# Ethos Idle

> Guide humanity's progress through discovery and development in an idle simulation game. (iPhone/iPad app by Graham Goldstein.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ethos-idle/id6737059942 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Graham Goldstein](https://appshunter.io/developer/1618966149)
- Category: Games, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 237 App Store ratings · 64 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 112 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-01-27
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ethos-idle/id6737059942/reviews.md

## What is Ethos Idle?

Chart the progess of Humanity through the ages, and guide their every discovery from the moment they kindle the first fire to the far future. Develop over 200 unique ideas across three different flavours of thought. Help your people to conquer or make peace with their enemies, explore and exploit the world, and develop projects to meet their needs.

Manage your tribe's choices to squeeze out more strength, or sit back and idle as your clan develop on their own. Advance as far as you can take your people, and then collect bonuses to improve future runs. Select varied challenges that change the way the game plays, and combine these challenges to create your own unique scenarios with big rewards.

Features:
- Over 200 historic ideas to develop, across 3 flavours of thought
- Dozens of exploration bonuses and synergies to unlock and exploit
- Permanently power up your civilisation with prestige mechanic upgrades
- Combine varied challenge conditions to create your own scenarios with powerful rewards
- Optional, out-of-the-way ads won't interrupt your experience
- A completely offline, single player experience
- All game content is accessible for free

## Key features

- Develop over 200 historic ideas
- Explore and exploit the world
- Manage tribe choices
- Unlock exploration bonuses and synergies
- Prestige mechanic upgrades
- Customizable challenge scenarios
- Offline single-player experience

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| x2 Speed | $6.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Ethos Idle?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast progression
- 👍 Minimal ad interruption
- 👍 Simple and enjoyable design
- 👍 Great for relaxing and watching numbers go up
- 👍 Excellent incremental game design

**Cons**

- 🐢 Slower progression speed desired
- 🛒 IAP for 2x production doesn't eliminate video ads

**Commonly reported bugs**

- RNG for challenges is unfair and unfun
- Unlocking buffs for inaccessible technologies

**Most requested features**

- Option to remove ads entirely
- Clarification on prestige warp gain multipliers

## Recent user reviews (10 of 64)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ethos-idle/id6737059942/reviews.md

### 5/5 — The 2x stacks

*2026-05-07*

Guys, watch the ads. I thought the 2x only went to 4 hours so I never really used it but it stacks. I just watched a couple ads and I now have 2x for 24 hours.

### 4/5 — GOATED🙏

*2026-04-26, version 1.9.6*

Both this and Grimoire idle are so fun dude. Doesn’t force ads on you either, love it

### 5/5 — Simple and fun

*2026-03-07, version 1.9.6*

Simple and fun, I loved Grimoire and while this is very different, you can see the same level of craftsmanship and thought put into the mechanics,

### 5/5 — A truly well made movie idle game

*2026-03-04*

I have spent years trying to find a game, with proper balancing as you get into the higher numbers, and still have smooth progression. After trying about 200 idle games this one has stopped my search for a properly balanced fun idle. I never write reviews. As you can probably see by my grammar. But I actually took the time to since I’ve played this game for over a year now

### 5/5 — Amazing Incremental Game

*2026-02-14*

When I saw the creator of Grimoire Incremental had released a new game, I was sold.  There's so much more depth and choices to make in this one.  I've since unlocked everything there is in-game, and I'm so excited for more

### 5/5 — Great Idle Game!

*2026-02-14*

I’ve been playing this game for the last few months and have enjoyed it! The game is well paced and every few weeks there are new things to try. 

Runs can be long when you want to take a break for a while but also you have great active play with shorter runs. 

The “ethos challenge guide” is basically a must for progressing at a good rate. Also the discord for this game is amazing!

### 5/5 — great (very slow) game

*2026-02-10, version 1.9.5*

maybe too slow but it’s interesting

### 5/5 — Number go up

*2026-02-02, version 1.9.3*

This is somehow the most simple and expansive idle game I’ve played.

It’s literally just numbers. No audio, no images, nope just numbers going up.

But there’s so many numbers.

### 4/5 — Game is good

*2026-01-05, version 1.9.2*

Good mix of active/idle gameplay, I haven’t run into any automation yet but it would be great to have some simple automations like auto conquer/integrate and claims.

### 3/5 — Really bare bones

*2025-12-16*

The only thing that makes this game any sort of decent is that it isn’t littered with pay2win garbage, gem systems, etc. It’s the skeleton of an actual incremental game though. Seriously, there were flash games in the 200’s made by random kids after school that had more depth than this, and were somehow also more free to play. Considering the depth of the developers other, older game (I’d only give that slightly more credit but it is credit), Ethos is a disappointment in all but the greed of its developer. 

Still fun if you like basic incremental, but it’s realllllly basic.

## Frequently asked questions about Ethos Idle

### What is Ethos Idle about?

Ethos Idle allows you to chart the progress of humanity through the ages, guiding their discoveries from the first fire to the far future. You manage your tribe's choices, develop ideas, explore the world, and advance your civilization.

### What are the key features of Ethos Idle?

Key features include developing over 200 historic ideas across three flavors of thought, managing tribe choices for strength, unlocking exploration bonuses and synergies, and permanently powering up your civilization with prestige upgrades. You can also combine challenges to create unique scenarios.

### Is Ethos Idle free to play?

Yes, all game content is accessible for free. The game also features optional ads that do not interrupt the experience, and it offers in-app purchases.

### Can I play Ethos Idle offline?

Yes, Ethos Idle is a completely offline, single-player experience. You do not need an internet connection to play the game.

### What kind of challenges does Ethos Idle offer?

The game offers varied challenges that change the way the game plays. You can combine these challenges to create your own unique scenarios with big rewards, allowing for diverse gameplay experiences.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9.12 — 2026-08-18

Fixed an issue introduced in 1.9.11 affecting Ideas selection late in the Overseer timeline.

### 1.9.11 — 2026-08-17

Performance improvements.

### 1.9.10 — 2026-08-12

Performance improvements.

Ad system API update.

### 1.9.9 — 2026-06-04

Fixed an occasional issue with missing Discoveries; games missing these Discoveries should restore automatically.

Improved Hard Reset flow.

### 1.9.8 — 2026-05-28

API updates.

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## More apps by Graham Goldstein

- [Grimoire Incremental](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grimoire-incremental/id1618966147)
- [The Great Outdoors Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-great-outdoors-game/id1671556012)

All apps by Graham Goldstein: https://appshunter.io/developer/1618966149

## Related topics

[ethos idle](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ethos-idle) · [prestige games](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/prestige-games)

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*