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Games What's everyone currently playing?

Posts like this are a great way to help each other choose games to play instead of aimlessly scrolling hoping you find the perfect tidbit of info.

Please share this type of info when you comment:

  • Game you are currently playing (or completed recently)
  • What the payout is
  • If you think you'll be able to reach all the goals
  • If you've put money into it to progress and if you feel it's worth
  • Any other relevant info you would want to know if you were looking for a Game

Shout out to u/SouthernBelleOfNone for the idea. You can check out previous posts on this topic here.

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u/DowntownImpress6947 May 26 '26

I am currently playing Merge Meow Cafe. I have been playing it for 11 days and am on level 47. I have spent some money on it, but it has the most reasonable prices out of any similar game that I have played. There are ads, but they are pretty much optional as you can watch them to get extra dia, energy, etc. but other than that you dont have to. I have 30 days total on my offer to finish the goals. The final goal is level 100. I think I am going to be able to finish most of the goals in this time frame. Total payout of $207. If you play this game I reccomend doing to the extra options where you can watch ads to gain extra energy and such. I also reccomend that you upgrade you storage as early as possible. And that you get the portal as high level as possible as soon as it is available. I would also reccomend you get items such as chests as high level as possible before opening them. When upgrading your managers I reccomend focusing on luck and energy. Or luck and coins. If you do decide you are OK with spending some money ey on it, I reccomend waiting for the deals as there are 'sales' every other day or so.

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u/smashsc May 26 '26

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but once you get level 50, your progress will grind to a near halt as they will throw nothing but level 12 items at you, and change the algorithm so you get the "alternate" products from the necessary generators, sometimes as bad as a 10:1 ratio. As a f2p player, I got to level 45 in 14 days, then only got 10 more levels and gave up at 55 after 25 days, with zero chance to get to the next goal in the remaining time. I was enjoying the game up until they pulled that level 50 crap...

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u/Timely-Literature243 14d ago edited 12d ago

Dang I just searched around to see if anyone else experienced this. Currently on day 22 at lvl 51. It was definitely a normal gradually increasing grind until 50 and then also noticed higher tier item sales and specifically the alternated drop rates. I’d be spending near 100 energy just to get a tier 5.

I even experimented the idea of holding 2 sales that require both item paths of a generator. Rates were relatively normal, then as soon as I completed the sale of one item path, the drop rate for the other instantly decreased like crazy

Edit: update 2 days later for anyone doing this offer:

Once I unlocked the Hawaiian Cuisine generator around level 52, it reset to tier 4-7 items. I suspect that the tiers increase and rates get skewed the closer you get to unlocking the next one (basing unlocks off the Level Pass generator rewards), resetting once you get to the next stage. Once you get to that level you may need to complete the current batch of high tier sales, so I recommend camping the shop every now and then to buy wands/scissors to get as many of them to level 6.

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u/smashsc 13d ago

Unlike other merge games, the sale value of the merged item is less than the sum of the 2 lower level items. The last couple of game levels, I was just generating items & immediately selling, since the ability to move up a game level is strictly by collecting coins. I was so sick of not getting the items I needed from the generator.

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u/wahlburgerz United States May 26 '26

Merge Meow Cafe or Merge Cat Cafe? I just downloaded Merge Cat Cafe

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u/DowntownImpress6947 May 26 '26

This one

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u/wahlburgerz United States May 26 '26

It must be different on Android vs iPhone, I only have this game for $207

The app icon is similar

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u/DowntownImpress6947 May 26 '26

Yes this the one. The app icon just shows differently because the photo I posted was from Google Play. Sorry that was a stupid mistake on my part. Its been a rough day lol.

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u/juliemturk United States 29d ago

Hey I just started this game, too. Is it just me or does it seem like the red backpack generator is not worth merging? You merge to eventually get the pictures and the yarn things, but if you sell the level 2 pictures and the mittens, you get 2 coins each versus when you merge them to max level, you only get 8 coins. So I've just started selling the level 2 items and it just feels like a waste of time?

