Idle Stars
by PULSAR LLC
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Idle Stars tasks you with building an interstellar empire through careful resource management and strategic research. Balance five resources across connected worlds, automate production with AI Directors, and expand into a galaxy populated by distinct civilizations that respond to diplomacy or aggression. When growth plateaus, trigger a supernova to reset with permanent upgrades and push further, offering meaningful long-term progression for players who enjoy systems-driven incremental games.
About this game
Begin with one quiet world and turn it into an empire among the stars.
Idle Stars is an incremental strategy game about connected systems. Build solar arrays, mines, laboratories, habitats, and spaceports. Balance five resources, research technologies that change how your economy works, and install AI Directors to automate each world while you are away.
When your first planet is no longer enough, launch explorers into a living galaxy. Colonize new worlds, connect them into sectors, and meet civilizations with their own histories and strengths. Open talks, send envoys, or bring the fleet—the choices you make shape the empire and what the galaxy remembers.
Eventually, growth reaches its limit. Trigger a supernova, carry stardust and permanent upgrades into a fresh universe, and push farther on every cycle.
FEATURES
• A layered idle economy built around energy, minerals, science, population, and influence
• Research paths and automation that transform how worlds grow
• A galaxy map with exploration, travel, colonization, and sectors
• Civilizations that can be approached through diplomacy or force
• Supernova resets with lasting progression
• Offline progress and optional local notifications
• Game Center achievements
• Optional iCloud document sync between your Apple devices
• Universal support for iPhone and iPad
• No ads and no subscription
The complete game is free. The optional Supporter Pack permanently unlocks three styles for planets, ships, and the app icon. You can also buy one hour of ×2 production: the timer runs in real time, even while the app is closed, and the multiplier never stacks above ×2.
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