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Mystical Mixing: A Game-Changing, New Subgenre Combining Simulation & Idle Comment & Opinion Dec 21st, 2022

Mystical Mixing: A Game-Changing, New Subgenre Combining Simulation & Idle

How can developers blend different genres and create something compelling and new? CrazyLabs and Cameo outline their approach to building a new cross-genre hit

Infinity Games’ Flipper Island could be the start of a new idle genre News Dec 1st, 2022

Infinity Games’ Flipper Island could be the start of a new idle genre

New iOS title made within 48 hours

Why do so many licensed games go down the idle route? Feature Nov 29th, 2022

Why do so many licensed games go down the idle route?

Players may be more inclined to make in-game purchases in idle games based on existing IPs.

AppQuantum surpasses 100 million downloads News Mar 17th, 2022

AppQuantum surpasses 100 million downloads

Idle merge game Gold and Goblins is the most downloaded title

Kolibri Games hires Dzmitry Yudo as product director for new games Job News Feb 21st, 2022

Kolibri Games hires Dzmitry Yudo as product director for new games

Leading the initiative to explore idle games

Gardenscapes dev Playrix invests in mobile games publisher AppQuantum News Feb 1st, 2022

Gardenscapes dev Playrix invests in mobile games publisher AppQuantum

Marks the company’s first investment in an independent publisher

East Side Games Group is developing a F2P Doctor Who mobile game News Jan 21st, 2022

East Side Games Group is developing a F2P Doctor Who mobile game

A multi-year partnership with BBC Studios will see the game launched this year

Homa Games acquires Ducky Games News Nov 30th, 2021

Homa Games acquires Ducky Games

Acquisition will strengthen the publisher's position as a leader in idle arcade games

Introducing PlayEmber - a new hypercasual heavy hitter Interview Nov 9th, 2021

Introducing PlayEmber - a new hypercasual heavy hitter

Join-venture between App Design Company and Boomhits is aiming to shake up the hypercasual games market

How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months Comment & Opinion Oct 21st, 2021

How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months

The Idle Opportunity

Homa Games is looking for a mix of idle and arcade-adventure experiences in next game jam News Jun 10th, 2021

Homa Games is looking for a mix of idle and arcade-adventure experiences in next game jam

Homa Games running a one month global game jam to find new' Arcade Idle' titles

Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab News Jun 8th, 2021

Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab

Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021

Estonian developer Clickwork Games raises $1.2 million to "rejuvenate" idle genre News Jun 3rd, 2021

Estonian developer Clickwork Games raises $1.2 million to "rejuvenate" idle genre

Headed up by former Hypestar games co-founder Marko Mänd

East Side Games partners with Game Masons to make sports-themed idle game News May 5th, 2021

East Side Games partners with Game Masons to make sports-themed idle game

Expected to launch sometime in 2022

Why Kolibri Games favours the games-as-a-service approach with Idle Restaurant Tycoon Interview Dec 17th, 2020

Why Kolibri Games favours the games-as-a-service approach with Idle Restaurant Tycoon

"If at any point during this process, the game does not meet our requirements, we stop development"

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