How To Grow a Black Hole (2026)

Developer: Desolation Digital
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating: 3.5 of 5, 538 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 8.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

A chill incremental game where you calmly feed and upgrade a black hole, feeling a slow, methodical sense of cosmic growth.

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What players say

Players are split on whether this idle game was made with AI, with some pointing to UI design and dev behavior while others who followed development deny it. Beyond that debate, many agree the forced collapse mechanic resets too quickly, upgrades are unclear, and the game ignores its own frame rate cap, overheating CPUs even on low settings.

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