Best idle game I've ever played

Everything about this idle game is amazing. If you enjoy RuneScape-style, single-skill training games where they all eventually play important roles with each other, then I guarantee that this is the idle game for you. Been playing it for just over a week and it has been incredibly rewarding. It’s been the kind of thing I can run in the back ground for 2 days and then micro-manage after that when I’ve done enough grinding of a certain resource. My one and only complaint is with the Herblore skill. It’s such a powerful skill that ties almost directly into farming (with some necessary inclusion of combat) but it’s incredibly hard to get enough seeds to make some proper potions and get the ball rolling. I mean the chance to get herb seeds needed for the 2nd or 3rd tier potions is pretty low and takes a long while to accrue enough. There are of course alternate options like pickpocketing the farmer, but I would just like to see some love put in to the drop rates of seeds. But that’s literally it, I love everything else about this game down to the details on the icons of skills and monsters. Truly a top-tier game.

Good, but not worth the price for full version.

So I got this game a while back, loved playing it. Reminded me of RuneScape a lot which I think is the point. Easy to understand and go about it as an idle game. All skills were open and no restrictions. However, when I opened it up today I noticed there is now a pay wall to most of the content. So all the work I put into skills are now blocked, some even maxed out but now unless I pay 10$ I can’t even view it. Of combat skills you can use only 4 of the 8. Attack, Strength, Defense, and Hitpoints. The blocked skills are ranged, magic, prayer, and slayer. These skills provide a lot of flexibility to combat and can make fights easier or more rewarding. Plus slayer unlocked new areas for you to fight in for better loot so it knocks out 14 additional zones you could choose from. For non-combat skills you can only use 6 of the 16: woodcutting,fishing,fire making,cooking, mining,and smithing. Locked skills are :thieving, farming, fletching, crafting, rune crafting, herblore, agility, summoning, astrology, and magic. I’m very frustrated with what was a great concept being turned into a paywall that blocks me from all progress I had made before the paywalls introduction. I’ll give it 2 stars for how I loved it in the past. But steer clear of this app unless you want to chip out 10$ just to play an idle game. Edit: my review isn’t showing up.

Nothing else quite like it

Been playing for 3 years now. Figured I should probably leave a review. I’ve bought and have countless hours in each expansion, with every skill maxed to 120. There’s no other idle game quite like this. You can really play however you want. Those familiar with runescape can see this as a pocket Ironman mode of the game. Solo play, with the allowance for mods which are conveniently located on the app so you don’t have to deal with any third party external downloading. Game shares 90% of its identity with OSRS while taking some of the nicer concepts from RS3, like the summoning and archaeology skills. Honestly this is the game that made me quit RuneScape and take back my life. It scratches the itch of “number go up” dopamine hits, without having to click for 14 hours straight. As I mentioned earlier, with the mods you can make your game as active or as idle as you want too. I like to feel like I can play actively so I got a “speed up while online” mod set to 2x speed as if I was tick manipulating while the game is open on my phone. If being idle is your speed there are mods to let you do away with the offline cap of 24 hours. Close the game for a week and your character will still be grinding those trees. Honestly, coolest game ever. It’s truly massive. The biggest and most complex (in a good way) idle game I’ve ever played. Recommend paying the couple bucks to unlock the demo for sure

Neat Idle game but I want a little more from it.

Not a traditional sense of fun but from a completion-est standpoint it does have plenty of merit. Take RuneScape or World of Warcraft and take it down to its base skills and you have this game. You pick a skill and idle in it for awhile and than usually use the resulting rewards in a different skill and idle than produce something to use for another purpose or even a third skill. It’s neat how much each different skill is connected but beyond that that’s really all there is to it besides the combat skills. Combat although different is very slow and especially at the start requires paying some attention while you slowly chip away at enemy health bars and that really isn’t that fun, magic is a lot better than standard combat but that one is 100% supported by farming resources without any mana bars or the likes, ranged is also better than melee but not as good as magic but as needs to be farmed. Neat game to play and some people will definitely love it but I was looking for a little bit more from a game like this and while I won’t play it much I definitely will open it up from time to time.

Good potential.

