AdVenture Capitalist! Review

AdVenture Capitalist! is, for the lack of a better description, a very simple "Clicker" game in which your goal is to figure out which business of your portfolio will give you the best return over each dollar you invest. The more money you make, the more you can grow your businesses so you can make more money, and then... you get it. Made first for mobile, this is a casual game but due to a "reset" mechanic it can be played quite "actively".

The game has two main mechanics, you must click on the business you want to run and you must manage your profits in order to increase your business. Clicking on a business icon will start a timer before giving you the corresponding profits, while investing your money in the business will make it more profitable by either increasing your profit per iteration or reducing the timer in which your profits will be given. Either way, you are increasing your profit by investing in the business. Every time you reach a milestone you get a nice extra bonus!

Lets be honest though, would you like to spend hours just clicking on the screen? Probably not, and we wouldn't either! That is why this game gives you a very nice and valuable feature in which you can hire a manager to click for you! So instead of having the game open with a macro for clicking on your screen, you can just pay a "digital someone" to do that for you. Not only that, but once you hire a manager he will keep running your businesses even when you are offline! This way you can spend your time making real important decisions, like where to invest your profits! =)

To close the game loop we have a second currency called "Angel Investors." The more money you make the more angel investors you will get and the more angel investors you have the more money you will make. But in order to claim these wonderful angels you will have to start from the beginning. You will loose all your money and current business level, going all back to only 1 lemon stand. Do not worry, because this process is healthy and will make you go much, much further!

Despite it's simplicity and few mechanics, the game has nice art, a clear design and if you are the kind of person that enjoys figuring out optimal play, you will have hours of entertainment. Best of all, it is a free-to-play game, so you should try it, no strings attached! Who knows, maybe you can even get to found a space expedition and take your entrepreneurship to other rocks of the galaxy.

Final Score: 8 out of 10.