A downloadable incremental game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

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Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks, Tubes, and Cylinders to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed!

Idle Research is the most satisfying incremental game with lots of fun things to do!


FEATURES!

  • Cute Art - Lots of colorful and fun items!
  • Modern UI - A very simplistic, beautiful, modern, and colorful UI that's pleasing to look at!
  • Massive Numbers - Up to the e100000s is guaranteed!
  • Lots of Content - Lots of places to unlock that make numbers grow!
  • Cloud Saving - Transfer your saves to any device with just one login!
  • Made With Love - This game is being worked on by a solo developer who is very passionate!


CONTENT!

  • Research - Research and unlock up to 18 different and colorful items!
  • Crafting - Craft items that unlock tons of features and make numbers grow!
  • Accelerators - Speed up the game with up to 62 different Accelerators!
  • Automation - There are a ton of ways to automate the game and let it play for you!
  • Mastery - Improve your Research speed by mastering your items!
  • Prestige - Reset some aspects of the game to speed things up even more!
  • Adventure - Fight enemies in 7 different zones and infinite stages!
  • Skilling - Access up to 70 different skills that boost tons of stuff!
  • Potions - Brew up to 12 different potions!
  • Simulations - Start simulations for your adventure zones and earn fragments! Buy up to 17 different upgrades!
  • ...and more!!


Play Idle Research today for FREE!

Disclaimer: If you want to purchase an In-App Purchase, you must do it through Steam.

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorCryptoGrounds
GenreSimulation, Strategy
TagsClicker, Colorful, Idle, idle-game, Incremental, Indie, resource-management
LinksSteam

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LINUX_NONSTEAM.zip 52 MB
IdleResearch.zip 50 MB
IdleResearch_Windows.zip 45 MB

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yooo how do i buy dimonds i wanna speed up the game a lil and help out

(im deadass ill go broke on this game lol i love it)

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where do i contact the developer or report a bug? i opened the game and got this screen (oh wait it's up there), Also WHERE IS MY PROGRESS???

oh btw it said, "if you see this, there is likely a bug. Please report this to the developer ASAP"

wait why is it cut in half

it said, "if you see this, there is likely a bug. Please report this to the developer ASAP"

found a backup  of it

how do presets work?

i play on mobile :|

Is there a problem?

You can download game from google play 

Tried to play on Mac. Simply says "The application "IdleResearch" can't be opened. The info button on the top right of the message doesn't do anything either.

i cant mede it free 

XD

I am wasting my time.

Is it difficult to point out that it is 64 bit software?

IdleResearch_linux.x86_64.zip :(

IdleResearch_Win64.zip

Even if I set my board to be full of purple flasks and one pink flask, I'm still in "flask debt". Is this intended?

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I think 10 Billion freeze mode loops for an upgrade is a bit excessive.

https://imgur.com/a/n7iDZfP

my guy, e100 is the current ice cap, you can't even get e108. it won't let you.

So just say thee cost is Inf if > e100.  The mantissa and exponent are stored separately so there is no real cap.

https://imgur.com/a/e6xAF9x

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found a few bugs since the update.

auto crafting presets aren't working right. They kind of just stop. It will do the first few just fine then just stop partway through a color. I've finished purple tube research and it would get to blue tubes and stop at only one blue tube without changing the rest after.  A similar problem happens with the flasks.

In the arena auto advance doesn't work and the go one stage forward button is missing.

Yeah I get these same issues, the auto crafting presets only go as far as the slots you have when it's initially triggered, and for me the arena auto advance didn't work for a long time... and then suddenly turned on and can't be turned off anymore so I'm stuck on stage 500 and can't get any energy to be able to get strong enough for stage 500 anymore. Guessing some sort of logic statement was backwards and supposed to disable auto advance once you get to the max stage but is instead enabling it?