60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Desktop Companion, Idler, Casual, Singleplayer.
There's a die on your taskbar. It charges while you type, so the more work you get done the more you get to roll. Collect an unreasonable number of dies, trade your spares up into rarer ones, and watch it tumble across your desktop instead of finishing that email.
Desktop Taxi
A cozy idle taxi sim with Lofi beats. Grow your taxi business quietly in the corner of your screen while you work.
Literally Just A Rock
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.
A cozy idle taxi sim with Lofi beats. Grow your taxi business quietly in the corner of your screen while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.8% ★, Idler 20.2%, Character Customization 10.6%, Simulation 5.7%, Casual 4.3%
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 64.2% ★, Idler 26.8%, Casual 5.2%, 3D 1.7%, Indie 1.4%
Stress Relief is an idler game, which comes with a reliable companion, the Slime! Are you bored? Are you stressed because of work? Come and destroy your desktop with the tools included! Play, earn Pixel Points and get drops every 25 minutes!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.9% ★, Trading 22.4%, Idler 19.1%, Character Customization 6.2%, Multiplayer 3.7%
A chibi AI VTuber who lives on your desktop, on top of everything you do. Pet her and feed her, and she opens up one thing at a time: monster battles, desktop soccer, a 24-fish dex, tarot readings, 11 outfits and 26 achievements.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.6% ★, Idler 21.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Casual 6.3%, Life Sim 4.9%
A tiny idle RPG that keeps running in a corner of your desktop — even when it's just an icon. Rally washed-up retired monsters, push back the human invaders, and bring back their glory days!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.8% ★, Trading 26.8%, Idler 24.9%, Casual 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 43.2% ★, Trading 27.8%, Idler 25%, Casual 2.1%, Multiplayer 0.8%
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 64.9% ★, Idler 21.2%, Casual 8.3%, Relaxing 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Patsy just retired, and she's spending it on a tiny island that lives on your desktop. Watch her water the flowers, feed the ducks and sweep the leaves at her own gentle pace while you work. Lend a hand with quick optional mini-games, grow her skills, and unlock 170+ cozy cosmetics.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 50% ★, Idler 20.6%, Character Customization 9.2%, Simulation 5.7%, Casual 5%
Raise, Collect, Trade! Discover rare fish, grow your collection, and build a living aquarium right on your desktop.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 40.2% ★, Idler 22.9%, Trading 22.4%, Simulation 7%, Life Sim 5.1%
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 46.8% ★, Trading 24.2%, Idler 20.4%, Casual 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.4%
Turn your daily typing into books. Every keystroke and click helps your desktop companion write books while you work or study. Publish their books, earn money, and grow your bookstore.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.8% ★, Idler 23.6%, Character Customization 9.3%, Casual 3.9%, Relaxing 3.8%
Character House: Desktop Companion is an idle collection game. Mix and match parts to create a companion that sits with you as you work, syncing with keystrokes, or watches from a corner. Earn rewards offline: pull and craft accessories,, shape its personality, and visit friends online!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 58.8% ★, Idler 15.2%, Character Customization 11.9%, Simulation 6.6%, Casual 5.3%
Dusky's Nook is a cozy idle desktop game about a little mushroom guy living his life on a floating island, anywhere on your screen. He gathers mushrooms and head pats, levels up, and unlocks new looks for the island — and a friend or two along the way.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.1% ★, Idler 26.4%, Character Customization 11.1%, Casual 5.3%, 3D 3.1%
A stress-relief ball that lives on your desktop. Bounce it, throw it around, let it keep you company while you work. Bored in a video call? Need a distraction from writer's block? Not anymore! Unlock and play with a variety of different balls in single- and multiplayer.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 57.1% ★, Idler 22.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Casual 4.3%, 3D 2.5%
Ordinary People is a game about building a cozy little town at the bottom of your screen, keeping you company while you work or study. As you build your town, Ordinary People will begin to move in, interacting with one another in some not-so-Ordinary ways.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.3% ★, Idler 25.8%, Casual 9.2%, Simulation 6.6%, Relaxing 3.6%