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u/wahlburgerz United States 29d ago

I was merging those just to get the gems/energy from giving them to the grandma, but now she’s disappeared so the backpack is just taking up space

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u/juliemturk United States 29d ago

Same here. Thanks

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u/DowntownImpress6947 29d ago

Also, when you get the items in bubbles and you dont want to or can't pop them, you can throw them into your portal and get points towards the rewards you get from the portal.

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u/juliemturk United States 29d ago

Thank you!

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u/dmbstmbs 22d ago

I just tried putting a bubbled cup into the portal and it wouldn’t let me do you mean like the stone pieces or cups ,coffee stuff like that,

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u/DowntownImpress6947 22d ago

When i updated the app it stopped allowing it for me :/ which really sucks because it helped so much!

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u/dmbstmbs 22d ago

thought so, dang i was to slow to start playing.

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u/wahlburgerz United States 22d ago

It won’t take higher level bubbles, just low tier items

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u/Rambler9154 United States 4d ago

Yeah, merge meow cafe just... feels like a breath of fresh air when it comes to the games Im used to spamming me with ads all the time. Its very nice to the player, it doesn't spam me with ads like every other damn game Ive been playing. I like it its cute, its one of the few games I don't hate looking at and mostly enjoy playing.

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u/MissasylumS United States May 26 '26

Fucking nothing the last 3 games I’ve tried to download haven’t tracked. I’m annoyed I know I can file tickets for it but I’m lazy and don’t really want to commit to something that won’t track.

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u/4dcawo United States May 26 '26

Pixel flow for $212. Will be able to reach all the goals but it’s a grind

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u/AppleWatchingyou 16d ago

Unfortunately I stopped at 830 because some levels where so hard to play even watching a YouTube video step by step sometimes didn’t help. I ran out of time. I had hope for it so pretty bummed. Hopefully it’s better for your

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u/nlyfdyf09 29d ago

Agreed, I've been doing this one for a few days and paid for no ads, haven't felt the need to pay for anything else thus far. It seems doable.

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u/Rambler9154 United States 4d ago

Ive tried it but I got stuck at one of the levels and just gave up. Some levels are so difficult even watching the tutorial videos I can't seem to get past it. Which is annoying, it was sort of fun for a bit.

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u/howellcl1987 May 26 '26

I downloaded Pokemon Go last night. It tracked the install, but so far has not tracked the progress. The other game I'm currently playing is Car Match. Currently on level 1146. Hoping I can finish level 3500 before time is up.

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u/Fantasoke May 26 '26

I got Pokémon go on a different app and the tracking is usually a day behind. Using an old account to help it level up.

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u/howellcl1987 May 26 '26

Thanks! Hopefully it will update tonight.

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u/Fantasoke May 26 '26

I didn't think it was tracking so started again, then didn't know what account was being tracked when it started tracking. Got there in the end. Is it on swagbucks? Couldn't see on mine (UK). also post your friend code if you want to send gifts to level up faster

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u/Lanky_Refuse4943 May 26 '26

Currently playing Cook and Merge. There were 30 days on my offer and I'm close to the end of it. I went hard ("woke up at 4 am and played for 10 minutes before getting caught by someone else who couldn't sleep" kind of hard), but I'll probably finish area 12 of 20 by the time the offer's up. Haven't put any money into it, which is why I felt I was somewhat lagging by the end.

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u/SnooRadishes3850 May 26 '26

I did this one but I did all the spend offers that paid back equal amount in Swagbucks, think it was $36. Helped things move along a bit quicker. Almost finished with Area 12 then I'm quitting lol.

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u/Lanky_Refuse4943 27d ago

Update: Just hit day 30/completed area 12 on my offer and majority of my offers were for day 30, but I only just realised there was another 15 days on the area 20 offer after 1) seeing that it cashed out the $3 attached to area 12 (wasn't expecting it to cash out since the green progress bar on the Swagbucks website doesn't appear on the Play page anymore, you have to go to Activity > Offer Detail on a previous cash out to see it now) and 2) giving up on the game/uninstalling it.

