60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Casual, Idler, Desktop Companion, Singleplayer.
The only desktop companion shooter on Steam. Your soldier holds the line right on your desktop. Every click and every keystroke fires a shot – fend off endless enemy waves, loot weapons and upgrade your gear while you go about your day.
SubQuest
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!
Deadclaim
A hardcore third-person extraction shooter on a persistent post-collapse Frontier. Carry in what you dare, fight raiders and AI for loot, and extract — or your kit drops on your corpse. Your progression stays safe; build an outpost, host your own server. No pay-to-win.
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 54.4% ★, Idler 16.1%, PvE 11.4%, Character Customization 8.8%, Casual 3.5%
A hardcore third-person extraction shooter on a persistent post-collapse Frontier. Carry in what you dare, fight raiders and AI for loot, and extract — or your kit drops on your corpse. Your progression stays safe; build an outpost, host your own server. No pay-to-win.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 29% ★, Gun Customization 19.8% ★, Military 16.5%, Inventory Management 11.4%, PvE 7.2%
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 55.8% ★, Side Scroller 13.5%, Idler 11.6%, Character Customization 8.3%, Arcade 6.2%
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 75.6% ★, Idler 18.8%, Casual 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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 75.1% ★, Idler 14.6%, Casual 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%, 2D 1.8%
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 66.6% ★, Idler 16.6%, Inventory Management 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Casual 3.2%
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 55.1% ★, Idler 14.1%, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Arcade 5.8%, Casual 4.9%
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 54.3% ★, Inventory Management 10.9%, Idler 10%, Character Customization 8.8%, PvE 7.5%
This game is specially designed for Streamers and their chat to play together. Viewers don’t need to purchase the game – they can simply join through live streams to take part.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.2%, Idler 18.5%, PvE 13.9%, War 11.2%, Character Customization 10.7%
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 66.3% ★, Idler 16.4%, Character Customization 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Casual 3.1%
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 68.6% ★, Arcade 8.1%, Character Customization 7.6%, Idler 5.9%, Casual 4%
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 59.2% ★, Idler 14.3%, Inventory Management 10.4%, Character Customization 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
A tiny angler who fishes on your desktop while you work. Pocket Pond is a cozy idle overlay where a pixel-art fisherman auto-casts, reels in 130 species, and fills your codex - no clicking required. Just let him drift in the corner of your screen and see what's biting.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 57.7% ★, Idler 18%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Casual 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
Maidy is your cute little interactive companion that runs around your desktop.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 90.6% ★, Casual 5.7%, 2D 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 51.6% ★, Idler 13.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Character Customization 8.7%, PvE 6.6%
An incremental desktop defense game that lives on the corner of your screen. Waves get harder, upgrades get stronger, progress never stops. Build your base, unlock permanent bonuses and grow your army while you work or relax.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.1% ★, Military 16.2%, War 13.2%, Idler 9.8%, PvE 7.2%
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 65.1% ★, Idler 15.7%, Character Customization 8.6%, Arcade 6.5%, Casual 3.6%
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 68.5% ★, Idler 16.4%, Casual 5.5%, Character Customization 4.3%, Dark 3.8%
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 65.3% ★, Idler 21.7%, Casual 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%, 2D 3.3%
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 72.8% ★, Idler 15.9%, Casual 5.6%, Atmospheric 2.7%, 2D 1.7%
Mine ores, upgrade your pickaxe, and race to hit the gold target! Rapid Miner combines fast-paced clicker mining with a desktop overlay Mini Mode. Clear stages for rewards, collect skins, and keep earning even while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 100% ★, Idler 0%, Casual 0%, Pixel Graphics 0%, 2D 0%
Swarm Survivors: Endless Siege is a light roguelike bullet-hell idle shooter. You play as the last survivor of the Swarm, fighting to stay alive under the endless siege of alien fleets. Build overwhelming power and face wave after wave of relentless challenges.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 43% ★, Looter Shooter 22.9% ★, Idler 12.5%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Shooter 5.2%
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 68.9% ★, Idler 21.7%, Casual 5.2%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 72.2% ★, Character Customization 11.5%, Idler 11.1%, Casual 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 73.8% ★, Idler 17.5%, Casual 5.7%, 2D 1.9%, Singleplayer 1%
Chill Fishing is the ultimate laid-back desktop fishing experience!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 73.7% ★, Idler 16.9%, Casual 4.8%, 2D 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Complete bounties, acquire legendary loot, upgrade your gear, and level up as you fight back against invading monsters in this side-scrolling looter shooter RPG.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 28.1% ★, Gun Customization 19.9% ★, Side Scroller 15.1%, Military 11.8%, PvE 9.1%
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 80.6% ★, Idler 11.4%, Casual 3.4%, Pixel Graphics 2.4%, 2D 1.4%
An ultimate slacking combo fusing action, idle growth, and desktop pet! Tuck it into your screen corner to start hardcore looting. Lead your Little Triangle against scheming animal factions and let your desktop host an epic underground adventure of conspiracy and treasure!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 28.4% ★, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Idler 18%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Character Customization 7.5%
Sector Six is a side-scrolling, sci-fi shooter with a silhouette aesthetic, procedural loot, extensive customization, and story missions.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 26% ★, Gun Customization 19.5% ★, Military 13.4%, War 12.4%, Side Scroller 11%
Death By Pixel is an action RPG shooter with exploration elements. Experiment with elemental weapon combinations, exploit enemy weaknesses and trade your defenses for devastating abilities.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 34.7% ★, Gun Customization 18.1% ★, Bullet Hell 16%, PvE 9.6%, Character Customization 7.2%
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 72.4% ★, Idler 16.2%, Casual 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%, 2D 2.3%
Fast-paced, skill-based, chaotic & hardcore "survivors" game, with huge array of builds, enemy variety and tons of mechanics. The game is primarily designed for "true" gamers that love the genre and seek a challenge.
