After playing a string of wildly different idle games, The Dream Globe stood out for its unique take on the desktop companion formula. It offers players a quaint, quiet homestead within the confines of a snow globe, and promises hours of idle grinding. But how does it hold up after the novelty of the globe has worn off?
Your Dream Globe
The Dream Globe begins with a husband and wife on a rundown farm. They automatically farm resources until they have enough to process them into baked goods and chicken feed. The chickens and baked goods can then be sold to purchase upgrades and other tools for your globe.
This is the core gameplay loop of The Dream Globe. It’s simple, yes, but it works incredibly well. The two characters handle tasks, living their happy little globe lives with charming animations and ambient soundtracks.
A Winter Retreat
Eventually, you will unlock three additional areas. They somewhat resemble different months of the year and offer different farming resources. All the drops are randomly generated, but you can increase your odds with upgrades. There’s also a mini-game pop-up, which yields better boons if you get the timing right.
Collect, Quest, Upgrade
There are some cool tools to unlock. They mostly help collect additional drops or add animals or decorations to each area. You can’t place any of these things yourself, but the animals do run around a bit.
The quest system is the most interesting unlock and gives you goals beyond mindless grinding. They require the player to deliver specific items which can only be found in certain areas. This means you have to go back and forth between the four areas to complete them. There’s also a reward for completing 100 quests, but I’ll leave that for you to discover.
Home Is Where The Globe Is
I was disappointed to see another AI image disclaimer on Steam. The developers state that everything except the Steam cover are human-made, which, honestly, I’m getting really fed up with. This also suggests the rest of the assets came from asset packs, which makes sense when some assets look familiar. I also couldn’t get the transparency to work so never got the full globe effect.
That aside, The Dream Globe is a great idle game. There’s lots to do, plenty of achievements and hundreds of hours worth of idle gaming. I turned off all the sounds early on and left it running in the background for hours each day, with little progress. Some players may find it slow, but no more so than Fish To Dish or Rusty’s Retirement.
Platforms: PC
Developer: Roaming of Little Hammer
Publisher: Roaming of Little Hammer
Played On: Steam
Code Provided By: Keymailer
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