
The smallest monster idle RPG, right on your taskbar. Collect and manage monsters, each with unique skills and personality. Exploration runs on its own, so don't stop until you've assembled the ultimate party!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Idler, Desktop Companion, Casual, Singleplayer.

The smallest monster idle RPG, right on your taskbar. Collect and manage monsters, each with unique skills and personality. Exploration runs on its own, so don't stop until you've assembled the ultimate party!

Aleef: Desktop Pet Collector
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.

Stress Relief
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!
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 35.2% ★, Trading 17.7%, Creature Collector 16.2%, Idler 14.1%, Incremental 7.4%
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 34.9% ★, Trading 18.2%, Idler 14.3%, Creature Collector 11%, Character Customization 6.5%
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 38.7% ★, Trading 22.5%, Idler 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Party-Based RPG 3.4%
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: Desktop Companion 29.4% ★, Trading 23.4%, Idler 13.1%, Creature Collector 12.5%, RPG 5.7%
A tiny monster-taming auto-battler that lives in the corner of your screen, and they never stop 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 30.8% ★, Creature Collector 15.1%, Party-Based RPG 13.1%, Idler 12.1%, Character Customization 8%
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 44.7% ★, Creature Collector 17.8%, Idler 15.1%, Character Customization 8.6%, Incremental 5.8%
Raise, Collect, Trade! Discover rare fish, grow your collection, and build a living aquarium right on your desktop.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 38.2% ★, Trading 19.2%, Creature Collector 18.7%, Idler 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 3%
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 46% ★, Creature Collector 17.4%, Idler 16.6%, Character Customization 9.4%, Magic 3.9%
A tiny idle RPG that keeps running in a corner of your desktop — even when it's just an icon. Rally washed-up retired monsters, push back the human invaders, and bring back their glory days!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.2% ★, Trading 23.9%, Idler 20.5%, RPG 5.8%, Side Scroller 4.9%
A desktop idle RPG where your party of five heroes fights, loots, and grows in a small window while you work.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 36.2% ★, Trading 16.9%, Party-Based RPG 15.3%, Idler 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
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 46.6% ★, Idler 20.3%, Trading 20.2%, Character Customization 9.9%, Casual 2.7%
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 45.9% ★, Idler 16.3%, Creature Collector 16.2%, Character Customization 8.8%, Incremental 7.1%
Just leave it running. The rest takes care of itself. In a small corner of your desktop, a 3D character fights and loots all on its own. Snag good gear and trade it on the Steam Community Market. It's idle, yet you can't stop watching. Addictive looting at its finest.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.6% ★, Trading 21.8%, Idler 16.9%, PvE 4.2%, RPG 3.9%
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 49.5% ★, Idler 20.6%, Character Customization 11.8%, PvE 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
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 34.2% ★, Idler 21.4%, Party-Based RPG 18.3%, Incremental 6.6%, RPG 6%
A tiny angler who fishes on your desktop while you work. Pocket Pond is a cozy idle overlay where a pixel-art fisherman auto-casts, reels in 130 species, and fills your codex - no clicking required. Just let him drift in the corner of your screen and see what's biting.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 46.9% ★, Idler 20.5%, Creature Collector 17.6%, Side Scroller 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
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 47.5% ★, Idler 19.3%, Incremental 7.9%, Creature Collector 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
Your guild fights at the bottom of your screen. Hire heroes, merge them, take on bosses, collect Arcanas, call in your Steam friends, and see how deep you get before you ascend and start over.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 41.6% ★, Party-Based RPG 15.5%, Idler 15.2%, Incremental 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
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 47.6% ★, Party-Based RPG 16.4%, Idler 16.2%, Incremental 8.1%, Character Customization 6.2%
Your desktop hamsters run on their wheels in response to your keyboard and mouse input. Get things done with friends while collecting cute hamsters and stylish wheels. Enjoy a variety of multiplayer modes, plus a timer and to-do list.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 45.9% ★, Creature Collector 19%, Idler 12%, Character Customization 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
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 38% ★, Creature Collector 24.2%, Idler 15.6%, Incremental 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
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 43.8% ★, Idler 20.2%, Incremental 6.9%, Character Customization 6.4%, Hack and Slash 5.8%
Desktop Pet is a life simulation game where you can take care of cute creatures while working or playing on your computer. Stream, write documents, play games, watch videos, all together with your little companion.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 50.2% ★, Creature Collector 20.3%, Idler 16.9%, Character Customization 5.4%, Cute 3.4%
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 46% ★, Idler 19.7%, Party-Based RPG 14.1%, Incremental 8.7%, RPG 6.1%
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 41.7% ★, Creature Collector 19.3%, Idler 17.7%, Incremental 9%, RPG 5.3%
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 40.9% ★, Idler 14.6%, Creature Collector 11.9%, Trading 11.3%, Incremental 8.6%
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 49.6% ★, Idler 17.6%, Creature Collector 11.5%, Incremental 10.3%, RPG 4%
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% ★, Creature Collector 18.6%, Idler 16.7%, Incremental 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
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 58.3% ★, Idler 20.2%, Character Customization 11%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Cute 1.7%
