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Idle Library

Idle Library Steam metadata

DaZeSTRAY | Mar 16, 2026 | game

Released

3players observed · 23 September 2026 - 15:28:54 UTC

CasualIndieFree To PlaySteam Store

  • Latest observed players3 · 23 September 2026 - 15:28:54 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak26
  • Units sold (VGI)2,260
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score54% positive

Idle Library metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

  • Latest observed players3 · 23 September 2026 - 15:28:54 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak26
  • Units sold (VGI)2,260
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score54% positive
  • Total reviews26
  • Release dateMar 16, 2026
  • DeveloperDaZeSTRAY
  • PublisherDaZeSTRAY

Genres: Casual, Indie, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: DaZeSTRAYPublisher: DaZeSTRAY

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Idle Library Steam metadata

Idle Library metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/4450610/metadata
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4450610/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/4450610
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IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Idle Library

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

54% positive, 14 positive, 12 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

80

Platform releases
  • Steam 16 March 2026

Latest Steam announcements

  • I made a new game - The Night Librarian 🕯️ - 25 June 2026

    Hi everyone,Thank you for playing Idle Library - it's meant a lot to have so many of you spend time with a library game I made. I've been working on something new, and I wanted to share it with the people who supported the first one.I also want to be upfront about something. A lot of you gave honest feedback about AI-generated content in Idle Library. I heard you, and I took it seriously - The Night Librarian contains no AI-generated content. The writing and artwork are entirely my own.It's a different kind of game from Idle Library - a cozy mystery puzzle game (though I clearly couldn't stay away from libraries). You play the night-shift librarian at Ashwood Library: sort the returns, find the books patrons are after, and set the shelves right before morning. But the longer you work, the more you notice the library isn't quite… empty. Across five nights, a mystery unfolds.No timers, no…

  • Minor Update – Prestige & Ascension Progress Bars - 22 March 2026

    Hey everyone!Small update today:📊 Progress bars added for both prestige and ascension — you can now see exactly how far along you are at a glance!Thanks for playing!— DaZeSTRAY

  • Minor Update – Dark Mode - 21 March 2026

    Hey everyone!Just a small quality of life update:🌙 Dark mode added to Settings — toggles reduced brightness for a more comfortable low-light experience.Let me know what you think!— DaZeSTRAY

  • Major Update – Collections, Stats, Bug Fixes & More - 20 March 2026

    Hey everyone!This is another big update! I've overhauled a huge amount of the game across bugs, balance, features, and UI. Here's everything that changed:🐛 Bug Fixes• Daily quests now refresh while the game is running — no more restarting to get new quests• Ascension now correctly awards points based on levels gained, not a flat 1 point• Players will be automatically compensated for any missing ascension points on next load• Music and sound settings no longer reset on prestige or ascension• Research tier locking now works correctly across all categories• Prestige message no longer incorrectly references ascension points⚖️ Balance Changes• Prestige cost scaling reduced from 1.8× to 1.4× per level — prestige should feel rewarding again• Gem economy overhauled: daily reward tripled to 15 gems, shop prices roughly halved• Research point purchases now scale with your current costs, keeping…

  • Minor Update – Achievements & Theme Polish - 20 March 2026

    Hey everyone!I've released a small update today focused on polish and player experience.What's changed:• Removed a handful of achievements that required an unreasonable amount of time to unlock — I want achievements to feel rewarding, not like a chore• Updated themes throughout to better align with the library themeNo gameplay changes are included in this update.If you had already unlocked any of the removed achievements, you'll keep them on your profile.Thanks for your continued support!—DaZeSTRAY

  • Idle Library — Major Update: The Grand Overhaul - 19 March 2026

    Idle Library — Major Update: The Grand OverhaulFirst and foremost, thank you for your incredible patience. I have been listening to your feedback and this update represents the most significant changes to Idle Library since launch. I hope it makes the game feel more rewarding, more strategic, and much more worth your time.⚖️ Balance & ProgressionRaised the first prestige threshold from 10,000 → 75,000 books, so reaching prestige feels like a genuine milestoneSteepened prestige scaling — later prestiges now require significantly more effortPost-prestige upgrade costs now scale harder, making each prestige cycle feel distinctAscension now requires Prestige 15 (up from 10), giving the mid-game more breathing roomModerate base cost increases across early upgrades to slow the opening hours and make each purchase feel meaningfulThe Curator upgrade has been reworked — it no longer reduces rese…