Chill Fishing is the ultimate laid-back desktop fishing experience!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 61.4% ★, Idler 23.6%, Simulation 7.4%, Casual 5.8%, Indie 0.9%
A mini companion that lives right on your desktop! Unpack and decorate a cozy desktop dollhouse, dress up your mini, and watch them paint while you work or play. Sell their art for gold, unlock new painting styles, collect charming decorations, and create the perfect space that grows with you.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.9% ★, Idler 20.8%, Character Customization 9.8%, Simulation 5.9%, Life Sim 4.9%
SubQuest is a productivity game that grows with you, right on your desktop. Cute characters, endless adventures, and a diorama where your heroes rest between quests — decorate it however you like! Notes, to-dos, Time-Quests — get your work done side by side with your hero party!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.4% ★, Idler 26.6%, Character Customization 11%, Casual 4.9%, Relaxing 2.9%
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 57.2% ★, Idler 23.2%, Character Customization 9.5%, Casual 4.6%, 3D 2.4%
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 63.6% ★, Idler 25.4%, Casual 7.1%, Relaxing 2.7%, Indie 0.7%
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 57% ★, Idler 31.8%, Casual 6.6%, Relaxing 4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Idle Times is a thoughtful desktop companion made by one developer. Keep Bob company in Full, Mini, or Pet Desk mode as he files illustrated cartoons to an original lo-fi OST, with new free editions added every week.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 64.1% ★, Idler 23.5%, Casual 7.2%, Relaxing 3.9%, Indie 0.8%
A desktop pet who listens to music with you and plays the drums along to the beat. Most of the time, he quietly keeps you company. But when the music starts, the stage is his.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 60.2% ★, Idler 31.8%, Casual 6.6%, Indie 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
An idle game that sits in the corner of your screen where you open card packs, sells cards and buy upgrades
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.9% ★, Idler 21.5%, Simulation 19.6%, Casual 9.5%, Indie 2.4%
A co-op idle minimalist desktop extraction game you can play with friends! In a city destroyed by a strange force, many factions covet advanced science and magic—and you step into this land of opportunity. Fight, search, extract, grow stronger, build your base, and uncover your origins!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.1% ★, Trading 23.7%, Idler 22.3%, Co-op 3.7%, Casual 3.7%
An Idler Desktop Companion game set in a 3D space. Where you hire "Fren"s to work alongside you on your screen. Watch as you and your Frens types, clicks, or procrastinate or have a conversation all while earning coins. Buy goofy items, upgrades, and even throw a party!! its Time to Work!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 60.4% ★, Idler 22.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Casual 5%, 3D 3.7%
Your own sushi bar. Running on your desktop, not in a window. Sushi drifts across your screen while you work — click one to collect it. From everyday maguro to uni and ankimo, 100+ kinds to find. Hire chefs, feed the regulars. Irasshaimase!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 69.8% ★, Idler 16.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Casual 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Start with a few companions, then import your own models or sprites to blend-breed endless new ones. They'll bounce around your desktop and perch on your windows~~ just remember to feed them and show some love, or they'll go RIP (don't worry, that's adjustable in settings)
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.3% ★, Idler 20.9%, Character Customization 9.8%, Life Sim 6.1%, Simulation 4.3%
Watch the clock and your idle pet passively gain money to unlock clothes, toys, and fun accessories. Either customize your pet yourself, or schedule them to change looks on their own.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.5% ★, Idler 25.7%, Life Sim 9.1%, Character Customization 5.8%, Simulation 5%
A charming pixel cat lives right on your desktop: wandering across your windows, eating, sleeping, and playing. Care for your cat, dress them up, and watch their own personality and habits emerge.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 47.3% ★, Idler 19.3%, Character Customization 8%, Life Sim 5.7%, Casual 3.7%
The smallest monster idle RPG, right on your taskbar. Collect and manage monsters, each with unique skills and personality. Exploration runs on its own, so don't stop until you've assembled the ultimate party!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.6% ★, Idler 20.3%, Trading 20.2%, Character Customization 9.9%, Casual 2.7%
