Is Idle Space Raider free?

Yes — Idle Space Raider is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Idle Space Raider Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Idle Space Raider Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Idle Space Raider on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Idle Space Raider. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Idle Space Raider multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Idle Space Raider as single-player only.

Is Idle Space Raider on PC Game Pass?

No — Idle Space Raider is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Idle Space Raider

Name: Idle Space Raider
Brand: Coconut Shavers
Availability: InStock

Coconut Shavers · February 5, 2019 · Free to Play, Casual, Strategy, Incremental, Idler

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About Idle Space Raider

✦ AI summary

Patrol the galaxy as a station commander, completing missions and raids while upgrading your ship's weapons, abilities, and modules to grow stronger. Customize your loadout with unique ammo modifiers and passive abilities, then let the offline progression system keep you advancing while you're away—all designed to run silently in the background.

You are one of the station guards and need to patrol space. Complete missions and raids, upgrade ship and station to increase your power.

Game features:

Ship with 4 weapon, 4 module and 1 skin slots
Station with multiple sections: armory, bar, shipyard, dev center, mining center, bounty hunter guild, stargate, automation, academy...
Different ammo modificators for weapons (simple stat modifier or abilities).
5 ability slots with 9+ ablities to select from (active and passive). Abilities can be upgraded.
Module augments with random bonus stats
Ammo modificators workshop: extract or add duration, combine to get new one
Offline progress system - ore mining, spend ore gained in offline to increase level and buy resources for ugprades.
Automation system with toggles and upgrades in different categories: weapon levels, research levels, bar drinks/mercs, ability use, mining.
Events system - special timed events with own set of good rewards inlcuding rare weapons, modules, ammo mods and ship skins.
Stargate - build a stargate to access 2nd level of resets and get access to alien technology (main ability improvements/modifiers, unique researches, unique weaponry/modules/ammo mods and skins).
No Sound (99.9% of the time, the game is going to be in the background).

Idle Space Raider — 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.

Not recommended Jul 5, 2026

Every now and then I still wonder why did I even started this. Gosh, this sh*t is probably gonna take 4K hours to complete and the worst of all is that the offline progress doesn't count for the achievements.

2 found this helpful

Not recommended Jul 20, 2026

I'm so done with this game. These last two achievements are going to take too long. I'm done............

1 found this helpful

Recommended Jan 2, 2026

Its pretty complicated but one of the better idle games I tried. If you like Idlers and SPACE stuff its a good choice if your IQ is over 90.

Recommended Nov 1, 2025

Игра "Idle Space Raider" — увлекательный космический idle-проект с элементами стратегии. Простой геймплей, автоматизация сборки ресурсов и расширение флотилии привлекают новичков. Красивая графика, интересные механики исследования галактики и улучшений кораблей добавляют глубины. Однако сюжет слабо раскрыт, а реклама иногда мешает погружению. Подойдет для тех, кто любит спокойный прогресс без излишней сложности.

Not recommended Sep 30, 2025

Throws you down into the deep end of 3 currencies to start and low influence on improving things, too many options that don't seem to do anything. It might have a fun loop system later? But I doubt it. A great Idler starts simple and grows complexity, this game throws complexity at the front with little clear direction on how to progress, or improve.

Not recommended Jun 9, 2025

The game is free. The game is relatively unsupported at this point and only runs as an active program not having QoL upgrades like offline mode that are explained well. You need to play for roughly 30 days to earn enough premium currency to make the game flow smoother. I gave up before I got to that.

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