
An idle detective game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Idler, Casual, Desktop Companion, 2D.

An idle detective game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Desktop Defender
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Ropuka's Idle Island
A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.8% ★, Auto Battler 17.3%, Idler 16.9%, Incremental 14.2%, Casual 1.8%
A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 60.3% ★, Idler 21%, Incremental 15.5%, Casual 2.5%, Indie 0.7%
A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 59.3% ★, Idler 20.8%, Incremental 17.5%, Casual 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Welcome to Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi! This is a relaxing and enjoyable idle fishing game that can sit at the bottom or any corner of your screen, allowing you to enjoy a leisurely sea fishing time in your busy life.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 58.2% ★, Idler 21.1%, Incremental 13.6%, RPG 3.9%, Casual 2.3%
An idle poker game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 61% ★, Idler 21.4%, Incremental 7.3%, Deckbuilding 6.5%, Casual 2.6%
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 70.3% ★, Idler 27.3%, Casual 2.4%
Desktop Fishing is a cozy idle game that sits in the corner of your screen. Go about your usual desk work (or don't) while your frog buddy catches fish, discovers new outfits, and unlocks fishing spots.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 59.1% ★, Idler 19.7%, Incremental 15.6%, Stylized 3.6%, Casual 1.7%
A desktop idle RPG that lives on the side of your screen. Gather cute pixel heroes, rebuild a tiny town, and watch it grow while you work. Welcome to 《Crusader Quest: Hero Town》!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.9% ★, Idler 20%, Incremental 15.8%, RPG 5.5%, Casual 2.2%
Assemble your adventure squad on the desktop! Classic RPG meets idle play—no grind, no stress, just nonstop progress. Your heroes fight, level up, and loot while you work or study. Explore rich classes, powerful skills, and thrilling gear drops. RPG excitement, anytime, anywhere!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.6% ★, Idler 19.2%, Incremental 15.1%, Auto Battler 12%, RPG 4.9%
A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 71.9% ★, Idler 25.4%, Casual 2.7%
Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a semi-idle desktop simulation game about academic life. Keep a tiny lab in the corner of your screen while you work, study, or relax. Recruit graduate students, apply for research projects, publish papers, purchase equipment, and build your own research team.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 66.2% ★, Idler 29.8%, Casual 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Idle Dice roll automatically for you, unleashing skills and farming rare loot in the corner of your desktop, with tons of content and loot types.
Why similar: Incremental 31.4%, Idler 29.9%, Auto Battler 20.1%, RPG 10.9%, Stylized 4.9%
A desktop idle RPG where your party of five heroes fights, loots, and grows in a small window while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.1% ★, Idler 20.3%, Auto Battler 20.2%, RPG 4.1%, Casual 1.9%
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
Why similar: Idler 43.3%, Incremental 36%, Deckbuilding 9.6%, Stylized 6.6%, Casual 3.5%
Grind mobs, farm loot and capture enemies to serve you. Deskrawl is an epic idle ARPG that plays at the bottom of your desktop. Farm legendary items and build overpowered heroes while you work or chill.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54.8% ★, Idler 24.2%, Incremental 13.7%, RPG 3.2%, Casual 2.3%
Desktop Heroes is a unique idle RPG designed to be your faithful companion while you work. Set just above your taskbar, this game runs in the background, letting you build a team of courageous heroes, battle monstrous foes, and collect loot; all without disrupting your productivity.
Why similar: Idler 71.7%, RPG 17.6%, Casual 8.8%, Singleplayer 2%
A relaxing auto-battler running in the background. Watch your combat experience grow and occasionally develop the massive skill tree and upgrade your equipment to explore secrets of the island.
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.5%, Idler 36.9%, RPG 10.5%, Casual 4.8%, Indie 3.2%
《Delvegg》 is a desktop idle mining game. The core gameplay revolves around digging eggs, collecting pets, and building your underground mining empire.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.7% ★, Idler 19.3%, Incremental 12.8%, Auto Battler 8.6%, Casual 2.1%
A relaxing idle fishing game that waits for you at the bottom of your screen. CATCH fish, BUY upgrades, COMPLETE your collection, and DISPLAY them in your aquarium.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55% ★, Idler 25%, Incremental 17.9%, Casual 2.1%
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Why similar: Incremental 55.2%, Idler 38.1%, Casual 4.8%, Indie 1.9%
A chill idle-mining sim that lives on your desktop. Dig rocks, collect gems, buy upgrades, feed your greed, and uncover shiny surprises while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 62.6% ★, Idler 20.7%, Incremental 11.8%, RPG 3.6%, Casual 1.3%
A challenging dark fantasy idle RPG that lives in the corner of your screen. Fight and loot while you work, refine your build, trigger item synergies, and grow stronger. An autobattler with asynchronous PvP, for glory and loot!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.3% ★, Auto Battler 21.1%, Idler 19.9%, RPG 4.8%, Casual 1.6%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: Incremental 49.5%, Idler 25.6%, RPG 19.2%, Indie 2.7%, Casual 2.2%
A dark-fantasy incremental game about confronting a rising cult. Seek out worshipers who turned to darker gods and smite them back to the light. Harness their devotion to grow stronger and purge the land of evil - one click at a time.
