Idling Gears

Gear-based clicker idler about building income across a map

guilemus · Released Nov 7, 2023

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 71% of 355
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 7; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 months ago; Jun 8, 2026

What is Idling Gears?

A single-player clicker and idle game where you click a golden gear for money, place gears across a map, and buy upgrades to increase income. When progress slows, you can ascend for permanent production boosts.

For you if...

+you like arranging gears and watching mechanical setups run
+you enjoy gradual income growth and permanent ascension boosts

Not for you if...

−you want quick progress without prolonged grinding
−you dislike restarting to gain permanent production boosts

What players say

71% of 355 reviews are positive

Players praise the gear-based concept and tinkering with setups, but several complain that progression becomes slow and grindy.

Screenshots and trailer

Idling Gears system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3340
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 300 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 39
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
The native resolution is not the default one
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Catalan, Galician, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, German, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.