Idle Startup is an indie developed by Merrill Lines, released 21 June 2026 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Idle Startup is
Idle Startup is an indie game developed by Merrill Lines and released in 2026. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Godot.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Build a tech company from a one-person garage into a global empire. Train six skills, complete their upgrade trees, chase milestone bonuses, and unlock new departments in this clean, addictive incremental idle game — progress keeps rolling even while you're away.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Idle Startup launched on 21 June 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Palworld, Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations and Meccha Chameleon.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Palworld, Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations, Meccha Chameleon.
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When did Idle Startup come out?
Idle Startup was released on 21 June 2026 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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