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Idle economies, progression math and monetisation
mrDenuris spends more time in spreadsheets than in the games he reviews, which is roughly the point. He tracks how long a free-to-play curve stays generous, when it stops, and what the game asks for at that moment.
He is not against ads or in-app purchases. He is against a game pretending it has neither.
Review
HIDEA's idle cat game has one of the best-tuned free-to-play curves on mobile. A look at where the curve bends and what it asks for.
Review
A long-running cat collector where guests check in and out. What six years of live-ops did to the loop, and where the interface pays for it.
Review
An idle restaurant game with cats behind the counter. Fast, charming and considerably more insistent than its art suggests.
Analysis
Cozy is a design outcome, not an art style. Five concrete patterns that separate genuinely relaxing pet games from ones that only look calm.
