Cooking Quest vs Merchant
Cooking Quest
Cooking Quest is a 2D, idle-like, food truck-themed mobile game where you’ll get to discover and craft a variety of food, recruit and send heroes to various locations to hunt for ingredients, expand your shop by hiring more chefs, and develop the nearby village just so you can get more customers! The game is set in a world where the concept of cooking has been destroyed among humanity by the Devil King during his invasion of the world, but unknown to the devil, cooking is being kept alive by other species around the world.You happened upon such a species during your journey and being the business-minded fellow you are, you've struck an agreement with the chef and his tribe to whip up delicious food that you can then sell at your food wagon to paying customers.
So, if you enjoy a cooking-themed idle/RPG with lots of dishes and ingredients to discover and heroes to recruit, you’ll definitely want to check out Cooking Quest. The gameplay is simple enough to get into and addictive enough to keep you coming back for more!
Merchant
Merchant is a fun little idle game that's designed to be played on the side, while you're doing something else on the computer. In the game, you'll need to hire heroes who you will then send out on adventures to gather crafting materials. The materials obtained can then be turned into numerous types of armor and weapons, which you can in turn equip on your heroes or sell them off for a tidy profit. There are two main ways for you to sell your goods - you can either put it up for sale in your shop or you can fulfill the orders of passing merchants and heroes.Although the game starts out as pretty fun, the progression in this game gradually becomes rather grindy after a while - imagine: sending the same hero on the same quest will require the same amount of clicks as sending the hero on a new quest or even sending a new hero. Some automation would be great here, especially considering that the game's an idle game.
So, despite the fun concept and gameplay, its progression can truly kill your interest in the game. That being said, if you just want a simple game to play as you watch Netflix or YouTube on your computer, Merchant might just be the kind of game for you!