An idle RPG companion for your taskbar. While the game is running, your Monto farms stages, defeats bosses, gathers loot, and battles other players in asynchronous PvP. Hatch new Montos, refine your build, trade valuable drops on the Steam Community Market, and climb PvP and PvE rankings.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 36.9% ★, Trading 32.6%, Idler 19.7%, Casual 7.1%, Simulation 1.7%
Brighten your day with a super cute desktop kitty who lives in a backpack! Turn tasks into rewards and earn kitty costumes, accessories or adorable backpack decorations. Collect, trade, and care for your sweet Backpack Cat. Purrfect for at home, work, or school.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 57.2% ★, Idler 19.2%, Character Customization 8.3%, Simulation 5.8%, Life Sim 3.2%
A cozy idle desktop companion about a little bear and his tiny island home. Watch him tend bees, collect honey, and take well-earned naps while you work or relax. Unlock outfits, decorate his island, and enjoy changing weather, seasons, and little moments of everyday life.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.1% ★, Idler 20.4%, Character Customization 6.4%, Life Sim 5.3%, Simulation 5.2%
Desktop Pet is a life simulation game where you can take care of cute creatures while working or playing on your computer. Stream, write documents, play games, watch videos, all together with your little companion.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.8% ★, Idler 22.4%, Life Sim 7.2%, Simulation 5.3%, Character Customization 5.2%
Slack off right on your desktop with your ultimate otter buds! Combing the beach for 200+ unique oddities, play the market like a pro, and rip open ticket packs to explore everything from the deep blue sea to the starry cosmos. Come leave your footprints with the otters!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.1% ★, Idler 22.3%, Character Customization 9.1%, Casual 4.6%, Simulation 3%
Graboo is the shyest claw machine in the world. Graboo quietly picks up doll friends from the corner of the screen while you're working or enjoying games. Give warm friends to Graboo, a loner!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.8% ★, Idler 22.9%, Character Customization 8.9%, Simulation 6.5%, Casual 4.9%
A multiplayer game that lives right on your taskbar. In Desktopper! you can customize your character, collect items from blind boxes, chat, and hang out with friends all while multitasking. Jump into a lobby and make new friends!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.8% ★, Idler 19.9%, Character Customization 10.7%, Multiplayer 6%, Casual 3.3%
Adopt a club of pixel cats that live on your desktop. They stroll along your taskbar, nap on your monitors, climb your windows, chase your cursor, and wander from screen to screen, always on top and never in your way.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.2% ★, Idler 20.2%, Character Customization 8.1%, Life Sim 7.2%, Simulation 5.9%
Deskdragora is a desktop companion game designed to live in the corner of your screen. Split your time between taking care of a little plant monster (or is it a monster plant?) while you work, study, or pretend to be productive.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55% ★, Idler 23.9%, Character Customization 9.7%, Casual 5.9%, Relaxing 4.1%
Desktop Reptiles is a cozy desktop idle reptile sim. Care for a leopard gecko, decorate and upgrade its enclosure, unlock gear and terrarium layouts, and let a quiet reptile habitat bring relaxing moments to your busy workday.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.5% ★, Idler 23.6%, Simulation 6.3%, Casual 5%, Relaxing 3.3%
Cozy Cottontail Desktop is a low-stress desktop companion game that will boost your productivity. Solve puzzles with every keystroke you make, get rewarded, unlock cosmetics and decorate your house room by room! All without getting in your way while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.5% ★, Idler 24%, Simulation 7%, Character Customization 5.3%, Casual 3.5%
Happy Pawlets is a pet-breeding and desktop companion game. Choose the parents, discover how colors, patterns, body shapes, and features pass through generations, raise your favorite offspring, and bring them onto your desktop.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 58.6% ★, Idler 23.7%, Simulation 8%, Casual 5.4%, Relaxing 4%
Patchy is a little robot who lives on your desktop. He fishes, gardens, cooks, catches bugs, and mostly functions without you. He'll sit back, watch movies and react to your local weather. If he is angry he will grab your cursor and nudge your panels around until you give him some attention.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49% ★, Idler 17%, Life Sim 7.3%, Simulation 7.1%, Character Customization 6.9%
