
Desktropolis is an idle city builder that lives quietly on the bottom of your screen while you work, game, or study.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Idler, Casual, Relaxing, Incremental.

Desktropolis is an idle city builder that lives quietly on the bottom of your screen while you work, game, or study.

SimpliCity: A Desktop Companion
A relaxing city builder on the bottom of your screen. Place homes, create services, maximize your population happiness. Grow your city at your own pace.

Side Shop Simulator
A cozy idle shop-sim that can sit in the corner of your screen while you work or play. Stock products, upgrade your tools, and expand your business comfortably from your desktop!
A relaxing city builder on the bottom of your screen. Place homes, create services, maximize your population happiness. Grow your city at your own pace.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.8% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Idler 15.1%, Building 9.6%, Simulation 3.3%
A cozy idle shop-sim that can sit in the corner of your screen while you work or play. Stock products, upgrade your tools, and expand your business comfortably from your desktop!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.5% ★, Idler 15.1%, Incremental 11.9%, Capitalism 10%, Economy 6.7%
Live the dream and run your own arcade in this idle management sim. Purchase arcade machines and build your space, your way. Run your arcade, level up and upgrade your machines to attract elite gamers and watch as they empty their pockets to fill yours! Then sit back & enjoy the buzz of the arcade.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 21.6% ★, Idler 16.7%, City Builder 14%, Building 9.8%, Capitalism 9.4%
Build and manage the amusement park of your dreams! Idler Coaster is a Clicker that combines Management Tycoon and Business Simulation in a unique way! Build, upgrade, hire staff and research new attractions to achieve maximum profits!
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, Idler 14.5%, Incremental 12.9%, Capitalism 9.4%, Building 9.2%
Gather, Build and Advance your settlement with every roll in the incremental city builder Roll to Riches. Mine iron, gather wood and cut stone to make your settlement prosper. Trade with merchants every minute and transform your small camp into a wealthy Norse empire.
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Idler 16.7%, Incremental 16.2%, Gambling 13.2% ★, Capitalism 10.8%
A small idle RPG that sits at the bottom of the screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.1% ★, Idler 12.6%, Incremental 11.3%, Capitalism 11.1%, Base Building 6.3%
A tiny forge that lives in the corner of your desktop. Quirky smiths gather materials and hammer out blades on their own. Every sword you hand to a passing adventurer decides how their journey ends — give them a poor one, and they may never come back.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.3% ★, Idler 17.6%, Incremental 9.1%, Management 5%, Simulation 4.9%
Relax in Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, an idle game where you join Bao Bao, a charming panda, in creating the coziest laundromat. Purchase colorful washing machines, add delightful decorations, and hire panda helpers. Watch your cozy laundromat bustle with life, even when you’re not around!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 40.7% ★, Idler 15.3%, Capitalism 10.4%, Building 6.7%, Economy 6%
Build your own Tax Empire! Collect taxes, expand your city, hire tax officers, control traffic, enact new policies and squeeze out as much revenue as you can on your road to riches.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Capitalism 16.9%, Incremental 16.4%, Idler 15%, Building 7%
Ultimate anime idle game! Click, collect, and merge adorable anime girls to unlock completely new evolutions. From classic anime schoolgirls and maids to pure Tsundere and dangerous Yandere — become their Senpai and unlock every beautiful location!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 58.2% ★, Idler 18.6%, Incremental 13.7%, Casual 3%, Colorful 1.9%
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 22.1%, Incremental 18.1%, Idler 14.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 8.5%
Harvest coins with robotic arms, unlock islands and conquer realms. An incremental idle desktop widget game that runs while you work or game.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.1% ★, Idler 15.6%, Incremental 14.7%, Economy 10.9%, Management 2.4%
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 33.4% ★, Idler 14.6%, Capitalism 12%, Incremental 11.5%, Building 7.7%
Start in a bedroom with one 3D printer and build a manufacturing empire! Manage filaments, upgrade machines, hire staff, and expand into a factory in this addictive idle tycoon game.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 45% ★, Idler 15%, Incremental 10.5%, Economy 9.4%, Sandbox 6.8%
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 42% ★, Capitalism 13.8%, Idler 13.7%, Economy 8.4%, Incremental 7.7%
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 44.3% ★, Idler 14.8%, Incremental 9.6%, Capitalism 9.3%, Building 7.6%
A cozy idle automation game about building tiny factories, unlocking upgrades, and relaxing while your machines work overtime. Progress has never been this chill.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Idler 16.6%, Incremental 16%, Capitalism 11.9%, Building 7.8%
Drill deep while you work or game in a zero-stress factory builder for the side of your screen or second monitor. Power your drill, unlock alternate building shapes, and harvest the planet’s core to unlock alternate building shapes for future runs. The. Factory. Must. Grow.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.7% ★, Idler 13.2%, Incremental 10.3%, Capitalism 6.7%, Building 6.5%
Relicguard is a desktop toy idler clicker that you can leave running without it taking up the whole screen. Gain resources over time and spend them to upgrade your army. Once powerful enough, fight for powerful relics to augment your army. Build. Fight. Repeat.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.5% ★, Idler 21.8%, Incremental 17.4%, Casual 2%, 2D 2%
Grow and collect over 100 unique Bloomies right on your taskbar! Defeat bosses to unlock new seeds, discover rare Sparkle variants, and complete your collection - all at the bottom of your screen.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.7% ★, Idler 14.9%, Incremental 10.4%, Capitalism 8.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
