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Idling to Rule the Gods

Shugasu GmbH · 2016-05-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 27, 2016 (Linux), May 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 2016 (Mac)

Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!

Idling to Rule the Gods is a 2016 Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (85% of 2134 reviews).

1,037
playing now
85%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,037 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1,037 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,058 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k8762026-09-14 22:00 — 1,014 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 978 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1,161 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1,065 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 952 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1,072 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1,145 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 896 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1,005 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1,101 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 954 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 987 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1,112 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 939 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 973 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1,095 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 923 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 905 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1,114 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 976 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 910 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1,017 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1,071 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1,037 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k588May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 994 · peak 2,771Sep 2016 — avg 588 · peak 714Jan 2017 — avg 775 · peak 942May 2017 — avg 845 · peak 1,006Sep 2017 — avg 779 · peak 897Jan 2018 — avg 784 · peak 927May 2018 — avg 823 · peak 933Sep 2018 — avg 779 · peak 900Jan 2019 — avg 974 · peak 1,223May 2019 — avg 771 · peak 897Sep 2019 — avg 719 · peak 815Jan 2020 — avg 728 · peak 844May 2020 — avg 779 · peak 943Sep 2020 — avg 805 · peak 957Jan 2021 — avg 1,057 · peak 1,221May 2021 — avg 998 · peak 1,208Sep 2021 — avg 910 · peak 1,047Jan 2022 — avg 1,085 · peak 1,251May 2022 — avg 1,030 · peak 1,204Sep 2022 — avg 1,072 · peak 1,299Jan 2023 — avg 1,035 · peak 1,219May 2023 — avg 1,056 · peak 1,279Sep 2023 — avg 1,011 · peak 1,194Jan 2024 — avg 1,072 · peak 1,261May 2024 — avg 1,168 · peak 1,403Sep 2024 — avg 1,150 · peak 1,336Jan 2025 — avg 1,285 · peak 1,519May 2025 — avg 1,235 · peak 1,475Sep 2025 — avg 1,165 · peak 1,392Jan 2026 — avg 1,184 · peak 1,364May 2026 — avg 1,093 · peak 1,278Aug 2026 — avg 1,043 · peak 1,273
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

002026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.6%
earned "Light Creator"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,6840%77

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGAnimeIdlerIndieCasualClickerFantasyGod GameStrategyManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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