60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Idler, Desktop Companion, Casual, Singleplayer.
An idle desktop pet game where pixel RPG heroes patrol the bottom of your screen, collect loot, and level up while you work.
MIMIC HUNGER
Keep a hungry mimic in the corner of your desktop and let the hunt begin. Lure adventurers, collect treasure and items, grow stronger, evolve, and unlock new hunting grounds. MIMIC HUNGER is a cute pixel-art idle incremental desktop companion you can mostly watch and occasionally push along.
Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab
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.
Keep a hungry mimic in the corner of your desktop and let the hunt begin. Lure adventurers, collect treasure and items, grow stronger, evolve, and unlock new hunting grounds. MIMIC HUNGER is a cute pixel-art idle incremental desktop companion you can mostly watch and occasionally push along.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 39% ★, Idler 20.3%, Incremental 11.2%, Collectathon 10.5%, Loot 3.9%
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 48.3% ★, Idler 25.2%, Cute 6.3%, Relaxing 6%, Casual 3.8%
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 54.1% ★, Idler 20.2%, Incremental 10.8%, Casual 4.1%, Relaxing 4%
A farm simulator on your taskbar. Bring your taskbar to life by raising adorable farm animals while doing other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.1% ★, Idler 15.8%, Collectathon 11.2%, Incremental 10.9%, Creature Collector 5.9%
Tiny Ducks: Desktop Bath is a relaxing desktop idle game where you collect cute rubber ducks and let them float on your Windows taskbar. Unlock new ducks while you work or browse the web, and turn your ordinary desktop into your own personal tub.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 39.5% ★, Idler 15.5%, Collectathon 10.4%, Incremental 8%, Creature Collector 6%
Slimes are invading your desktop, and every keystroke becomes a powerful counterattack. Unlock all kinds of weapons, draw wildly inventive artifacts, and collect strange and wonderful slimes. Fight alone or team up with friends to give the slimes a beating!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.1% ★, Idler 17.5%, Incremental 10.6%, Loot 7.4%, RPG 4.9%
Graboo is the shyest claw machine in the world. Graboo quietly picks up doll friends from the corner of the screen while you're working or enjoying games. Give warm friends to Graboo, a loner!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.3% ★, Idler 17.6%, Collectathon 11.5%, Incremental 7.9%, Creature Collector 5.6%
A desktop idle RPG where you collect creatures that train in your Dojo. Just queue enemies into the Dojo and watch your creatures fight, level up, evolve, and farm loot in idle battles - at the bottom of your screen. Build your team, equip them with items, then battle dungeon bosses for rarer loot.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.2% ★, Idler 17.6%, Incremental 9.3%, RPG 6.4%, Creature Collector 6.2%
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 49.3% ★, Idler 23.5%, Incremental 13.6%, Relaxing 3.6%, Fantasy 3.2%
Raise your own virtual pet right on your desktop. Choose your favorite, take care of your companion, play together, train for battle, and help them evolve! They will always be there, keeping you company while you work, play, or browse.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.6% ★, Idler 16.3%, Incremental 10%, Creature Collector 8.1%, Cute 6.9%
A desktop idle game about raising sheep. Hover over them to shear their wool, then collect the tufts scattered across your screen. Unlock upgrades and grow your little flock to 100 sheep while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 28.6% ★, Idler 24%, Incremental 11.5%, Collectathon 10.4%, Cute 7%
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 46.8% ★, Idler 22.2%, Incremental 11.5%, RPG 8.1%, Casual 3.4%
Care for cats, collect furniture, and create a room of your own in this cozy 2D pixel-art simulation. Enjoy 60+ lo-fi tracks, a Pomodoro timer, and a stopwatch while you work, study, or unwind. You can also switch to Mini Mode and enjoy your cats’ company as they stroll along your Windows taskbar.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.6% ★, Idler 18.4%, Collectathon 14.1%, Incremental 9.6%, Relaxing 4.6%
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 56% ★, Idler 21.9%, Collectathon 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, RPG 5.7%
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 64.1% ★, Idler 19.6%, Relaxing 8%, Casual 5.6%, 2D 2.2%
Loot Nook is an idle loot RPG that hides in the corner of your desktop. Heroes fight, explore, and loot — while you work or study. Mix classes, skills, and gear. Check in, collect, and upgrade. Build your build and watch your power climb!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.5% ★, Idler 20%, Incremental 9.4%, Loot 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
