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Tap Ninja - Idle game
Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Years of idle content” (13 of 74 reviews) and “Addictive idle tapping” (10); the most common complaint is “Slow grind and bottlenecks” (16). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
13 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Great idle game for many hours.”
“An idle game with no advertisements and no soft paywalls. Surprisingly coherent art direction. It's a marathon, so expect slow progress. 10/10 will continue using this as a time sink.”
“Fun idler with a lot of TRUE idle content to complete. At first you will play Active as you gain the most out of that, but then you will quickly be able to just 24/7 idle it. It has offline gains, just not as good as if…”
10 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Addictive clicker progression slows into a daily routine”
“Just got quest board level 9 the last of the steam achievements, there are 11 more in game to unlock. The progression curve for this game is slow, it take about 3 months to hit the core gameplay loop. The progression…”
“If you can look past the mobile game slop style pop ups and such it is probably the best idle game”
8 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Simple idle game with tons of upgrades and achievements”
“One of the best for it's genre that I've found! I've got 1,150 hours on record so far and still playing. I like that there's a ton of in-game achievements to go for.”
“If you like idle tappers, this is that. Tons of upgrades and achievements.”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I have had this game for many years, I love that the improvements just keep happening when I have a chance to play it. I have 10 hours of play time, but throughout the years I find myself rarely starting this game...…”
“the coolest game to play when you don't have internet. it's really addictive, with plenty of things to buy and do. it gets updated every month. which keeps it fresh and exciting. i super recommend this game!”
“Always new content when I come back to it. Great idle game!”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“this game is so good you get it for free on steam”
“Fun idler with a lot of TRUE idle content to complete. At first you will play Active as you gain the most out of that, but then you will quickly be able to just 24/7 idle it. It has offline gains, just not as good as if…”
“There's one thing I can click, and I like it because I love free games. I haven't finished the game, and I don't think I ever will, but at least I can brag to my friends about another free game that completely consumed…”
16 of the 74 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“With patience you can obtain all the achievements and spend no money. If you want an idle game try thsi one, but we warned that there's no ending nor endgame, just going on forever and ever. If you want the…”
“if you dont mind grinding a bit and forget about it for days, probably fine, otherwise, too grindy, and wants to milk you more than a gacha game with almost no content, all of it behind huge grind windows.”
“Funny pastime, no more to say ;) Edit - 21.09.2026 I confirm, just a pastime, no story, just farming and idle game. In-app purchases are way too expensive in some situations and, in my opinion, sometimes completely…”
7 of the 74 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“With patience you can obtain all the achievements and spend no money. If you want an idle game try thsi one, but we warned that there's no ending nor endgame, just going on forever and ever. If you want the…”
“if you dont mind grinding a bit and forget about it for days, probably fine, otherwise, too grindy, and wants to milk you more than a gacha game with almost no content, all of it behind huge grind windows.”
“Pop-ups asking for money every few seconds.”
5 of the 74 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Tried it, played it, not good. The challenges are stupid because there is not an actual bar that tells you when you are "exhausted" or whatever disallows you from keep tapping. Not wasting time nor money on this game…”
“Left this game running quite some time reupping the time every time, but past tier 7 there isn't really a point to the game. past that point it's just upgrading income and well... that's kinda pointless as they max you…”
“I finished this game in about 6 months (There are core elements that need to be developed after & some Achievements are time based & require more Advanced time… so Im waiting for Halloween again), Enjoyable Game, but…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“if you dont mind grinding a bit and forget about it for days, probably fine, otherwise, too grindy, and wants to milk you more than a gacha game with almost no content, all of it behind huge grind windows.”
“Game's virtually unfinishable right now.”
“little boring ,very little enemy`s 6/10”
Counted across 74 English reviews (the 74 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“Most likely the best idle game out there. With over 6k hours on PC and about 5k on mobile, i've done all there is to do. I'm currently in 3rd place, but it is time to say goodbye. There are consistent updates, tons of achievements, many things to unlock and a lot of easter eggs…”
— a player, Steam review · 6,033 hrs played“one day i just had the urge to tap and now it has consumed my soul, everyday i must tap or i have dishonored my family”
— a player, Steam review · 2,180 hrs played“Still trieing to complete tutorial. Didnt figured out how.”
— a player, Steam review · 16,465 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 2026-10-23.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Tap Ninja art contest 2026 winners!
Tap Ninja art contest 2026 ! Check all the submissions on the Discord server: https://discord.gg/WcgUKc8Fp5 Best Art: 1st place: Gabi 2nd place: Hoverland TwiXtter 3rd place: Companero Special Categ
Tap Ninja Charity event 2026! w/ GIVEAWAYS (Day 2 of 2)
The second of the two day charity fundraising event has started! Giveaways of free Amber for every $100 donated! We will be creating a new companion for the secret Sketchy character! Come join in at h
Tap Ninja Charity event 2026! w/ GIVEAWAYS (Day 1 of 2)
The first of the two day charity fundraising event has started! Giveaways of free Amber for every $100 donated! We will be talking about the upcoming v8.0.0 update and what it's going to include! Come
Tap Ninja - Season 6 is live!
Season 6 has started! Participate in the Season 6 event of Tap Ninja and start a new Ninja run in the fateful invasion of a city! Complete various seasonal tasks to unlock The Soot Bandit - Tomak skin
Tap Ninja v7.1.25 is live!
● Audio effect quality improved back to normal ● Fixed an error that corrupted old legacy save files
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Incremental · Idler · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Ninja · Adventure · Roguelike · Side Scroller · Singleplayer · 2D · Action-Adventure · Free to Play (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Greek, Thai, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Vietnamese, Finnish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish - Latin Ameri… |
| Achievements | 160 |
| Official site | https://www.sites.google.com/view/tapninja/home |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or 11 Processor: Intel Dual-Core Duo 2.6GHz or faster processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Integrated DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 100 MB available space