- #1 Thousand Floors
97% matchMixed51% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: 琥珀塔
Windows
Tower Climbers carry amber light; allies follow through misty pagodas in an endless Eastern tower. Thousands Floors blends side-view pixel art with hands-off combat—summon, upgrade, and let them climb. Grow via allies, floor lockdown, and relics.
Why similar: Collectathon 32.1%, Idler 29.9%, Automation 10.5%, Auto Battler 10.4%, Casual 5.5%
- #2 Heros and Monsters: Idle Incremental
96% matchMixed69% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Mathew Perry
Windows
Auto Battler, Incremental, Idle Game
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.7%, Idler 30.7%, PvE 16.6%, Relaxing 6.9%, 2D 3.6%
- #3 Hero's Quest
96% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2023
Dev: Murilobast
Windows · Mac
Simple Roguelite RPG game with incremental progress
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.7%, PvE 18.5%, Exploration 15.9%, Linear 9.1%, 2D 4.4%
- #4 Gaiadon: Eternal Quest
95% matchVery Positive80% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: nadukkon
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 237.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
An Epic Incremental/Idle RPG
Why similar: Auto Battler 35.2%, Idler 32.3%, PvE 14.6%, Casual 5%, Adventure 4%
- #5 Monsters Idle RPG
94% matchMixed64% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monsters Idle RPG is a cozy and relaxing idle game where you collect monsters, deploy them in battles, gather resources, and sell them to earn profits! Explore Arcanium as you advance from a basic starter monster to your favorite companion by expanding your collection.
Why similar: Collectathon 27.1%, Idler 24.8%, Auto Battler 22.9%, Automation 9%, Relaxing 4.9%
- #6 Desktop Heroes
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: TelazerPub: Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.3%, Side Scroller 27.8%, Linear 9.3%, Relaxing 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #7 Evitania Online - Idle RPG
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 934 reviews2026
Dev: Disruptive Blast
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 79.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Online Idle RPG with an open world without the grind of classic MMORPGs. Collect rare loot, develop your character, master professions, craft powerful gear, and defeat challenging bosses as you progress endlessly.
Why similar: Idler 40.2%, Side Scroller 19.1%, PvE 13.4%, Resource Management 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #8 Incremental Adventures
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 821 reviews2020
Dev: Gniller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead your heroes in their neverending adventures! A minimalistic Idle game where combat is fully automated. It's up to you to make the most of that automation to reach extremely high numbers!
Why similar: Auto Battler 39.7%, Idler 39.1%, Automation 17.5%, Casual 1.8%, Adventure 0.8%
- #9 Idle Pixel Fantasy
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 914 reviews2025
Dev: Max Ritters
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Recruit hard-working helpers and magical creatures that automatically collect gold and crystals. Unlock new levels, invest in stronger units, and work your way up to the powerful dragon boss at the top. A relaxing pixel-style idle clicker!
Why similar: Idler 31.4%, Automation 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Fantasy 9.3%, Casual 8.8%
- #10 Koltera 2
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 236 reviews2026
Dev: Braymen
Windows
Gather resources, craft items, and grow a team of creatures in this relaxed incremental idle RPG. Automate your skills, send creatures on expeditions, and keep progressing even while offline.
Why similar: Idler 35.6%, Collectathon 31.2%, Automation 11.3%, Casual 5.4%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #11 Infinite Ruins
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: Kileka Games
Windows
An incremental mining game where you manage golems, destroy blocks, unlock upgrades, and descend infinitely in search of ever more valuable resources.
Why similar: Idler 41.8%, Automation 19.1%, Casual 7.9%, Resource Management 7.1%, Relaxing 6.8%
- #12 Karma Keepers
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: yonazdev
Windows · Mac
A chill idle/incremental strategy game where you restore souls, build a Faith economy, automate more of your realm, and rebirth for permanent progress before corruption takes over
Why similar: Idler 33.3%, Auto Battler 27.8%, Automation 14%, Relaxing 6.2%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #13 Bloobs Adventure Idle
88% matchVery Positive89% of 668 reviews2026
Dev: Bloobs_Dev
Windows
Median: 44.7 hrsMean: 349.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A massive RuneScape-inspired idle RPG built for long-term progression. Train 24 skills, defeat bosses, collect over 500 souls, and bank offline time to accelerate your progress whenever you choose.