An idle pixel-art space game. Your ship travels toward the center of the galaxy on its own asteroids get in the way. Break them, upgrade your ship, unlock new ones. Reach the center, and the next universe begins harder than the last.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 59.1% ★, Idler 17.7%, Incremental 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%, Casual 2.6%
Always open at the bottom of your screen, this idle game lets you advance through stages full of monsters. Master different jobs and become the strongest.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51% ★, Idler 20.7%, Incremental 14.6%, Simulation 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%
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 39.7% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Idler 14%, Incremental 11%, Building 8.1%
Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.4% ★, Idler 12.6%, City Builder 10.6%, Building 7.5%, Economy 7%
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 45% ★, Idler 18.4%, Incremental 14.2%, Economy 5.6%, Simulation 5.3%
Splonk lives in the corner of your screen, on top of everything else, happily rolling dice and printing money while you watch stuff, browse, or pretend to work. Roll, get rich, buy better stuff, repeat.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.8% ★, Idler 15.2%, Incremental 11.7%, Gambling 9.8% ★, Strategy 4.7%
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 55.8% ★, Idler 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%, 2D 3.5%, Management 3.1%
Tiny Vending Machines is an idle pixel art game that runs at the bottom of your screen. Buy and upgrade vending machines, stock them with drinks, snacks, and more, and keep customers happy. Automate your machines at higher levels and grow your vending empire while you work or study!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 39.9% ★, Idler 15%, Capitalism 14.1%, Economy 9.5%, Simulation 4.3%
Every [key]stroke makes your sausage bigger. Let it sit in the corner of your screen and watch it grow while you use your PC. Feed it different meats, upgrade your butcher, and see the magic happen. Have you ever dreamed of growing your sausage? Now it’s finally possible!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.4% ★, Idler 16.8%, Incremental 15.7%, Capitalism 6.4%, Building 4.3%
Build and personalise your own tiny topiary in this relaxing desktop idle game. Rely on your trusty goat companions to keep the shrubs under control, then use the leaves they collect to buy new goodies.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.9% ★, Idler 17.4%, Incremental 12.3%, Building 8.2%, Relaxing 2.6%
Click to get money. Build buildings, develop the city infrastructure to increase passive income. Keep the infrastructure of the city in working condition by completing quests on time and get bonuses.
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Idler 20.4%, Incremental 15.8%, Capitalism 13.3%, Building 8.6%
Literally a game that nobody wants. It is just a rock. Do not buy this game, and do not gift this game to your friends for any occasion whatsoever. It is pointless.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 71.4% ★, Idler 23.8%, Casual 2.6%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
A satisfying retro incremental idle game that drops the pretense to give you pure unadulterated progress. Boost, earn bonuses and buy upgrades to speed up your progress or take it easy and let it make progress by itself while you make progress elsewhere. No stress, only progress!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.9% ★, Idler 16.2%, Incremental 14.9%, Simulation 5.2%, Capitalism 4%
A cozy desktop companion that lives in the corner of your screen. Feed it, earn its trust, and help it evolve into a powerful guardian whenever enemies attack.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 70.7% ★, Idler 18.4%, Casual 4.1%, Relaxing 3.7%, 2D 2%
An idle desktop pet game where pixel RPG heroes patrol the bottom of your screen, collect loot, and level up while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.7% ★, Idler 20.4%, Incremental 12%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Relaxing 2.4%
A relaxing idle desktop companion game about a little cozy miner living at the bottom of your screen. Watch Monty mine, upgrade his skills and minerals to yield more coins, find or purchase his 142 little treasures, and decorate his tiny world. All while you work, study, or just relax!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.8% ★, Idler 16.6%, Building 7.6%, Simulation 4.7%, Base Building 4.2%
Dig deep, manage workers, research tech, and face quantum mysteries in this terminal style incremental mining game.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.1% ★, Idler 14.8%, Incremental 12.5%, Building 7.7%, Base Building 6.1%
Welcome to Spice & Grill, a cozy restaurant that lives at the bottom of your screen. Build and decorate your own dining space, set up the best kitchen, and train the best chefs to serve customers all year round.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.5% ★, Idler 13.9%, Economy 7.7%, Building 7.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
An idle poker game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54.8% ★, Idler 19%, Incremental 6.5%, Simulation 5.2%, Gambling 4.4% ★
HoloCozy is a cozy idle desktop companion where you can spend relaxing time with hololive talents in their rooms. Enjoy music and ambient sounds, keep your favorite characters close, and watch them grow at your own pace while you work, study, or unwind.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.1% ★, Idler 16.6%, Incremental 10.5%, Simulation 5.4%, Building 3.9%
A tiny astronaut explores the Moon in a little window on your desktop. Collect resources, send out drones, upgrade your gear, and customize your operator. A calm idle companion to keep the workday fun.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.8% ★, Idler 22.1%, Incremental 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%, Casual 1.9%
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 42.5% ★, Idler 14.7%, Incremental 12.4%, Capitalism 8.4%, Economy 4.8%
Bad Wizard covered the land with a Magical Dome and the only way to destroy it is with fireworks! Hire units, unlock buildings, buy powerful upgrades, discover unique synergies, create a ridiculous spectacle and ultimately defeat The Bad Wizard in this addictive incremental game about fireworks!
