Games Like Fred's Idle Garden

A cozy idle beekeeping sim that sits right at the bottom of your screen! Help Grandpa build his dream bee haven: unlock new species, upgrade equipment, expand your land, hire cute helpers, and design your perfect garden.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 33.8% ★, Farming 20.7% ★, Automation 12.1%, Farming Sim 11.9%, Idler 10.5%

An ultra-tiny idle farming simulation you can place anywhere on your desktop. Start your cozy farming life anytime.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 36.6% ★, Farming 22.1% ★, Automation 13.2%, Farming Sim 12.6%, Idler 8.5%

Build "A Tiny Garden" at the bottom of your screen. Enjoy your work or studies while you grow and care for your own tiny garden along with all of the adorable pets that call it home

Why similar: Desktop Companion 31.3% ★, Farming 24.3% ★, Farming Sim 10.4%, Idler 10.2%, Automation 7.1%

Grow your own vegetables in your tiny desk pot in this idle game. Leave your tiny pot in a corner of your desktop and vegetables will grow little by little. Upgrade, customize and change your pot. You’ll discover new soils, types of vegetables, stickers and much more!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.5% ★, Farming Sim 13.8%, Idler 11.9%, Farming 10.5% ★, Automation 10.1%

An idle-farming game. Cast spells, plant crops, and automate tasks with friendly animal helpers. All from the bottom of your screen

Why similar: Desktop Companion 33.2% ★, Automation 16.1%, Farming Sim 15.8%, Idler 15%, Farming 11.3% ★

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

Why similar: Desktop Companion 31% ★, Farming 26% ★, Farming Sim 12.9%, Automation 12.5%, Idler 11%

Raise adorable monsters and process them into profit in this dark-humored idle management sim. Designed as a desktop companion, it runs at the bottom of your screen while you work. Optimize your production line, unlock rare species, and automate your way to a morally questionable empire.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.8% ★, Automation 14%, Farming Sim 13.7%, Shop Keeper 13.4% ★, Idler 12.8%

《BuGarden》is a cozy flower garden that lives at the bottom of your screen! Plant seeds, water and fertilise them at your own pace, harvest cute fruits and flowers, and swat some pesky bugs. No stress, no mess. A friendly companion moving at a snail’s pace.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.2% ★, Farming 26.9% ★, Idler 9.6%, Cozy 8.1%, Farming Sim 4.5%

Animal Cozy Corner Shop is a warm desktop idle shop game that moves along with real-world time. Open a tiny animal convenience store in the corner of your screen, stock products, welcome quiet animal visitors, earn income, and unlock more items, furniture, and cute guests.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.7% ★, Shop Keeper 21.7% ★, Idler 13.5%, Automation 11.2%, Simulation 4.2%

Petunia's Purgatory is a creepy-cute idle farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Grow cursed crops, feed the Elder God, and keep Petunia sane before her hallucinations invade your desktop.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 33.3% ★, Farming 21% ★, Farming Sim 13.8%, Idler 11.8%, Automation 8.8%

A relaxing farming sim where you manage adorable creatures that grow crops, gather resources, and build your cozy garden right at the bottom of your screen.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 30.7% ★, Farming 22.2% ★, Automation 10.9%, Farming Sim 10.8%, Idler 7.5%

A cozy idle creature collector that sits on your desktop as you go about your day. Grow crops, care for and level-up your companions and put them to the test in exciting monster battles!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 45.5% ★, Farming 36.7% ★, Idler 13.1%, Relaxing 2.4%, Cute 0.8%

A cannabis cultivation companion that sits as a sidebar on your desktop whilst you work. Grow strains, complete orders and challenges, test your luck in minigames, and uncover surprises as you progress🪴

Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.1% ★, Farming Sim 16%, Idler 13.8%, Automation 13.7%, Agriculture 6.7% ★

A mini idle-farming game the size of one pot. Each keystroke turns into water for your little plant. Put it anywhere on your screen, harvest plants and upgrade your pot. While you're busy with other things, your hard work will bear fruit!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 39.3% ★, Farming 32% ★, Shop Keeper 12.6% ★, Idler 11.3%, Relaxing 2%

Sprout’s Meadow is a cozy farming simulator where you manage a team of cute Sproutlings! Grow crops, raise animals, and craft recipes to expand your land. When you're ready for adventure, board your hot air balloon to trade or venture into the mystical clouds to uncover magical secrets.

