Games Like My Party Is Grinding

The ultimate tiny idle RPG! Adorable pixel heroes are waiting to join your adventure — from your taskbar. Fight off the boredom of work and daily life with diverse classes, skills, items, and builds!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 31.2% ★, Trading 24.4%, Idler 17.8%, Auto Battler 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

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 31.4% ★, Trading 21.5%, Idler 13.5%, Auto Battler 11.8%, Incremental 7.3%

An idle RPG companion for your taskbar. While the game is running, your Monto farms stages, defeats bosses, gathers loot, and battles other players in asynchronous PvP. Hatch new Montos, refine your build, trade valuable drops on the Steam Community Market, and climb PvP and PvE rankings.

Why similar: Trading 28.2%, Desktop Companion 27% ★, Idler 14%, RPG 7.9%, Auto Battler 7%

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 33.8% ★, Trading 22.2%, Idler 15.8%, Auto Battler 7.4%, Incremental 6.6%

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 36.4% ★, Idler 19.5%, Auto Battler 14.5%, Hack and Slash 7.1%, RPG 5.7%

A dark fantasy idle RPG that lives in the corner of your screen. Fight and loot while you work, refine your build, trigger item synergies, and grow stronger. An autobattler with asynchronous PvP, for glory and loot!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 29.6% ★, Trading 16.7%, Idler 13.4%, Auto Battler 12.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 8.5% ★

Watch 3D chibi characters from Touhou Project battle through an endless corridor in this compact idle RPG. Build a party of up to four, collect gear, create powerful sets, and shape every character with branching skill trees. Keep growing in a slim window while you work, study, or browse.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 32.4% ★, Idler 23.5%, Party-Based RPG 13.3%, Auto Battler 12.5%, RPG 8.6%

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 45.8% ★, Idler 22.6%, Incremental 9.1%, RPG 8.8%, Auto Battler 8.3%

A pixel-art idle zombie RPG that lives in a slim strip above your taskbar. Your survivors fight the horde while you work: loot scrap, forge gear, unlock skills, prestige and push through 4 difficulties. Minimize the apocalypse - or go fullscreen when the boss arrives.

Why similar: Auto Battler 17.7%, Idler 16.5%, Party-Based RPG 14.3%, Desktop Companion 12.8% ★, Trading 12.5%

An idle action RPG that lives in the corner of your desktop. Your hero farms monsters and gathers loot while you do other things—you return for the best part: choosing new gear, shaping the build, and deciding where to farm next.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 47.3% ★, Idler 15.8%, Auto Battler 9.5%, Hack and Slash 7%, Action RPG 6.7%

Stress Relief is an idler game, which comes with a reliable companion, the Slime! Are you bored? Are you stressed because of work? Come and destroy your desktop with the tools included! Play, earn Pixel Points and get drops every 25 minutes!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 39.3% ★, Trading 26.8%, Idler 18.7%, Incremental 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

Cat Screen is a game about cats living on your desktop and taskbar! Collect, feed, play mini-games, win boxes, power up your cats, and participate in boss battles!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 40% ★, Trading 19%, Idler 16.7%, Auto Battler 13.1%, Incremental 6.8%

There's a die on your taskbar. It charges while you type, so the more work you get done the more you get to roll. Collect an unreasonable number of dies, trade your spares up into rarer ones, and watch it tumble across your desktop instead of finishing that email.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 47.2% ★, Trading 26.8%, Idler 23.9%, Casual 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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 46.9% ★, Idler 22.3%, Hack and Slash 7.5%, Action RPG 7.2%, RPG 6.5%

A lightweight gladiator auto-battler designed to be played or watched on a second monitor.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.2% ★, Idler 22%, Auto Battler 17.3%, Incremental 9.2%, PvE 2.8%

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 40% ★, Idler 16.6%, Trading 14.4%, Auto Battler 14.4%, Incremental 7.9%

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 69.4% ★, Idler 28.1%, Casual 1.2%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%

An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.7% ★, Idler 19.4%, Auto Battler 17.3%, Incremental 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4%

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 59.2% ★, Idler 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%, RPG 6.7%, Inventory Management 1.8%

A tiny monster-taming auto-battler that lives in the corner of your screen, and they never stops grinding. Catch 90 Minimon, build busted team comps, and rake in loot while you work, browse, or play something else entirely. They battle. You profit.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 36.3% ★, Idler 16.6%, Auto Battler 15.7%, Party-Based RPG 11.9%, Incremental 8.3%

An idle detective game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.2% ★, Idler 20.3%, Auto Battler 14.9%, Incremental 9.3%, RPG 5%

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 49.7% ★, Idler 25.7%, Incremental 8.4%, Action RPG 8.2%, RPG 4.3%

A desktop companion idle auto-battler in isometric 3D that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things. Collect your loot, upgrade your tower and defeat endless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50% ★, Idler 19.8%, Auto Battler 16.8%, Incremental 9.1%, Inventory Management 2.3%

A hardcore medieval fantasy idle RPG, almost entirely in text. Build characters with races, jobs, and epithets. Over 1,000 items to loot. A story 93% of players rated "great." Combat and exploration are fully auto—just check your results. Now in Chapter 5, unfolding across five major updates.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.3% ★, Auto Battler 15.3%, Idler 14.1%, Party-Based RPG 11.9%, RPG 6.8%

