Games like Adorable Garden
Adorable Garden mostly idle. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Tiny TerracesUpdated
Also idle, farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Tiny workers water, weed and harvest a terrace garden on their own while you do other things. Use crops and parts to build more helpers and decorate the plot.
92% steam90% idle
Lakeside BarDormant
Also cozy, farming, idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Run a lakeside jazz bar full screen or docked at the bottom of your screen, where hired staff keep it going and spirit-tended crops feed new recipes.
86% steam90% idle
Farm Together 2
Also farming, cozy, life sim
Build a farm from one plot to a huge estate, alone or with friends, where crops keep growing while you are away.
93% steam
Mushroom NookDormant
Also cozy, farming · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Mushrooms sprout on your desktop to collect, water and grow through several phases. Decorate a little garden that sits beside your work.
98% steam90% idle
PomoFarm
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A focus timer where a duck's farm grows while you work, with 60 crops across four seasons and skills to unlock.
97% steam90% idle
Tiny Pasture
Also cozy, farming · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A strip of pasture along the bottom of your screen where you raise, breed and sell animals for coins while you work.
92% steam90% idle
Not Monday Cafe
Also cozy, farming · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A cafe docked at the bottom of your screen where staff cook and serve animal customers, with farm-grown ingredients, 300+ recipes and Twitch chat as guests.
94% steam90% idle
Rusty's Retirement
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A tiny robot farm that lives at the edge of your screen while you do other things. Idle in the purest sense.
97% steam15–30h ending95% idle
My Little Life
Also life sim, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A small person lives out their life in a strip along the bottom of your screen, working, decorating and chasing dreams while you do other things.
91% steam90% idle
Idle Draw Earth-Fun life gamesUpdated
Also idle, cozy, farming
Draw your own characters and watch them farm, fish, and expand a raft-like island colony, then move on to new islands in a calm, combat-free setting.

Typing FarmerUpdated
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A tiny farm on the edge of your screen where every keystroke and click grows crops. Sell harvests to unlock plants and animals, and visit friends' farms.
87% steam90% idle
Desk Garden
Also cozy, farming · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Tend quirky plants, some with human faces, in a corner of your screen, then sell them to expand your garden and open mystery boxes.
84% steam90% idle
Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A farm along the bottom of your screen where monster helpers till, plant and harvest on their own while you arrange plots, hatch new workers and merge abilities.
78% steam90% idle
Farlands: Tiny HarvestUpdated
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A space farmer on your desktop plants and harvests on his own, powered by your clicks and keystrokes. Spend credits upgrading his crops, tools, home and ship.
78% steam90% idle
Spellbound & Shelved
Also cozy, idle
Hire gnomes to reshelve thousands of spilled spellbooks in a wizard library. Flip the sign to trade customer income against the mess they make, until the last book is put away.
87% steamhas ending75% idle
Cats&Soup: Relaxing Cozy GamesUpdated
Also cozy, idle
Cats in a forest cook soup and gather resources while you're idle; dress them up and unlock new recipes.
75% idle
Food Fever: Idle RestaurantUpdated
Also idle, cozy
Staff cook and serve customers in cute restaurants while you relax, with the business running offline.
75% idle
Frogs KitchenUpdated
Also idle, cozy
Run frog-staffed kitchens across themed locations on a whimsical planet, hiring chefs and expanding while you are away.
75% idle
Idle Farm Tycoon - Merge GameUpdated
Also idle, farming
Run a farm by merging workers, transporters and crops into stronger versions, and level up managers to boost income.
75% idle
Idle Farmer: Farm Tycoon GamesUpdated
Also idle, farming
Grow crops and raise cows, chickens and horses to expand a small family farm into a large agricultural business.
75% idle
Office CatDormant
Also idle, cozy
Run an office staffed by cats, decorating spaces and hiring manager cats to grow a global company.
75% idle
Tap Tap Fish - AbyssRiumUpdated
Also idle, cozy
Fill an aquarium with fish and whales that gradually grow the tank with little effort from you.
75% idle
Rocky IdleUpdated
Also farming, idle
Click trees and rocks to train 18 skills, craft gear for automated combat and fill a collection log. Farming and questing run in the background, and progress continues offline.
82% steam75% idle
Micro Macro Farm
Also farming, cozy
Plant, harvest, and cook produce in a small garden, leveling up to unlock seeds and machines, with gnome helpers that keep things going while you do other tasks.
79% steam70% idle