Why similar: Idler 37.9%, Automation 12.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Casual 11%, Adventure 6.6%
- #14 Idle Campaign
89% matchMixed54% of 138 reviews2022
Dev: Mad Labyrinth Studios
Windows
Explore through Idle Campaign! A DnD-inspired idle/incremental game about slaughtering enemies with a group of heroes through an endless campaign!This game has no rebirth; level continuously without having to repeat levels!
Why similar: Collectathon 29.1%, Auto Battler 27.4%, Idler 25.8%, Relaxing 6.4%, Resource Management 5.1%
- #15 Hero Tale
87% matchMixed69% of 429 reviews2024
Dev: Weird Johnny Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.4 hrsMean: 132.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 43.9%, Idler 35.9%, Casual 6.4%, Fantasy 5.5%, 2D 5.2%
- #16 Skeleseller
85% matchVery Positive92% of 418 reviews2026
Dev: Xtonomous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.8%, Idler 30.5%, Relaxing 7.2%, Casual 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #17 Mission IDLE
86% matchMixed69% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Pixelabor
Windows
Mission IDLE is an IDLE game where your main focus is to grind for levels gold and other riches that will allow you to move futher in the zone stages.Mission IDLE is played by being afk. Most of the mechanics in the game are automated.
Why similar: Collectathon 58.7%, Casual 15.2%, PvE 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #18 HyperLeague Heroes
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Siphon Shock
Windows
Assemble a team of warriors and delve into the endless dungeons of Utopia to face off against waves of enemies, collect loot, and compete online for high scores. Issue commands to your squad directly or sit back and watch them fight and explore on their own. Steam Workshop compatible.
Why similar: Idler 36.2%, Auto Battler 31.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Adventure 4.6%
- #19 Idle Fields
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: KotieDev
Windows · Linux
Idle Fields is an Idle Skilling Game. Grow crops, cut trees, fish, cook, purchase animals, mine, smith, and decorate your homes! Automate tasks with workers. Unlock all the achievements, level up to become richer, and complete it all!
Why similar: Collectathon 37.2%, Idler 32%, Linear 8.2%, Relaxing 7.9%, Casual 5.8%
- #20 PickCrafter
84% matchVery Positive86% of 7,152 reviews2017
Dev: Fiveamp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 76.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Conquer PickCrafter, the hit indie idle game! Break blocks, forge equipment, and collect powerful Pickaxes. Prestige to legendary tiers with the new Ascension Skill Tree. Discover biomes and battle epic bosses. Make meaningful choices and invent complex builds in this addictive endless adventure!
Why similar: Collectathon 36.5%, Idler 31.7%, Resource Management 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #21 Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons
81% matchVery Positive87% of 987 reviews2025
Dev: Blast ProgrammingPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows · Linux
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons is a First Person Idle Dungeon Crawler with 9 unique races, robust combat, a grand saga spanning a continent full of unique dungeons, a classless skill system, and extensive guild management system to master as you uncover the secrets of the world of Dragaea!
Why similar: Auto Battler 34.5%, Idler 30.2%, Automation 14.7%, Relaxing 9.1%, Fantasy 4.6%
- #22 Stuck In Time
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,059 reviews2021
Dev: Housemade Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 52.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.
