- #1 Rusty's Retirement
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,403 reviews2024
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 23.2 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Idler 21.9%, Farming 13.6% ★, Automation 13.4%, Building 9.2%, Economy 8.1%
- #2 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
96% matchVery Positive87% of 228 reviews2026
Dev: Orca Point Studio
Windows
Tiny Biomes is a relaxing idle game where animals peacefully produce resources and you gather wood in a calm harvesting zone. Build small biomes, earn gold, and enjoy steady progression without pressure, timers, or stress. Play at your own pace and unwind.
Why similar: Idler 29%, Economy 10.8%, Automation 10%, Minimalist 9.8%, Crafting 7.7%
- #3 RoboFarm
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfiniStrategy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, automate, and decorate your dream farm! Deploy robot workers, unlock powerful upgrades, and watch your crops thrive while you relax, raising profits to your satisfaction. Save and share your creations, tune in with the music, and experience the world of RoboFarm.
Why similar: Idler 17.9%, Automation 14%, Farming 12.9% ★, Building 12.8%, Economy 8.5%
- #4 Keyclash
95% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Monu
Windows
Keyclash is a simple tower defense roguelike about building on keyboard keys and surviving as long as possible.
Why similar: Building 22.1%, Crafting 21.2%, Economy 18.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Minimalist 10.8%
- #5 Unlimited Farm Tycoon - Cozy Idle Farm Game
94% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Build your dream farm in 8 different worlds. You can plant a tree farm, create a vegetable garden, or even raise animals. Build your fences wherever you want in the open world, create the farm you desire.
Why similar: Idler 25.6%, Economy 11%, Farming Sim 9.5%, Nature 8.9%, Building 8.7%
- #6 Incremental Factory
94% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Idler 24.1%, Automation 16.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Economy 10.6%, Building 9.6%
- #7 ComboCraft Legendary
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: While !fun continue;
Windows
An Idle incremental clicker focused on crafting symbols, merging combinations, and building automated production. Reset your run to unlock permanent upgrades and grow stronger each cycle.
Why similar: Idler 25.8%, Economy 16.3%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Strategy 9.3%
- #8 Little Harvest
93% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Jooz
Windows
Plant, water, and harvest your crops. Expand your land and buy new crops and items!
Why similar: Idler 31.2%, Automation 16.3%, Building 14.9%, Farming Sim 9.5%, Strategy 8%
- #9 Fractal Forge: Sierpinski's Sanctuary
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fractal Forge Gaming
Windows
An incremental idler about recursively creating several famous fractals, managing your workers, and balancing multiple production lines to prevail against the exponential growth inherent in the mathematics of fractals.
Why similar: Idler 33.4%, Automation 18.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Minimalist 8.2%, Casual 7.9%
- #10 Asciinsion
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: omnipolar studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immerse yourself in the world of ASCII art. Create works of art from characters. Build factories, upgrade them, and expand your production capacity. Invest in blueprints and reach milestones to earn bonuses. Use the ascension system for additional benefits.
Why similar: Idler 30%, Strategy 12.9%, Minimalist 12.7%, Economy 11%, Casual 10.5%
- #11 Volt Ventures Idle
90% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Denver
Windows
An idle game of growth and strategy. Build, upgrade, and prestige your way to limitless power.
Why similar: Idler 29.8%, Automation 18%, Economy 16.2%, Building 14.7%, Minimalist 7.5%
- #12 My Tiny Grocery Store - Desktop Idle Supermarket Game
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
My Tiny Grocery Store is an idle shopping simulator located in the bottom right corner of your screen that allows you to manage your store while also completing other tasks! Design your store, arrange your shelves, and enjoy earning money.
Why similar: Idler 32.2%, Automation 19.2%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Economy 6.6%
- #13 Idle Colony
89% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Idler 22.4%, Automation 16.1%, Economy 14.9%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #14 Island Robot Farm
87% matchVery Positive88% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: MoraCocoPub: Wise Games
Windows
Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.
Why similar: Idler 28.7%, Automation 16.6%, Economy 12.5%, Building 11.9%, Farming Sim 8.7%
- #15 Any Castle
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Meowgic Studio
Windows
This is a very relaxing and minimalist idle game. However, if you want to defeat the ultimate dragon or obtain the final treasure, you will still need to invest a lot of time and have great luck! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Idler 35.8%, Cartoon 14.7%, Economy 11%, Casual 8.1%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #16 Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat
86% matchVery Positive84% of 402 reviews2025
Dev: Destroyer Doggo
Windows · Mac
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: Idler 26.7%, Automation 12.7%, Minimalist 10.6%, Building 9.4%, Economy 8.3%
- #17 Progress Bar Deluxe
86% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Diego Schram Games
Windows
Loading, loading, loading… when will it ever be ready? Will you finally see the bar reach 100%? In Progress Bar Deluxe, your mission is simple — fill the ultimate progress bar to 100%! Click, upgrade, and wait as you chase that sweet moment of completion.
