Idle Research: Endless Tycoon

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4.3
8.28K reviews
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

Step into the world of Idle Research, an addictive resource management & incremental game that will keep you hooked with its immersive gameplay and colorful graphics!

As an amateur chemist, your job is to harvest energy in your lab and spend it to research new tech, craft flasks, and unlock upgrades to earn even more energy. With both idle and active playstyles, you can sit back and watch the numbers grow or exercise your management skills to choose where to allocate resources for maximum efficiency.

Idle Research offers endless content to keep you entertained for hours on end. With up to 18 different items to research, 70 different skills to access, and 12 different potions to brew, there's always something new to discover. You can even fight enemies in 7 different zones and infinite stages!

But that's not all. With up to 62 different accelerators to speed up the game, tons of ways to automate the gameplay, and the option to reset aspects of the game to speed things up even more, you can become a chemistry tycoon in no time.

And with a modern UI that's both simplistic and beautiful, you'll enjoy playing Idle Research even more. Plus, with cloud saving, you can transfer your saves to any device with just one login.

So what are you waiting for? Play Idle Research today for FREE and join the ranks of players who can't get enough of this satisfying incremental game!
Updated on
Feb 5, 2025
Available on
Android, Windows*
*Powered by Intel® technology

Data safety

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Location, App activity and 2 others
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Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.3
7.85K reviews
Justin Adkins
January 8, 2025
Was alright, I'd say it's 4 stars, but if you really enjoy idle games there's an great case to be made for 5 stars. I dropped it to 2 stars though because there are several hard caps in place, which you can reach in about 3 days, to prepare for the next update... which players have been waiting 2 years for. You're unable to unlock everything that is actually available because hard caps prevent you from acquiring the necessary amounts of resources to purchase them. 99.9% offline play.
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Star Probe
October 17, 2022
The game is quite fun. The start was a bit less idle type, but quickly became an actual idle game. I've really enjoyed it so far and can't wait for more unlocks and even the galaxies later! I know it will take a while due to the current time, but oh boy will it be nice. I've gotten as far as I can with current areas and it is great. Keep up the work, you really improved into this game! 👍
17 people found this review helpful
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Camellia Faul
October 10, 2022
I've always found the idle/tycoon genre to be really boring but this is a wonderful exception. Regardless of how far you make it, it always feels like you can do more and the progress rate is extremely satisfying. Where as full automation is a goal in other idle games, here it feels like a genuine reward. I do think the progress rate of tubes could use some tweaking though, the start is extremely slow and can be difficult to get through. Otherwise great game, looking forwards to the update
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What’s new

I added a note in-game regarding where development is currently at.

To keep it short: I've been busy working on a new and improved Idle Research 2 (IR2). I have a goal of taking some of the designs from IR2 to make IR1 better in the long-term. IR1 is a great game in its' ways, but as I've become a better designer and developer in college, the more I think it's a premature game. So far with IR2, the design makes sense, it's fun and purposeful. I'm excited to create a pre-order page soon!