The Idle

The Idle

iclick games · February 29, 2024 · Idler, Incremental, Sandbox, Management, Text-Based

Buy The Idle from Steam at $6.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Mostly Negative31% · 13
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$6.99
lowest tracked $0.99
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Where to buy The Idle — official stores

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Standard Edition · Steam
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The Idle price by region

The Idle costs $4.69 in Georgia (USD), £6.29 in the United Kingdom, $6.99 in the United States, €7.19 in Europe (EUR), CA$8.29 in Canada, A$9.75 in Australia, NZ$11.25 in New Zealand, R$26.75 in Brazil and zł29.75 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Idle offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $4.69 $4.69 — 1
United Kingdom £6.29 £6.29 — 1
United Statesyour region $6.99 $6.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €7.19 €7.19 — 1
Canada CA$8.29 CA$8.29 — 1
Australia A$9.75 A$9.75 — 1
New Zealand NZ$11.25 NZ$11.25 — 1
Brazil R$26.75 R$26.75 — 1
Poland zł29.75 zł29.75 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About The Idle

The ultimate idle clicker game with endless possibilities and infinite fun. Passive and active income, seven currencies, interest, bets, prestige, perks and many more features are available!

The Idle — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

The Idle suffers from significant technical problems that severely limit its playability, with multiple players reporting progression-blocking bugs, soft-locks, and even stack overflow errors that prevent them from continuing. Players also criticize the game balance as broken, with some upgrades either trivializing the experience or making progression impossible, alongside complaints about unobtainable achievements and unresponsive developer support. Most reviewers suggest avoiding this game due to these fundamental issues.

Not recommended Mar 11, 2024
Played it for three hours, I really tried. But I think the game is bugged, at least for me. I've reached the "Pound" upgrade, but besides the currency showing up in the top-right corner, nothing changes in the game and soft-locks. I've tried setting up an auto-clicker to push through to higher upgrades for the clicker tab, but it doesn't get me anywhere. Wouldn't be as bad if the developer gave people on the discussion forum the impression that he/she is working on it.
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Not recommended May 4, 2024
You can clear that game during 1,5 hours just by increase currency converter rate over x1... Unbalanced, exploited and very overpriced game. Unfortunately, i understood it after 2 hours of playing and cant refund it more... Just wasted money
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Not recommended May 8, 2026
achivments are broken cant get them all and devs realesed and disapered again
Not recommended Dec 12, 2025
I think this game may have been too easy at one point, and there was an over correction to make it more difficult. The mechanics seem broken, making the game not only more difficult (which I'm not necessarily opposed to), but impossible to progress in. I'm all about a good idle game with a large time sink, but a broken game shouldn't punish an idle game player.
Not recommended Jun 29, 2024
Not fun.
Recommended Mar 24, 2024
Caused a stack overflow so bad i cannot play the game... otherwise great game. Interest rates and conversions are a little too borked.

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