Games Like Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator

Relaxing game where you can build your farm on your desktop. Your farm will be your interactive live wallpaper. Perfect to play in the background doing other things.

Why similar: Simulation 74.5%, Colorful 7.6%, Casual 7.5%, Resource Management 4.6%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Desktopia, this game runs as a desktop overlay and provides a relaxing, passive farming simulation experience.

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

Why similar: Incremental 52.4%, Idler 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, 2D 4.7%, Casual 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes the same desktop-overlay technology as Desktopia but shifts the focus to idle tower defense gameplay.

Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!

Why similar: Incremental 36.9%, City Builder 29.1%, Idler 6.7%, RPG 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential idle game that features deep strategy and city-building progression within a fantasy setting.

Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...

Why similar: Incremental 45.6%, Simulation 23%, RPG 18%, Strategy 10.1%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines classic city-building elements with deep idle mechanics that reward long-term planning.

Desktop Tourney World is a simulation construction, immortal cultivation survival game, you need to collect food, construct buildings, build equipment, and fight with all kinds of monsters.

Why similar: Simulation 36.1%, City Builder 33.4%, Strategy 14.8%, RPG 7.9%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the unique desktop-overlay format, allowing you to manage a tournament while multitasking.

After the moon vanished, the fantasy world of Settlemoon lays abandoned in darkness. Re-light the skies, and provide a rest stop for adventurers in a town that updates in real time. Grow your town to attract strange visitors, and discover happened to this world.

Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Idler 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Medieval 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist city-builder that emphasizes idle progression and a cozy, low-stress atmosphere.

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 56.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Medieval 9.6%, Strategy 6%, Management 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a grid-less medieval city-building experience that focuses on organic growth and management.

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 45.7%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Medieval 7.8%, Base Building 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the medieval city-building aspect of the seed game, tasking you with managing a growing village.

Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!

Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Simulation 17.9%, RPG 13.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with town management, perfect for those who enjoy the fantasy village aspect of Desktopia.

Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!

Why similar: City Builder 55.1%, Simulation 23.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Medieval 7.8%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A charming medieval city-builder that captures the management and growth feel of Desktopia.

An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!

Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Incremental 24.6%, Idler 12.2%, Simulation 7.6%, Resource Management 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and resource management aspects of city-building in a minimalist, idle-friendly format.

Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Incremental 21.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Idler 11.1%, RPG 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG character growth with town-building, offering a satisfying incremental loop.

A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

Why similar: City Builder 25%, Incremental 21%, Simulation 11.8%, Idler 10.4%, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features extensive idle and automation mechanics that allow you to manage a civilization with minimal active input.

Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Simulation 23.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Life Sim 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A Kairosoft simulation game that emphasizes building and managing a thriving fantasy town.

Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Simulation 14.1%, RPG 11.6%, Medieval 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a town that supports adventurers, blending city-building with RPG management.

Feudal Fantasy is a short active incremental game in which you rebuild a town once lost to tragedy as its lord, by managing upgrades, new buildings and recruiting the wisdom of fantasy races.

Why similar: Incremental 29%, Idler 13.1%, City Builder 10.6%, Simulation 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A direct match for the fantasy theme and incremental progression found in Desktopia.

Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.

Why similar: Incremental 21.7%, Simulation 17.6%, Medieval 12.3%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the crafting and life-simulation aspects of managing a medieval village.

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Simulation 32.3%, Immersive Sim 19.9%, Strategy 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Medieval 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated idle city-builder that focuses on long-term growth and resource optimization.

Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

Why similar: City Builder 42%, Simulation 18.8%, RPG 10.4%, Strategy 7.7%, Medieval 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a straightforward city-building experience with a focus on medieval architecture and resource management.

'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: City Builder 30%, Incremental 21%, Idler 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%, RPG 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A clicker-based city-builder that emphasizes simple, repetitive loops for village expansion.

A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!

Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Simulation 15.4%, Idler 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, idle-focused farming and village simulation game with a charming pixel-art style.

Castle Clicker is a more strategy focused clicking game that required you to think about how to manage your resources and build your city. If you're looking for a more in depth but still casual clicking game, this is for you!

Why similar: Incremental 47.3%, City Builder 21%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the clicker genre with city-building, focusing on rapid expansion and resource accumulation.

A relaxing and humorous idle god simulator that stays at the bottom of your screen or on a second monitor while you do other things. With physics-based dragging interactions, it feels just like playing with desk toys.

Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Incremental 24.3%, Simulation 14.6%, Idler 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, idle-focused god game that lets you watch your village grow with minimal intervention.

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: City Builder 49.1%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on building a historical city with strategic management elements.