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 49.4% ★, Idler 19.4%, Cozy 5.9%, Cute 5.2%, Collectathon 3.8%
Daily Botanica is a relaxing desktop idler about raising mysterious plants. Pet and water each seedling, discover what makes it flourish, and arrange a living collection around your screen - even while you work, study, or step away.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.8% ★, Idler 17.9%, Collectathon 10.8%, Incremental 9.9%, Relaxing 5.8%
A tiny idle RPG that lives on your desktop. Park it on your taskbar or anywhere on screen, and four heroes march through 7 acts while you work, study or play. Gear them up, shape their skills, and come back to loot and levels. Fully offline: no account, no servers, no microtransactions.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.2% ★, Idler 20.7%, Incremental 9.5%, RPG 7.8%, Loot 5.2%
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 49.3% ★, Idler 22.7%, Relaxing 6.1%, Casual 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
Welcome to Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi! This is a relaxing and enjoyable idle fishing game that can sit at the bottom or any corner of your screen, allowing you to enjoy a leisurely sea fishing time in your busy life.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.7% ★, Idler 16.2%, Collectathon 8.4%, Incremental 7.6%, Creature Collector 5.8%
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 46.4% ★, Idler 23.6%, Incremental 9.7%, Loot 8.2%, Fantasy 3.9%
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 58.4% ★, Idler 20%, Cozy 6.3%, Relaxing 6.3%, Casual 4.5%
Awooo—! Follow Sirius into the starry lands! Sirius the Stargazer is a cozy desktop idle game. Start with a simple branch, defeat monsters, collect gear with random abilities, and help Sirius grow stronger. When he’s tired, let him rest by the campfire and keep you company.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.2% ★, Idler 18.8%, Loot 8.4%, Cute 6.3%, RPG 5.4%
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 53% ★, Idler 20.1%, Incremental 11.8%, Cute 4.2%, Relaxing 3.5%
Brighten your day with a super cute desktop kitty who lives in a backpack! Turn tasks into rewards and earn kitty costumes, accessories or adorable backpack decorations. Collect, trade, and care for your sweet Backpack Cat. Purrfect for at home, work, or school.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.2% ★, Idler 16%, Collectathon 9.5%, Incremental 7.6%, Cute 5.7%
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 50.7% ★, Idler 23.5%, Relaxing 5%, Cozy 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
Creature Evolution is a game about merging little creatures and seeing what they turn into. You start with a few small critters, and by combining them, they slowly change into new and sometimes unexpected forms. The more you merge, the stranger and bigger they grow.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.8% ★, Idler 16.5%, Collectathon 11%, Incremental 10.8%, Creature Collector 6.2%
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 49% ★, Idler 17.9%, Incremental 8.3%, Relaxing 5.2%, RPG 4.3%
Relax and collect over 500 unique mammals in this cozy idle game. Watch babies grow into magnificent adults in real-time, customize warm woodland habitats across 9 themed packs, and discover rare species from tiny shrews to great whales.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.4% ★, Idler 17.4%, Collectathon 12%, Incremental 11.7%, Creature Collector 8.4%
Work, browse, or play other games while hatching eggs in the background! Collect 300+ pets, unlock powerful upgrades, and build your battle team. Or Sell/Buy from the Steam Community Market.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.1% ★, Idler 18.4%, Incremental 10%, Creature Collector 6.8%, Collectathon 5.2%
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 67.4% ★, Idler 26.3%, Casual 3.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 57.2% ★, Idler 20%, Incremental 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, Casual 3.8%
Lead adorable warriors to form an adventure team to work and adventure on the computer desktop. Defeat the warriors to save the world. Rich nurturing and collection elements, idle and slack off to earn money and fight monsters!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.2% ★, Idler 22%, Incremental 6.5%, RPG 6%, Relaxing 3.8%
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 56.5% ★, Idler 21.9%, Relaxing 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Cute 3.1%
A resident idle game where a yokai parade ambles along the bottom of your screen. Fill your codex while you work; the koban they gather unlock rarer, stranger spirits... maybe. Now and then, a festival lights up the night market. Care to let a habit-forming yokai world walk across your PC?
