Idle games are an interesting set of games, especially if you've never encountered them before. While most games are about doing something, idle games are just the opposite. You'll spend most of your time in idle games letting the game run in the background, watching numbers go up while you focus on upgrading your systems so that you have to make fewer and fewer inputs. One of the better idle games out there is AdVenture Capitalist, a long-running idle game that's all about growing a business empire.

Features and Benefits

If you've never played an idle game before, the basic features of AdVenture Capitalist will give you a good idea of how the genre works. The game starts out slowly, requiring the player to press a button once every few seconds to generate currency from a lemonade stand. As the game goes on, though, you'll hire managers to press buttons for you as you acquire more businesses and unlock new bonuses. Like most idle games, you'll also reach a point where you cash out and start over again, this time with a number of bonuses that allow you to make it through the game's ranks even faster.

This game works very well as an introduction to idle games in general, as it does provide a bit more activity than most. It seems like there's always something to do during the early stages of the game, and three different areas in which you can work. The game is also fairly generous with how it generates money while players are offline, which helps to ensure that you'll keep gathering rewards even when you do not have the time to play. All in all, this is definitely one of the friendliest idle games available right now and one of the best for those who are just dipping their toes into the genre.

Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Well-designed game that works incredibly well on most phones
• Very easy to figure out what to do and how to make use of all of the game's systems
• Allows players to do more during the early stages of the game
• Very easy to play without having to spend any real-world money

Cons:

• Wait times can get very tedious during the later stages of the game
• Some of the pop-ups for ads do get a little annoying when you are playing

Conclusion

AdVenture Capitalist is an interesting app because it is only going to work for a very specific kind of customer. If you are the kind of person who genuinely likes idle games or who tends to enjoy watching numbers go up without your input, you'll find that this game is one of the best examples of the genre. If you want your games to be more interactive or you want to take more control over how your games go, you might find much of the gameplay process tedious. It's hard to argue that AdVenture Capitalist does anything other than what it was designed to do, though, and those players who are able to accept the game for what it is will get a lot of joy out of the game.