- #1 CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm
97% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Furistic
Windows
A corner screen incremental brick-breaker where bouncing cores destroy endless swarms. Let it run in the corner of your screen while you work or jump into fullscreen and take control yourself. Unlock new Cores, expand your skill tree, survive endless waves.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 29% ★, Bullet Heaven 17.9% ★, Auto Battler 12.8%, Idler 9.7%, Tower Defense 9.2%
- #2 Desktop Defender
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,759 reviews2025
Dev: Conradical GamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows
Median: 25.7 hrsMean: 53.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.9% ★, Auto Battler 15.5%, Idler 12.9%, Tower Defense 12.5%, Incremental 11.7%
- #3 Incremental Infinity
96% matchMixed60% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Rablo Games
Windows
An Idle Incremental game where you explore an infinite, procedurally generated skill tree. Defend yourself against ever-growing waves of numbers. Unlock new abilities, complete quests and expand the skill tree to become infinitely powerful.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 30.1% ★, Bullet Heaven 25.7% ★, Idler 15.6%, Incremental 13.9%, Tower Defense 5.8%
- #4 Screen Survivors
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: atomco
Windows
An idle survivor-like that sits in the corner of your screen.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 35% ★, Bullet Heaven 23.7% ★, Auto Battler 14.5%, Idler 12.7%, Incremental 10.9%
- #5 Side Shop Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: paçocaUNLIMITED
Windows
A cozy idle shop-sim that can sit in the corner of your screen while you work or play. Stock products, upgrade your tools, and expand your business comfortably from your desktop!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 34.8% ★, Idler 14.2%, Incremental 12.3%, Capitalism 9.1%, Economy 8%
- #6 Coin Harvest
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dumbbell Games
Windows
Harvest coins with robotic arms, unlock islands and conquer realms. An incremental idle desktop widget game that runs while you work or game.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48% ★, Incremental 14.6%, Idler 14.1%, Economy 12.5%, Management 3.7%
- #7 Swarm Survivor: Endless Siege
93% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: kamen
Windows
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 32.7% ★, Bullet Heaven 23.4% ★, Tower Defense 12.8%, Idler 12.3%, Incremental 10.6%
- #8 Second Monitor Gladiators
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tramvay Games
Windows
A lightweight gladiator auto-battler designed to be played or watched on a second monitor.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.4% ★, Auto Battler 17.4%, Idler 16.3%, Incremental 13.2%, Management 5.4%
- #9 Void Salvage
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: myradann
Windows
Salvage wrecks while you work. Explore the void, combine and upgrade systems, then install socket inserts to build a powerful ship, all while sipping coffee or pretending to work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.6% ★, Auto Battler 16%, Tower Defense 13%, Idler 12.8%, Incremental 11.9%
- #10 Emojis vs Zombies
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dev Kacper
Windows · Linux
Emojis vs Zombies is an Idle Desktop Companion Zombie Defense Game! Open packs, Collect Emoji Defenders, Upgrade your squad or base and survive endless waves even while you're AFK or working!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.8% ★, Auto Battler 14.8%, Idler 13.3%, Tower Defense 12.8%, Incremental 12.2%
- #11 No More Pesticide
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jampacked Games
Windows
No More Pesticide is an active incremental game about a cute frog exterminating swarms of mutant bugs and taking down an evil pesticide manufacturer.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31% ★, Incremental 16.3%, Idler 13%, Management 8%, Capitalism 7.2%
- #12 Desktop Legends
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crazy Bear Games
Windows
Desktop Legends is an idle desktop action game featuring fantasy character progression, incremental resource management, and visual customization. Help your hero take their legendary stand against the forces of darkness right on your desktop!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.4% ★, Idler 13.6%, Auto Battler 9.9%, Automation 8.9%, Incremental 7.8%
- #13 Sin Slayers: Meat & Greed
90% matchMixed55% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows
A chill idle-mining sim that lives on your desktop. Dig rocks, collect gems, buy upgrades, feed your greed, and uncover shiny surprises while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 39.5% ★, Idler 12.5%, Capitalism 12.2%, Economy 9.7%, Automation 7.9%
- #14 Desktropolis
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bean Juice Studios
Windows
Desktropolis is an idle city builder that lives quietly on the bottom of your screen while you work, game, or study.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.2% ★, Idler 13.8%, Incremental 12.1%, Capitalism 11%, Economy 7.7%
- #15 The Background Warrior
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chotto Inc
Windows
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 48.5% ★, Idler 18.9%, Incremental 14.7%, Auto Battler 9.4%, Casual 2.7%
- #16 Breach Squad
86% match4 user reviews60% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: INDIELLIGENT
Windows
Breach. Fight. Loot. Repeat... Breach Squad is a top-down sci-fi auto-combat roguelike RPG built around corridor breaches. Your squad fights on its own - you command, manage loot, and grow marines permanently… But if they die, they’re gone.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.5% ★, Bullet Heaven 26.2% ★, Auto Battler 15.9%, Idler 8.9%, Loot 4.5%
- #17 Incrempire
84% matchMixed68% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: FMGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend. Upgrade. Dominate. A relaxing incremental base-defense game, packed with powerful skills and a deep skill tree.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.4% ★, Auto Battler 15.2%, Idler 15.1%, Incremental 14.9%, Tower Defense 12.7%
- #18 Wartide
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dumbbell Games
Windows
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 40.7% ★, Tower Defense 13.8%, Auto Battler 12.8%, Incremental 10.4%, Idler 10.4%
- #19 Progress98
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Waku Waku
Windows
A retro incremental idle desktop companion all about making progress on the side and at your own pace.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.6% ★, Incremental 14.8%, Idler 14.6%, Automation 8.8%, Capitalism 3.5%
- #20 LUNAR
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Husman Games
Windows · Mac
A tiny astronaut explores the Moon in a little window on your desktop. Collect resources, send out drones, upgrade your gear, and customize your operator. A calm idle companion to keep the workday fun.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.8% ★, Idler 20.1%, Incremental 16.8%, Automation 5.6%, Casual 2.1%
- #21 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
83% matchVery Positive85% of 379 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 26.8% ★, Auto Battler 16.2%, Tower Defense 13.9%, Idler 13%, Incremental 12.1%
- #22 Bottom Squad
79% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
An idle defense game at the bottom of your screen. Build your squad, upgrade your base, and hold the line against relentless alien waves while you work or browse.
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.6%, Idler 21.1%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Incremental 17.9%, Capitalism 8.5%
- #23 Spacenap
82% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Eleven Dusks Studios
Windows
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 43.3% ★, Idler 17.3%, Incremental 14.7%, Economy 6.7%, Management 4.3%
- #24 Tiny Vending Machines
81% matchMixed64% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Frozen Logic Studios
Windows
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 39.3% ★, Idler 14.2%, Capitalism 12.9%, Economy 11.4%, Automation 9%
- #25 Critter Bonk
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyFishDev
Windows
A cute incremental clicker where you bonk bugs for profit. Earn money, unlock upgrades, acquire powerful skills, and recruit helpers to automate the bonking until you’re truly unstoppable. Satisfying and Relaxing!
Why similar: Incremental 19.3%, Idler 18.2%, Capitalism 16.4%, Automation 13.8%, Economy 12.6%
- #26 Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat
82% matchVery Positive84% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: Destroyer Doggo
Windows · Mac
Median: 41.6 hrsMean: 54.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 42.9% ★, Idler 15.5%, Capitalism 10.2%, Automation 8.7%, Economy 7.7%
- #27 More Slots More Money
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Klavisuri Games
Windows
A short incremental casino management game where you fill the floor with slot machines and table games, hire staff, expand to new rooms, and upgrade towards the ultimate automated casino.
Why similar: Incremental 18.2%, Idler 15.4%, Gambling 13.8% ★, Capitalism 13.4%, Automation 13%
- #28 bobanook!