A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Simulation 24.1%, Idler 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.9%

Slimeward is an idle game where players build and upgrade a village, recruit heroes, and defeat Monster 'Slime' that fell in front of the house one day,

Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, Incremental 24.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Idler 10.3%, Medieval 6.2%

Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

Why similar: Incremental 46.4%, Idler 11.8%, Simulation 7%, RPG 6.5%, Strategy 6.1%

Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.

Why similar: City Builder 49.6%, Simulation 30.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Indie 3.6%, Casual 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and management aspects of a medieval village, requiring careful resource allocation.

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: City Builder 28.9%, Incremental 19.1%, RPG 10.2%, Idler 10.1%, Medieval 7.3%

Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.

Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Incremental 25.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Idler 8.7%, Base Building 5.6%

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: Incremental 37.8%, Idler 21.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 8%, Life Sim 7.7%

Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.

Why similar: Simulation 30.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Base Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the base-building and management of a fantasy settlement with roguelite elements.

The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?

Why similar: City Builder 59.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 7.6%, RPG 7.1%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox city-builder that allows for deep management of a fantasy village, similar to the scope of Desktopia.

A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: City Builder 42.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Idler 14.9%, Life Sim 8.6%, Base Building 5.8%

Glimvale is a solo cosy city-builder with idle mechanics where you manage, decorate, and grow a charming MMO village. Keep adventurers happy and shape the world at your own pace. After all, you’re the game master.

Why similar: City Builder 47.3%, Idler 15.3%, Life Sim 8.4%, Medieval 8.1%, Management 6.7%

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: Simulation 22.5%, Idler 19%, RPG 16.9%, Medieval 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

Farewells Clicker is an addictive blend of clicker and city builder! Expand your island, develop your city, and produce resources endlessly. Upgrade your buildings and skills through a vast skill tree to progress further and further!

Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Incremental 24%, Idler 12.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Medieval 6.9%

Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

Why similar: City Builder 32.7%, Simulation 23.3%, RPG 20.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

Medieval sim meets smart idle play. Build and automate your tavern into a lively town. Make it yours with tons of decorations. Dig for ore, gamble, breed rare horses, or take risks with smuggling quests. Watch your little world grow and have the medieval town of your dreams!

Why similar: Idler 20.7%, Medieval 15.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Incremental 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%

Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

Why similar: City Builder 47.8%, Simulation 12.2%, Medieval 10.5%, Management 6.4%, Base Building 6.3%

A cozy idle island sim that lives on your desktop, just above the taskbar. Five islanders — a Farmer, Woodcutter, Fisherman, Miner, and Chef — farm, fish, mine, cook, and craft on their own. You just make the calls. Glance down between emails and a meal is ready. It never steals your screen.

Why similar: Incremental 37.2%, Idler 20.2%, Simulation 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Life Sim 10%

Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Simulation 14.6%, RPG 10.9%, Idler 8.3%, Medieval 8.2%

Little Incrementisle is an incremental colony-building game where you land on one wild island after another. On each island, you gather resources, construct buildings, recruit villagers, and develop your colony, until you’re ready to set sail for the next one.

Why similar: Incremental 39.8%, City Builder 33.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Medieval 6.5%, 2D 4.9%

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Simulation 20.8%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.

Why similar: City Builder 56.4%, Medieval 9.3%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 8%, Base Building 5.7%

Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.

Why similar: City Builder 42.5%, Incremental 27.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 5.8%, Fantasy 4.2%

Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

Why similar: City Builder 56.6%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 9.4%, Indie 2.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.3%

Noble Rulers — grow your realm and expand your castle in this short incremental game! Manage resources, discover foreign lands and build up an army to lay siege to your enemies.

Why similar: Incremental 29.2%, City Builder 17.3%, Idler 13.5%, Medieval 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.

Why similar: City Builder 47.6%, Simulation 17%, RPG 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Life Sim 8.8%

CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Idler 15.8%, Simulation 12%, Medieval 9.5%, Base Building 8%

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: City Builder 42.4%, Simulation 15.6%, Medieval 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Strategy 7.4%

A relaxing idle market simulator that sits at the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Simulation 24.9%, Idler 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Life Sim 10%, Resource Management 9.3%

Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Incremental 30.1%, Idler 9.2%, Base Building 7.1%, Strategy 6.3%

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: City Builder 49.5%, Medieval 11.6%, Base Building 7.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Resource Management 6.6%

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: Idler 49.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, 2D 13%, Management 10.1%, Casual 5.5%

Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!

Why similar: City Builder 51.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Fantasy 7.5%, Life Sim 6.7%

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: Incremental 35.9%, Idler 18.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Management 7.6%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: City Builder 47.2%, Simulation 15.8%, Base Building 8.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.1%