Why similar: Idler 51.2%, Incremental 48%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.
Why similar: Idler 33.9%, Auto Battler 30.6%, Incremental 28.5%, RPG 3.9%, Casual 3.1%
An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.
Why similar: Incremental 38.7%, Idler 27.3%, Auto Battler 27.2%, Casual 3.3%, Mystery 3.2%
A desktop companion that grows with you while you work! Complete real-life work sessions to send your hero traveling, collect loot, explore dungeons, and carry accumulated progress into the next timeline.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 59.5% ★, Idler 18%, Auto Battler 17.5%, RPG 3.2%, Casual 1.4%
Players will take on the role of newspaper reporter Hazel Gong, who was originally covering a practice exercise at an abandoned building site, but stumbles upon a mysterious corpse in an accidental collapse!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.4%, Mystery 30.3%, RPG 23.9%, Casual 8%, Indie 5.2%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Idler 53%, Incremental 44.5%, Indie 2.5%
Rocky Idle is a single-player idle/incremental game. Level up your skills, gather resources, and complete your collection log.
Why similar: Idler 45.9%, Incremental 23.1%, Auto Battler 21.4%, RPG 7%, Casual 1.7%
Recruit different cats, level them up, and gather treasure all from the corner of your screen. Idle Cats Dungeon is an incremental desktop game where adventure runs alongside your daily tasks. Can you slay more enemies than other players?
Why similar: Idler 39.1%, Incremental 38%, Auto Battler 14.5%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 1.5%
An incremental game where you kill hordes of slimes and use their loot to become stronger and farm them. Collect powerful loot, master skills, and uncover tons of content.
Why similar: Incremental 31%, Idler 26.3%, Auto Battler 24.2%, Stylized 7.7%, RPG 6.8%
A cozy online incremental idle game you can play with your friends at the bottom of your screen. Customise, play mini games, earn & spend!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 73.9% ★, Idler 23.8%, Casual 2.3%
A relaxing idle market simulator that sits at the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 62.4% ★, Idler 30.7%, Casual 3.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Berserk B.I.T.S is an idle-rpg, auto-battler, chip-collecting game that runs on your desktop. Let your B.I.T do battle and collect items. Collect rare chips and build your deck! Customize and Level up to take down intense Virus bosses as you unravel the mysteries behind the attacks on the Net.
Why similar: Auto Battler 37.5%, Idler 34.4%, Incremental 27.1%, Singleplayer 1%
A slacker stick figure named Bota moves onto your desktop. An idle app where you sneak peeks between tasks as he idly mutters to himself to match the time of day and the day of the week. He won't get in your way. Sometimes he talks to you. That's the whole app.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 69.2% ★, Idler 22.5%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 1%
'dEskape' is a base-building game which sits across the bottom of your desktop allowing you to work, browse, or watch something else while you play. It's idle when you like and active when you want.
Why similar: Idler 44.8%, Incremental 40.9%, RPG 10.4%, Casual 3.9%
Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.
Why similar: Incremental 33.6%, Auto Battler 30.2%, Idler 24.9%, RPG 6.3%, Mystery 4.4%
A tiny, cozy idle fishing desktop companion about quiet progress, handcrafted islands, and stories hidden beneath the waves. Discover new species, upgrade your gear, customize your gears and let your fisher work peacefully in the background.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 71.3% ★, Idler 24.1%, Casual 2.8%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Idle Knight turns your clicks, keystrokes, and controller inputs into XP while it runs in the background. Use your PC, grow your knight, build your character, collect skins, open hourly chests, clear dungeons, and climb the ranks.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.6% ★, Idler 19.3%, Incremental 17.2%, RPG 4.8%, Casual 2.1%
The ultimate tiny idle RPG! Adorable pixel heroes are waiting to join your adventure — from your taskbar. Fight off the boredom of work and daily life with diverse classes, skills, items, and builds!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.2% ★, Idler 25.8%, Auto Battler 9.2%, RPG 4.4%, Incremental 2.9%
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Incremental 17.8%, Investigation 17.2%, 2.5D 12%, Mystery 11.1%
Recruit, manage, and send your hireling crew to conquer demons and gather treasure—all from the corner of your screen. "Loot of Baal" is an idle desktop game where adventure runs alongside your daily tasks. Can your heroes save the world from chaos?
