- #1 Grim
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artudo.IndieGo
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror where your choices reshape reality and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Idler 39.9%, 1990's 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 9%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #2 Wild Angels | Episode 1
96% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Remus
Windows
An interactive visual novel about a mysterious gang who decided to break the law.
Why similar: Idler 40.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 11.1%, Violent 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #3 Astaryn : Chained Realms Idler
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Karl Eriksson
Windows
Astaryn: Chained Realms is a long-term idle fantasy RPG where you choose a hero class, train professions offline, craft gear and food, optimize combat strength, prepare for dungeons, earn faction rewards, and unlock a vast quest-driven campaign across months of progression.
Why similar: Idler 63.9%, Casual 16%, Adventure 15%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 1.8%
- #4 Vibe Clicker
95% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Average Game Studio
Windows · Linux
An idle clicker where you evolve from college graduate to Vibe Lord. Click, automate with AI tools, manage resources, and discover multiple endings in this satirical take on modern work life.
Why similar: Idler 48%, 1990's 15%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Casual 9.3%, Linear 8.2%
- #5 Lust or Heaven
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: North Capital Lions
Windows
Lust o’ Heaven: is an 18+ visual novel featuring fully animated adult scenes! Your choices shape the fates of characters and outcome of the story. Uncover secrets, enjoy the stunning animation, and lose yourself in a deep, branching plot. Your Choice — Your Fate.
Why similar: Idler 45.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 10.2%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #6 My Fake Goblin Wife
94% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Ballerina Group
Windows
You have the opportunity to become the husband of the Goblin Baroness. But what are your chances if this love is a sham?
Why similar: Idler 41.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Anime 12%, Hand-drawn 10%, Casual 9.9%
- #7 Gloopy Edible Nubbins
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jack Pangbourne
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's so great you made it! Welcome to the Gloopy Power Tower. You'll be in charge of managing your workers and undertaking research, supervised by the wonderful Daisy. (That's me!) Improve your power plant, hit quotas efficiently, and you may find yourself getting closer to her...? (Me, that is.)
Why similar: Idler 55.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 11%, Casual 10.2%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #8 Auto Dungeon:Idle Adventure
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Player
Windows
In AutoDungeon, craft your Build, defeat bosses, collect legendary gear, and experience deep interactions between skills, equipment, and talents. Explore 60+ dungeons, challenge legendary bosses. 400+ legendary items, 170+ skills, and gear crafting to build a dungeon-destroying hero.
Why similar: Idler 80.4%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 1.9%
- #9 Install Fee Tycoon
91% matchVery Positive91% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Moonstruck
Windows
Chaos3D, The popular game engine, has started charging developers each time their games are installed. They are also paying you to re-install those games. Get Rich, and destroy the video game industry in the process!
Why similar: Idler 51.5%, 1990's 30%, Casual 16.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #10 Supply Chain Idle
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 381 reviews2018
Dev: Upturn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, link and upgrade factories to produce and sell products.
Why similar: Idler 81.6%, Casual 18.4%
- #11 Easy Quiz
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Octillion Entertainment
Windows
An Easy Quiz to test your skills.
Why similar: Idler 53.9%, Casual 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Indie 2%
- #12 Notes of my silence
89% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Kostrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into the silence with Stephan, young musician that lost his hearing and, at the same time, the meaning of life.
Why similar: Idler 46.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Anime 11.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #13 Zavod
87% matchVery Positive92% of 423 reviews2025
Dev: Gendocik
Windows
The visual novel "Zavod" is an adventure that will take you to the industrial and factory everyday life of ordinary workers.
Why similar: Idler 42.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Anime 15.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #14 Check in
88% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Rescras
Windows
"Check in" is a pure collection-based game where there are no complex operations; completing all challenges simply requires checking in on different dates.
Why similar: Idler 65.1%, Casual 24.1%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #15 Locked Up
86% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Coyote's CorpsePub: Akiyamy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.
