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Trimps
A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Clear tutorials and learning curve” (5 of 35 reviews) and “Deep incremental management systems” (5); the most common complaint is “Slow, grueling progression” (5). 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
5 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“can't stop playing! easy to understand! I accidently got my friend addicted to this game as well.”
“looks very boring and confusing, but its actually easy to learn and addicting.”
“looks Intimidating at first but everything Is explained well and Its very fun. :) If you like Idle games, I would recommend giving this a try. crazy amount of content for a free game”
5 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“A deceptively deep and engaging game. I liken it to reading a novel. If you like idlers check it out. One of the very few games I've given money too.”
“Trimps is a text-based incremental and idle game that takes an extremely simple presentation and builds an unexpectedly elaborate progression system around it. Developed and published by Greensatellite, it places the…”
“Great game. Played here and there over the years, and I always enjoy coming back to it for a good grinding session on a random challenge. Definitely has been a fun and worthwhile time spent playing.”
4 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“Trimps is a text-based incremental and idle game that takes an extremely simple presentation and builds an unexpectedly elaborate progression system around it. Developed and published by Greensatellite, it places the…”
“Trimps is a free to play incremental game where we look after a group of strange little creatures called Trimps while trying to survive on a dangerous planet. We start off with basic jobs like gathering food and wood,…”
“I played a lot of Idle game in my life , this one is by far one of the best , my top Zone is atm 170 and i'm sure there is a lot to discover remaining Each time i'm " could be cool to have this kind of feature " it's…”
3 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“looks Intimidating at first but everything Is explained well and Its very fun. :) If you like Idle games, I would recommend giving this a try. crazy amount of content for a free game”
“I played a lot of Idle game in my life , this one is by far one of the best , my top Zone is atm 170 and i'm sure there is a lot to discover remaining Each time i'm " could be cool to have this kind of feature " it's…”
5 of the 35 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Game progress is suuuper slow. Active play is not about this game, most time you spend in this game you just wait when you collect enough resources for next upgrade which will NOT push you very far. In this game, in my…”
“I don't regret my time spent on this game, but it also did not feel like it respected that time. The emerging mechanics are slow and grueling, and eventually you just kind of reach a point where you don't care to find…”
“The trimps official discord server has 10 different roles based on progression. At 500 hours in, I have only unlocked two of these roles. fr though, this is the best incremental game ive ever played. if the ui looks…”
3 of the 35 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Game progress is suuuper slow. Active play is not about this game, most time you spend in this game you just wait when you collect enough resources for next upgrade which will NOT push you very far. In this game, in my…”
“I don't regret my time spent on this game, but it also did not feel like it respected that time. The emerging mechanics are slow and grueling, and eventually you just kind of reach a point where you don't care to find…”
“It's a little more interesting than watching windows processes run, but only a little. If you really like repetitive gameplay for the sake of getting 100 achievements by restarting multiple times just to get that one…”
Note: these 35 most-helpful reviews lean more negative than the game overall — 77% of them recommend it, against 90.3% across all 1,496 reviews.
Counted across 35 English reviews (the 35 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“YO FOR REAL TRIMPS ON STEAM lmao so I've had this trimps.txt file saved on my PC for literally almost 6 years. The backup has literally followed me between 4 separate PC builds. I used to play Trimps in a browser at work, but when I left that place I exported my game and it's…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“It's probably the meatiest idler I've ever had the pleasure of playing. Tons of community support. Satisfying progression!”
— a player, Steam review · 1,176 hrs played“Trimps is the greatest spreadsheet micromanagement simulator to have ever been released for people who hyper fixate on greater integers becoming even greater. The only requirements needed are to have a basic understanding of both math and reading; everything else is just winging…”
— a player, Steam review · 3,936 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 2026-10-24.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 5.10.0
Universe 2 There is now a 1000 cell Mega-Spire at Z300 with lots of rewards, unique mechanics, and tons of story messages Added a new Heirloom tier with a new mod each for Staff and Shield Added 2 new
Patch 5.9.0
Universes 1 and 2 You no longer have to purchase carried Heirloom slots. Instead, you'll automatically gain one once you have the amount of Nu that each level previously cost. You can now spend the fu
Patch 5.8.0
Universe 1 Content Void Maps now start dropping after your first Portal, down from fifth. All Void Maps below Z200 now have less difficulty than before. Void Maps pre Z60 start with very low difficult
Patch 5.7.2
Content Dark Essence drops now round up to 1 before any bonuses are applied. This means if you're on a 2x Daily Challenge, drops that were previously 1 will now be 2. Previously, drops of 1 might have
Minor Update
UI/QOL Made some changes to ADVISOR's text to clear up some confusion around where to find the Z15 Unique Map Added a line to the Heirloom help text, stating that you can purchase carry slots but the
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Idler · Free to Play · Strategy · Text-Based · Automation · Casual · Auto Battler · Management · Dark Humor · Aliens · Building · Logic (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 87 |
| Official site | https://trimps.github.io |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Pretty much any 64 bit processor Memory: 500 MB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: None Additional Notes: If your computer can run a web browser it can probably run Trimps