Why similar: Idler 51.2%, Incremental 29%, RPG 12.7%, Indie 3%, Casual 2.8%
Put Fischer on your desktop as your ultimate study and work buddy. He'll fish quietly in the corner, taking care of it all—you just drop in occasionally to collect your rewards, unlock new fish, upgrade your rod, while enjoying that calming, healing atmosphere.
Why similar: Idler 84.2%, Casual 9.1%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
A chill idle game that sits in your screen while you do other tasks. Watch your cock train and grow, decorate his island, and buy him some stylish hats. Is your cock the biggest among your friends? Now it can be!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 62.4% ★, Idler 21%, Incremental 13.7%, Casual 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Relax and catch fish in beautiful environments while your crew works for you, even offline. Hire crewmates, collect pets, sail ever-bigger boats, and uncover layer after layer of progression. Simple to start, surprisingly deep.
Why similar: Idler 42%, Incremental 33%, Stylized 12.8%, RPG 7.2%, Casual 5%
Just leave it running. The rest takes care of itself. In a small corner of your desktop, a 3D character fights and loots all on its own. Snag good gear and trade it on the Steam Community Market. It's idle, yet you can't stop watching. Addictive looting at its finest.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 65.2% ★, Idler 22.9%, RPG 5.5%, Stylized 3.7%, Casual 2.2%
Desktop Mark is a simple minigame-centric idler revolving around the silly character of Mark, a smiley that bounces all around your screen. Every so often, Mark hits the corner and prompts you to procrastinate & have some fun with Mark.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 86.3% ★, Idler 10%, Casual 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54.4% ★, Idler 23.8%, Incremental 18.9%, Casual 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Creature Card Idle is an incremental game that fuses strategic grid-based gameplay with the thrill of collecting cards. Experience an evolving journey across expansions, each introducing new mechanics and cards. Play for free without microtransactions.
Why similar: Idler 41.3%, Incremental 32.7%, Deckbuilding 10%, RPG 6.4%, Casual 5.3%
Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and hire heroes. Raise your DPS!
Why similar: Idler 45.4%, Incremental 37.3%, Deckbuilding 9.3%, Casual 4.5%, Indie 2.5%
Build a party of heroes and send them into dungeons in this short incremental RPG. Fight monsters, collect loot, and unlock upgrades. Fast runs, deep skill tree, zero stress.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.9%, Idler 29.9%, Incremental 27.9%, RPG 6.6%, Casual 3.9%
Your very own kitty — right on your desktop! A cozy idle game where you pet, feed, and play with a fluffy friend to earn purr points. Spend them on hats, toys, and cozy spots to sit. With hundreds of customization items, you can create a kitty that's truly yours — always by your side.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 71.5% ★, Idler 24.1%, Casual 2.6%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
An Idle Incremental game where you explore an infinite, procedurally generated skill tree. Defend yourself against ever-growing waves of numbers. Unlock new abilities, complete quests and expand the skill tree to become infinitely powerful.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.7% ★, Idler 26.4%, Incremental 21.8%, Casual 2.9%, Indie 1.6%
Turn your desktop into your very own birdwatching spot, and await the arrival of new avian friends! Enjoy a cozy idle game — place a tiny postcard on the corner of your screen, keeping you company with pleasant scenes and visiting birds. Oh, and don't forget your camera!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 70.3% ★, Idler 26.6%, Casual 3.2%
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Detective 38.6%, Investigation 25.7%, Stylized 16.7%, Mystery 13.7%, Casual 4.2%
A chill clicker-idle stars hunting and constellations creation game that sits in the corner of your screen. Feel free to daydream while you are working or doing something else.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54.7% ★, Idler 22.6%, Incremental 17.6%, Casual 3.9%, Indie 0.8%
This is an idle game you can leave in the corner of your desktop. Watch at your leisure as an android girl researches microbes in a post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Idler 52.1%, Incremental 39.6%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A free idle RPG that plays itself. Build your adventurer, shape a 2,111-skill tree and watch d20 combat unfold. Explore three complete adventures with 207 illustrated monsters, collect equipment and earn prestige for your next character. Progress continues while the game is closed.
Why similar: Idler 34%, Incremental 27.1%, Auto Battler 26.4%, RPG 8.1%, Stylized 3.5%
Shoot goblins, grow your army, and maintain your speed with every tap. Play in full screen or let the game run silently at the bottom of the screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.3% ★, Idler 23.8%, Incremental 20.1%, Casual 3.2%, Indie 0.9%