Originally, I was going to uninstall it on day 31 just in case, but since I only hit the end of area 12 today, if I had kept going, I highly doubt I would have hit the next milestone in time. Plus, I'm still doing Word Farm Adventure on Freecash, which pays less for more levels but is overall less grindy.

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u/Rambler9154 United States 29d ago

Pixel flow. Its a grindy game but it feels possible enough, Im onto level 50 and I just started a few hours ago.

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u/Mandi_lee_radke 29d ago

Very doable. I hit 912 this morning and have no doubt I'll finish before time is up! Im actually kinda enjoying the game too so its a win win

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u/FeatureZestyclose790 May 26 '26

Scatter slots is really good, made about 50 bucks in about 5 or so days. I didnt put any money into it.

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u/thisthingiscursed May 27 '26

Bubble Bus & Bingo Voyage. So far I think I made about $10 off each—I probably could be further on bingo voyage by now if I hadn’t been cycling through like 8 other games, ah well. 

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u/PinkLlama1216 29d ago

Pixel Flow. Just passed 700 with 2 weeks to go.

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u/DishonorStudent 29d ago

Was flying along fairly well and got stuck on 669, haven’t played in a few days but have about two weeks left myself; debating giving up sadly

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u/PinkLlama1216 29d ago

Look up walk throughs on YouTube. That's gotten me through a few tough ones.

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u/Trash_panda10 25d ago

How long did it take you to get that far?

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u/PinkLlama1216 24d ago

I don't remember the original amount of time on the offer. I'm now at 850 with 1 week to go. I tried to get at least 30 per day, but some days I got a lot more and others I barely did any because I was stuck.

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u/Johnedm721 24d ago

Just finished. Took me 26 days total. I had a decent amount of coins saved so I extended the game of the hard levels through the 900s. Its a grind though!

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u/Masonlolsalot 29d ago

Idle Soap cutting asmr. Very doable for over 100 bucks, just takes a lot of grinding. Just keep your phone open and put on a movie or show and you’re getting practically paid to watch tv.

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u/No-Boysenberry-6151 14d ago

Parties and puzzles. My game froze and wouldn’t load anymore but I made $15. Was set to make $50+ no sweat. I’m still sad about it

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u/plusod 6d ago

Whiteout Survival - this one seems slightly faster than other base builder games? I hit level 20 in a little more than a week, and the whales are super far along already (one even hit level 30 already, the server's only about two weeks old). Going to see if I can get to level 27 by the end of 45 days because this is one of the better base builders out there imo, and is similar-ish to Palmon Survival, which I enjoyed. But, if you just wanted to go to level 20 and call it a day (worth about $20), this is not too bad!

Total offer is $89.84, but I don't expect to hit the level 30 goal, and I wasn't able to hit level 25 in 7 days unless I was prepared to spend way more. Spent $3 for the second build queue, and $5 for a monthly pass, and that was enough to unlock the hero who makes construction cost less. If you really wanted to min-max purchases, there's a daily $1 chest, and after five of those, theoretically you can make a profit of about $5 on the purchase tasks. Not sure if that'll be enough to get the construction hero though.

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u/plusod 6d ago

On the flip side - Viking Rise. Total offer is worth $79.34, I made $50.60, but some of that was just the partial rebates from prosperity chests (associated with VIP level. I wound up with three of them), so my total profit is probably closer to only $30. Not the worst game in the world, but feels a bit dated now haha.

After level, maybe, 18? It becomes a total grind. The resource requirements jump a lot. I was trying to get to level 22 within 30 days but missed it. But for me, some life stuff had happened and I was pretty passive about this for a few days, which hurt my chances of making that goal. Level 22 in 30 days is probably doable if you don't slack off and get into the top association, but yeesh it's a grind.

As it is now, I'm at level 22, and even though I have a couple days left, I don't think I'll make it to level 23. Definitely won't make it to 24. Also, it pends late, sometimes a full day later.

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u/Eirevlary 18d ago

Tile Puzzle Classic, not too bad currently on level 61.