I want to give Melvor 5 stars but it has some problems in my opinion. My biggest problem is dungeon chest loot. It can take a while to complete dungeons (seems many mobs have unavoidable attacks) so you are eating food constantly, preventing you from attacking at all. I spent 5 hours doing the spider dungeon, obtained 17 chests. I got ~300 Mithril arrows from them. That’s it. Felt like one huge waste of time. Not really a idle game if I have to spend hours grinding at one dungeon for arrows I could craft in seconds. I don’t want to know how many attempts it’d take to get the amulet of looting. My other problem I’ve mentioned. Mobs seem to have special attacks that always land. Spiders have a 5% chance to hit me, yet every poison attack hits. Mammoths have the same hit chance, but have a unavoidable attack making them impossible to afk. Skilling is about the only idle thing you can do in the game. My final opinion is just download RuneScape. You’ll be spending the same amount of screen time and actually be able to communicate with others and progress just as fast.

a whole different tier of idle games

The only thing this game is missing is an in-game tutorial, which I learned is currently being developed after checking the development roadmap. This game will take a few minutes and maybe an hour to learn, but is very, very well worth it. If you don’t like in-depth games don’t waste your time downloading it. This game is 5 stars across the board, and you can tell that the developers care. If you like runescape, idle games, mmorpgs, etc TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN AND PLAY THIS GAME. I’m 3 days in and see so much potential; i’ve already had a great time playing it. I recommend starting a regular account and once exploring a little, create a second account in adventure mode to use when not active on your main account. The wiki is extremely useful, and has a beginner guide to help you understand the game. Start with fishing or woodcutting if you have no idea what to do!

Great potential, very limited

This game has the potential to be something huge. I understand that this is inspired by RuneScape, where a ton of skills are behind the paywall. However, I feel like this game is not satisfying enough to play on the free version. The interface can be a bit confusing, I had trouble navigating the drop down menus a few times. Once you get used to it, it makes sense. I dislike the amount of times I tried to do an action but was blocked by the pay wall. Options that require the full version should be blacked/grayed out to signify I can’t do them, so that I don’t waste my time clicking every button. Fishing provides too many different junk items that fill the inventory quickly. I’m not sure how we are expected to manage the inventory when the space is so limited at the start. The inventory is a little tricky to sort and manage too. Being able to select one item at a time is a little frustrating when you are clearing it out. There should be an option to select multiple items to sell.

Two Problems

Great game for playing idle but with two problems that would make it five stars. 1. Bank space, just double it. It’s such an annoyance and now that I’ve gotten to 84 slots it costs $350M to add 100 more slots. It was better when it was 1-10 slots but now I have to wait a long time to get more slots when 84 just isn’t enough. I’m deleting items to make space only to need them not long after. I can’t purchase skilling gear from township because there is no space. Just double it. 2. The expansion increased the mastery xp pool amount instead of adding additional rewards. Got a couple skills to 99 so I bought the expansion. Now all of the skills that weren’t 99 have a handicap because the mastery pool increased and I lost a lot of my passive bonuses. This was a glaringly bad idea. If they fix these issues holding back gameplay then it’s a 5 star game. The bank space one is just so obvious it’s kind of annoying they have it this way in the first place.

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GameSpace.com Mon Apr 28 2025

Melvor Idle strips away the graphics and 3D environments of RuneScape and similar MMOs and distills it down to a menu-based idle game.

GamesIndustry.biz Tue Jun 28 2022

Jagex has announced a new update for Melvor Idle, inviting everyone to take on the challenge of a powerful new enemy within the...

Pocket Gamer Tue Jan 28 2025

It's first and foremost an idle game - a game that's played by clicking on various menus, grinding away without much player input.

TheGamer Sat May 28 2022

Jagex's publishing arm Jagex Partners is supporting the continued development and publishing of Melvor Idle, a RuneScape-inspired idle game.

PocketGamer.biz Sat May 28 2022

Melvor Idle is a detailed, multi-track idle game that seeks to reimagine "the core components of the RuneScape franchise in a way that they...

PC Gamer Sat May 28 2022

Readers will recall that Melvor Idle has been getting plenty of rave reviews from players, and both the fully launched game and its new...

Massively Overpowered Sun May 28 2023

Adventure Awaits as Melvor Idle: Expanded Edition Launches Today for PC, iOS and Android. Battle monsters and hone your skills in the...

DLH.net Mon Aug 28 2023

Melvor Idle has gone live with its full launch. The game is available to try for free on Android and iOS, where an in-app purchase can upgrade to the full...

NME Tue Jun 28 2022

The mind behind RuneScape, Jagex, has just announced a brand new DLC expansion for the idle adventure titled Melvor Idle.

Pocket Gamer Sat Dec 28 2024