Fill Up The Hole

Item: Fill Up The Hole
Rating: 86
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-20

Listen

0:00 / 0:00

Summary

Great value for money, active developer
Unique take on idle genre
Endless mode well-received, good replayability
Strategic placement, satisfying upgrade progression
Game is too short, unsatisfying forced ending
Confusing tech tree, tedious micromanagement

Emotions

Satisfaction29%Enjoyment14%Disappointment10%Joy9%Frustration7%

Reviews (sample size): 155
Helpful reviews: 84%
Unhelpful reviews: 16%
Protest reviews: 0%

86%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
14%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 255
Negative points: 147
Gameplay points: 104
Perf. points: 0
Rec. points: 40
Misc points: 22

Point	Description	Importance
Great value for money Description Players consistently praise the game for its excellent value, noting that its low price point makes the enjoyable and polished gameplay experience well worth the investment. Many found it to be a relaxing and engaging time-waster. Importance 100%	Players consistently praise the game for its excellent value, noting that its low price point makes the enjoyable and polished gameplay experience well worth the investment. Many found it to be a relaxing and engaging time-waster.	100%
Responsive and active developer Description The developer is highly praised for their responsiveness and dedication. They are noted for quickly addressing bugs, implementing community-requested features like endless mode, and maintaining an active presence. Importance 15%	The developer is highly praised for their responsiveness and dedication. They are noted for quickly addressing bugs, implementing community-requested features like endless mode, and maintaining an active presence.	15%
Endless mode well-received Description The swift addition of an endless mode was a highly appreciated feature, directly addressing community feedback and significantly enhancing the game's replayability and long-term enjoyment. Importance 12%	The swift addition of an endless mode was a highly appreciated feature, directly addressing community feedback and significantly enhancing the game's replayability and long-term enjoyment.	12%
Unique take on genre Description Despite drawing inspiration from other games in its genre, the game successfully establishes its own unique identity and relaxed gameplay style, distinguishing itself from similar titles. Importance 11%	Despite drawing inspiration from other games in its genre, the game successfully establishes its own unique identity and relaxed gameplay style, distinguishing itself from similar titles.	11%
Hidden depth and secrets Description The game contains surprising depth and hidden elements, including subtle details that reward attentive players and an unexpected 'bad ending' that adds intrigue. Importance 9%	The game contains surprising depth and hidden elements, including subtle details that reward attentive players and an unexpected 'bad ending' that adds intrigue.	9%
Quality idle gameplay Description The game is characterized as a high-quality, straightforward idle-ish game with an incremental core loop, offering a relaxing experience where players can still engage in strategic thinking. Importance 8%	The game is characterized as a high-quality, straightforward idle-ish game with an incremental core loop, offering a relaxing experience where players can still engage in strategic thinking.	8%
Relax mode is enjoyable Description The 'Relax Mode' is a significant positive, providing a stress-free environment where players can enjoy the game's cute aesthetics and simple mechanics without intense concentration. Importance 8%	The 'Relax Mode' is a significant positive, providing a stress-free environment where players can enjoy the game's cute aesthetics and simple mechanics without intense concentration.	8%
Good replayability Description The game offers good replayability, encouraging players to experiment with different builds, synergies, and tech focuses across multiple playthroughs. Importance 7%	The game offers good replayability, encouraging players to experiment with different builds, synergies, and tech focuses across multiple playthroughs.	7%
Stable and bug-free Description The game is noted for its stability and lack of bugs, with reported issues being quickly resolved by the developer, contributing to a smooth player experience. Importance 5%	The game is noted for its stability and lack of bugs, with reported issues being quickly resolved by the developer, contributing to a smooth player experience.	5%
Strategic placement mechanics Description The game features unique mechanics related to facility placement and allows for strategic min-maxing, offering different ways to play through various building types and peon management. Importance 5%	The game features unique mechanics related to facility placement and allows for strategic min-maxing, offering different ways to play through various building types and peon management.	5%
Extensive tech tree Description The game boasts a massive and expanding tech tree, providing a continuous sense of progression and new research items to explore. Importance 4%	The game boasts a massive and expanding tech tree, providing a continuous sense of progression and new research items to explore.	4%
Satisfying upgrade progression Description Players enjoy the core loop of upgrading and optimizing their systems, finding satisfaction in figuring out efficient ways to progress and increase output. Importance 4%	Players enjoy the core loop of upgrading and optimizing their systems, finding satisfaction in figuring out efficient ways to progress and increase output.	4%
High-quality animations Description The game's animations are highlighted as being of high quality and above standard, contributing to a polished visual experience. Importance 2%	The game's animations are highlighted as being of high quality and above standard, contributing to a polished visual experience.	2%
Random explosions are fun Description The random explosions of buildings in normal mode add an element of fun and challenge to the gameplay. Importance 2%	The random explosions of buildings in normal mode add an element of fun and challenge to the gameplay.	2%
Trash persists in game Description A specific detail noted is that generated and transported trash does not disappear, which might imply a persistent world element or a visual quirk. Importance 2%	A specific detail noted is that generated and transported trash does not disappear, which might imply a persistent world element or a visual quirk.	2%
Satisfying garbage throwing Description The core mechanic of throwing garbage into a pit is surprisingly satisfying and evokes a sense of power and excitement in players. Importance 2%	The core mechanic of throwing garbage into a pit is surprisingly satisfying and evokes a sense of power and excitement in players.	2%
Efficient 'lil guys' Description The 'lil guys' (in-game characters) are effective at cleaning up messes, contributing to the game's smooth operation. Importance 2%	The 'lil guys' (in-game characters) are effective at cleaning up messes, contributing to the game's smooth operation.	2%
Perfectly cromulent game Description The game is described as 'perfectly cromulent,' a humorous way of saying it's perfectly acceptable and fits its purpose well. Importance 1%	The game is described as 'perfectly cromulent,' a humorous way of saying it's perfectly acceptable and fits its purpose well.	1%
Numbers go up satisfaction Description The game provides the satisfying experience of seeing numbers increase, a common appeal in incremental games. Importance 1%	The game provides the satisfying experience of seeing numbers increase, a common appeal in incremental games.	1%
Satisfying trash colony Description Watching the 'trash colony' grow and operate is a visually satisfying aspect of the game. Importance 1%	Watching the 'trash colony' grow and operate is a visually satisfying aspect of the game.	1%
Demo accurately represents game Description The game's demo accurately represents the full game experience, setting appropriate expectations for players. Importance 1%	The game's demo accurately represents the full game experience, setting appropriate expectations for players.	1%
Reasonable completion time Description The game can be completed in under 200 hours, indicating a reasonable completion time for its genre. Importance 1%	The game can be completed in under 200 hours, indicating a reasonable completion time for its genre.	1%
Flexible skill progression Description Players are not forced to buy all skills in a tier to unlock the next, offering flexibility in progression. Importance 1%	Players are not forced to buy all skills in a tier to unlock the next, offering flexibility in progression.	1%

Fill Up The Hole

Listen

Categories

Emotions