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Artist Idle cover art

Artist Idle

YDKR · 2019-01-18

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Draw pictures, sell them and become a famous artist.

Artist Idle is a 2019 Indie and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 521 reviews).

14
playing now
64%
positive of 521 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120192026Week of 2019-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-15 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
34613Jan 2019Aug 2026Jan 2019 — avg 346 · peak 516Apr 2019 — avg 110 · peak 169Jul 2019 — avg 53 · peak 74Oct 2019 — avg 63 · peak 91Jan 2020 — avg 94 · peak 133Apr 2020 — avg 112 · peak 152Jul 2020 — avg 67 · peak 97Oct 2020 — avg 71 · peak 102Jan 2021 — avg 70 · peak 101Apr 2021 — avg 38 · peak 57Jul 2021 — avg 33 · peak 53Oct 2021 — avg 29 · peak 45Jan 2022 — avg 35 · peak 55Apr 2022 — avg 32 · peak 48Jul 2022 — avg 23 · peak 35Oct 2022 — avg 21 · peak 37Jan 2023 — avg 23 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 26 · peak 47Jul 2023 — avg 32 · peak 51Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 42Jan 2024 — avg 34 · peak 55Apr 2024 — avg 31 · peak 48Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 50Oct 2024 — avg 28 · peak 43Jan 2025 — avg 25 · peak 41Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 33Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 32Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 38Jan 2026 — avg 19 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

21
achievements tracked
68.9%
earned "First Picture"
22.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-02-22, latest 2019-03-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,74013%21

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

Player tags

IdlerIndieClickerFree to Play

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.