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Steam app 1147690 · updated 11 Oct 2026, 14:22 UTC

NGU IDLE

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!

NGU IDLE Steam header artwork
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3,154playing now
3,28324-hour peak
8,012all-time peak
2,951average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−44.2Gain−1.48%% gain3,486Peak

717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

09412k3k4k16 Sep21 Sep26 Sep01 Oct06 Oct11 Oct16 OctWednesday 16 September 20263,486 peakThursday 17 September 20263,392 peakFriday 18 September 20263,334 peakSaturday 19 September 20263,233 peakSunday 20 September 20263,332 peakMonday 21 September 20263,398 peakTuesday 22 September 20263,316 peakWednesday 23 September 20263,385 peakThursday 24 September 20263,332 peakFriday 25 September 20263,356 peakSaturday 26 September 20263,320 peakSunday 27 September 20263,338 peakMonday 28 September 20263,361 peakTuesday 29 September 20263,346 peakWednesday 30 September 20263,341 peakThursday 01 October 20263,280 peakFriday 02 October 20263,239 peakSaturday 03 October 20263,254 peakSunday 04 October 20263,308 peakMonday 05 October 20263,272 peakTuesday 06 October 20263,308 peakWednesday 07 October 20263,328 peakThursday 08 October 20263,232 peakFriday 09 October 20263,322 peakSaturday 10 October 20263,249 peakSunday 11 October 20263,299 peakMonday 12 October 20263,294 peakTuesday 13 October 20263,262 peakWednesday 14 October 20263,265 peakThursday 15 October 20263,283 peakFriday 16 October 20263,154 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

85 months, October 2019 to October 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

02k4k6k9k2019202020222023202420252026October 20195,654 monthly peakNovember 20195,561 monthly peakDecember 20195,665 monthly peakJanuary 20206,279 monthly peakFebruary 20206,706 monthly peakMarch 20207,198 monthly peakApril 20207,572 monthly peakMay 20207,599 monthly peakJune 20207,312 monthly peakJuly 20207,312 monthly peakAugust 20207,142 monthly peakSeptember 20207,470 monthly peakOctober 20207,907 monthly peakNovember 20207,649 monthly peakDecember 20207,857 monthly peakJanuary 20218,012 monthly peakFebruary 20217,826 monthly peakMarch 20217,889 monthly peakApril 20217,037 monthly peakMay 20216,317 monthly peakJune 20216,064 monthly peakJuly 20216,029 monthly peakAugust 20216,402 monthly peakSeptember 20216,199 monthly peakOctober 20215,949 monthly peakNovember 20215,731 monthly peakDecember 20215,546 monthly peakJanuary 20225,614 monthly peakFebruary 20225,483 monthly peakMarch 20225,101 monthly peakApril 20225,216 monthly peakMay 20225,145 monthly peakJune 20224,855 monthly peakJuly 20224,582 monthly peakAugust 20224,544 monthly peakSeptember 20224,527 monthly peakOctober 20224,321 monthly peakNovember 20224,219 monthly peakDecember 20224,121 monthly peakJanuary 20233,983 monthly peakFebruary 20233,948 monthly peakMarch 20233,885 monthly peakApril 20233,914 monthly peakMay 20233,881 monthly peakJune 20233,799 monthly peakJuly 20233,811 monthly peakAugust 20233,802 monthly peakSeptember 20233,848 monthly peakOctober 20233,983 monthly peakNovember 20234,078 monthly peakDecember 20234,082 monthly peakJanuary 20243,920 monthly peakFebruary 20244,100 monthly peakMarch 20244,038 monthly peakApril 20244,020 monthly peakMay 20244,051 monthly peakJune 20244,092 monthly peakJuly 20243,925 monthly peakAugust 20243,991 monthly peakSeptember 20244,072 monthly peakOctober 20243,947 monthly peakNovember 20243,969 monthly peakDecember 20243,847 monthly peakJanuary 20253,752 monthly peakFebruary 20254,259 monthly peakMarch 20254,091 monthly peakApril 20253,967 monthly peakMay 20253,915 monthly peakJune 20253,939 monthly peakJuly 20253,810 monthly peakAugust 20253,944 monthly peakSeptember 20254,027 monthly peakOctober 20253,939 monthly peakNovember 20253,920 monthly peakDecember 20253,785 monthly peakJanuary 20263,919 monthly peakFebruary 20263,869 monthly peakMarch 20263,842 monthly peakApril 20263,631 monthly peakMay 20263,570 monthly peakJune 20263,517 monthly peakJuly 20263,463 monthly peakAugust 20263,427 monthly peakSeptember 20263,486 monthly peakOctober 20263,328 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

