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Released Jul 28, 2026 $4.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

IDLE_DIRECTIVE

By Kevinfu510

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Reviews 527 Very Positive
Players now 57 Peak today 57
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About IDLE_DIRECTIVE

IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a game tagged Incremental, Idler and Exploration by Kevinfu510, released Jul 28, 2026. It has 527 Steam reviews (Very Positive). The Steam games most like it include Click Click Dig: Idle Mine, Idle Crown and Idle Realms: The Eternal Spire.

Idly gather and manage resources to repair what's left of a decaying world. Scavenge forgotten ruins, meet scattered survivors, and push back against the inevitable collapse. IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a grid-based inventory and resource management idle game.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for IDLE_DIRECTIVE · record updated 33 minutes ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID4599710
Release dateJul 28, 2026
Last change number40241828
Last record update33 minutes ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Kevinfu510
Publisher
Kevinfu510
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies
Godot detected

Platforms

Windows 64-bit
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

4
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$4.99
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Lowest seen · US$4.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked1 hour agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

13
  1. Sep 7, 2026 Patch Notes for v1.1.3

    Hello everyone, This is a small patch to address some bugs as well as adding some minor features/content! FIX: Cancel after current UI bug, where if players click on the actual checkbox the crafting does not cancel correctly. FIX: Item Upg…

  2. Aug 14, 2026 Patch Notes for v1.1.2

    Hello everyone, This is a small patch to address some bugs as well as adding 2 QoL features! FIX: Plural form of Nexus being wrong in text. FIX: NPC Item and resource stocks not being reflected properly on relevant augment purchase. FIX: D…

  3. Aug 10, 2026 Patch Notes for v1.1.1

    Hello everyone, I'm here again with a minor patch that is more or less a continuation of 1.1.0 from a few days ago! The following are the change logs: ADD: "Mute on Unfocused" setting (defaults to off), that mutes all game audio when windo…

  4. Aug 6, 2026 Patch v1.1.0!

    Hello everyone! the anticipated QoL patch that I've been mentioning in the Steam Community forums is now available as v1.1.0!ADD: ESC hotkey to close top most window/popups.ADD: Mouse wheel up/down to rotate items.ADD: Recycler Button in s…

  5. Aug 4, 2026 Patch Notes for v1.0.8

    Hello everyone! This is a small patch to fix the following, as well as to optimize a huge cause of lag for some players:\ All text-fields now properly block map-movement input, previously only the feedback window's textbox have this effect…

  6. Aug 3, 2026 Patch Notes for v1.0.7

    Hey everyone! the following are fixed/changed in this patch:FIX: Game crash when opening the Augment window while the map is rendering (thread related).FIX: Random game crashes due to the game-engine trying to access invalid objects (Crash…

  7. Aug 2, 2026 Patch Notes for v1.0.6

    Hello everyone! this patch has the following changes:FIX: Buying and Selling from traders using the percentages buttons can cause a floating-point error, corrupting your save file unknowingly until you next load up the game.ADD: Related to…

  8. Aug 1, 2026 Update Notes for v1.0.5

    Hi everyone, this patch fixes an Auto Explore bug that is impacting a decent chunk of the player base, so I'm pushing it out along with some other minor fixes:Auto Explore now works along the edges of the world map properly, it should no l…

  9. Aug 1, 2026 Update Notes for v1.0.4

    Hi Everyone, I'm here with a new patch (v1.0.4)!ChangesBUFF: Spatial Carcass Container and Spatial Scrap Box have their base storage and upgrade increments increased from 50 to 100.CHANGE: pfp icon for Scrap Box (I) to show it empty, to fi…

  10. Jul 30, 2026 Update Notes for v1.0.3

    Hello everyone! and again, thank you for your patience! This patch addresses some of the major on-going issues reported by players either from the in-game form, or Steam Community posts! Visual Bugs/ChangesFIX: excessive decimal points fro…

  11. Jul 29, 2026 Update Notes for v1.0.2

    Hi everyone! patch 1.0.2 is out now! Visual bugs FIX: Visual bug where Furnace (II) not glowing properly, this also causes log files to get excruciatingly long. FIX: Text bug where Irrelevant amplifier effects are stated in text-tooltips. …

  12. Jul 29, 2026 Update Notes for v1.0.1

    First (of probably many to come) Patches to address some glaring issues reported by players: FIX: Augment node text being wrong for "Initial Body Size" and "Initial Inventory Size" augments. FIX: Players are no longer hard-locked from prog…

