EDIT: Full* Review is here! (Original review at bottom)


Where to begin? Incremental Epic Hero 2 (IEH2) is a very deep Idle game, that I believe rivals the best in the genre. The game is still currently in development, but it already has a phenomenal amount of content to pursue.


IEH2 features a wealth of overlapping systems. Each benefiting the player's progression in their own right, and generally synergizing with many of the other systems. I simply cannot go into great depth on each of the systems within this review. There's too much to cover, already.

In general, the player will maintain a party of characters, each of which grows in power individually. You may actively play as one character while other characters (through an unlocked feature) play passively in the background.

As your characters level up, they will gain proficiency in skills/abilities that will unlock new skills down the road. The combat/battles will run on their own, but you can engage with them actively by manually moving your character, changing out equipment, consumables, and swapping skills on the fly.

Equipment is a huge system within the game. Every character can gain proficiency with each item in the game. When a character masters an item, they unlock a passive bonus for that item that will benefit any subsequent wearer of the item. In addition, when a character levels up their proficiency with an item, the item itself levels up, gaining an increase to its stats. These levels stack as each of your characters wear the item. Rotating an item through the entire suite of characters will offer HUGE advantages (and not just simple stat increases).

Beyond all of that there are systems for Alchemy, Pets, a Guild system that benefits your entire party, a Town system that also benefits your entire party with several distinct bonus to many systems/sub-systems, and many others.

Like I said, I just can't say it all here. Get in there and get your hands dirty. There's SO. MUCH. STUFF. to explore, learn about, and tinker with. It's freaking great!


As many of you likely know, most Idle/Clicker games revolve around a reset/loop mechanic, in which you will trade in your immediate progress for some sort of meta-progression.

In IEH2, there are currently two systems at play.

Rebirth, is a system wherein you reset your active character. You lower their level back to 1, but are given points to exchange for things like, bonus EXP, taking more quests, gaining more resources, and more. Eventually, you will reach higher Tiers of Rebirth which demand deeper runs, BUT offer even more incredible progression bonuses, like being able to use more skills at once, or boosting lower tiered Rebirth's bonuses!

The other system is World Ascension! This is the casual filter. Reaching your first World Ascension takes real effort and commitment. I'm not even there, yet! This, as you might have guessed, resets the entire world. The reset includes things like your Town, Guild, Items, Alchemy, and more. HOWEVER, there are many features that persist through the ascension, giving you a massive boon when resetting. In addition, like the Rebirth mechanic, each World Ascension will garner points that you can allocate into uber bonuses. Also, like the Rebirth mechanic, World Ascensions also have Tiers, which each subsequent Tier giving even greater rewards.


Incremental Epic Hero 2 is a massive addition to the Idler/Clicker genre. It will easily stand with the greats. There is such a grand sense of progression, power gain, and achievement when reaching new heights within the game. This is the game that made me uninstall NGU, and Melvor. The developer is active, diligent, and expanding the game consistently. There are already a myriad of QoL features within the game. The community for the game is lively, positive, helpful, and fun to engage with. I just can't recommend this game enough. And the best part? You can play it, right now, for free. Honestly, I'd pay a fair chunk of change for this game. It's a stellar title, and when the full feature set is complete, you'll be upset to have not started playing it earlier. Get in now, and enjoy the ride. This is an idler that you can play for a long time, always feeling like you can set achievable goals, and always feeling a great sense of accomplishment when you reach them, with ample rewards waiting for you when you do.

A masterpiece in the making.

My original review is below:

What's with the negative reviews?

I also just started NGU and that game has the exact same shop where a ton of things are gated behind a special currency you very slowly accumulate over time. It also has even more DLC, as far as amount spent goes.



So when NGU does it it's one of the greatest idlers of all time, but IEH2 gets flamed for it? I don't get it.

I'm not very far in and will update this review once I'm much deeper within the systems. So far it's pretty amazing. Lots of things to do, goals to push for, and systems to learn. I just wanted to balance out the negative reviews until I get to the point where I can write a proper review.