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.5% ★, Idler 17.6%, Incremental 6.5%, Creature Collector 6%, Relaxing 5.4%
From a corner of your screen, TEKUTEKU wanders Tokyo, finding small sparkling things for its notebook. Pack its lunchbox and the journey shifts. It scribbles along as you type, and may leave a letter if you stay a while. A hand-drawn, cozy desktop game of discovery and collection.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.4% ★, Idler 19.5%, Cute 5.9%, Collectathon 5.6%, Relaxing 5.6%
Desktop Gugu is a cozy taskbar companion. Freely place crystals, sacred trees, or nuclear reactors to assign pets to different production jobs. Pet, feed, and fuse them to unlock 12+ quirky companions. Fully supports transparent mouse-passthrough to keep your work uninterrupted.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.8% ★, Idler 18.9%, Incremental 10.4%, Cute 5.8%, Creature Collector 5.2%
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 56.1% ★, Idler 20.8%, Incremental 9.9%, Cute 4.8%, Relaxing 4.4%
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 56.4% ★, Idler 27.8%, Cute 6.7%, Casual 4.2%, 2D 3.5%
A cozy idle game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Run a space gas station, refuel ships, hire bots, chain combo for fat payouts, and rebuild an outpost into the busiest stop in the galaxy!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.3% ★, Idler 18.8%, Incremental 10.4%, Cozy 5.1%, Relaxing 4.3%
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 42.9% ★, Idler 20.5%, Incremental 11.5%, Creature Collector 5.5%, Casual 4.5%
A cozy idle fishing game that lives on your desktop. Cast your line, catch fish of every rarity and grade, and track your collection in the journal. Fish with up to three others on a shared pier. No clicking, no pressure, just chill vibes while you work or play.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.4% ★, Idler 19.2%, Incremental 10.3%, Creature Collector 6.1%, Cozy 4.9%
A tiny forge in the corner of your desktop. Quirky smiths gather materials and hammer out blades on their own. Hand one to a passing adventurer, or deliver it to a nation at war — your blade decides whether they live, calms the monster dens, and can change who rules a town.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.6% ★, Idler 22%, Incremental 8.3%, Management 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
A hack-and-slash that fights on in your taskbar. Chibi heroes meet the enemy inside a thin strip parked at the bottom of your screen. All you do is swap the gear they picked up and respec their skills, whenever you feel like it. The rest happens in the corner of your screen without you.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44% ★, Idler 22.6%, Incremental 8.1%, RPG 6.2%, Loot 5.5%
Happy Pawlets is a pet-breeding and desktop companion game. Choose the parents, discover how colors, patterns, body shapes, and features pass through generations, raise your favorite offspring, and bring them onto your desktop.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.3% ★, Idler 20.1%, Incremental 6.7%, Relaxing 6.4%, Cozy 5.1%
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 66.3% ★, Idler 14.8%, Collectathon 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 3%, Casual 2.8%
A cute gecko lives on your screen! Capture bugs, keep them for special bonuses or sell them to buy upgrades and customize your gecko. Watch it wiggle while you work or play!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.9% ★, Idler 16.4%, Collectathon 11.7%, Incremental 9%, Cute 5.1%
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 51.1% ★, Idler 19.3%, Incremental 7.7%, Creature Collector 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 5%
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 60.5% ★, Idler 14.6%, Incremental 6.7%, Collectathon 6.4%, Casual 3.7%
Assemble your adventure squad on the desktop! Classic RPG meets idle play—no grind, no stress, just nonstop progress. Your heroes fight, level up, and loot while you work or study. Explore rich classes, powerful skills, and thrilling gear drops. RPG excitement, anytime, anywhere!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 39.2% ★, Idler 18.7%, Incremental 10.6%, Loot 7.1%, Creature Collector 6.6%
An idle poker game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.2% ★, Idler 21.1%, Loot 7.1%, Incremental 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
A tiny, cozy idle fishing desktop companion about quiet progress, handcrafted islands, and stories hidden beneath the waves. Discover new species, upgrade your gear, customize your gears and let your fisher work peacefully in the background.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.3% ★, Idler 20.1%, Creature Collector 7.7%, Relaxing 6%, Cute 4.6%
Little Ghosties is a cozy 2D idle desktop companion game where adorable ghosts live inside a terrarium on your desktop. Hatch, raise, and collect unique ghosts as they grow from eggs into fully grown adult ghosts.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.6% ★, Idler 16.7%, Collectathon 9.2%, Incremental 8.5%, Relaxing 5.6%
Run a cozy capsule shop at the bottom of your screen while you work or study. Attract adorable animal customers, collect charming capsule toys, create & decorate a relaxing, ambient world. This idle sim brings you small moments of joy with cute companions making your desktop a place you’d rather be.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 32.9% ★, Idler 16.6%, Incremental 9.7%, Collectathon 9.1%, Creature Collector 5.9%
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 51.4% ★, Idler 20.8%, Creature Collector 6.9%, Relaxing 6.8%, Cute 6.3%
Lightweight desktop idle battler. The ultimate workday distraction.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.7% ★, Idler 18.9%, Incremental 10.7%, Loot 8.4%, RPG 3.9%
Relax and collect hundreds of unique butterflies and moths in this cozy idle game. Watch caterpillars transform from larva to chrysalis to winged beauty, customize lush greenhouses, and discover rare species from monarchs to atlas moths.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.3% ★, Idler 16.7%, Collectathon 9.8%, Incremental 8.8%, Creature Collector 7.1%