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 51.7% ★, Idler 24.4%, Incremental 8.1%, RPG 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

Legends of Companion is a strategic auto-battling ARPG roguelite where every choice is yours. Pick from 4 classes, build deep skill trees, forge loot, recruit a battle pet, and chart paths across diverse worlds. Master skills, gear, and team combos to turn one spark into an unstoppable legend.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 54.6% ★, Auto Battler 19.9%, RPG 12.6%, Incremental 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

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 63.1% ★, Idler 24.4%, Incremental 10.2%, Casual 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Idler 26.2%, Auto Battler 22.5%, Desktop Companion 21.8% ★, Incremental 11.9%, RPG 6.6%

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 56.2% ★, Idler 27.8%, Incremental 12.5%, Fantasy 1.4%, Casual 1%

Raise, Collect, Trade! Discover rare fish, grow your collection, and build a living aquarium right on your desktop.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.2% ★, Trading 29.7%, Idler 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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 61.4% ★, Idler 22.4%, Incremental 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Casual 1.3%

Your tower lives on your desktop, always on top of whatever you're doing. An incremental-idle survivor of endless waves: it shoots on its own, you drive the progression. Collect, climb the difficulty and beat your record. Free.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.9% ★, Idler 21.6%, Incremental 12.6%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 10.4% ★, Casual 1.4%

Leave the Taskbar Mode window open and your birthstone envoys keep exploring and leveling up while you work or play something else. Open the main game and two opposing stories await: party battles on the God Side, tower defense and castle-town building on the Demon King Side.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.3% ★, Idler 20.3%, Party-Based RPG 13.6%, Incremental 8.1%, RPG 5.9%

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 56.4% ★, Idler 27.1%, Incremental 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Casual 0.9%

An immersive desktop companion idle game. Your typing fuels the alchemy furnace, forging mysterious artifacts. Enjoy asynchronous multiplayer, collect and trade rare relics on the Steam Market. Turn boring work into a magical alchemy journey!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 40.1% ★, Trading 18.8%, Idler 18.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 10.7% ★, Incremental 8.5%

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 50% ★, Auto Battler 18.8%, Idler 15.7%, Incremental 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

A cozy idle creature collector that sits on your desktop as you go about your day. Grow crops, care for and level-up your companions and put them to the test in exciting monster battles!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50% ★, Farming 27.4% ★, Idler 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%, Casual 0.7%

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 60.4% ★, Idler 32.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Casual 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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 73.7% ★, Idler 23.4%, Casual 2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

《Delvegg》 is a desktop idle mining game. The core gameplay revolves around digging eggs, collecting pets, and building your underground mining empire.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.8% ★, Idler 22.4%, Auto Battler 8.6%, Incremental 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

An idle survivor-like that sits in the corner of your screen.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 45.2% ★, Idler 20.6%, Auto Battler 17.3%, Incremental 9.1%, Action RPG 4.3%

A tiny forge that lives in the corner of your desktop. Quirky smiths gather materials and hammer out blades on their own. Every sword you hand to a passing adventurer decides how their journey ends — give them a poor one, and they may never come back.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 63.2% ★, Idler 25.8%, Incremental 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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 64.5% ★, Idler 33%, Casual 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%, Indie 0.4%

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 64% ★, Idler 24.7%, Incremental 9.1%, Casual 1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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 64.7% ★, Idler 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Casual 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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 62.5% ★, Idler 24.6%, Incremental 11.3%, Casual 1.1%, Indie 0.3%

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 58% ★, Idler 22%, Incremental 7.9%, RPG 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

A cute SD pixel hero cuts through endless waves of enemies, then grows stronger between battles in an incremental auto-battle RPG built around satisfying progression.

Why similar: Idler 34.4%, Auto Battler 25.3%, Incremental 18.8%, RPG 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

An idle tower defense game that sits at the bottom of your screen

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.3%, Idler 25.3%, Desktop Companion 24.7% ★, Incremental 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

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 61.3% ★, Idler 22.8%, Incremental 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%, Casual 1%

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: Desktop Companion 66.1% ★, Idler 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Casual 1.5%, Indie 0.8%

Build, upgrade, and watch your tiny universe evolve.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 42% ★, Trading 19.7%, Idler 19.5%, Auto Battler 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 3%

A cozy idle farming simulator that hangs out on your desktop while you work, study or just chill 🌻

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50.6% ★, Farming 28.8% ★, Idler 19.8%, Casual 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

The first Incremental RPG you can play at any scale. Dig toward the center of the world. Sell the items you find, earn money, or upgrade your character. Fight underground monsters and mine more valuable ores.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 54% ★, Idler 24.9%, Incremental 13%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Casual 1.1%

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 52.2% ★, Idler 16.9%, Auto Battler 15.5%, Incremental 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

Chill Fishing is the ultimate laid-back desktop fishing experience!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 70.8% ★, Idler 26.4%, Casual 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.5%

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 59.4% ★, Idler 23.3%, Incremental 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Inventory Management 2.7%

S4NCTU4RY — a bar set in the heart of a cyberpunk city. Outside, the world is loud, exhausting, and never stops. Your job is to offer shelter from the chaos, and craft the one drink that makes people forget it all.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50.5% ★, Auto Battler 20.9%, Idler 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%