# Idle Gumball Machine

Fire gumballs into spinning gears in a plinko-style board, buy upgrades for explosive number growth, and ascend to trade everything for stronger bonuses.

- Developer: antiquegeargames
- Released: 2025
- Platforms: Steam, Browser
- Idle rating (0 active, 100 idle): 25
- Price: paid
- Status: active
- Steam reviews: 91% positive of 256
- Last update: May 11, 2026
- Tags: physics, prestige, short

## Where to play
- Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/
- itch.io: https://antiquegeargames.itch.io/idle-gumball-machine

## Questions
### Is Idle Gumball Machine an idle game or an active one?
Leans active: we rate it 25 on a scale where 0 means fully active and 100 means it plays itself. You'll get the most out of it by actively playing.

### Is Idle Gumball Machine still being updated?
Yes. The most recent update we've seen was on May 11, 2026.

### Is Idle Gumball Machine free?
No, Idle Gumball Machine is a paid game.

### Where can you play Idle Gumball Machine?
Idle Gumball Machine is available on steam and browser.

### What games are like Idle Gumball Machine?
Mushies!, Pachincro and Breakfront share the most with it. Mushies!: also prestige.

Source: https://incrementalgames.org/game/idle-gumball-machine (IncrementalGames.org, facts from the developer's description)