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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.

68
playing now
84%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 124 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (478 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39639620222026Week of 2022-08-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

87492026-09-14 22:00 — 68 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 56 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 87 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 78 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 57 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 83 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 83 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 68 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 73 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 60 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 67 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 84 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 57 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 68 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 77 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 57 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 49 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 73 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 62 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 49 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 72 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.9k78Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 2,884 · peak 4,750Oct 2022 — avg 569 · peak 868Dec 2022 — avg 268 · peak 412Feb 2023 — avg 252 · peak 373Apr 2023 — avg 210 · peak 291Jun 2023 — avg 225 · peak 314Aug 2023 — avg 222 · peak 313Oct 2023 — avg 200 · peak 272Dec 2023 — avg 179 · peak 252Feb 2024 — avg 188 · peak 263Apr 2024 — avg 173 · peak 231Jun 2024 — avg 157 · peak 205Aug 2024 — avg 131 · peak 194Oct 2024 — avg 117 · peak 166Dec 2024 — avg 103 · peak 146Feb 2025 — avg 147 · peak 233Apr 2025 — avg 110 · peak 165Jun 2025 — avg 91 · peak 134Aug 2025 — avg 93 · peak 151Oct 2025 — avg 90 · peak 134Dec 2025 — avg 100 · peak 146Feb 2026 — avg 109 · peak 157Apr 2026 — avg 110 · peak 160Jun 2026 — avg 91 · peak 135Aug 2026 — avg 80 · peak 123
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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