Why similar: Farming 32% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Automation 16.7%, Idler 13.7%, Cozy 7.6%

Tend and cultivate your personal little garden while you are actually working on other things. Choose for yourself in which screen areas you want to play and and watch your plants grow.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50% ★, Idler 15.1%, Farming Sim 15%, Cozy 9.4%, Relaxing 3.2%

Build your own cozy village, grow crops, raise animals, sell produce to villagers and visiting customers, trade with other players, and explore your friends’ villages at your own pace.

Why similar: Farming 46.8% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Shop Keeper 14.2% ★, Cozy 8.2%, Simulation 3.8%

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 51.5% ★, Shop Keeper 25.8% ★, Idler 16.3%, Relaxing 3.4%, Cute 1.8%

A cozy incremental farming sim about helping your duck friend clean out their backyard. Dig, mine and farm your way to clearing up the space so that a tea party with friends can be hosted.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 32.2% ★, Farming Sim 19.3%, Automation 15.4%, Idler 15%, Cozy 10.7%

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 46.9% ★, Idler 14.5%, Farming Sim 13%, Automation 9.1%, Cozy 7.5%

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

Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.4% ★, Automation 17.7%, Idler 16%, Shop Keeper 15.2% ★, Cozy 6.5%

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 70.6% ★, Automation 14.6%, Idler 9.1%, Simulation 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

A relaxing, idle boba-shop simulator that can accompany you as you work on other things. Sell boba tea, unlock new drinks, and customize and care for a boba pet that lives in the corner of your screen!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 47% ★, Automation 17.7%, Idler 15.2%, Shop Keeper 11% ★, Simulation 3.5%

Feed a mysterious mole your hard grown vegetables in this fast-paced incremental farming clicker/idle. Use tools, automation and chaotic spells to truly master the vegetable and unravel reality altogether.

Why similar: Farming 39.6% ★, Farming Sim 16.8%, Idler 15.6%, Automation 15.6%, Agriculture 7.4% ★

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 48.9% ★, Automation 18.5%, Idler 15.1%, Farming Sim 13.1%, Simulation 2.9%

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 58% ★, Idler 17.4%, Automation 7.7%, Cozy 6%, Simulation 4.1%

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 49.9% ★, Farming Sim 16.5%, Idler 15.7%, Cozy 7.4%, Simulation 3.7%

A short, simple and relaxing idle game where you grow crops, build homes for farmers, and earn money to decorate.

Why similar: Farming 33.4% ★, Farming Sim 17%, Idler 16.3%, Automation 14%, Cozy 6.6%

Run a bathhouse visited by animals! Maltese's Fluffy Onsen is a relaxing simulation game that you can enjoy while doing other tasks, as it sits at the bottom of your screen. Place baths with different temperatures and rest areas to help a variety of animal friends unwind.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.1% ★, Automation 18.4%, Idler 13.6%, Cozy 6.1%, Simulation 4.1%

A tiny 3D planet sits at the edge of your desktop. Your astronaut and their corgi chop, mine, and rebuild a crashed rocket while you work — glance over, spend what they gathered, watch the ship come back together, and launch to the next world.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.2% ★, Automation 15.9%, Idler 15.2%, Cozy 8.5%, Simulation 2.8%

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 74.3% ★, Idler 23%, Casual 1.5%, 3D 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Idle Times is a thoughtful desktop companion where Bob files a growing shelf of original illustrated cartoons. Keep him company in Full, Mini, or Pet Desk mode, with new free editions added every week.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 65.2% ★, Idler 17.7%, Cozy 11.4%, Relaxing 3.5%, Casual 1.8%

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 42.3% ★, Shop Keeper 21.1% ★, Idler 14.7%, Automation 13.7%, Simulation 3.5%

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 74.3% ★, Idler 18%, Relaxing 4.7%, Casual 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

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 38.1% ★, Shop Keeper 19.3% ★, Farming Sim 15.1%, Idler 12.4%, Agriculture 7.2% ★

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 61.7% ★, Idler 19.3%, Automation 10.4%, Simulation 4.5%, Cozy 2.9%

A cozy idle ASMR cat café that lives on your screen. Serve customers and decorate your café while you work or relax.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.6% ★, Shop Keeper 17.2% ★, Automation 16.5%, Idler 13.6%, Simulation 3.6%

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 57.7% ★, Idler 17.9%, Cozy 11.1%, Agriculture 3.7% ★, Simulation 3.6%

