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Milky Way Idle

cheze · 2025-03-06

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Mar 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2022 (Web browser)

Milky Way Idle: A multiplayer idle RPG where automation replaces grinding. Level up skills, gather resources, craft powerful items, and battle monsters—all while AFK. Trade in the marketplace, join a guild, team up for party combat, and socialize in chat as you progress effortlessly.

48%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (661 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
61661620252026Week of 2025-03-06: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 616 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
21.3%
earned "Got Milk?"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7141%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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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