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nightjam GamesPub: Coreloop Garage
Windows
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 45.3% ★, Idler 15.2%, Automation 12.1%, Economy 9.5%, Management 6.8%
- #29 Crystal Ascend
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zodiac GameLab
Windows
A simple incremental game where you nurture crystal elementals by destroying floating crystals and harvesting aether. Upgrade the skill tree, unlock new abilities to gather resources faster, and build your ultimate crystal companions.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 34.7% ★, Incremental 18.2%, Idler 14.2%, Economy 12.4%, Management 8.1%
- #30 Cornerpond
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,707 reviews2025
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Median: 82.9 hrsMean: 130.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 40.4% ★, Idler 13.5%, Incremental 12.5%, Capitalism 7.4%, Automation 6.4%
- #31 How to Train Your Cock
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,993 reviews2025
Dev: Little Horror Studios
Windows
Median: 36.9 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 45.6% ★, Idler 14.6%, Incremental 10.5%, Capitalism 8.9%, Automation 6.3%
- #32 Pixel Quest: Guild
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LV99 Studios
Windows
A small idle RPG that sits at the bottom of the screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.8% ★, Idler 13.6%, Incremental 13.4%, Capitalism 11.6%, Automation 9.3%
- #33 Relicguard
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PacStar Games
Windows
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 54.8% ★, Idler 21.5%, Incremental 18.8%, Casual 2.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #34 DUSK OF WAR
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: oedipe games
Windows
DUSK OF WAR is an idle clicker incremental war management game. As the WAR MINISTER, you are in charge of the army, the industry, the finances and the logistics. PROTECT YOUR COUNTRY TODAY!
Why similar: Auto Battler 17%, Incremental 13.5%, Idler 13.4%, Tower Defense 11%, Economy 9.4%
- #35 DesktopSaurs
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lemon Bread
Windows
Turn your desktop into a living prehistoric world. Dinosaurs roam along the bottom of your screen while you work, study, or browse. Collect, care for them, and grow your ecosystem over time.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.8% ★, Idler 13.1%, Incremental 12.8%, Automation 10.4%, Capitalism 9.8%
- #36 Desktop Rave: Idle Audio Club
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 28 Ducks
Windows
Turn your desktop into an audio-reactive neon club. Desktop Rave: Idle Audio Club is an idle management game that lives on your desktop. Use your music to power the party, grow your crowd, and keep the club alive.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.4% ★, Idler 14.2%, Incremental 12.6%, Automation 7.9%, Economy 7.7%
- #37 Corner Quest
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EbonForgeGames
Windows
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.8%, Desktop Companion 21.6% ★, Idler 20.5%, Incremental 18.1%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #38 increTower
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tent Incident
Windows
A short incremental tower defense game. Upgrade your tower. Upgrade your enemies. Repeat until it gets out of control.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.8% ★, Incremental 17.7%, Idler 17.4%, Tower Defense 16.5%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #39 Boid Predator
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: QuadNode
Windows
The BOIDS are a plague. Build your PREDATORS to destroy them. Upgrade your PREDATORS from the spoils.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 25.8% ★, Incremental 22%, Idler 21.3%, Auto Battler 17.5%, Management 5.5%
- #40 Infi-Knight
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VozmogPub: Signal Filter
Windows
A dark fantasy desktop-companion incremental that idles while you work, play, or browse. Play as a Knight cursed with immortality locked in endless battle against the undead. Grow stronger with every death, uncover the curses' secrets and the Knight's dark past, then break the cycle of undeath.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.1% ★, Auto Battler 19.4%, Incremental 13.2%, Idler 11.9%, Top-Down 3.4%
- #41 Desktop Detective
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Conradical GamesPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
An idle detective game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.8% ★, Auto Battler 16.3%, Idler 16%, Incremental 14.6%, Casual 1.7%
- #42 Microcorp
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: José Hernández
Windows
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 69.6% ★, Automation 10.2%, Idler 9.3%, Management 6.9%, Simulation 3.4%
- #43 PawMart Tiny Market
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Smallroom
Windows · Mac
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 46.8% ★, Idler 17.2%, Automation 11%, Economy 7.3%, Management 6.3%
- #44 Gamblers Table
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,723 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Why similar: Incremental 16.7%, Capitalism 14.8%, Automation 14.4%, Economy 11.4%, Gambling 11.1% ★