Why similar: Idler 19.5%, Capitalism 16%, Incremental 15.8%, Building 11.4%, Economy 11.1%
An incremental management game about manipulating the market to get filthy rich. Buy low, sell high, chain absurd combos and earn divine blessings from stock market gods. Will you play it safe or risk everything?
Why similar: Capitalism 21.3%, Idler 20.9%, Incremental 19.5%, Economy 12.9%, Gambling 6.3% ★
Meet your new desk-side garden! Crops will sprout, ripen, and sway at the bottom of your screen while you work or study. Tend them well and your little farm will bloom with new varieties, colors, and harvests.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.1% ★, Idler 13%, Capitalism 11.8%, Incremental 10.5%, Economy 7.4%
Landloop is a short incremental city builder about zoning tiny districts and building the greatest city ever! Spend resources, unlock perks and entire new zones, and grow your city block by block. Then prestige, and start the loop again.
Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Idler 20.5%, Incremental 18.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Building 5.7%
Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.
Why similar: Incremental 22%, City Builder 21.2%, Idler 19.8%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 7.6%
Steampunk Idle Spinner is the game in which you can build incredible mad science contraptions and spectate them spin and earn money! The game has mines, cogwheels, balloons, electric field generators, vapor collector, portal and generates awesome vibes of exploration, construction and discovery.
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Idler 17.4%, Incremental 16.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 8.3%
Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!
Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Capitalism 14.5%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Building 9.7%
Corner Miner is a tiny mine that lives on your desktop while you work, study, watch videos or do anything else. Keep it running in the background, check in whenever you feel like it, or take control and mine everything yourself.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 59% ★, Idler 19.1%, Incremental 15.4%, Casual 2.1%, Colorful 1.9%
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Capitalism 13.2%, Economy 12.1%, Base Building 8.9%
Picky Numbers is a game based on lottery mechanics. Buy tickets, choose numbers, and watch as the drum draws results one by one. The more numbers you hit, the bigger the payout. Each ticket is a different strategy, with higher risk and higher reward, or a JACKPOT.
Why similar: Gambling 23.6% ★, Idler 18.5%, Incremental 18.2%, Capitalism 16%, Economy 8.6%
A relaxing idle city-builder where a single hut grows into a sprawl of millions. Build production chains, let your civilisation expand while you're away, and Ascend to push the whole world up an order of magnitude.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Idler 22.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Incremental 7.2%
Enjoy fast, stress-free management! Build your service network, merge houses, and transport guests via train & ropeway. Upgrade facilities, hire staff, and climb the leaderboards in this bite-sized tycoon experience designed to be finished in one sitting; but still runs well in background.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Idler 19.4%, Incremental 19.4%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.6%
Your tower lives on your desktop, always on top of whatever you're doing. An incremental-idle survivor of endless waves: it shoots on its own, you drive the progression. Collect, climb the difficulty and beat your record. Free.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.3% ★, Incremental 18.9%, Idler 18.3%, Casual 3.1%, Colorful 2.2%
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Capitalism 13.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 10.6%
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: Desktop Companion 40.4% ★, City Builder 13.4%, Idler 12.1%, Building 6.8%, Sandbox 6.5%
Build and manage a cozy idle supermarket run by cute animals at the bottom of your screen. Produce goods, stock shelves, automate your store, hire employees and expand your tiny market.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.2% ★, Idler 18.4%, Sandbox 6.4%, Economy 6.3%, Simulation 5.2%
A short incremental casino management game where you fill the floor with slot machines and table games, hire staff, expand to new rooms, and upgrade towards the ultimate automated casino.
Why similar: Gambling 23% ★, Idler 19.3%, Capitalism 18.9%, Incremental 16.6%, Economy 8.5%
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Idler 24.3%, City Builder 22.5%, Incremental 19%, Building 9.3%, Economy 5.9%