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Milky Way Idle
Milky Way Idle: A multiplayer idle RPG where automation replaces grinding. Level up skills, gather resources, craft powerful items, and battle monsters—all while AFK. Trade in the marketplace, join a guild, team up for party combat, and socialize in chat as you progress effortlessly.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Like Runescape, but I can actually live my real life while playing it. Doing absolutely nothing has never felt this productive. Perfect second-monitor game to scratch that MMORPG itch without the intense grinding. 10/10 would milk cows AFK again.”
— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played“Decent game but why do i have to grind the game for 10h to unlock chatting with other players? I simply wanted to ask people and learn that way like in any other online game, this made it too frustrating for me since i hate reading long guides”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“kicked me out of my very own guild that i have built up from the ground because the rules of inactivity changed and i didnt react within 2 days. thanks for nothing game”
— a player, Steam review · 310 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Guild Expansion, Additional Localizations, and QOL Improvements (7/12/2026)
The guild expansion has arrived! Guilds now run weekly Guild Trials: cooperative skilling and combat challenges where the whole guild climbs tiers of increasing difficulty together. Trials use a snaps
Labyrinth Improvements, Steam Client Update, and More!
We've made a number of improvements to the Labyrinth based on player feedback. The biggest change is that scrolls will no longer provide buffs in the Labyrinth, and instead, 9 new permanent buff upgra
Major Patch - Labyrinth and QOL Improvements
Labyrinth The Labyrinth consists of floors of skilling and combat challenges with increasing difficulty. Navigate through a grid of rooms to progress, collect loot, and advance to deeper floors. Each
Major Patch - Steam Achievements, Collection, Bestiary, And More
Features and Content: Achievements: 73 Achievements spanning 6 tiers of difficulty. Completing each tier grants permanent buffs. Achievements are synced with Steam achievements when playing from Steam
Minor Steam Update - Nov 10, 2025
1) Allow manual selection of main vs mirror server from menu 2) Improved detection of connection failure and error handling
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Idler · Incremental · Casual · Trading · MMORPG · Cute · Crafting · Combat · PvE · Text-Based · Economy (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · MMO · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 77 |
| Official site | https://www.milkywayidle.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or later (SSE2 instruction set support required) Memory: 1 GB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space