Evolve (incremental game)
Incremental game in Games & consoles
Free, long-running incremental game about evolving a civilization; players find it fun, educational and still growing. Critics report counter bugs and evolved forms with no effect.
Free, long-running incremental game about evolving a civilization; players find it fun, educational and still growing. Critics report counter bugs and evolved forms with no effect.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long-running with content still growing
“Evolve is one of a relative few that have been around and growing for a long time”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization” “I've been playing this one for years and am not at the end of its content.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization” Fun and educational to play
“my evolution to a scorpio was fun and educational”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization” “it's educational so who's counting the hours”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Counter and progress bugs
“unemployed number toggled between 1 and 0, and total count didn't change”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization” “buttons now stop the counters. Reload rewinds progress.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Evolve: An incremental game about evolving a civilization”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Paperclips | 12 | 1 | 92% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Evolve (incremental game)This page | 11 | 4 | 73% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“buttons now stop the counters. Reload rewinds progress.”
“it's educational so who's counting the hours”
“unemployed number toggled between 1 and 0, and total count didn't change”
“because actually it can be played while working”
“instead of it just being an incremental clicker game”
“it looks like making a crazy OP cell form does nothing once you evolve”
“I've been playing this one for years and am not at the end of its content.”
“my evolution to a scorpio was fun and educational”
“So far, it's just click click click with 0 though.”
“Evolve is one of a relative few that have been around and growing for a long time”
“the bottom bar for example has a lot of overlapping elements on my phone”
“evolve is better than anything git has”
“Evolve is an AI software engineer designed for long horizon workloads.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.