Why similar: Idler 26.8%, Economy 17.5%, Automation 14.9%, Minimalist 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #18 Astral Bloom
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YYZ Studio
Windows
Grow a living alien world in this incremental base-builder. Cultivate strange plants, command loyal wisps, and reshape the sky with powerful wishes. Automate and expand your ecosystem as you uncover lost memories. As your sanctuary grows, will you stay... or leave in search of something more?
Why similar: Idler 27.8%, Automation 16.2%, Building 15.1%, Economy 12%, Strategy 11.6%
- #19 Pumpkin Restaurant
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pumpkin Game
Windows
Let pumpkins and cats run the restaurant for you, serving hearty food to adventurers. This is a casual business simulation game at the bottom of the screen that doesn't interfere with you doing other things.
Why similar: Idler 28.4%, Automation 17.7%, Building 13.8%, Economy 10.5%, Strategy 7.5%
- #20 Kittens Game
83% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Nuclear Unicorn
Windows · Linux
Kittens Game is game where you manage a village of kittens as they acquire resources and unlock new technologies. Build the ultimate civilization and bring them to the space!
Why similar: Idler 25.7%, Economy 20.3%, Strategy 17.7%, Minimalist 13.2%, Building 8.9%
- #21 Relaxing Fields
84% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: LosenArc
Windows
A short, simple and relaxing idle game where you grow crops, build homes for farmers, and earn money to decorate.
Why similar: Idler 24.2%, Farming 15.2% ★, Building 13.2%, Automation 11.8%, Farming Sim 7.2%
- #22 Idle Tree Keeper
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Torbellino Games
Windows · Mac
Idle Tree Keeper is a relaxing idle/incremental game where you care for a mystical tree. Generate resources, unlock upgrades, evolve, and progress even while offline. Free to play with optional in-game purchases.
Why similar: Idler 40.9%, Nature 12.9%, Casual 12.6%, Cute 10%, Strategy 7.9%
- #23 Loop Alchemist
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mackdumbler
Windows
You wake up in an unknown land. Again. Use the experience from every past life and your ever-growing knowledge of alchemy to extend each life through a robust alchemical system. Explore, break through and uncover all the world has to offer in this minimalist RPG distilled down to its purest form
Why similar: Idler 33.3%, Automation 17.4%, Minimalist 16.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #24 Flowers to Honey
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinKING Cat Games
Windows
A cozy incremental game about planting flowers, guiding bees, and growing a thriving honey hive.
Why similar: Idler 33.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Minimalist 9.3%, Cute 8.7%, Economy 8.7%
- #25 Wood Clicker
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lucuxis
Windows
Hold to chop wood, earn resources, and grow your idle lumber empire in this relaxing 2D idle clicker game!
Why similar: Idler 27.1%, Economy 14.8%, Automation 13.5%, Minimalist 11.9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #26 Tiny Isle
79% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
Windows
Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.
Why similar: Idler 21.3%, Building 16.2%, Nature 11.4%, Cartoon 11.2%, Cute 8.5%
- #27 Cat Idle
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Caudas
Windows
Cat Idle is a cozy incremental game where you collect coins, customize your kitten, and explore new areas of their world.
Why similar: Idler 33.4%, Automation 12%, Strategy 11.8%, Economy 11.1%, Minimalist 10.8%
- #28 Grim-chan's Soul Fight
78% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Hi-Develop
Windows
When the grim reaper isn’t just a skeleton, but a super cute girl! Enter a dark fantasy world as Grimchan, who must collect souls to fight against terrifying demons, battling through the minions of the dangerous Demon King for peace."
Why similar: Idler 34.6%, Cartoon 21.4%, Minimalist 13.7%, Casual 11.1%, Cute 7.2%
- #29 Tiny Terraces
77% matchVery Positive91% of 460 reviews2025
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A cozy idle farming game, watch tiny guys do tasks around the terrace, expand, progress, and decorate your Tiny Terrace.
Why similar: Idler 27.1%, Economy 12%, Farming 10.1% ★, Building 9.2%, Farming Sim 8.9%
- #30 Just a Cat
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lonelystar
Windows
Just a Cat is a cute casual idle game about a cat that stays on your screen while you work or relax. Dress him with hats and glasses, watch his reactions, and track mouse clicks and keyboard presses as part of your personal statistics.