Why similar: Idler 56.1%, Exploration 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #23 Cultivation Idle
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: 老鱼工作室
Windows
A casual cultivation-themed incremental idle RPG. Start as a Qi Refining cultivator, auto-train, idle, break through realms, explore maps and dungeons, defeat monsters, collect gear, skills, materials, pills, spirit stones and pets, farm, fish, chop wood, mine, cook, forge, and plan long-term growth
Why similar: Idler 54.4%, Automation 20.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Casual 8.5%, Fantasy 2.5%
- #24 Rocky Idle
81% matchVery Positive83% of 314 reviews2026
Dev: Rocky Games Studio
Windows
Rocky Idle is a single-player idle/incremental game. Level up your skills, gather resources, and complete your collection log.
Why similar: Idler 37.7%, Auto Battler 18.3%, Automation 16.3%, PvE 8.6%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #25 EternaMine
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Seyloj
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mine, fight monsters, upgrade your gear, obtain rare items, unlock new powers and mine some more in the massive follow-up to the popular title "Haste-Miner 2". Eternamine offers a casual yet engaging gameplay experience, expand your mining empire and discover the secrets that lie beneath the earth.
Why similar: Exploration 18.8%, Casual 16.8%, Idler 16.2%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, PvE 12.1%
- #26 Chop Chains
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: Blasted Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Chop Chains is a relaxing incremental game where you chop, gather, and upgrade to become the ultimate lumberjack through trees, axes, and skills.
Why similar: Idler 52.8%, Relaxing 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Casual 7.5%, 2D 7.2%
- #27 Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Tower Walker is a fresh new type of addictive semi-idle auto-grinder rich with features, inspired by classic MMORPGS and RTS games with indirect control over your hero. The mysterious tower awaits!
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.8%, Idler 29.6%, PvE 14.6%, Automation 13.4%, Casual 3.4%
- #28 Loot Loop
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,624 reviews2026
Dev: BitBrew
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 37.8%, Idler 35.3%, Relaxing 10.4%, Casual 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #29 Universe Horizon
77% matchVery Positive89% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Idler 37.6%, Exploration 16.3%, Automation 16.1%, Linear 8.3%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #30 放置勇者:远征/Idle Heroes:Odyssey
80% matchMixed52% of 570 reviews2021
Dev: OnigiriStudio
Windows · Mac
As a hero leader, you need to recruit your hero, collect treasures and equipment, and run towns to upgrade the combat team.Facing powerful monsters on the expedition, you also need strategies to match heroes, skills and treasures, finally save the world again.
Why similar: Idler 65.3%, Casual 11.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #31 AFKandia - Epoch of Idle
78% matchMixed48% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Yang++ Game Studio
Windows
Tired of multi-character hassle? AFKandia delivers deep single-hero immersion! Customize dozens of attributes, skills, and talents for endless unique builds. Explore a rich gear system with various armors, weapons, qualities, and glowing legendary items. AND MORE!
Why similar: Idler 43.1%, Collectathon 31.6%, Casual 7.3%, Fantasy 6%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #32 Incremental Epic Hero 2
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,685 reviews2025
Dev: HapiwakuPub: Idle System, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 188.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!
Why similar: Auto Battler 37.4%, Idler 33.2%, Automation 15.6%, Fantasy 4.9%, 2D 4.1%
- #33 Cave Heroes
79% matchMixed57% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: VSTGames
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Lead a party of Cave Heroes to explore dungeons, battle monsters and defeat tough archdemons. Build your village, collect loot, rescue pets and much more in this idle RPG.
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.3%, Idler 36.3%, Adventure 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, 2D 4.8%
- #34 Idle Quest Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: 所以然
Windows
No complex operations required! Auto-battle through the Underworld, traverse the Dragon Palace, and retrieve the True Scriptures with full idle gameplay.
Why similar: Idler 91.3%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #35 Planet Harvester: Incremental Odyssey
74% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Galysh Company
Windows
Planet Harvester is a relaxing low-poly incremental game. Pilot your crawler across beautiful worlds, chew through resources, unlock new tools, hire drones, and customize your machine for ever bigger hauls. Turn small numbers into massive ones!