A cozy 3D printer simulator. Pick your colors, start your prints, and watch voxel models grow. Snap off the supports, ship orders, and buy upgrades for your workshop. Engage actively to grow faster or leave it as a relaxing idle companion on your desktop that you check in on.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 32.5% ★, Shop Keeper 23.4% ★, Automation 15.3%, Idler 11.5%, Cozy 8.8%

Focus Grove is a work companion that grows with your progress. Build your farm, use productivity tools and unlock new content by completing your real-life tasks. Improve your focus, well-being and work-life balance.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.4% ★, Farming 25.3% ★, Farming Sim 13%, Idler 11.8%, Cozy 6.6%

A cozy desktop idle game where cute slimes bounce around your tiny farm while you work or study.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.1% ★, Farming Sim 15.7%, Idler 14.5%, Cozy 8.4%, Agriculture 6.9% ★

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

Why similar: Desktop Companion 27.1% ★, Farming 23.2% ★, Farming Sim 16.9%, Idler 15.7%, Cozy 6.8%

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 60.8% ★, Idler 18.3%, Automation 7.4%, Cozy 6.5%, Relaxing 2%

A cosy idler starring an Onion who makes soup anywhere on your desktop! Watch him grow and harvest cabbages to make delicious soup for a cast of colourful customers. Decorate your island and customise your Onion with your hard-earned gold to level him up, and build your very own soup making empire!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.3% ★, Idler 16.1%, Automation 10.2%, Farming Sim 8.5%, Cozy 7%

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 43.1% ★, Farming Sim 16.1%, Idler 15.4%, Automation 11.2%, Agriculture 5.7% ★

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 48.5% ★, Idler 17%, Automation 14%, Cozy 9.3%, Simulation 3.4%

A relaxing idle-farming game you can play on the edge of your desktop screen. Grow and harvest dozens of different crops while working, browsing, or resting.

Why similar: Farming 50.5% ★, Idler 20.3%, Automation 19.7%, Relaxing 4%, Simulation 3.7%

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 50.4% ★, Idler 17.8%, Automation 16.9%, Cozy 4.4%, Simulation 4.2%

Grow crops, adopt cute pets, and customize a cozy farm that floats on your desktop!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 47.6% ★, Farming Sim 17.3%, Idler 14.8%, Cozy 7.4%, Agriculture 6.6% ★

Dwarfspire is an idle crafter that sits on the side of your screen. Manage a village of mountain-climbing dwarves that scale cliffs as you multitask. Recruit dwarves, gather rare minerals, then craft them into weapons and armor.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 36.7% ★, Shop Keeper 22.6% ★, Idler 15.9%, Farming Sim 14.4%, Cozy 6.3%

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 63.3% ★, Idler 26.2%, Relaxing 4%, Cute 3.1%, Casual 1.8%

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 57.8% ★, Idler 16.7%, Automation 9.4%, Cozy 5.1%, Simulation 4.6%

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 41% ★, Automation 14.3%, Idler 14.2%, Farming Sim 13.4%, Cozy 7.7%

A farm simulator on your taskbar. Bring your taskbar to life by raising adorable farm animals while doing other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.9% ★, Idler 16%, Automation 13.9%, Farming Sim 12.6%, Relaxing 2.9%

Tiny creatures grow in glass bottles at the bottom of your screen while you work. Summon and fuse 200+ beings. Befriend a town of animal folk, or snoop on them and steal their secrets. Every choice tilts your compass toward Light or Darkness.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 49% ★, Automation 21.7%, Idler 19.7%, Simulation 4.4%, Relaxing 2.5%

Grow cute creatures, decorate a floating island, and collect unique companions in the corner of your screen while you work or study.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.3% ★, Idler 13.6%, Farming Sim 12.8%, Cozy 9.1%, Simulation 4.3%

Chill Fishing is the ultimate laid-back desktop fishing experience!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 70.1% ★, Idler 19.9%, Simulation 5.2%, Cute 2.5%, Casual 1.7%

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 55.8% ★, Idler 16.8%, Farming Sim 11%, Cozy 7.6%, Simulation 3%

The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.

Why similar: Farming 29.5% ★, Desktop Companion 24.4% ★, Farming Sim 13.9%, Automation 13.6%, Idler 11.9%

Turn the bottom of your screen into a relaxing escape. This cozy idle companion lets you catch hundreds of unique fish, discover charming locations, and uncover island secrets. All while you work, watch, or play.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 45.5% ★, Farming Sim 14.5%, Idler 13.9%, Automation 12.1%, Cozy 6.9%