Why similar: Idler 45.2%, Minimalist 19.1%, Casual 14.4%, Cute 12%, 2D 8.1%
- #31 Flourish
75% matchPositive81% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: FireOwl Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your rhythm in the cycle of the garden: prune to gather, water to renew, and trade your clippings for deep-rooted progression.
Why similar: Idler 41.7%, Nature 19.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Minimalist 11.5%, Casual 9.3%
- #32 剑武玄幻之旅
77% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: JQ Games
Windows
一款玄幻类的文字挂机冒险游戏,可放置可探索剧情,即刻进入一个系统丰富且娱乐快捷的挂机世界吧!
Why similar: Idler 40.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Automation 16.4%, Casual 13%, 2D 6.7%
- #33 Spice & Grill
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevShark
Windows
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: Idler 21.3%, Automation 12.8%, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 8.7%
- #34 Pop Balloons and Drop People
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows
A short and colorful incremental game about popping different types of balloons and dropping people of all colors.
Why similar: Idler 31.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Cartoon 14.8%, Minimalist 9.4%, Casual 9.1%
- #35 Kkokko Industry
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tesseract Studio
Windows
Kkokko Industry is a relaxing idle game where you manage a chicken farm. The game runs on one side of your monitor, allowing you to enjoy it comfortably while working on other tasks.
Why similar: Idler 36.6%, Automation 19.8%, Building 18.5%, Farming Sim 9.3%, Cute 8%
- #36 Terminal Descent
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roxicaro
Windows
Terminal Descent is a terminal-based mining incremental game. Upgrade drills, automate operations, smelt metals, and descend deeper. ASCII graphics with active/idle hybrid gameplay in your terminal.
Why similar: Idler 26.1%, Economy 15.4%, Building 14.2%, Automation 13.2%, Crafting 10.9%
- #37 Shake it Co!
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Task
Windows · Mac
Shake your mouse to harvest fruit, earn coins, and grow your charming 2D orchard.
Why similar: Idler 23.4%, Economy 13.2%, Nature 10.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #38 Feed The Forest
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indoor Sunglasses
Windows · Linux
A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.
Why similar: Idler 22.5%, Automation 14.6%, Economy 14.2%, Building 11.1%, Minimalist 10.1%
- #39 Candy Machine
80% matchMostly Negative34% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Colossal Wreck
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 206.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Run a candy factory. Place machines and conveyors and feed them different mixtures of ingredients to create candy
Why similar: Idler 28.6%, Economy 17.6%, Building 15.5%, Minimalist 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #40 Resources Assemble!
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lasarevs
Windows · Linux
Build, automate, and expand your factory. Mine resources, craft components, and evolve your systems toward full autonomy and interplanetary production
Why similar: Idler 32.5%, Automation 20.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Relaxing 8%
- #41 Tiny Jar Farm
70% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Istikan Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cozy idle farming game where you grow tiny crops, merge them into stronger plants, and turn your harvest into delicious recipes. Relax, and build your perfect little farm - one jar at a time.
Why similar: Idler 22.9%, Economy 14.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Cartoon 11.8%, Minimalist 10%
- #42 Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,303 reviews2023
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Idler 19.7%, Farming 13.8% ★, Automation 12.9%, Nature 11.4%, Building 9.4%
- #43 Goldy's Garden
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaynatoonsPub: MadMantra
Windows · Mac
Create terrarium pods, plant colorful flowers, and discover tiny bug friends. Watch your garden come to life as butterflies flutter in, beetles crawl around, and adorable visitors stop by to explore! The more you grow your garden, the more surprises you’ll unlock! :)
Why similar: Idler 45.6%, Building 19.5%, Cute 12.5%, Casual 8.3%, 2D 7.1%
- #44 Quantum Break
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: morbo
Windows
A casual, incremental game about quantum physics. Break stuff, collect resources and deposit them for more than 300 upgrades! Build a quantum computer, achieve quantum tunneling and potentially save the cats in a box, just don't look inside of it!
Why similar: Idler 52.6%, Strategy 26.1%, Casual 11.8%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #45 Treeternal
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GrumpyLion
Windows
A top down incremental game about harvesting resources from an eternal forest. Prepare for the woods by upgrading your character and helpers. Try to fight off the trees by chopping them.
Why similar: Idler 26.7%, Automation 13.3%, Economy 12.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Cute 8%
- #46 Happy Harvest
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Juice Store Studios
Windows
Just one more harvest. Just one more upgrade. The sweet spot between relaxing and addictive. Your crops grow while you sleep, but you'll find yourself checking in anyway because watching them flourish feels good.