  • 📚 Idle Library — Major Update: The Grand Ascension - 18 March 2026

    📚 Idle Library — Major Update: The Grand AscensionThank you all for playing and for your feedback on progression speed. This update brings major rebalancing, a brand new endgame system, and a ton of new content for players who have conquered the library.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔺 NEW — Ascension System━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Once you reach Prestige Level 10, you can now Ascend — a second layer of progression beyond prestige. Ascending resets your prestige back to zero but grants a permanent multiplier that carries through every future run. The higher your Ascension level, the more powerful your library becomes. There is no cap.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🏛️ NEW — Late Game Upgrades━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Three powerful new upgrades unlock after ascending:• Grand Librarian — +50 books/sec• Interdimensional Archive — +100 books/tap• Cosmic Library — +200 books/sec and +250 books/tap━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━…

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
122 March 2026Minor Update – Prestige & Ascension Progress Bars1827626365761170
221 March 2026Minor Update – Dark Mode1827626365759502

Complete SteamPulse Game Data

Full game metadata

FieldValue
Steam app typegame
Steam App ID4450610
Live current players3
SteamPulse tracked peak26
Live count (today's peak floor)3
PriceFree to play
Free to playYes
Discount0%
Original price USD
Current price USDFree
Release dateMar 16, 2026
DeveloperDaZeSTRAY
PublisherDaZeSTRAY
Owners estimatedNot available
SteamSpy owner estimate minimum0
SteamSpy owner estimate maximum20,000
Review typeMixed
Positive review percent54%
Positive reviews14
Negative reviews12
Total reviews26
Steam recommendationsNot available
Achievements80
Average playtime foreverNot available
Windows supportYes
macOS supportNo
Linux supportNo
Parent gameNot available
Store URLhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4450610/

Short description

Turn a small reading room into a legendary archive of knowledge in this relaxing idle incremental game featuring research upgrades, prestige progression, and offline growth

About this game

Build the greatest library the world has ever seen — one book at a time. Idle Library is a relaxing incremental clicker where your humble collection grows into a vast archive of knowledge spanning rare manuscripts, ancient tomes, and legendary codices. Start by cataloging books by hand, then expand your institution by hiring librarians, digitizing archives, opening new wings, and funding cutting-edge research to accelerate your growth. Whether you're actively optimizing your upgrades or letting your library grow while you're away, progress never stops. Grow Your Collection Turn a small reading room into a sprawling knowledge empire. Invest in upgrades that increase your cataloging efficiency, automate book acquisition, and unlock powerful global income multipliers through special collections. Research & Knowledge System Earn Research Points to unlock permanent upgrades across multiple knowledge paths. Reduce research costs, enhance production, and specialize your library’s growth strategy to reach new milestones faster than ever before. Prestige & Long-Term Progression Renovate your library to reset your progress in exchange for powerful permanent bonuses. Each prestige level opens new opportunities for exponential growth and deeper optimization. Daily Quests & Achievements Complete daily objectives and earn achievements to gain rewards that accelerate your progress and provide new strategic choices. Events & Time Warps Host Book Festivals and participate in limited-time events for massive temporary boosts. Use Time Warps to instantly simulate hours of growth and push your library to the next level. Customize Your Library Unlock and apply unique visual themes to personalize the look and feel of your growing archive. Features Idle and active incremental gameplay Research tree with permanent upgrades Prestige system for long-term progression Daily quests and achievements Special collections and global multipliers Limited-time events Customizable visual themes Offline progress Cloud saves Steam achievements

Supported languages

English

Steam categories

Category IDCategory
2Single-player
22Steam Achievements
23Steam Cloud
62Family Sharing

Regional ratings

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Steam marketplace comparison data

Price History Overview

USD uses SteamPulse's own locally recorded daily store snapshots, so this overview reflects the exact regional price history that SteamPulse has captured for this currency.

