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NGU IDLE

4G · 2019-10-01

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

2,816
playing now
96%
positive of 13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

2,816 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,816 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 554 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~69/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
79879820192026Week of 2019-10-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.3k2.6k2026-08-06 22:00 — 3,023 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2,702 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 3,211 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3,057 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2,673 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 3,101 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 3,000 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2,685 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 3,182 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2,996 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 2,721 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 3,213 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2,983 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2,662 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3,189 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 3,013 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2,675 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 3,091 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3,150 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2,636 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3,147 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3,343 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 2,723 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 2,909 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3,275 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2,810 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2,878 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3,305 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 2,816 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68.8%
earned "Boss 10 Defeated!"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,7054%61

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

Player tags

RPGFunnyIdlerIndieCasualClickerAdventureSimulationStory RichFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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