09412k3k4kJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 20263,463 peak — daily detail belowAugust 20263,427 peak — daily detail belowSeptember 20263,486 peak — hourly detail belowOctober 20263,328 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

14 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

09352k3k4k01 Jul20 Jul22 Jul24 Jul26 Jul28 Jul30 JulWednesday 01 July 20263,463 peakSunday 19 July 20263,329 peakMonday 20 July 20263,400 peakTuesday 21 July 20263,432 peakWednesday 22 July 20263,324 peakThursday 23 July 20263,374 peakFriday 24 July 20263,284 peakSaturday 25 July 20263,210 peakSunday 26 July 20263,227 peakMonday 27 July 20263,334 peakTuesday 28 July 20263,312 peakWednesday 29 July 20263,295 peakThursday 30 July 20263,233 peakFriday 31 July 20263,250 peak

August 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

09252k3k4k01 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 20263,188 peakSunday 02 August 20263,250 peakMonday 03 August 20263,353 peakTuesday 04 August 20263,329 peakWednesday 05 August 20263,323 peakThursday 06 August 20263,353 peakFriday 07 August 20263,349 peakSaturday 08 August 20263,204 peakSunday 09 August 20263,287 peakMonday 10 August 20263,353 peakTuesday 11 August 20263,346 peakWednesday 12 August 20263,388 peakThursday 13 August 20263,306 peakFriday 14 August 20263,264 peakSaturday 15 August 20263,255 peakSunday 16 August 20263,347 peakMonday 17 August 20263,387 peakTuesday 18 August 20263,314 peakWednesday 19 August 20263,427 peakThursday 20 August 20263,388 peakFriday 21 August 20263,320 peakSaturday 22 August 20263,207 peakSunday 23 August 20263,303 peakMonday 24 August 20263,365 peakTuesday 25 August 20263,356 peakWednesday 26 August 20263,337 peakThursday 27 August 20263,334 peakFriday 28 August 20263,337 peakSaturday 29 August 20263,266 peakSunday 30 August 20263,373 peakMonday 31 August 20263,393 peak

September 2026

30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 343 hourly samples from 16 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

09412k3k4k01 Sep06 Sep11 Sep16 Sep21 Sep26 SepTuesday 01 September 20263,398 peakWednesday 02 September 20263,381 peakThursday 03 September 20263,430 peakFriday 04 September 20263,340 peakSaturday 05 September 20263,249 peakSunday 06 September 20263,281 peakMonday 07 September 20263,438 peakTuesday 08 September 20263,390 peakWednesday 09 September 20263,409 peakThursday 10 September 20263,280 peakFriday 11 September 20263,309 peakSaturday 12 September 20263,312 peakSunday 13 September 20263,382 peakMonday 14 September 20263,383 peakTuesday 15 September 20263,432 peakWednesday 16 September 20263,486 peakThursday 17 September 20263,392 peakFriday 18 September 20263,334 peakSaturday 19 September 20263,233 peakSunday 20 September 20263,332 peakMonday 21 September 20263,398 peakTuesday 22 September 20263,316 peakWednesday 23 September 20263,385 peakThursday 24 September 20263,332 peakFriday 25 September 20263,356 peakSaturday 26 September 20263,320 peakSunday 27 September 20263,338 peakMonday 28 September 20263,361 peakTuesday 29 September 20263,346 peakWednesday 30 September 20263,341 peak

