Games Like Pixel Quest: Guild

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 34.2% ★, Idler 13.2%, Incremental 11.6%, Capitalism 9.1%, Automation 8.8%

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 33.5% ★, Automation 11.4%, Idler 10.6%, Incremental 9.3%, Base Building 7.6%

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 38.3% ★, Capitalism 12.1%, Idler 11.4%, Automation 10%, Incremental 7.2%

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 39.5% ★, Idler 12.4%, Incremental 11.1%, Capitalism 10.9%, Base Building 6%

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 41.5% ★, Idler 12.5%, Incremental 9.2%, Capitalism 8.3%, Automation 7.4%

Dig deep, manage workers, research tech, and face quantum mysteries in this terminal style incremental mining game.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.7% ★, Idler 12%, Incremental 11.3%, Automation 8.2%, Base Building 7.7%

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 47.2% ★, Idler 16.6%, Incremental 10.9%, Relaxing 5.1%, RPG 5%

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 50.7% ★, Incremental 14.8%, Idler 14.1%, Automation 4.9%, Management 3.9%

A desktop idle RPG that lives on the side of your screen. Gather cute pixel heroes, rebuild a tiny town, and watch it grow while you work. Welcome to 《Crusader Quest: Hero Town》!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.5% ★, Idler 11.8%, Automation 11.4%, Incremental 10.6%, Building 5.5%

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 41.4% ★, Idler 14.1%, Automation 10.9%, Capitalism 10.1%, Relaxing 5.1%

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 43% ★, Automation 14.8%, Idler 13.6%, Management 6.3%, Relaxing 5.1%

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 49% ★, Idler 18%, Incremental 14.2%, RPG 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%

A cozy 2D idle beekeeping sim that sits at the bottom of your screen. Help Grandpa build his bee haven by setting up beehives, upgrading them, unlocking new hive types, bee species, beekeeping equipment and more land. You can also hire cute helpers and decorate the place in creative ways.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.4% ★, Automation 13.6%, Idler 12.6%, Base Building 6%, Management 5.2%

Build a wild fantasy lumber empire that bombards a forest across the valley with axes, ballistas, cannons, and magic. Harvest flying logs, stack absurd upgrades, and automate your way to unstoppable woodcutting power.

Why similar: Incremental 15.7%, Idler 15.6%, Automation 14.2%, Capitalism 12.4%, Building 6.3%

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 52.3% ★, Idler 19.3%, Incremental 17.2%, Relaxing 3.7%, Fantasy 3%

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 55.1% ★, Idler 22.2%, Relaxing 6.8%, Management 4.9%, 2D 3.9%

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 39.7% ★, Idler 12.5%, Incremental 11.9%, Automation 8.2%, Capitalism 7.6%

A relaxing cozy idle game that lives on the bottom of your screen. Watch Monty mine and find treasures. Upgrade his skills and minerals, and decorate his world while you work and relax.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.4% ★, Idler 14.1%, Management 6.3%, Relaxing 5.9%, Building 5.9%

Marketfield Idle is all about growing crops, selling goods, cooking recipes, automating production, and prestige into stronger runs in a cozy incremental farming game with 1200+ upgrades, strategy paths, and lots of synergies to discover.

Why similar: Incremental 19.9%, Idler 18.4%, Automation 17.8%, Capitalism 10.6%, Strategy 7.8%

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 44.4% ★, Idler 13.8%, Automation 12.4%, Incremental 8%, Management 5.7%

Become a wizard, and a thumping good one! Abracademia is a cozy mage idle life-sim that lives on your screen and keeps you company while you work or play. Pick a coven, manage your daily routine, learn spells, make friends, embark on adventures, and pass exams on your way to graduation.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.9% ★, Idler 12.9%, Automation 12.5%, Incremental 8%, Management 6.5%

Apiary in Flow is an incremental game with automation elements where you place bees inside a hive to build efficient honey-gathering chains. Unlock new bee types and spend your harvest on permanent skill tree upgrades!

Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Incremental 21.7%, Idler 20.8%, Building 5.5%, Management 5.3%

Welcome to Spice & Grill, a cozy restaurant that lives at the bottom of your screen. Build and decorate your own dining space, set up the best kitchen, and train the best chefs to serve customers all year round.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 36.9% ★, Idler 12.5%, Automation 11.8%, Base Building 8%, Building 5.4%

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 35.7% ★, Automation 13.4%, Idler 12.3%, Incremental 12.3%, Capitalism 10%

Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.4% ★, Idler 14.2%, Incremental 12.5%, Capitalism 12.2%, Management 6.4%

A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.

Why similar: Automation 18.2%, Incremental 18%, Idler 17.1%, Capitalism 11.1%, Base Building 8.2%

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 40.2% ★, Idler 13.7%, Capitalism 13.5%, Automation 11.9%, Resource Management 4.4%

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 60.2% ★, Idler 16.3%, Incremental 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Casual 3%

A cozy idle ASMR cat café that lives on your screen. Serve customers and decorate your café while you work or relax.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.6% ★, Automation 14.6%, Idler 13%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 6.3%

Live the dream and run your own arcade in this idle management sim. Purchase arcade machines and build your space, your way. Run your arcade, level up and upgrade your machines to attract elite gamers and watch as they empty their pockets to fill yours! Then sit back & enjoy the buzz of the arcade.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 25% ★, Idler 17.5%, Automation 10.8%, Capitalism 10.4%, Management 8.8%

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 69.7% ★, Automation 13.2%, Idler 8.7%, Management 6.8%, 2D 1.6%

A cozy online incremental idle game you can play with your friends at the bottom of your screen. Customise, play mini games, earn & spend!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50% ★, Idler 14.6%, Automation 13.5%, Relaxing 6.1%, Building 5.6%

