NGU IDLE
Worth it · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 13,047
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Strategy
Holding it back: Monetization, Reach
Time and effort
- Main story
- 1591.7h
- To 100%
- 6759.6h 4.2x the story
- Finish
- 3% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 61
Players and genre
- Online
- 3,140 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
69% start to 3% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Soda Dungeon 2 (free, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Clicker Heroes (free, scores 70).
It is still busy. 3.1K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 6, 22:46 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks. Free to start. It takes its money later, through boost and cosmetic.
More about NGU IDLE
Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 1591.7-hour game, that is a lot of evenings the rest never spend.
Finishing takes 1591.7 hours; clearing it takes 6760, which is 4.2 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Probably everything works, even integrated ( but you might have slideshow FPS), 154 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
NGU IDLE scores 79/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1147690/ngu-idleReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.