Why similar: Idler 41.3%, Automation 11.7%, Farming Sim 11.1%, Relaxing 9.7%, Casual 9.3%
- #47 OPEC IDLE
76% matchMixed58% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: grin robot
Windows
Become an oil magnate in a few days! Without investing real money, you'll get real pleasure from the profits! From pipette of oil to sales of trains to the Kingdom of Esvatini!
Why similar: Idler 34.6%, Strategy 15.4%, Automation 13.8%, Minimalist 12.2%, Economy 10.1%
- #48 Desktop Jinja
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Anisile
Windows
Build a personal shrine on your desktop—pray, draw fortunes, and receive gentle blessings each day.
Why similar: Idler 53.7%, Cute 13.4%, Casual 11.2%, Relaxing 10.5%, 2D 9%
- #49 My Shelter
69% matchMixed55% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: Fantasy Tree
Windows
A bottom-screen idle game that won't disrupt your work or study. Research tech, farm crops, raise animals, recruit survivors, unlock mines, hunt mutants, fend off aberrations, gear up your squad, craft with machinery, repair the rocket, build your shelter—and conquer the apocalypse!
Why similar: Idler 26.8%, Automation 16.2%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Nature 9.1%
- #50 Kill Spewy
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sun Monster FxxL
Windows
Collect components. Build the flow. Kill Spewy. A cozy idle game where your only goal is to kill Spewy as many times as possible, earn Bread Slices, and unlock endlessly growing component builds.
Why similar: Idler 35.6%, Cartoon 10.8%, Cute 9.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Relaxing 8.6%
- #51 Fawn The Florist
68% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: CozyBit Games
Windows · Mac
Fawn the Florist is a cozy idle game that sits at the bottom of your screen, acting as a peaceful, garden companion for you as you work, study, or relax.
Why similar: Idler 30.1%, Automation 15%, Building 9.2%, Cute 9%, Nature 8.3%
- #52 Taskbar Looters
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: B52
Windows
Taskbar Looters is a simple idle game where animal looters collect treasures on your desktop while you focus on other tasks.
Why similar: Idler 47%, Nature 15.7%, Cute 13%, Casual 10.9%, Minimalist 6.2%
- #53 Orbit to Riches
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ThinKING Cat Games
Windows
Orbit to Riches is a short, relaxing incremental space game where you mine asteroids, upgrade ships, and grow stronger over multiple runs - no timers, no rush.
Why similar: Idler 29.7%, Economy 13.1%, Strategy 12%, Automation 11.2%, Minimalist 9.8%
- #54 MR FARMBOY
66% matchVery Positive82% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: mrdboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.
Why similar: Idler 20.8%, Farming 15.5% ★, Automation 14.9%, Crafting 9%, Farming Sim 7.8%
- #55 A Tiny Garden
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Racoon Studio
Windows · Linux
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: Idler 23.4%, Farming 16.5% ★, Automation 10.4%, Building 8.8%, Crafting 8.3%
- #56 Kinetic Foundry
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ravenholm Interactive
Windows
Unleash neon balls and shatter digital blocks to build your fortune in this addictive cyberpunk idle/arcade game! Combine pinball mechanics with endless progression in Kinetic Foundry. Upgrade your Reactor, Launcher, and Bumpers to reach maximum system capacity!
Why similar: Idler 38.2%, Strategy 23.2%, Automation 17.2%, Casual 12.9%, 2D 6.9%
- #57 Pantheon
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pixelwide
Windows
Manage a mysterious machine as it summons and consumes eldritch entities in this incremental game. Every entity consumed makes the machine more powerful, and unlocks new mechanics.
Why similar: Idler 32.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Automation 13.6%, Minimalist 10.5%, Cute 7.2%
- #58 SuperPacker
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GamersInUnity Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An idle game about packing boxes!
Why similar: Idler 38.2%, Cartoon 23%, Automation 16.9%, Casual 13.1%, 2D 6.8%
- #59 Mashinomat
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
Mashinomat is being rebuilt from the ground up new gameplay, new setting, new direction. This page is a placeholder while I rebuild Mashinomat.
Why similar: Idler 43.1%, Automation 20.3%, Relaxing 10.8%, Cute 10%, 2D 7.2%
- #60 Surprisingly Fine 2: Wind / Wave
65% matchPositive75% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: RoRoKaii Works
Windows · Linux
RoRoKaii Works’ Debut: A cozy idle game focused on collecting. No complex strategies—just watch numbers grow as you hone 15 unique skills. With the Mastery System, collect any item 100 times to gain bonus EXP and fuel your journey toward perfection.
Why similar: Idler 47.7%, Cartoon 23.7%, Relaxing 10.8%, 2D 8.2%, Casual 7.1%