Why similar: Idler 39.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Anime 8.8%, Linear 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #16 Synapse Idle
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PAVDUPPub: DEVDUP
Windows · Mac
Grow a 3D neural network from a single neuron. Workers haul energy along radiant paths, buildings amplify every passing signal, and a 100-node skill tree reshapes how your synapse evolves. A calm, incremental idle game about watching complexity bloom — tinted in whatever colors you choose.
Why similar: Idler 74.9%, Casual 18.6%, Singleplayer 4.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #17 Hello my World! Lily.
84% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Idler 45.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Anime 11.2%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #18 Alone With You
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Aleksey Izimov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rei is a high-school student who isn't popular among girls. But suddenly his life changes: two beautiful girls started to pay attention to him. Will he make the right choice or is he doomed to be alone?
Why similar: Idler 45.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Anime 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Casual 10.3%
- #19 Bonk
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Charles Johnston
Windows
A casual musical idler. Ideal for background sounds while focusing on study or work.
Why similar: Idler 75.4%, Casual 19.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #20 Idle Dragon Realm
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tianqianwuya
Windows
This is an adventure AFK game based on text and images, where you can recruit heroes and collect equipment to defeat the demon king. Cultivate unique custom heroes in the game, create exclusive equipment as the main gameplay, easily place to complete the main storyline, and there is also an endless.
Why similar: Idler 74.4%, Casual 12.1%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Adventure 4.5%, Indie 3.4%
- #21 =^.ω.^=
82% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Cockroach Studio
Windows
Something will happen in two hours. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button. Do not press the button.
Why similar: Idler 57.3%, Casual 18.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #22 Idle: Shuguang's Alchemy Store
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 曙炚工作室
Windows
Welcome to Idle Shuguang's Alchemy Store! This is a lighthearted and relaxing idle management game. You can leave it running in the corner of your screen to keep you company during work and study, allowing you to enjoy the peaceful pleasure of running a shop amid your busy life.
Why similar: Idler 75.8%, Casual 18.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #23 Timeline Keepers
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Two Pixels
Windows
Manage heroes across the timeline while you do other things in this idle game that sits at the corner of the screen.
Why similar: Idler 74.1%, Casual 19.4%, Singleplayer 4.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #24 メダルのなる木
79% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: あのゲームの作り方
Windows
Enjoy the medal pusher game on your desktop! For those of you who are busy, the Kamo characters will help carry the medals! Use the medals you've collected to earn even more!
Why similar: Idler 73.9%, Casual 19.3%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 2%
- #25 Desktop Jinja
81% 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 77.5%, Casual 17.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #26 OCCUPIED
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: UrbanWandererPub: UrbanWandererGames
Windows
This is a short hentai visual novel about restless girls looking for adventures
Why similar: 1990's 28.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Casual 19.9%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Anime 14.1%
- #27 Kawaii Girls Panic
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: 17Studio
Windows
Classic arcade gameplay remastered! Conquer the bigger portion of the screen and save the panic girls from the various absurd troublemakers.
Why similar: Idler 44.7%, 1990's 19.8%, Casual 15.4%, Anime 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #28 Desk Dino
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: SimpleDev
Windows
Some naughty pixel dinos run around on your computer desktop, being some good accompany while you're working, studying or relaxing. Feed them or play with them, it's on your mark. Don't worry, they won't bite. Enjoy your dino.
Why similar: Idler 77%, Casual 17.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Indie 2%
- #29 ShapeBlast
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ShapeBlast
Windows
A calm, relaxing, and short idle game. Smash geometric enemies on the battlefield, collect resources, and unlock over 100 in-game talents.
Why similar: Idler 65.5%, Casual 25.8%, Singleplayer 6.4%, Indie 2.3%
- #30 Musical Slime
76% matchVery Positive98% of 396 reviews2026
Dev: Musical SlimePub: HaHaHaGame
Windows
Ditch the dull, monotonous desktop! Bring home a soft, cuddly slime that grooves in perfect sync with your music, unlock soothing desktop companionship, and enjoy endless player-created music content in the Steam Workshop to swap out whenever you want~
Why similar: Idler 64.3%, Casual 21.6%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #31 New Year's Eve Miracle
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Poesha Games
Windows · Mac
This is a short cute visual novel about New Year's magic, friendship and miracles.
