For $29AUD? It absolutely is, if you like the idea of Animal Crossing mixed with light "survival"-crafter mechanics.

Dinkum very heavily borrows from cozy-paced town builders and doesn't focus too much on combat (until the Undergrove and Hot Hot Hot - additional levels in the mines - and that can get a bit frustrating without some serious time investment into other upgrades, craftables, items).

The pace overall is quite slow. Typically you won't see the end of your first year for 10-20 hours or more, depending on how much you do per day (hunt bugs, fish, farm, do tasks to improve relations (to get rewards), go into the mine..).

It has a museum, collectable fish/bugs, fairly slow-medium progression to get the less-than-a-dozen townsfolk moved in, and offers pretty decent customizability insofar as building/prop crafting and placement, and terraforming. Upgrades mostly fall in the "do X faster" category, but there are plenty of vehicles and passive resource/money generator options as well.

Updates are pretty solid and come every few months.

You can also catch and pen animals, so if you're fond of the idea of having dozens of bush turkeys or fairy penguins in a habitat by your house, you can do that.

Shazzamon described it perfectly. It is absolutely worth it.

If nothing else, it goes on sale for 20% off on a fairly regular basis.

The value estimation is (as always) your own; is it worth the price of a pizza to get a game you'll probably spend somewhere between 100 and 1,000 hours playing?

My two cents:

• Watch some "let's play" videos on YouTube.
  
• If it looks like something you'd enjoy, buy it.
  
• Play it.
  
• If you hate it in the first two hours, get a refund.

Originally posted by kakabaka6:

is this game worth buying and is it popular and gets regular updates?

Its a farming game with decorating your island, its better to farm alone than to multiplayer but if you do want to join others then the game lets you leave your island to go with others.If you're a fan of other Life Simulation games, Dinkum is definitely worth checking out.Yes, it's a great game. It's still in development but has a lot of content already.

Originally posted by Shazzamon:

For $29AUD? It absolutely is, if you like the idea of Animal Crossing mixed with light "survival"-crafter mechanics.

Dinkum very heavily borrows from cozy-paced town builders and doesn't focus too much on combat (until the Undergrove and Hot Hot Hot - additional levels in the mines - and that can get a bit frustrating without some serious time investment into other upgrades, craftables, items).

The pace overall is quite slow. Typically you won't see the end of your first year for 10-20 hours or more, depending on how much you do per day (hunt bugs, fish, farm, do tasks to improve relations (to get rewards), go into the mine..).

It has a museum, collectable fish/bugs, fairly slow-medium progression to get the less-than-a-dozen townsfolk moved in, and offers pretty decent customizability insofar as building/prop crafting and placement, and terraforming. Upgrades mostly fall in the "do X faster" category, but there are plenty of vehicles and passive resource/money generator options as well.

Updates are pretty solid and come every few months.

You can also catch and pen animals, so if you're fond of the idea of having dozens of bush turkeys or fairy penguins in a habitat by your house, you can do that.

Ah yh I played animal crossing for hours so I’ll consider this . Thank you !

If you like these types of games then yes, but not too much of a so-called story. The updates happen but not super fast.