October 2026

16 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

08992k3k4k01 Oct03 Oct05 Oct07 Oct09 Oct11 Oct13 Oct15 OctThursday 01 October 20263,280 peakFriday 02 October 20263,239 peakSaturday 03 October 20263,254 peakSunday 04 October 20263,308 peakMonday 05 October 20263,272 peakTuesday 06 October 20263,308 peakWednesday 07 October 20263,328 peakThursday 08 October 20263,232 peakFriday 09 October 20263,322 peakSaturday 10 October 20263,249 peakSunday 11 October 20263,299 peakMonday 12 October 20263,294 peakTuesday 13 October 20263,262 peakWednesday 14 October 20263,265 peakThursday 15 October 20263,283 peakFriday 16 October 20263,154 peak
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 11 Oct 2026, 14:22 UTC
App ID
1147690
Last updated
26 Jun 2021 build 6938742
Update pace
Quiet no update while we have been watching · 0 in 34 days watched
Developer
4G
Publisher
4G
Release date
Oct 1, 2019
Platforms
Windows
Download size
26 MB
Install size
183 MB
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Achievements
61

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

Free to PlayIncrementalIdlerIndieAdventureFunnySimulationSingleplayerRPGCasualPsychological HorrorStory Rich2DHentai
About this gameFull description from Steam
Everyone likes numbers that go up. Play NGU IDLE and get the exciting rush of so many numbers going up! The #1 rated Idle Game on Kongregate is now headed its way to Steam! Experience the stupidity of NGU IDLE and get: Regular updates! An RPG and inventory system! Loot over 350 hand-drawn and unique equipment, consumables, quest items, you name it! Over 300 bosses, each with their own hand-drawn art! A metric buttload of upgrades! Even your upgrades have upgrades! I love typing the word upgrade! UPGRADE. Unfolding features the further you progress! Fight weird Bosses like a flock of Canada Geese or a giant Sundae! A really weird and funny story if you’re into that. A mix of Idle and Active play to satisfy everyone except really grumpy people. A Badly drawn Kitty! Progress Bars everywhere! A 9000+ member Discord to ask your newbie questions and brag about your numbers going up. Premium currency you can PASSIVELY OBTAIN at a decent pace, without paying a cent. Only toss me some cash because you want to, not because you need to in order to progress. A snarky, very active dev who you can personally harass on Discord if you want! (be gentle) Awful Puns.
Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 2 regional ratings

Content notice

Some cartoonish depictions of butts are seen, and coarse language is used throughout the game. Honestly, this is more of an *immature* content description.

Regional ratings

DEJUS14Linguagem imprópria · Conteúdo sexual · Drogas ilícitas
IGRSBANNEDRokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya · Penggunaan bahasa · Kekerasan
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10. XP? Who the heck is still using XP? Processor: If it was made after 2010 you're good. Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Probably everything works, even integrated ( but you might have slideshow FPS) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: lol there's no audio at all Additional Notes: Hi Dad

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum: Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

61 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
Boss 10 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 20 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 30 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 40 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 50 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 60 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 70 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 80 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 90 Defeated!Achievement
Boss 100 Defeated!Achievement

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18 developer announcements, Sep 2019 to Jun 2021 · times in UTC

June

  1. Build 1.260: Lore's End

    Blatantly copy pasted patch notes, as per usual! * Added Boss Portraits for Bosses 270-300 * Added Lore for Bosses 290-300. * Added 2 final Titans. * Added COOKING, the final feature. Unlock it by killing Titan 10! * Filled in some missing…

    4G

March

  1. NGU INDUSTRIES EARLY ACCESS LAUNCHES APRIL 5

    It's happening! (In a week!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1433990/NGU_INDUSTRIES/ Discord server is also here if you want a special title that will be IMPOSSIBLE TO GET after Early Access Launches: https://discord.gg/BbWNm2kDGe

    4G

January

  1. NGU INDUSTRIES: COMING APRIL 2021

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35726513/a48cee9bbc7a76be642190980f31ea9451b77bed.gif Hi All, While I've been updating NGU Idle the last year or so, I've also been working on a sequel . And now it's gotten far enough to have a Store page!…

