Magic Research

Very fun but also very thoughtfully designed. There is so much information in-game about how to play and what you can/should do next, I never felt like I needed to go to the wiki/reddit to progress efficiently. The time pieces mechanic adds a little bit of strategy to idling, which is more fun than the standard "you gain x% of normal resources while offline". And I appreciate that you often have the choice between strategizing to get past a tough fight, or just grinding more

so many games try to control your time with dailies, missable boosts, and paid time speedups. Magic Research is a game you buy once and you get an interesting experience for a few weeks. There isn't the grandiose art of the many idle games on the app store. This feels like a simple adventure, you build up supplies, gear, and magics. When you restart it has an actual purpose. It isn't the simple get bigger numbers. In game events give permanent buffs for the rest of the game. I realy liked it.