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 52% ★, Idler 20.8%, Life Sim 8.1%, Character Customization 5.9%, Simulation 3.7%
Work, browse, or play other games while hatching eggs in the background! Collect 300+ pets, unlock powerful upgrades, and build your battle team. Or Sell/Buy from the Steam Community Market.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.6% ★, Trading 26%, Idler 22.5%, Casual 3.4%, Indie 0.9%
Loop Tower tells the story of adventurers climbing an endless tower. Place it on a corner of your desktop and help them continue their ascent. Experience a fresh blend of desktop idle gameplay + roguelike + RPG right now!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.5% ★, Trading 25.7%, Idler 19.8%, Simulation 5.2%, Casual 3.7%
Desktop Gugu is a cozy taskbar companion. Freely place crystals, sacred trees, or nuclear reactors to assign pets to different production jobs. Pet, feed, and fuse them to unlock 12+ quirky companions. Fully supports transparent mouse-passthrough to keep your work uninterrupted.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.1% ★, Idler 22.8%, Life Sim 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%, Casual 4.3%
Every keypress fires up your drill! Desktop Drill turns your typing into a mining adventure that lives on your desktop. Blast through blocks, unearth rare resources, and unlock new drill parts as you dig deeper with every key you press.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.2% ★, Idler 16.4%, Character Customization 10.9%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Casual 5.3%
Daily Botanica is a relaxing desktop idler about raising mysterious plants. Pet and water each seedling, discover what makes it flourish, and arrange a living collection around your screen - even while you work, study, or step away.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 55.3% ★, Idler 22.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Life Sim 5.9%, Casual 5.1%
Raise your own desktop companion! Feed, decorate, collect cute accessories, open surprise packs, and watch your virtual pet grow while it keeps you company throughout the day.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.8% ★, Idler 20.3%, Character Customization 9.4%, Life Sim 8.6%, Simulation 6%
In the 1-Bit world of black and white pixels, Explore, fight and survive automatically - enjoy this tabletop Idle RPG featuring monster hunting and minimalist character building with ease.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 66.8% ★, Idler 28.1%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
From a corner of your screen, TEKUTEKU wanders Tokyo, finding small sparkling things for its notebook. Pack its lunchbox and the journey shifts. It scribbles along as you type, and may leave a letter if you stay a while. A hand-drawn, cozy desktop game of discovery and collection.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 58.4% ★, Idler 23.8%, Casual 5.5%, Character Customization 5.4%, Relaxing 3.6%
One fortune slip a day. With a one-in-a-thousand chance, your day of great misfortune arrives. If there is something you keep putting off deciding — then make your decision when that day of great misfortune arrives.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.5% ★, Idler 23.6%, Casual 6.6%, Online Co-Op 5.1%, Co-op 2.5%
This is a cozy, relaxing idle game that can float anywhere on your screen. A group of adorable stray cats live on this island. Care for them and give them forever homes, so you can enjoy heart‑warming cat‑petting moments amid your busy daily life.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54% ★, Idler 21.9%, Life Sim 7.1%, Casual 5.1%, Character Customization 5.1%
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 59.9% ★, Idler 30.6%, Casual 5%, Relaxing 2.4%, Indie 1.4%
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 56.4% ★, Idler 28.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Casual 6%, Indie 0.7%
Every click, every keystroke, every button press lets you progress to push the cat to run catch the mouse and get more points. Type, click, play, work to be company.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.2% ★, Idler 27.2%, Casual 8.8%, Life Sim 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
An emotional desktop idle game where you spend time with your own cat floating through space and record your day as constellations.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.5% ★, Idler 19.3%, Character Customization 8.6%, Simulation 5%, Casual 3.9%
Raise a tiny cultivator on your desktop. Watch them train, nap, fail, reincarnate, and build a unique cultivation story while you work, study, or play. Every life is different. Every reincarnation leaves a legacy.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.8% ★, Idler 20.8%, Life Sim 10.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Casual 6.5%