    4G

November

  1. Build 1.220 Released!

    Hi hello friends, I manage to stop eating chocolate long enough to drop a hot new update on you! From the patch notes: * Added lore for Bosses 250ish to 270ish! That's a lot-ish of bosses. * Added portraits for the above mentioned bosses! *…

    4G

September

  1. Build 1.210 Released

    Hey friends, I rolled my face across my keyboard enough times and got lucky enough that it compiled into a new update for you all! Here be the patch notes: * Added 26 new Card Arts, along with some new card names! Yes, I wrote Arts in…

    4G

July

  1. Build 1.200: A QUACKY UPDATE

    Hey all, So the world's still on fire, but that's okay because I've made a COOL and SILLY update containing ducks! That makes everything better, right? Shamelessly copy-pasting the patch notes here: * Added ducks. * Added 3 new adventure…

    4G

May

  1. Build 1.130 Released!

    Hello friends! I just got off the toilet after about 5 weeks straight, which means... a new update! Patch notes blatantly copy-pasted here: * If you didn't know already, NGU IDLE was my first crack at coding something big, and to both learn…

    4G

April

  1. Build 1.120 Released!

    Hello friends! Here's another update where i slapped my keyboard around a few times with my real human hands and content came out the other end. Patch notes are: * Added a bunch of bonus Accessories to loot! You'll find a lot of shiny new…

    4G

March

  1. Build 1.110 Released!

    Hi frens, 4G here again to poop out a lovely update for you, this time focus was put on extending the available adventure zones and a whopping 34 bosses of DEEP LORE. Patch notes are as follows: * (ENDGAME SPOILERS STILL IN EFFECT OF…

    4G

January

  1. Build 1.101 Released!

    Hey all, small update this time - just to clean up some small bugs from the new feature and to add to it a bit more. Patch notes are being copy pasted.... now! * (ENDGAME SPOILERS STILL IN EFFECT OF COURSE) * Buffed a few card bonuses…

    4G
  2. THE FART OF THE CARDS UPDATE (Build 1.100)

    Hi, 4G here with arguably the biggest content dump ever made, except for that time about 5 hours after I ordered and devoured a 2 pound mega-burrito. Behold, the patch notes for the dang thing. (BIG LATEGAME SPOILERS INCOMING! LOOK AWAY…

    4G

December

  1. KRISSMUSS UPDATE 1.003!

    * Added a bunch of KRISSMUSS goodness! KRISSMUSS is a nonspecific NGU holiday that totally isn't like Christmas! It still has a fat guy in a red suit and gifts, though. * Added a special KRISSMUSS present for you, in the money pit menu.…

    4G

November

  1. Build 1.002 Released

    Yay, update time! Let's dive into it: * First off, the Adventure menu now has ART. Amazing. All the enemies you encounter will have their portrait shown in the middle section of the screen - this includes TITANS, the ITOPOD, and any enemy…

    4G

October

  1. Build 1.001 Released

    Copy pasting the in-game patch notes 'cause woooo l am so lazy: * Taking in a lot of new feedback from you cute little newbies, I've made a bunch of small tweaks to the early game This Includes: * Hiding more buttons early on, until they're…

    4G
  2. Babby's First Patch (v 1.000-1)

    Hey guys, Small patch here to fix some initial issues with the launch and the new content, nothing huge: * STEAM: Fixed everyone being named Bob - you should now see your Steam name in the Fight Boss and Adventure menus instead. We'll miss…

    Patch notes
  3. HOLY MOLY NGU IDLE IS AVAILABLE NOW TO PLAY

    Hi hello 4G here, I don't know what else to tell you. THE GAME IS OUT NOW TO PLAY ON STEAM. Go play it. Love it. Caress it. Whisper sweet nothings into its ear. Also review it and stuff if you want. This is just a weird ramble at this point…

    4G

September

  1. NGU IDLE Launches October 1st!

    Attention whoever see these notices! NGU Idle will be available to play on Steam on October 1st! That's right, less than a week from now, you'll be fighting some brown blob-things and wearing gross equipment and filling pretty, colorful…

    4G
  2. First Post! Also here's a link to the game's discord.

    https://discordapp.com/invite/5revMxD Come on in and shitpost with the rest of us!

    4G

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