Why similar: Idler 52.1%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Casual 18.6%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #32 Molo's Revenge
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: MelonStudios
Windows · Mac
Molo's Revenge is the incremental journey of a mole dragon to avenge his village by doing the thing he does best: Digging.
Why similar: Idler 75.8%, Casual 18.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 2.2%
- #33 Quantum Break
76% 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 77.6%, Casual 18.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #34 CODIT
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sogeum
Windows
An idle desktop pet game featuring 'Mini,' a cute character roaming your screen. Collect items and outfits from Mini's gifts to customize your friend. Interact during your daily tasks to raise affinity and unlock unique reactions. A perfect, healing companion for your desktop!
Why similar: Idler 71.6%, Casual 22.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 2%
- #35 Company is watching
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wyyne
Windows
Screw. Destroy. Clean. Company is Watching is a psychological horror experience disguised as a production game. Delve into the cogs of a nightmarish corporation where overwork blurs the line between reality and madness. Never stop producing.
Why similar: Idler 58.6%, Casual 10%, Multiple Endings 9%, Violent 7.9%, Linear 6.7%
- #36 Spingenuity
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Tidestep Games
Windows
A relaxing incremental game about spinning a wheel. Use your mouse movement to build momentum and set the wheel in motion. Spend your earnings on upgrades to improve the wheel, spin faster, and earn more money. When progress slows, purchase permanent upgrades through the prestige system.
Why similar: Idler 63.9%, Casual 16.4%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 1.7%
- #37 Idle Wizard
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,776 reviews2019
Dev: TwoWizards
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 228.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
RPG/Idle hybrid about becoming the most powerful wizard there is. Pick a class, get a pet, configure and improve your character in a myriad ways!
Why similar: Idler 92.2%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 1.5%
- #38 IdleCraft
74% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Star River
Windows
An idle loot short game, with some clicks and a bit of luck, you can beat it.
Why similar: Idler 65.5%, Adventure 22.1%, Casual 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #39 Factoridling
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pixedler
Windows · Linux
Factoridling is an idle game about buying and upgrading Factories.
Why similar: Idler 64.3%, Casual 21.8%, Linear 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #40 BalloonBreaker
73% matchMixed68% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: NB Software
Windows
Welcome to Balloon Breaker, the addictive and exhilarating game that will keep you entertained for hours! Your mission is simple but challenging: inflate and pop as many balloons as possible using your trusty mouse. Enjoy your balloons!!!
Why similar: Idler 67.1%, Casual 25.6%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #41 菌菌養殖
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 三轉工作室
Windows
Bacteriya Breeding is a fusion of personified micro-worlds, visual novel storytelling, desktop companionship, and idle gameplay. After a lab mishap, a mysterious organism in your petri dish transforms into a cute girl! Embark on a journey of self-redemption and sweet daily life with the Bacteriyas.
Why similar: Idler 53.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Casual 13.9%, Anime 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #42 DRINKRIME
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
Jin, a talking liquor bottle with supernatural powers, has given you a mission. Face DRINKRIME's cast of unique characters and force them to confess their crimes. Interrogate them together and make those wrongdoers come to terms with their guilt!
Why similar: 1990's 53.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #43 Lotto.exe
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ChimpWithAComputer
Windows
"99% of gamblers quit right before they hit it big. This game is for the other 1%." The ultimate test of human stubbornness. Lotto.exe isn't a "game" in the traditional sense. It is a simulation of a lottery draw designed to determine exactly how much your time is worth to you.
