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Little Aviary is a relaxing idle bird collector that sits at the bottom of your screen! Hatch unique birds, sell them, decorate, then watch them fly around your screen and perch on top of your other windows!

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 236 reviews
Released: 2025-11-17
Developer: Tom Daly
Publisher: TrueColor Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 7.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 33.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 87%

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    Dev: Gagonfe
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!

    Why similar: Incremental 33.6%, Idler 22.9%, Management 9.4%, Relaxing 7.4%, Collectathon 6.4%

  56. #56 Grove Fisher
    70% matchMixed70% of 102 reviews2024
    Dev: EVIL CORP GAMES
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A relaxing idle game about fishing. Discover dozens of fishes and treasures! Spend your resources on growing your operation and unlocking new varieties of underground life! Achieve goals, buy skills, and mutate rare fish to improve your profits!

    Why similar: Idler 19.7%, Creature Collector 17%, Collectathon 14.1%, Incremental 13.9%, Economy 9.2%

  57. #57 Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 140 reviews2026
    Dev: HCL
    Windows · Mac

    Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a semi-idle research game, not a traditional management sim. Keep it in a small window while you work, study, write papers, or take a break. Recruit students, run a pixel lab, publish papers, earn Impact Factor, and watch them work, slack off, and break down.

    Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.4%, Idler 24.8%, Relaxing 5.9%, Management 4.2%, Cute 3.3%

  58. #58 Chicken Fren
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 79 reviews2026
    Dev: Iron Cock Studios
    Windows

    Chicken Fren is a desktop pet that struts across your screen while you work or play. Every mouse click and keypress is a chance to spawn an egg: crack the egg to reveal hats and cosmetics ranging from common to legendary. Collect items, equip them, or trade them on the Steam Marketplace!

    Why similar: Idler 29.4%, Incremental 27.3%, Collectathon 23.9%, Relaxing 5.9%, Casual 5%

  59. #59 Digseum
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,976 reviews2024
    Dev: Rat Monthly
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

    Why similar: Incremental 22.9%, Idler 21.7%, Collectathon 12.2%, Economy 9.1%, Management 8.1%

  60. #60 Furry Company
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 188 reviews2025
    Dev: Dreamscape Studio
    Windows

    This is an idle-style casual game that appears at the bottom of your screen. In the game, you’ll hire adorable animals to work at the company you’ve founded. You be the boss and make sure they don’t slack off. The earnings can be used to renovate or expand your cozy office.

    Why similar: Idler 36.9%, Incremental 28.1%, Building 9.1%, Relaxing 6.8%, Cute 6%

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