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 70.1% ★, Idler 24.4%, Linear 2.7%, Casual 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 55.5% ★, Idler 18.8%, Character Customization 10.7%, Incremental 10.7%, Cute 2.3%
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 47.1% ★, Idler 19.4%, Incremental 8.8%, Party-Based RPG 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
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 61.9% ★, Idler 20.6%, Incremental 10.7%, Casual 2.9%, Cute 2.1%
A co-op idle minimalist desktop extraction game you can play with friends! In a city destroyed by a strange force, many factions covet advanced science and magic—and you step into this land of opportunity. Fight, search, extract, grow stronger, build your base, and uncover your origins!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.5% ★, Trading 20.7%, Idler 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Hack and Slash 4.2%
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 46.4% ★, Creature Collector 17.5%, Idler 16.5%, Incremental 5.9%, Mythology 5%
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 51.9% ★, Idler 17.6%, Creature Collector 15.2%, Incremental 9.4%, Cute 3.2%
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 51.8% ★, Idler 22%, Incremental 10.9%, RPG 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
Your army keeps fighting inside the taskbar while you get on with your day. AFK is an idle RPG built as a fake desktop OS: drag windows, forge gear across ten rarity tiers, climb an endless tower, and settle scores in asynchronous PvP the server replays back to you.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.3% ★, Idler 16.7%, Party-Based RPG 15.1%, Character Customization 8%, RPG 4.6%
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 62.2% ★, Character Customization 14.6%, Idler 13.4%, Incremental 5.9%, Casual 2.3%
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 61.3% ★, Idler 19.2%, Incremental 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, Casual 2.5%
A farm simulator on your taskbar. Bring your taskbar to life by raising adorable farm animals while doing other things.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 43.6% ★, Creature Collector 18.9%, Idler 16.1%, Incremental 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
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 45.8% ★, Creature Collector 19.6%, Idler 16.1%, Incremental 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
A multiplayer game that lives right on your taskbar. In Desktopper! you can customize your character, collect items from blind boxes, chat, and hang out with friends all while multitasking. Jump into a lobby and make new friends!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 54.6% ★, Idler 15.9%, Character Customization 11.9%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
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 44.8% ★, Idler 18.2%, Creature Collector 18.2%, Incremental 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
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 42.2% ★, Trading 22.1%, Idler 15.7%, Incremental 10.5%, Hack and Slash 3.6%
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 51.6% ★, Idler 21.1%, Incremental 6.1%, Hack and Slash 5.6%, RPG 4.7%
Dusky's Nook is a cozy idle desktop game about a little mushroom guy living his life on a floating island, anywhere on your screen. He gathers mushrooms and head pats, levels up, and unlocks new looks for the island — and a friend or two along the way.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 53.8% ★, Idler 23.2%, Character Customization 13.6%, Cute 3.2%, Magic 2.4%
A cozy desktop companion where chickens live on your taskbar. Breed your chickens to hatch a brand new one with its own unique look, and grow your collection while you work on other stuff on your PC! Plant crops, sell eggs and build a tiny farm that flourishes on top of your taskbar!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 44.6% ★, Creature Collector 19.9%, Idler 16.2%, Incremental 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
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 63.3% ★, Idler 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, RPG 4.8%, Casual 1.8%
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 45.2% ★, Idler 19.3%, Creature Collector 16.2%, Incremental 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%
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 56.7% ★, Idler 24.2%, Incremental 13.5%, Casual 2%, Fantasy 1.8%
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 58.2% ★, Idler 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Cute 4%, Casual 2.8%
Cozy Littlequarium is a relaxing aquarium simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen! Take care, breed them, collect and decorate!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42% ★, Creature Collector 20.9%, Idler 14.3%, Side Scroller 6.4%, Incremental 6.2%
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 53.7% ★, Creature Collector 22.7%, Idler 18.8%, Cute 2.5%, Casual 1.9%
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 73.8% ★, Idler 20.1%, Casual 3.9%, 2D 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Dive into a cozy, idle fishing experience! Cast your line from a little corner on your desktop. Customize your cute avatar and background, then feed and collect adorable cats of all breeds. Unlock beautiful scenes and jump into multiplayer and sneak in some "chill-time" with friends!
Why similar: Desktop Companion 42.3% ★, Creature Collector 19%, Idler 15.6%, Character Customization 9.7%, Incremental 7.6%
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 40.7% ★, Idler 19.5%, Incremental 11.5%, Side Scroller 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
A relaxing idle swimming game where you catch fish, unlock new locations and characters, customize your swimmer, and enhance your abilities with helpful pets and power-ups.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 37.9% ★, Idler 17%, Creature Collector 16.1%, Character Customization 9.6%, Incremental 9.3%
Grow cute creatures, decorate a floating island, and collect unique companions in the corner of your screen while you work or study.
Why similar: Desktop Companion 49.9% ★, Creature Collector 21.6%, Idler 14.4%, Incremental 9.3%, Casual 2%
Summon, place, and merge slimes to stop the larvae pouring from the pen. Collect 111 slimes across 12 grades from F to XXX, grow through runes and rebirths, trade eligible Steam Inventory items, and climb the stage leaderboard in this casual pixel-art horde defense game.
Why similar: Trading 26.2%, Desktop Companion 25.4% ★, Idler 22%, Creature Collector 19.7%, Incremental 4.4%