Steam app 1482860 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:32 UTC
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.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
50 months, August 2022 to September 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.
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.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Idle Research was released on 31 Jul, 2022.
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99 achievements in total.
27 developer announcements, Jan 2021 to Dec 2025 · times in UTC
Hey everyone! I'm back with the largest set of developer standup blogs so far. Since the last post, I have finally graduated from college with a bachelors in Computer Science, and transitioned to full-time software development. I've done a…
Considera GamesHey everyone! I'm back with another set of developer standup blogs from my discord. Posts have been less frequent because of College. I'm about 2 weeks away from graduating! Anyways, I present you the last 14 episodes! *Looking at the…
Considera GamesStarting today, I will be reposting 10 days of developer standup blogs that I write on my discord server. These will be delayed but highly detailed posts about what I have been working on for Idle Research 2. You will also see the…
Considera GamesYou wake up from a time-activated cryogenic pod in 2070 on planet Mu Ra Tempel — after the devasting Earth-27 Mutually Assured Destruction incident. Steam Page At The Bottom Hey all, I have been able to get a lot more progress with Idle…
Considera GamesHey friends! Happy 4th of July to my American players, and happy Thursday to everyone else! I hope everyone is having a great week. As decided on my discord, I have decided to begin development on a new version of Idle Research. There's a…
Considera GamesHi friends, I have finally removed the steam achievement for the Black Ice Flask. So now people should be able to 100% the game for now. This new update is still taking way longer than it should, and I again apologize for that. For those…
Considera GamesHello everyone! As you may have noticed, it is definitely past the February or March goal I was hoping for. Unfortunately, there is no update ready still. Those who go to university and work full time may understand. It is currently summer…
Considera GamesHello! I just wanted to provide the last major feature previews to provide more updates on where I am at in terms of the next major update THESE ARE JUST PREVIEWS, NOT AN ACTUAL UPDATE. THERE IS STILL NO ETA. I AM STILL FOCUSING ON COLLEGE…
CryptoGroundsHi friends! Just felt like I should provide some updates on my progress with the next major update. THESE ARE JUST PREVIEWS, NOT AN ACTUAL UPDATE. THERE IS NO ETA. I AM STILL FOCUSING ON COLLEGE AT THE MOMENT :) Also spoiler warning...…
CryptoGroundsHi everyone! Classes for college starts tomorrow... 😢 I wanted to give you guys a quick heads up on what I will be working on during this semester (and potentially next semester). There are lots more than what's being shown, but it's just…
CryptoGroundsThank you very much for your patience to those who were affected by the Offline Progress issue. Should be good to go now! :^) (Accelerators) You can now hold on the little buttons on every accelerator. (Crafting) EXPERIMENTAL: Added a…
CryptoGrounds(Crafting) Presets now have a custom preset input. (Solitaire) A setting to toggle Auto Win NOTE! A lot of the balancing related changes in this update are subject to change! (Saving!) Save System has been reworked. Flasks, Tubes, and…
Patch notesOffline: For Tubes Adventure, you now gain kills offline! This only gives kills for the stage you are currently on. Settings: A setting to toggle the offline progress screen. Crafting: Presets have a new look and were heavily simplified.…
Patch notes⇐ v0.21.4 ⇒ Flask’s Assembly: Added shortcut buttons in Juice. You can now hold on the Sample Processor buttons. Mastery: (QoL) since there is a large phase where you only have 1 mastery slot, assigning another mastery slot will disable the…
Patch notes⇐ v0.21.3 ⇒ Settings: Army Veteran Gamer has been added to the social media section in settings, thank you for making a series on the game! Intro Animation toggle Letter Notation, all notations after log notation have been shifted plus one.…
CryptoGrounds- Lab now displays Flasks' boost as energy boosts, because that's technically what it was. So now it makes more sense. - Daily Solitaire: I heard ya. Stockpile now deals one card, instead of three. This will make games a bit easier to win!…
Patch notes- Change All buttons in mastery - Process juice button on all sample processors (Flask Assembly). - Mixed Scientific Notation, Scientific starts at 1e50 rather than 1e100 - Solitiare now sends you back to the game, instead of the menu…
Patch notes- Minor UI Changes - Daily Solitaire reward now starts with a 5 Diamonds. This will allow you to skip playing solitaire and get the free Diamonds. - Daily Solitare and Diamond Shop now unlocks at 1e8. - Fixed the game being messed up for…
Patch notes- All accelerators now have a spend energy button on them. QoL - Added a crafting flask flashing setting - Added a fullscreen mode setting (experimental) - Current amount of fire flasks under the fire button - Prestige navigation text now…
Patch notesFixes more minor ui bugs Disables Steam Cloud to prevent data issues Fixes IAP related issues
Patch notes- Fixed Playfab bugs - Fixed tutorial related bugs - Fixed other random things
Patch notesHi everyone! Release is around the corner. I am just as excited as you are all :) A lot of people are probably wondering if demos saves will transfer to the release version. Unfortunately, they will not (details on why later). However, you…
CryptoGroundsThe time has finally come! No more delays :) Mark your calendars, the game will be here on the first of August! See you soon, CryptoGrounds
CryptoGroundsHello, Please watch the following video for an explanation on the delay. Thank you and I am truly sorry. CryptoGrounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oysa8hqIjM
CryptoGroundsHey guys, I messed up the build name for the demo, causing saves to not transfer to the full release :( However, there is a way! It's not too bad, here are the steps: Make sure you have ran the full release version of Idle Research, for…
Patch notesHello! I have some great news. One of my other games: CompactO, will be released on Steam and WebGL on August 1st! The game will cost $2.99 and a demo version will most likely be included. The game will also be released on iOS and Android!…
CryptoGroundsHello, Currently I am working on three different games: CryptoClickers, Idle Research, and CompactO. My plan is to finish CompactO, then finish the third/meta prestige for CryptoClickers, and then publish Idle Research. Refer to the graphic…
CryptoGroundsWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Idle Research.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | /Idle Research/Idle Research.app | macos | ||
| Launch | Idle Research.x86_64 | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocalLow | CryptoGrounds/Idle Research/saves/ | * |
MacAppSupport | CryptoGrounds/Idle Research/saves/ | * |
LinuxXdgConfigHome | /unity3d/CryptoGrounds/Idle Research/saves/ | *.sav |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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