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Idle Expanse cover art

Idle Expanse

Lyrical Games LLC · 2020-09-07

Steam

CasualFree To PlayIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A sci-fi themed incremental game which allows you to expand your capitalistic empire across the galaxy! Hire mercenaries to pillage alien planets for resources, with the singular goal of making as much money as possible as quickly as possible! Totally not a playful commentary on real Terran society.

Idle Expanse is a Casual, Free To Play, Indie, and RPG game released in 2020, which is free-to-play, has an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000, and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 152 reviews).

2
playing now
55%
positive of 152 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (71 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920202026Week of 2020-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
971Sep 2020Oct 2025Sep 2020 — avg 97 · peak 163Nov 2020 — avg 29 · peak 64Jan 2021 — avg 13 · peak 26Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 20May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 16Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 11Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 4Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 6Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 5Jan 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4Oct 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Oct 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.5%
earned "Playing The Game"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2020-09-07 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIdlerIndieSpaceAliensCasualSci-fiClicker

Census log

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

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