- #45 I got the ZOOMIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flawberry Studio
Windows
CLAIM YOUR LEGIT PHONE!!!!! I got the ZOOMIES is a visually chaotic incremental game where your only goal is to zoom in... indefinitely!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 28.2% ★, Incremental 18.4%, Idler 17.5%, Capitalism 11.5%, Economy 10.6%
- #46 Desktop Hellfarmer
69% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Fesunenko Games
Windows
A tiny dark fantasy auto-looter that lives on your desktop
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54% ★, Idler 14.6%, Auto Battler 11.9%, Incremental 8%, Loot 6.1%
- #47 Choo Choo Kingdom
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sui Lip Chuan
Windows
Choo Choo Kingdom is a survivor-like train defense game where your kingdom rides on rails. Recruit fantasy troops, attach them to your train, reorder your formation, and survive endless waves of monsters with archers, mages, cannons, cleaves, storms, and fire.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.5% ★, Auto Battler 22.7%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Incremental 17.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #48 Center Of The Galaxy: Desktop Idle
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zFhresh
Windows
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 62% ★, Idler 17.9%, Incremental 15.3%, Casual 3.2%, Indie 1%
- #49 Corner Dungeon
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kygua Tech
Windows
Lightweight desktop idle battler. The ultimate workday distraction.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.9% ★, Idler 16.1%, Incremental 13.4%, Automation 8.9%, Loot 6.8%
- #50 Loop Tower
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
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 43.3% ★, Auto Battler 17.4%, Incremental 15.4%, Idler 14.8%, Top-Down 3.7%
- #51 Evil overlord Clicker
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MOTZA GAMES
Windows
Evil Overlord Clicker is a fast, satisfying incremental game where you smash endless walls, farm resources, and grow your dark empire. Recruit and upgrade minions, prestige for permanent buffs, and face tougher walls with unique effects.
Why similar: Incremental 21.3%, Idler 19.9%, Capitalism 17.7%, Economy 13.6%, Automation 10.1%
- #52 Idlewood Outpost
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tidepool Games
Windows · Mac
An idle desktop pet game where pixel RPG heroes patrol the bottom of your screen, collect loot, and level up while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.3% ★, Idler 19.9%, Incremental 12.8%, Management 3.5%, Loot 3.3%
- #53 Idle Deathworks
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NiutNiut Games
Windows
An idle tower defense roguelite where you summon enemies, harvest their resources, build defenses, and risk increasingly dangerous challenges. When the run ends, resurrect stronger and push farther.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Incremental 18.4%, Idler 18.3%, Automation 10.8%, Economy 10.1%
- #54 Desktop Factory
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GIGAJAM
Windows
Drill deep while you work or game in a zero-stress factory builder for the side of your screen or second monitor. Power your drill, unlock alternate building shapes, and harvest the planet’s core to unlock alternate building shapes for future runs. The. Factory. Must. Grow.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.1% ★, Idler 13.8%, Incremental 11.9%, Automation 10.8%, Capitalism 6.7%
- #55 OurClicker
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WaveyGaming Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
From the creators of OurLife and OurCoven, OurClicker is a brand new clicker game that puts you in charge of an up-and-coming Game Development Studio where all you do is... CLICK!
Why similar: Idler 23.5%, Incremental 20.1%, Economy 16.7%, Capitalism 14.7%, Automation 12.2%
- #56 Stress Buddy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jonathan HamelPub: ConJoy.co
Windows
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 61.3% ★, Idler 18.7%, Incremental 13.4%, Casual 2.4%, Cute 2.2%
- #57 Ratalorica
66% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: CCS
Windows
Follow GRATS on its journey even while you work or play on your computer. Every click. Every key press. Every action you take fuels GRATS’ power.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.5% ★, Auto Battler 15.5%, Incremental 13.1%, Idler 12.4%, Loot 4.2%
- #58 Crusaders Quest : Mini
68% matchVery Positive82% of 488 reviews2025
Dev: CQ LABSPub: LoadComplete
Windows
Meet Little Friends on the PC with Crusaders Quest : Mini (CQ:Mini)! You can work and study During the game, Crusader Quest's warriors fought hard and saved the Hasla continent You're leaving. You can collect the original warriors and costumes just for this game, too. Let go of your boredom
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.5% ★, Auto Battler 17.1%, Idler 14.6%, Incremental 13.4%, Automation 7.2%
- #59 Deskrawl: Idle ARPG
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Day Games
Windows
Grind mobs, farm loot and capture enemies to serve you. Deskrawl is an epic idle ARPG that plays at the bottom of your desktop. Farm legendary items and build overpowered heroes while you work or chill.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.6% ★, Idler 21.5%, Incremental 13.6%, Loot 7.1%, Casual 2.5%