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 48.9% ★, Incremental 17.4%, Idler 16.8%, Relaxing 6%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

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 47% ★, Idler 16.3%, Automation 14.3%, Management 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

A farm simulator on your taskbar. Bring your taskbar to life by raising adorable farm animals while doing other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 45.1% ★, Incremental 15.3%, Idler 14.5%, Automation 11.7%, Relaxing 5.2%

Lightweight desktop idle battler. The ultimate workday distraction.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.6% ★, Idler 15.1%, Incremental 12.7%, Automation 11.4%, Relaxing 3.4%

Grow your own vegetables in your tiny desk pot in this idle game. Leave your tiny pot in a corner of your desktop and vegetables will grow little by little. Upgrade, customize and change your pot. You’ll discover new soils, types of vegetables, stickers and much more!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 50.4% ★, Incremental 14.8%, Idler 14.2%, Automation 11.2%, Relaxing 5.1%

Only Driving is a idle car driving game that promises incremental increases. As your vehicle moves automatically, you’ll be able to collect coins along the way and increase your kilometers to get new cars and new upgrades. Every kilometer of this journey will enhance your vehicle and make you rest.

Why similar: Incremental 21.2%, Idler 20.6%, Capitalism 19.2%, Relaxing 8.4%, Strategy 7.6%

Every [key]stroke makes your sausage bigger. Let it sit in the corner of your screen and watch it grow while you use your PC. Feed it different meats, upgrade your butcher, and see the magic happen. Have you ever dreamed of growing your sausage? Now it’s finally possible!

Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.7% ★, Incremental 16.8%, Idler 16.1%, Capitalism 6.4%, Relaxing 5.3%

A relaxing idle market simulator that sits at the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.6% ★, Automation 16.4%, Idler 16%, Building 7.3%, Relaxing 5.5%

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 46.7% ★, Idler 17.6%, Incremental 15.2%, Resource Management 4.6%, Management 4.6%

A Plinko-like incremental where your coins strum harps, hit drums, and eventually create their own master orchestra. Go Plunk it up!

Why similar: Incremental 24%, Idler 21.9%, Automation 12.2%, Arcade 9.1%, Strategy 8.5%

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 54.3% ★, Idler 19.2%, Incremental 8.8%, RPG 5.8%, Relaxing 4.3%

A relaxing city builder on the bottom of your screen. Place homes, create services, maximize your population happiness. Grow your city at your own pace.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 57.4% ★, Idler 17.6%, Building 8.8%, Relaxing 6.1%, Resource Management 4.1%

An ultra-tiny idle farming simulation you can place anywhere on your desktop. Start your cozy farming life anytime.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 48.8% ★, Automation 16.2%, Idler 11.2%, Building 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%

A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 35.1% ★, Automation 13%, Idler 11.9%, Base Building 8.4%, Management 6%

A screensaver-inspired idle incremental game. Unlock skills, explode your income, and feel the thrill of the perfect corner hit.

Why similar: Idler 26.9%, Incremental 24.6%, Automation 13%, Relaxing 10.1%, Strategy 8.6%

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 61.9% ★, Idler 17.8%, Incremental 13%, Relaxing 4.9%, Casual 2.4%

A cozy desktop companion game where a cute crocodile fishes for you. Catch all kinds of weird fishes, sell them to upgrade his gears or showcase your impressive catches so that friends can be jealous. Automation is there for busy time, and no distractions, so you can focus on work when needed.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.9% ★, Idler 13.3%, Incremental 12.3%, Automation 9.1%, Capitalism 8.2%

Run a bathhouse visited by animals! Maltese's Fluffy Onsen is a relaxing simulation game that you can enjoy while doing other tasks, as it sits at the bottom of your screen. Place baths with different temperatures and rest areas to help a variety of animal friends unwind.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 52.3% ★, Automation 17.1%, Idler 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Relaxing 3.8%

Help a mighty dragon break a terrible curse in this incremental game. Hire workers, collect resources, construct buildings, unlock upgrades, and become a powerful king.

Why similar: Incremental 22.3%, Idler 20.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Automation 7.8%, Resource Management 6.8%

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 51.7% ★, Incremental 17.1%, Idler 15%, RPG 5.8%, Dark Fantasy 4.9%

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 20.1%, Automation 19.4%, Idler 18.6%, Capitalism 18.2%, Management 6.9%

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 54.4% ★, Idler 16.8%, Incremental 11.6%, Automation 6.9%, Relaxing 3.1%

Slime Co. is an idle game where you make slime! Buy and upgrade facilities that generate the raw ingredients to make slime, and facilities to make those ingredients into slime.

Why similar: Incremental 22.1%, Idler 20.3%, Capitalism 18.1%, Automation 15.1%, Relaxing 7.7%

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 46.7% ★, Idler 14.4%, Incremental 13%, Automation 11%, Management 4.7%

A magical library you can place on your desktop. Help the black cat study ancient tomes and learn spells in this cozy idle game.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 51.6% ★, Incremental 15.3%, Idler 15.3%, Relaxing 6.5%, Management 5.6%

Run a cozy capsule shop at the bottom of your screen. Attract cute animal customers, collect charming capsule toys, and build a relaxing, ambient world in this idle sim bringing you small moments of joy while you work. Make your desktop a place you’d rather be.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.5% ★, Idler 16.5%, Incremental 15%, Management 8.1%, Relaxing 5.7%

Shoot goblins, grow your army, and maintain your speed with every tap. Play in full screen or let the game run silently at the bottom of the screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.5% ★, Idler 17.8%, Incremental 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Relaxing 5%

A tiny dark fantasy auto-looter that lives on your desktop

Why similar: Desktop Companion 56.9% ★, Idler 14.5%, Incremental 8%, Dark Fantasy 6.4%, RPG 6.2%