Gaiadon: Eternal Quest

Gaiadon: The Eternal Quest completely surprised me.

I went into this expecting a typical idle game. Instead, I found a game with a surprising amount of depth in its systems. You're collecting followers and pets, leveling them, corrupting them (more on that later), building your gem set (think WoW-style set gear), and constantly tweaking your team.

And somehow, it all works.

This game has absolutely earned a permanent spot in my library.

When you first start, things are slow. Really slow.

But that's part of the progression.

As you move through the waves, unlock heroes, collect followers, gather better pets, and start putting together an actual build, the game begins to shine.

Think Grim Dawn or Diablo, but as an idle game. The beginning is slow, but once you start getting your gear and build together, everything starts ramping up.

That's Gaiadon.

🐾 Followers & Pets

This is where I think Gaiadon really separates itself from a lot of other idle games.

Followers and pets aren't just something you collect and forget about. They each have a purpose.

They have active and passive stats, levels, and even corruption levels. Corruption lets you push them beyond their normal level cap and gives you another layer of progression to work toward.

You can build around offense, defense, utility, or even resource gathering.

Want more gold?

Build for it.

Want more pet cards?

Build for it.

Want to push further through waves?

Build for it.

There is a surprising amount of strategy involved in figuring out which followers and pets work best together.

⚔️ Two Modes of Progression

The game essentially has two major modes: Primary and Divinity.

Primary is where you'll spend a lot of your time collecting pets, resources, cards, gold, and generally increasing your power.

Eventually, you'll unlock Divinity, which I consider more of the end-game progression system. It ties into your Primary progression and determines your level cap, giving you another reason to keep pushing.

And that's probably the biggest surprise for me:

This game has WAY more depth than I expected from an idle game.

I've already put nearly 10,000 hours into it.

Yes... 10,000 hours.

At this point, I feel like I'm legally obligated to recommend it.

I could write a massive review going into all of the systems, builds, progression mechanics, corruption, pets, followers, and everything else, but I'll keep it simple.

It's inexpensive.

It can run in the background.

There's a ton of progression.

There's a ridiculous amount of content.

And the developers continue to update it regularly.

If you're an idle game fan, I honestly think this is a MUST HAVE.

10,000 hours says more than I ever could.

Highly Recommended. 👍