Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 4315270 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 4 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | $4.99 |
| Free to play | No |
| Discount | 0% |
| Original price USD | $4.99 |
| Current price USD | $4.99 |
| Release date | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Developer | Woodland Software |
| Publisher | Woodland Software |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | 7 user reviews |
| Positive review percent | 29% |
| Positive reviews | 2 |
| Negative reviews | 5 |
| Total reviews | 7 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | No |
| Linux support | Yes |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | https://store.steampowered.com/app/4315270/ |
Short description
Harvest crystallized time from parallel universes where people waste their lives playing idle games. Build extractors, automate logistics networks, and research new technology to fuel Bill Tyme's time machine in this factory-building incremental game.
About this game
Somewhere across the multiverse, people are wasting their lives playing idle games. Their lost moments condense into Chronum — crystallized time — and you're going to harvest every last drop of it. Idle Time is a factory-building incremental game where you extract, transport, and process Chronum to fuel a time machine built by Bill Tyme, an eccentric physicist with a fractured timeline and questionable ethics. Start by dragging glowing time crystals to your factory by hand. End by orchestrating vast automated networks of extractors, relay towers, and reactors across a procedurally generated landscape. Key Features Build a Chronum empire — Place extractors on resource nodes, connect them to your factory with automated Idlers, and watch the Minutes roll in. Optimize throughput with buffers, compressors, splitters, and speed-boosting accelerators. Research 7 tiers of technology — Progress from simple extraction to advanced buildings like the Time Warper, which batches and multiplies Chronum value, and the Rift Stabilizer, which tears open portals to ultra-rich resource nodes. Design complex logistics networks — Route Chronum through pipe networks that follow grid paths, bundle along shared routes, and navigate around large structures. Split production lines, chain relay towers, and balance throughput across your operation. Prestige and push further — Complete each run to bank Universal Idle Time, then spend it on permanent upgrades that carry across future playthroughs. Each cycle starts faster and reaches further. Procedural terrain — Every map is generated fresh with concrete sprawl, wind-swept desert dunes, and fields of animated grass that sway in the breeze. A dynamic day cycle casts drifting cloud shadows across the landscape. Meet Bill Tyme — Your guide, mentor, and the reason you're doing all of this. He's brilliant, unstable, and not entirely sure this whole thing is going to work out.
Supported languages
English * * languages with full audio support