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Melvor Idle
Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
75 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Its a great idler that is well thought out. I do have major criticism for the steam client, however. The steam client is insanely bad . Purchasing the game and its extra content is great and does support the dev, but…”
“I dont know I think I need a few more hours to make a fair judgement I've played this since it was free on epic games a while ago and then I subbed to their patreon to get MI2 and this one and it's a fire game 10/10 one…”
“Very fun Idle game, very happy there are mobile versions and that cloud saves work seamlessly across all versions of the game (primarily play this game on my phone or tablet). Some mods are a necessity now, I cannot…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“300 hours of perfect idle gaming. Short daily sessions still feel rewarding (ten minutes in the morning, ten at night), with real progression and strategic choices. Endgame slows down, but the ride is worth it.…”
“I dont know I think I need a few more hours to make a fair judgement I've played this since it was free on epic games a while ago and then I subbed to their patreon to get MI2 and this one and it's a fire game 10/10 one…”
“After a chill little 1,600 hours, I can proudly say I have completed the onboarding experience. I am now ready to start playing Melvor Idle. This game is basically what happens when RuneScape gets put in a spreadsheet,…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“After a chill little 1,600 hours, I can proudly say I have completed the onboarding experience. I am now ready to start playing Melvor Idle. This game is basically what happens when RuneScape gets put in a spreadsheet,…”
“super duper addictive, tons of content and engaging game mechanics. Really recommend.”
“This is the true definition of a idle game. It's not a game for you to really play all the time but to let him play. For some people this 2 points may look like downsides but, in this game the feel of progression is…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very fun Idle game, very happy there are mobile versions and that cloud saves work seamlessly across all versions of the game (primarily play this game on my phone or tablet). Some mods are a necessity now, I cannot…”
“Awesome Idle game, especially if you grew up playing old school Runescape! It itches the itch just right, as I don't have much time anymore to play OSRS. The DLC is great too!”
“Extremely good Idle game but you’ve got to give it some time. It seems boring at first but as you dig into its myriad systems it becomes more and interesting everything overlaps in a way that makes the “just one more…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is very in depth but surprisingly easy to pick up, I remember my first character I literally didn't fight anything I just made myself OP gear and then took on enemies who didn't stand a chance! There are a…”
“The idea of simply taking runescape and making it an idle game is simple on the surface, yet taking the idle game approach and completely reversing the formula by making the goal to train skills that level exponentially…”
“a amazing idle game. if u dont like slow gameplay there are so many mods to speed up anything or even slow :) its amazing for anybody! :D”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“There are better Idle games out there, even some free ones. This game is weirdly hostile and demanding of your time for an idle game. Like, you will run out of items to do a task and the game will then just sit there,…”
“The problem the game faces (for me, at least), is the fact, that the upgrades dont feel rewarding. Here you are, farming for a week, to buy an upgrade, that will let you do the same farm, but one quectosecond faster.…”
“Crack, in the early stages at least. The addition of the Township skill should be studied in the idle genre. I'm not really sure what it accomplished except made the game feel kinda like a chore. I'm incentivized to do…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“There are better Idle games out there, even some free ones. This game is weirdly hostile and demanding of your time for an idle game. Like, you will run out of items to do a task and the game will then just sit there,…”
“The problem the game faces (for me, at least), is the fact, that the upgrades dont feel rewarding. Here you are, farming for a week, to buy an upgrade, that will let you do the same farm, but one quectosecond faster.…”
“Crack, in the early stages at least. The addition of the Township skill should be studied in the idle genre. I'm not really sure what it accomplished except made the game feel kinda like a chore. I'm incentivized to do…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“There are better Idle games out there, even some free ones. This game is weirdly hostile and demanding of your time for an idle game. Like, you will run out of items to do a task and the game will then just sit there,…”
“Very fun Idle game, very happy there are mobile versions and that cloud saves work seamlessly across all versions of the game (primarily play this game on my phone or tablet). Some mods are a necessity now, I cannot…”
“$10 is insane for this. I was expecting it to be a noticeable step up from the free idle games, but it is not. Nothing about this feels like its worth $10 when the free idle games do everything this does, and some of…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I get it, I didn't use cloud saves... Buuut.... My game just shut down and months of progress just went poof. It was a huge time sink, and an even bigger sunk cost fallacy. I'll never play this again.”
“The best in depth idle rpg out. The one downside I keep experiencing is sometimes things will just "stop" so i'll come back to my PC to see that there was not progression over the past few hours which is very annoying…”
“"Oh boy I can't wait to play Melvor Idle" *clicks destop icon* Steam "running game" ... ... *opens steam* Steam "game's running"- no game in sight *closes game through steam* *opens game* Melvor Idle "who are you?"…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I'm a remote worker and days can be pretty long without any break, but I cannot reasonably play anything other than gacha/idle games, I need really short sessions. The thing is, I always end up tired about the f2p model bringing almost always ads and/or predatory "p2w"…”
— a player, Steam review · 854 hrs played“2066 hours in and Melvor Idle still finds new ways to hook me. This game somehow delivers the depth and long‑term progression of a full MMORPG… while being an idle game you can play at your own pace. It’s wild how well it works. What makes Melvor special is how deep it goes.…”
— a player, Steam review · 2,127 hrs played“it's runescape but you don't have to waste real time grinding. I didn't think I would like it, but it's actually really interesting. Lots of different mechanics to dive into.”
— a player, Steam review · 1,042 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:29 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Melvor Idle 2 - Coming Soon to Steam Early Access!
https://i.imgur.com/9ZJ2U2T.png Over the last 5 and a half years, we have dedicated our time and energy to Melvor Idle in what’s been such an incredible ride. I went from learning how to make a simple
Progress update on the Offline Client - Crossplay & Mobile
Hello everyone! I thought it would be a good idea to provide an update on the progress of the Offline Client since we released it into Beta on Steam two months ago. Crossplay Compatibility In our Stea
Offline Client now available for Beta testing
The Offline Client is now available for public Beta testing. This brings full offline functionality to Melvor Idle, allowing you to play the game without an internet connection. It is available to tes
Game Update - 5 November 2024 - v1.3.1 ?11987
Bug Fixes Fix scaling conditional modifiers not actually scaling. This fixes the Abyssal Township Buildings that were not scaling their modifiers correctly. Fix Void Hivemind passive giving -10ms Atta
Game Update - v1.3.1
99% of the below relates to the Into the Abyss Expansion. Notes that affect the whole game will be marked as . New Implemented a new Realm Select. This appears in the sidebar instead of within Skills
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Idler · RPG · Casual · Indie · Singleplayer · Adventure · 2D · Mining · Automation · Minimalist · Fantasy · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Achievements | 86 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://melvoridle.com/landing |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 and later are supported, older operating systems are not supported (and do not work) Processor: An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: N/A