Why similar: Gun Customization 35.9% ★, Bullet Hell 24.6%, War 22%, Character Customization 10.7%, Action 3.7%
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 67.5% ★, Idler 16.3%, Character Customization 11.4%, Casual 4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A Helldivers-inspired desktop overlay RPG where your actions shape the universe. Gear up in your bunker and join the galactic struggle from the corner of your screen. Impact the global economy, faction wars, and story. Adapt to World Events in a living, community-driven world.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 71% ★, Idler 16.3%, Casual 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, 2D 2.4%
Your army keeps fighting inside the taskbar while you get on with your day. AFK is an idle RPG built as a fake desktop OS: drag windows, forge gear across ten rarity tiers, climb an endless tower, and settle scores in asynchronous PvP the server replays back to you.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.2% ★, Idler 14.4%, Inventory Management 11.4%, PvE 7.2%, Character Customization 6.6%
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 63.4% ★, Idler 19.5%, Character Customization 10.9%, Casual 4.5%, Atmospheric 1.1%
No complicated goals, no stressful pace. Farming, dressing up, and companionship—a simple pastoral life, all starting with one fluffy Lulu Rabbit.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 92.9% ★, Casual 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
A relaxing idle vending simulator that sits in the corner of your screen while you work, browse, or play.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 63.5% ★, Idler 15.3%, Inventory Management 12.8%, Casual 3.7%, Pixel Graphics 3%
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 55.7% ★, Idler 17%, Inventory Management 15.5%, Casual 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%
A cozy, nostalgia-fueled idle game that lives in the corner of your screen. Reminisce the good old days and run your own little VHS store while using your PC for work, games or whatever. Play minigames or let your store run by itself, decorate it as you see fit!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 63.6% ★, Idler 16.2%, Character Customization 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Casual 3.7%
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.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 63.6% ★, Idler 19.7%, Character Customization 9.2%, Casual 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
THE WASTE – a brutal and stylish action game about bloody street shootouts and survival in a city after a global collapse, where authority has fallen, and crime thrives. Two factions fight for control over the city, its resources, and survivors.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.3% ★, Gun Customization 22.7% ★, Military 12.3%, PvE 11.2%, Character Customization 8.7%
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 48.8% ★, Idler 16.7%, Side Scroller 13.5%, PvE 7.5%, Casual 4.5%
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 66.3% ★, Idler 19.4%, Casual 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, 2D 1.5%
Craft magical weapons. Uncover synergies. Unleash your creativity. A top-down weapon-building roguelite dungeon crawler. Jump into the Magic Well, gather powerful scrolls, build your magical weapon and fight unique ink monsters your way!
Why similar: Gun Customization 33.6% ★, Looter Shooter 29.1% ★, Bullet Hell 16.2%, PvE 9.3%, Character Customization 7.5%
Scrap Daddies is a slapstick co-op looter for 1–6 friends where teamwork keeps you alive and we promise not to jump scare you. Explore flooded bases, recover power cells, and haul scrap back to upgrade your gear in a world lost to the sea.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.6% ★, Gun Customization 26.7% ★, Inventory Management 16.1%, PvE 10.8%, Character Customization 8.7%
Accessorize your desktop experience with customizable retro consoles on your screen. Draw, decorate, write, and even keep track of time. With a focus on functionality and long term support, Console Companions will continue to grow with its community! Linux compatible on most distros.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 69.8% ★, Character Customization 10.4%, Idler 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Casual 4.5%
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 68.1% ★, Idler 16.7%, Character Customization 9.9%, Casual 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Fidget Widget is a collection of mini games that chill on your desktop, ready to play anytime you’ve got a few minutes to spare.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.1% ★, Idler 21.7%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Casual 5%, Pixel Graphics 5%
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 65.5% ★, Idler 18.9%, Casual 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%, 2D 2.9%
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 65.8% ★, Idler 17%, Character Customization 9.2%, Casual 4.9%, 2D 2.3%
Repressed is a PvPvE tactical extraction shooter where players fight for survival in the open world of Blackmoor. Scavenge for supplies, complete objectives, and extract with whatever you can carry before Blackmoor, or something within it, claims you. Every decision counts. Every fight matters.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.7% ★, Gun Customization 23.3% ★, Inventory Management 14.7%, PvE 11.3%, Character Customization 6.7%
A desktop idler management simulator, where you are the CEO of a software company. Buy computers, place furniture, hire employees, buy upgrades, fire prompt engineers and much more. Or just focus on something else while your company revenue grows.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 88.3% ★, Idler 9.1%, 2D 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 66.7% ★, Idler 15.9%, Character Customization 9.9%, Casual 3.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%
Let a cute little cat keep you company while you work. Watch them walk or run across your desktop, dress them up, and enjoy different places from day to night.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.6% ★, Idler 20.4%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Casual 7.2%, Character Customization 4.9%
A gamified pomodoro timer where you earn in-game bells that you can spend on accessories, hand-crafted music, and decorations for your computer cat's home!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 63.8% ★, Idler 16.6%, Character Customization 9.4%, Casual 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3%
Desk Hunter is a desktop idle RPG that keeps battling in a compact window while you work or play. Collect loot, refine equipment through Gear Alchemy, shape builds through skills and growth nodes, fight alongside familiars, and push deeper into Erosion.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 58% ★, Idler 17.7%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Character Customization 4.9%, PvE 2.8%
Run a cozy flower shop alongside Alice, right on your desktop. Grow plants, watch them bloom, and slowly turn an empty corner into a warm, living space. A gentle companion game designed to keep you company while you work or relax.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 69.1% ★, Idler 17.3%, Casual 5.1%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
