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Idle Research

Considera Games LLC · Considera Core LLC · 2022-07-31

Steam

AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 01, 2022 (Mac), Aug 01, 2022 (Linux)

Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.

87
playing now
84%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

87 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Players online

107582026-08-07 00:00 — 80 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 70 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 80 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 80 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 86 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 91 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 72 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 76 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 82 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 68 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 69 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 96 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 71 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 70 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 97 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 107 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 91 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 86 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 81 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 101 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 87 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Research Red Flask!"
37.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,11324%99

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

Player tags

2DIdlerClickerCartoonyCraftingStrategyAdventureDiplomacyAutomationManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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