Why similar: Idler 67.6%, Casual 25.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Indie 2.5%
- #44 Chain Ninja
71% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Oriental game studio
Windows
Chain Ninja is an exciting action-adventure game designed and developed by an experienced game development team. In the game, players need to play a chain ninja, traverse the entire room by hanging ropes in the air, obtain keys, and avoid various obstacles and traps in the level.
Why similar: Idler 61.9%, Casual 21.1%, Anime 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #45 Sandfall: Rock Smash
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Portly Poet Gaming
Windows
Smash rocks with hammer. Sand falls in cart. Make money. Repeat.
Why similar: Idler 61.1%, 1990's 17.7%, Casual 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Indie 2.9%
- #46 Say Goodbye
71% matchMixed52% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Violent 26.5%, Casual 15.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Anime 11.4%
- #47 Summer With You
70% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: Aleksey Izimov
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Japanese-style visual novel. A gripping story with four endings, a huge number of choices, 10+ CG, 5+ BG, original music and animated sprites of the main characters will allow you to immerse yourself in a cruel world of deception and sincerity, betrayal and loyalty, happiness and despair.
Why similar: Idler 46.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 12.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #48 Vasya Run
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vasyaPub: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac
Explore, a courier and graffiti artist caught in an extraterrestrial invasion amidst a society ruled by surveillance. Can speed and infiltration skills be enough?
Why similar: Idler 52.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, 1990's 16.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #49 Just a Cat
69% 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 72.4%, Casual 24.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #50 Mysterious insects
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Conversations Games
Windows
Gloria Horn, a middle-aged woman who never left the town where she was born and grew up, due to a sudden hearing loss, is forced to go to an operation in New York - America's largest megalopolis.
Why similar: Casual 24.4%, Adventure 24.2%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Violent 20.1%, Indie 7.5%
- #51 Furball Farm
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: ROCKET LAMB LIMITED
Windows
Welcome to Furball Farm. The current version only has the orchard map and a small amount of white noise, the remaining white noise will be fixed in the next update. The garden map and food map will be presented in the big update next year, all the updates are free, no purchase, stay tuned.
Why similar: Idler 48.7%, 1990's 31.3%, Casual 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #52 Copy: Two Man Too Many
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Marek Gęsikowski
Windows
Copy Two Man Too Many is a 2D psychological game with an isometric view. Explore the gloomy building of a psychiatric hospital, where you are trapped. Solve logic puzzles. Dive deep into the dark story to uncover the mystery and get out of the hospital.
Why similar: Idler 53.6%, 1990's 25.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1.6%
- #53 Scrapborne
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BODOSPub: Rock Paper Publisher
Windows
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: Idler 70.8%, Casual 15.5%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #54 Fisher's Idle
67% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: RaayPub: Raay Games
Windows
Welcome to Fisher's Idle! Immerse yourself in the relaxing world of fishing, where you can buy and manage fishing boats to build a thriving fishing empire.
Why similar: Idler 73.5%, Casual 12.1%, Linear 7.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #55 1997
67% matchVery Positive92% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Hit'n'Run Digital Studio
Windows · Mac
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
Why similar: Idler 35.6%, 1990's 27.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
- #56 I Heard There Are Monsters Here
67% matchMostly Negative25% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: RZGames
Windows · Mac
"I Heard There Are Monsters Here" is a pixel , idle game. The monsters from the beast Land can never be killed forever. At the same time, the Land has countless minerals and wealth. Only when you have courage and wisdom at the same time, can you survive on the beast continent.
Why similar: Idler 75.5%, Casual 17.2%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #57 ISLET GARDEN
65% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Ketopon Lab
Windows
「ISLET GARDEN」 is an idle game you can enjoy on your desktop. Plant vegetation on your island, and its residents will automatically gather resources for you. Use the resources you collect to upgrade and gradually adorn your island!
Why similar: Idler 79.2%, Casual 20.8%
- #58 FlyChivements
68% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Alien Solution
Windows
Play and have fun in the new game that has no analogues! Try to get your hands on all our achievements!
Why similar: Idler 62.3%, Casual 18%, Adventure 13.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 2.5%