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Melvor Idle cover art

Melvor Idle

Games by Malcs · Jagex Ltd · 2021-11-18

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 19, 2021 (Web browser), Nov 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2021 (iOS), Nov 19, 2021 (Linux), Nov 19, 2021 (Android), Nov 19, 2021 (Mac)

Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.

4,034
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

4,034 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,034 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 678 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~85/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 323k–727k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,150 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.80 at Gamer Thor (2025-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 95 of 131 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20202026Week of 2020-11-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,449 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.6k2.5k2026-08-06 22:00 — 2,565 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 3,163 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 3,699 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2,674 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3,153 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 3,583 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 2,629 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 3,221 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 3,698 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2,593 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3,106 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 3,678 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2,571 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 3,142 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3,681 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2,506 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2,941 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 3,536 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3,054 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4,318 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 5,265 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3,966 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 4,531 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5,632 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 4,144 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 4,305 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4,763 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 4,202 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,856 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 4,034 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.802020-11-202026-08-232020-11-20 — best price $7.492022-01-04 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-05-08 — best price $4.992023-07-24 — best price $8.982023-09-01 — best price $9.992023-10-21 — best price $8.992023-12-05 — best price $8.472024-01-09 — best price $3.962024-02-21 — best price $4.162024-03-30 — best price $4.992024-05-05 — best price $8.462024-06-04 — best price $8.462024-06-29 — best price $5.002024-08-01 — best price $8.322024-09-19 — best price $9.992024-11-22 — best price $4.002024-12-07 — best price $8.872024-12-26 — best price $4.192025-01-30 — best price $5.002025-03-01 — best price $4.882025-03-25 — best price $7.652025-05-22 — best price $3.742025-06-27 — best price $5.002025-07-28 — best price $9.992025-08-21 — best price $5.002025-09-27 — best price $5.002025-10-20 — best price $4.952025-11-09 — best price $7.932025-11-29 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-18 — best price $4.452026-04-23 — best price $4.662026-07-15 — best price $9.892026-08-21 — best price $7.652026-08-23 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
98.2%
earned "The Beginning"
18.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,9663%86

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

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerIndieMagicCasualMiningCartoonFantasyColorful

Census log

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

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