Coverage And Tracking Window

  • Snapshots: 1
  • Coverage: Sep 23, 2026 to Sep 23, 2026
  • Lowest observed: Free
  • Highest observed: Free

Idle Library's USD price history spans from Sep 23, 2026 to Sep 23, 2026, with 1 recorded snapshot across 1 calendar day. Each row records the available final price, listed base price, and discount metadata for that observation. Within this coverage the lowest recorded price is Free, the highest is Free, and the first visible tracked price is Free. These comparisons apply only to the snapshots SteamPulse holds; missing observations can contain changes that are not represented here.

For USD, SteamPulse uses locally captured regional storefront snapshots and does not reconstruct older prices with exchange-rate conversion. The chart and table show the values recorded for this exact currency from the stated coverage start. Additional snapshots extend that record, but they do not fill unobserved days or prove what the storefront displayed between observations.

Discount Windows And Sale Timing

  • Discount windows: 0
  • Discounted days: 0 days
  • Deepest markdown: No discount tracked
  • Latest sale window: No sale window tracked

Idle Library's tracked USD rows do not contain a discount window. This means no available snapshot in the stated coverage has usable discount metadata; it does not prove that the game was never discounted. Missing snapshots or archived rows without complete metadata can hide a sale, so SteamPulse does not infer pricing strategy from this absence.

If a later snapshot includes discount metadata, it will appear here with its recorded depth, price, date, and sale name when available. Until then, this section should be read only as a description of the available rows, not as evidence about the publisher's promotion policy.

Observed Price Changes And Stable Runs

  • Observed price drops: 0
  • Observed price rises: 0
  • Longest stable run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking
  • Current run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking

Outside rows carrying discount metadata, the tracked price has not recorded a separate price rise or drop yet. That means the observed undiscounted level has stayed stable across the snapshots SteamPulse currently holds. This is a statement about the recorded coverage only; it does not prove that an older or missing price change never happened.

The longest unchanged price stretch in the current record lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at Free, from Sep 23, 2026 through Sep 23, 2026. Among rows without discount metadata, the longest unchanged run lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at Free. The latest run records Free for 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking as the same recorded undiscounted price. Run lengths describe consecutive stored observations only and do not establish that a price is permanent.

Latest Snapshot And Sales Context

  • Current price: Free
  • Current list price: Free
  • Distinct observed prices: 1
  • Source mode: SteamPulse local tracking

The latest tracked snapshot records Idle Library at Free in USD, with no active discount metadata. Across the available history SteamPulse has recorded 1 distinct final price in this currency. This supports comparisons with the lowest, highest, and most common values present in the retained record, subject to the stated coverage limits.

The live sales view and Steam sales record provide calendar context for these dates. A date overlap can be compared with a named Steam event, but it does not prove why a publisher changed a price. As new daily rows arrive, this overview recalculates its observed prices, discount windows, and run lengths automatically.

Regional Steam prices

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Tracked regional price history

The tracked Steam price is stable at Free.

CountryCurrencySnapshotsFirst trackedLatest trackedChangeLatest discount
United StatesUSD1FreeFreeNo changeNo discount
United KingdomGB0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Euro AreaEU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
AustraliaAU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
CanadaCA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
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BrazilBR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
RussiaRU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChinaCN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
JapanJP0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South KoreaKR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MexicoMX0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
NorwayNO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PolandPL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SwitzerlandCH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
New ZealandNZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SingaporeSG0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Hong KongHK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South AfricaZA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UkraineUA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KazakhstanKZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndonesiaID0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ThailandTH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MalaysiaMY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PhilippinesPH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
VietnamVN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
United Arab EmiratesAE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Saudi ArabiaSA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IsraelIL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChileCL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ColombiaCO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Costa RicaCR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KuwaitKW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PeruPE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
QatarQA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TaiwanTW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UruguayUY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArmeniaAM0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArgentinaAR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TurkeyTR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PakistanPK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount

United States price history (USD)

Tracked price is stable at Free.

DateCurrent priceOriginal priceDiscountSource
2026-09-23FreeFreeNo discountSteam Store

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