Idle management game for iOS

Space Academy Idle

Build your dream campus.

A retro-inspired idle management game where you build a futuristic campus, train promising students, and graduate legendary space scientists!

  • iPhone
  • Available now
  • Free to play
  • Offline progress
Download on the App Store See how gameplay and progression work →
Space Academy Idle key art Space Academy Idle campus with orange autumn trees and a school bus

Your dream campus starts here.

The gameplay loop

Turn a small dormitory into a galactic university

A green pixel-art campus with academic buildings, students, landmarks, and a yellow carThe Admissions Office showing student candidates and their Cognition, Discipline, and Creativity stats

01 / Open your academy

A campus full of possibility.

Welcome your first cadets, add new facilities, and shape a futuristic campus that keeps growing.

  • Admit new students

    Welcome cadets manually through Admissions or let the dormitory keep enrollment moving.

  • Expand your campus

    Unlock new buildings, optimize your layout, and discover landmarks with unique perks.

The Zero-G Lab upgrade panel with Cognition knowledge and training-duration improvementsSpace Academy Idle promotional artwork showing trained cadets and their Cognition, Discipline, and Creativity stats

02 / Train future scientists

Turn promising cadets into great scientists.

Invest in your teaching facilities and develop each student across the academy’s three core disciplines.

  • Teach core disciplines

    Build and upgrade facilities for Cognition, Discipline, and Creativity.

  • Graduate scientists

    Prepare students, increase their value, and turn every graduation into campus growth.

Graduation Office milestones tracking building upgrades, campus bonuses, Endowments, and landmarksSpace Academy Idle promotional artwork featuring upgrades, boosts, and prestige panels

03 / Reach the next milestone

Build an academy that goes further.

Track your milestones, reinvest in permanent progression, and give yourself a new goal each time you return.

  • Prestige with Endowments

    Rebuild with permanent progression bonuses and push your academy further each time.

  • Complete missions

    Collect daily rewards, tackle limited-time missions, and climb Game Center leaderboards.

Screenshots

Build, teach, graduate, and expand

A green pixel-art campus with academic buildings, students, landmarks, and a yellow car
Build your dream campus
Space Academy Idle campus with orange autumn trees and a school bus
Give your campus an autumn look
Academic buildings and students surrounded by snow-covered campus grounds
Switch to a snowy campus
A blue campus theme with icy-colored trees, futuristic buildings, and a rocket at the gate
Find your favorite campus style
The Vending Machine menu showing campus, student, and vehicle theme choices
Choose campus, student, and vehicle themes
The Zero-G Lab upgrade panel with Cognition knowledge and training-duration improvements
Improve your teaching facilities

Community & player feedback

Built with player feedback

Space Academy Idle launched with the incremental-game community invited to shape progression speed, balance, and game design through direct feedback.

Find the Reddit discussion

Ready for launch?

Open the galaxy’s next great academy

Grow your campus in quick sessions or let students keep learning while you are away.

Get Space Academy Idle on iOS