Why similar: Idler 56.8%, Relaxing 16.9%, Resource Management 14.5%, Casual 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #36 Auto Dungeon:Idle Adventure
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Player
Windows
In AutoDungeon, craft your Build, defeat bosses, collect legendary gear, and experience deep interactions between skills, equipment, and talents. Explore 60+ dungeons, challenge legendary bosses. 400+ legendary items, 170+ skills, and gear crafting to build a dungeon-destroying hero.
Why similar: Idler 78.3%, Adventure 10.9%, 2D 7.8%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Ultimate Auto-RPG: Tower Walker
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Millendream
Windows
Ultimate Auto-RPG is an idle game, meaning that it mostly plays on its own. Your hero will automatically defeat enemies and level up on your screen while you do other things. Allowing you to work on other tasks while gaining experience and loot!
Why similar: Idler 42.7%, Auto Battler 27.4%, PvE 14%, Automation 7.4%, Resource Management 3.6%
- #38 Idle Xanxia
72% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: Cezae
Windows
Build your cultivator through stats, Dao paths, and rebirth in a deep idle RPG where every choice shapes your progression.
Why similar: Auto Battler 37.5%, Idler 36.1%, Automation 9.1%, PvE 7.4%, Fantasy 2.8%
- #39 Vespera
71% matchVery Positive82% of 274 reviews2026
Dev: Idle Gamers
Windows
Idle RPG with full offline progression and multiple endgame progression systems. Choose a class and start fighting, gathering, crafting, master elements & talent trees, train mercenaries, join factions and fight world bosses with real players. No microtransactions. By idle players for idle players
Why similar: Auto Battler 31.3%, Idler 29.4%, PvE 13.6%, Automation 12.9%, Casual 4.2%
- #40 无尽的冒险
72% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 水月suigetsu
Windows
Endless Adventure is an idle looting RPG. Freely assign stats, craft gear with materials, defeat mighty monsters for resources, grow stronger, and save the world.
Why similar: Idler 66.3%, Casual 14.2%, Adventure 11.7%, 2D 5.3%, Indie 2%
- #41 Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons Prelude
71% matchVery Positive90% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Blast ProgrammingPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons Prelude is a First Person Idle Dungeon Crawler with 6 unique races, robust combat, a grand saga spanning a continent full of unique dungeons, a classless skill system, and an extensive guild management system to master as you uncover the world of Dragaea!
Why similar: Idler 35.4%, Auto Battler 34.6%, Automation 9.3%, Fantasy 6%, Casual 4.7%
- #42 Shelldiver
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 17,188 reviews2025
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
Why similar: Idler 41.4%, Collectathon 15.9%, Relaxing 12.4%, Resource Management 9.5%, Casual 8.7%
- #43 Koltera
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Braymen
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Idle creature-collector, where you mine, train, breed, explore and more with your creatures. Discover all there is in the world of Koltera.
Why similar: Idler 37.3%, Collectathon 37%, Casual 6%, Adventure 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #44 Melvor Idle
71% matchVery Positive90% of 16,141 reviews2021
Dev: Games by MalcsPub: Jagex Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48.8 hrsMean: 362.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.
Why similar: Idler 64.5%, Automation 13.2%, Casual 6.6%, Adventure 4.4%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #45 Bounty Below
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 188 reviews2021
Dev: William Cheek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bounty below is an idle adventure game about mining and smithing items. While your units are mining for you delve into the endless dungeon to gain even more ore!
Why similar: Idler 67.3%, Casual 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, 2D 9.2%
- #46 Forage Wizard
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,486 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Idler 34.2%, Automation 18.3%, Relaxing 14.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Casual 8.5%
- #47 Smalles
74% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Pixelabor
Windows
Smalles is a game where you will send your champion into the Dungeon to collect gold and also raise in strenght.You will acquire precious Talent Points that can be used to upgrade your character.
