Milky Way Idle

Milky Way Idle

Steam Deck Playable

cheze · Idler · Mar 6, 2025

It depends on what you're after.

It's free to play.

48%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you like idles to leave on the background or check on once or twice a day, it's a nice bit of continuous progression.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I thought this would be too much to manage or too annoying, but it's actually helped increase my enjoyment as I have multiple goals to work on now and 4 characters all specializing in different areas.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Milky Way Idle is a pretty cool idle game with a nice community and a clean interface.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are not the all that amazing or splashy or shiny, but they are cute in their own way.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay41 reviews
Story and characters11 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization80 reviews
56%
Multiplayer20 reviews
90%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat32 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
48%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
77
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.