the activity: What should the hero do? Does he collect plants? Does he fight wolves for hours? Does he chop trees? Does he brew potions?
- Assembling equipment: You have to handle crafting, enchanting, or simply selecting equipment yourself.
- Inventory management: The inventory is limited, and after the first few nights of automated farming, it’s bursting at the seams. You can sell items to NPCs, but you can also trade them on the player market.
Especially in battles, a bit of planning is necessary. Enemies have weaknesses that must be countered with the correct equipment. You also need to ensure that there is enough food in the inventory to heal any damage taken. Because if you die after a long farming session against 250 wild boars, all the loot is lost (including the big treasure chests!) – but not the gain in strength or hit points.
If you want to take a look yourself: Here is Idle Clans on Steam.
A bit of MMORPG – enough to please, not too much to burden
The MMORPG aspects are minimal, but they set Idle Clans apart from other idle games since there is interaction between players. You can band together into clans to push forward common projects from which everyone benefits. Additionally, there are special clan tasks where you can fight together and earn loot.
This is not necessarily required. You can also go far solo and sell excess items to other players on the player market.
The greatest progress occurs through unlocks, which you earn piece by piece. The possibility of eating automatically during battle makes everything infinitely easier. Increasing the inventory size is necessary, especially when carrying multiple equipment sets.
And yes, I know. In the end, Idle Clans is basically a bar-filling simulator. You watch filling bars that bring experience points to fill other bars in turn so that you have the necessary skill to fill more bars. You level up over 20 different skills piece by piece to be able to level them even more efficiently and unlock new resources.
But something about it affects me. Just like it did in Silkroad in my youth, like it has in the last 20 years in World of Warcraft, and now, in its most fundamental form, it does in Idle Clans.
The only real downside is that the German translation is quite awkward and in parts incorrectly done. But that’s a flaw I can overlook while this game entertains me for a few weeks, even if it’s just 15 to 20 minutes a day.
So if you currently have no time for an MMORPG but just want to check for a few minutes a day to see how your hero becomes stronger and better, I can only recommend Idle Clans to you. It may not be the best game in the world – but it satisfies an MMORPG hunger and the sense of progress that many desire.
Have you ever tried your luck in idle games? Can you even relate to the genre? Or is this kind of game, which essentially plays by itself, not really your thing? If so, then our author Linda has exactly explained to you what makes idle games so great and why they have more to offer than many think.
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