Idle Awakening: Mages Path demo
Step into the worn boots of a clueless wanderer, chasing the spark of magic and meaning.
Start with a tent, a cheap hat, and chronic fatigue — and gradually build a life filled with actions, artifacts, and magic.
Demo includes:
~6 hours of gameplay
27 unique actions to unlock and combine in your action lists
40+ shop upgrades & 10+ interior items
7 magical spells
Early crafting and plant gathering
No prestige. No forced resets. Just growth.
If you enjoy the experience, please wishlist game on Steam
That support means a lot as we prepare for launch.
If you have any comments or feedback - it's very appreciated!
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Updated | 1 day ago |
Published | 5 days ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings) |
Author | StrangeMatterGaming |
Genre | Strategy, Role Playing |
Tags | Idle, Life Simulation, Magic |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Accessibility | Interactive tutorial |
Links | Steam |
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Development log
- Idle Awakening Demo: v0.1.4b update3 days ago
Comments
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Hello, thanks for a good demo.

I returned to it after few hours, but game gets stuck on loading screen. Here is a screenshot from console:
It's strange, cause this error should not prevent game from loading. Do you see any other errors?
There are no other errors in console. It seems that there is a problem with saved state loading. When I try to import an older save file in private browser window, it works fine, but loading newest save file freezes at loading screen.
I uploaded both saves here, hope it helps.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/194zjm6Wg3uSChRhArDedabpJx3GyXwoX?usp=dri...
Thanks, I will check it
I just published an update that should fix this issue.
It works, thank you.
This was a fantastic engaging game. There is so much to like about it. I really admire your unique take on the Idle genre. I'll list the things that I really liked:
- Planning multiple actions at a time and forming custom actions that balance resources out is very fresh (and really appeals to my linear algebra mathy brain)
- One-off actions (like reading a book or completing training) are very satisfying.
- No prestige mechanic is a plus
- A humorous story where you can't tell if you're really on the path to awakening or if you're a peasant suffering from delusions of grandeur
- The next step is always a little bit hidden but not too hard to find
- 6-9 hours of content, but not very grindy or frustrating. The next milestone is usually quite clear.
- A lot of progress is locked behind caps. I actually thought this was a pretty interesting dimension.
- The story really feels like you are growing as a real person, and not just collecting random factories or progressing some random prestige
Here are a few things I didn't enjoy as much:
- The leveling system. There are many choices and ultimately some of the choices are way better than others. No way to reset skill points. This combination, in my opinion, makes it more stressful.
- I think an interesting direction would be to progress in an overall story but specialize in one path, but currently you do have to train both mental and physical.
- Some skills don't feel very rewarding to train.
Thanks for trying out and for your feedback.
Few things:
1. Skills reset mechanics, of course, will be available in full version. It supposed to be unlocked later on (it simply is not needed in such short demo)
2. Specialization is quite difficult to combine with no-prestiges concept, cause it will hard lock people from trying all content. That's why I decided to make it like: "improve everything you can, but in order and pacing that you feel comfortable for you"
3. Yeah, skill tree is something that I still have to balance properly.
Thank you again for trying the demo and posting feedback here.
im having fun, i like this kind of games
The only thing is im playing in mobile and im not finding how to buy points from skills... when i click on it it shows the description but i cant buy...
Unfortunately, mobile devices compability is very limited here. However, being unable to assign skill points from mobile device seems like a bug. Can you please send me an email to [email protected] with screenshot and any additional info you have? I will try to find and fix it ASAP.
Thanks for playing!
Thank you from Brasil :) i recorded the screen trying to buy skills
Ps: i have to say that are a lot of games i cant even start to play in mobile, some of them dont even scale the screen... but your game is being easily playable in my smartphone, congratulations and thanks
its design is also pretty and clean
I think it's a UI bug. I will do my best to upload patch with hotfix tomorrow, sorry.
Thank you for your kindness
Some gameplay and a little Critique of this very exciting game
Thank you very much for creating a video with early gameplay!
PS. Regarding sounds - yes, I am trying to learn about creating sounds, and hope they will be in place in Steam demo version.