Why similar: Auto Battler 34.1%, Collectathon 26.9%, Idler 12.2%, Casual 10%, PvE 9.7%
- #48 Idle Slayer
70% matchVery Positive85% of 10,806 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Leban
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 106.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Start from nothing and grow into a legendary Slayer. Explore countless dimensions, collect souls, unlock powerful upgrades, craft powerful gear, defeat epic bosses, and enjoy a deep idle RPG with active and offline progression.
Why similar: Idler 66%, Casual 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Procedural Generation 7.4%, 2D 5.3%
- #49 Nomad Idle
70% matchMixed65% of 880 reviews2025
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 58.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 36.7%, Auto Battler 34%, PvE 8.4%, Automation 7.5%, Casual 4.6%
- #50 Prospector
70% matchMixed70% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Automation 29.4%, Exploration 26.5%, Resource Management 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #51 Loot of Baal
69% matchMixed62% of 1,512 reviews2025
Dev: Gleamer Studio
Windows
Median: 22.5 hrsMean: 79.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 49.4%, Automation 14.4%, Fantasy 6.9%, Resource Management 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #52 IDLE_DIRECTIVE
67% matchVery Positive86% of 465 reviews2026
Dev: Kevinfu510
Windows
Idly gather and manage resources to repair what's left of a decaying world. Scavenge forgotten ruins, meet scattered survivors, and push back against the inevitable collapse. IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a grid-based inventory and resource management idle game.
Why similar: Idler 45.6%, Exploration 19.6%, Procedural Generation 8%, Linear 5.9%, Casual 5.3%
- #53 Cobble: The Stone Forager
68% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Twenty LensesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Gather resources and explore to help lost settlers build a new home in this relaxing, foraging RPG.
Why similar: Exploration 30.7%, Linear 18.2%, Relaxing 16.6%, 2D 9.3%, Casual 8.3%
- #54 Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 969 reviews2026
Dev: Small Mill
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 33.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Lovecraftian idle RPG with auto-battles, loot farming, chests, team strategy, town building, gear crafting, Runewords, stages, towers, realms, and seasons. Serve the Old Gods, build your town, corrupt the chosen, and fight for their awakening!
Why similar: Idler 35.3%, Auto Battler 33.2%, Automation 9.1%, Casual 5.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #55 World of Talesworth: Idle MMO Simulator
69% matchMixed70% of 462 reviews2022
Dev: Talesworth Game Studio
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore new lands, slay monsters, gather loot and level up in this idle MMO simulation experience. Packed with unique and meaningful upgrades, moments of discovery, and gaming nostalgia, World of Talesworth is an homage to all our favorite RPGs.
Why similar: Idler 63.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, 2D 6.6%, Fantasy 4.8%
- #56 AutoForge
67% matchVery Positive87% of 463 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.7%, Procedural Generation 25.2%, Automation 15.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #57 Kill the Lich Idle
66% matchMixed68% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Stop Sign Gaming
Windows
Kill the Lich is a minimalist incremental game about time compression and resource flow. Route your primary resource—Momentum—downstream to unlock over 300 actions. Design granular automation, visualize exposed formulas, and trigger deep prestige layers to ultimately defeat the Lich!
Why similar: Idler 46.2%, Automation 21.4%, Relaxing 10.1%, Casual 7.3%, 2D 6.1%
- #58 IdleOn
63% matchMostly Positive77% of 29,572 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaflame2
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 225.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The incremental idle MMO where your heroes keep fighting while you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental-Wizard to Cannon-Pirate, and level 20 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and Construction!
Why similar: Idler 64.5%, PvE 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Resource Management 6.4%, Casual 4.8%
- #59 DreamEcho
64% matchVery Positive82% of 354 reviews2026
Dev: HotWaterStudio
Windows
"Dream Echoes" is an atypical top-down RogueLite ARPG centered on loot grinding and meta-progression. Explore the dream world, collect "Concepts", and enjoy highly free combinative combat. Upon waking, gather "Memories" to carry some "Concepts" into your next adventure…
Why similar: Procedural Generation 46.9%, Adventure 22.2%, Fantasy 15.5%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 2.6%