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Released Jul 31, 2022 Early Access Free Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Idle Research

By Considera Games LLC · published by Considera Core LLC

IdlerIncrementalFree to PlaySimulationStrategyAdventureResource ManagementAutomationEarly AccessManagement2DMinimalist
Track this game Steam page
Followers —
Reviews 1,912 Very Positive
Players yesterday 81 at the busiest moment
Owners 200K–500K estimated

About Idle Research

Idle Research is a game tagged Idler, Incremental and Free to Play by Considera Games LLC, released Jul 31, 2022. It has 1,912 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Revolution Idle, Idle Research 2 and Idle Skilling.

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.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Idle Research · record updated 15 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID1482860
Release dateJul 31, 2022
Last change number40100196
Last record update15 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Considera Games LLC
Publisher
Considera Core LLC
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies
Unity detected

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

3
Single-playerSteam AchievementsIn-app purchases

Patches

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
9310930publicAug 14, 2022

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
1482861 — Windows 362.7 MB 34.2 MB 905263357945410172
1482862 — macOS 374.2 MB 37.9 MB 6508011375410674521
1482863 — Linux 384.4 MB 30.5 MB 3929294634194425211

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 9310930 Aug 14, 2022 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Idle Research

Launch options

3
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Idle Research.exe Windows · 64-bit
/Idle Research/Idle Research.app macOS
Idle Research.x86_64 Linux

Cloud saves

Space per player953.7 MB
Filesup to 50
Save locations3
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLowCryptoGrounds/Idle Research/saves/*Windows
MacAppSupportCryptoGrounds/Idle Research/saves/*MacOS
LinuxXdgConfigHome/unity3d/CryptoGrounds/Idle Research/saves/*.savLinux

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