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Achievement Idler: Black cover art

Achievement Idler: Black

IHM Studio · 2018-04-13

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Achievement Idler: Black is an Achievement spam "game" that you start up to idle in the background and get the achievements.

Achievement Idler: Black is a Casual game released in 2018, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 546 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 546 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 546 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Apr 2018May 2025Apr 2018 — avg 4 · peak 33Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Achievement 02"
97.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,40689%5,000

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IdlerCasual

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.