Builds

2
BuildBranchUpdated
25162276publicSep 7, 2026
24603797experimentalAug 7, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
4599711 — All 124.8 MB 55.4 MB 4466999064620558291

Branches

2
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 25162276 Sep 7, 2026 Open
experimental Experimental branch 24603797 Aug 7, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/IDLE_DIRECTIVE

Launch options

2
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
IDLE_DIRECTIVE.exe Windows · 64-bit Play IDLE_DIRECTIVE
IDLE_DIRECTIVE.exe --rendering-driver d3d12 Windows · 64-bit IDLE_DIRECTIVE (DirectX 12)

Cloud saves

Space per player95.4 MB
Filesup to 20
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataRoamingGodot/app_userdata/IDLE_DIRECTIVE/*.saveWindows

Achievements

Achievements431 hidden
Most unlocked95%ENERGY EFFICIENCY I
Rarest16.2%LAUNCH

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY I Have 100% energy efficiency. 95%
  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY II Have 150% energy efficiency. 88.2%
  • ENERGY CAPACITY I Have 50,000 energy capacity. 83.1%
  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY III Have 200% energy efficiency. 75.8%
  • ITEM UPGRADE I Upgrade an item to level 50. 74.8%
  • ENERGY CAPACITY II Have 200,000 energy capacity. 70.7%
  • REACH HABITAT Make contact with The Habitat. 69.4%
  • REACH RESERVOIR Make contact with The Reservoir. 68.9%
  • REACH ENCLAVE Make contact with The Enclave. 68.2%
  • REACH OUTPOST Make contact with The Outpost. 68.2%
  • ITEM UPGRADE II Upgrade an item to level 100. 60.6%
  • TERMINAL REPAIR Repair a Terminal. 58.1%
  • TRAVEL I Travel a total of 200 kilometers. 55.6%
  • REPAIR I Repair 10 POIs. 55.5%
  • ENERGY CAPACITY III Have 1,000,000 energy capacity. 46%
  • ITEM UPGRADE III Upgrade an item to level 150. 46%
  • EXPLORATION I Discover over 30% of the POIs in the world. 45.8%
  • TRAVEL II Travel a total of 500 kilometers. 43.1%
All 43 achievements
  • EXPLORATION II Discover over 45% of the POIs in the world. 40%
  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY IV Have 250% energy efficiency. 38.4%
  • REPAIR II Repair 25 POIs. 37.5%
  • EXPLORATION III Discover over 60% of the POIs in the world. 36.3%
  • ITEM UPGRADE IV Upgrade an item to level 200. 36.1%
  • EXPLORATION IV Discover over 75% of the POIs in the world. 33.9%
  • TRAVEL III Travel a total of 1,500 kilometers. 32.7%
  • EXPLORATION V Discover over 90% of the POIs in the world. 32.1%
  • ITEM UPGRADE V Upgrade an item to level 250. 30.3%
  • MAXIMUM MOVEMENT Reach the maximum level of mobility. 30.2%
  • REPAIR III Repair 50 POIs. 28.4%
  • ENERGY CAPACITY IV Have 10,000,000 energy capacity. 27.3%
  • REPUTABLE WITH OUTPOST Max your reputation with The Outpost. 27.3%
  • REPUTABLE WITH HABITAT Max your reputation with The Habitat. 27%
  • REPUTABLE WITH ENCLAVE Max your reputation with The Enclave. 26.6%
  • REPUTABLE WITH RESERVOIR Max your reputation with The Reservoir. 26.6%
  • TRAVEL IV Travel a total of 3,000 kilometers. 25.8%
  • OMEGA Unlock all augments. 22.5%
  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY V Have 300% energy efficiency or more. 22.4%
  • ENERGY CAPACITY V Have 50,000,000 energy capacity. 22.1%
  • REPAIR IV Repair 100 POIs. 21.2%
  • TRAVEL V Travel a total of 5,000 kilometers. 20.5%
  • DIRECTIVE COMPLETE Repaired all Terminals. 20.4%
  • REPAIR V Repair 150 POIs. 16.8%
  • LAUNCH Hidden achievement 16.2%

Update history

Changes to the Steam record

since we started watching
  1. Oct 26, 2026 · 19:41 #40241828
    • common.store_tags.12 7250 → 3964
    • common.store_tags.13 3964 → 6276
    • common.store_tags.14 6276 → 7250

News

  1. Jul 6, 2026 · Community Announcements Thank you for 10,000 Wishlists!

    Hello everyone! I would like to thank you all who have wishlisted the game, I am certainly happy and delighted to see how well received the Demo is as well!We're 23 days away from launch-day, and dev…

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