Games like Crusaders Quest : Hero Town
Crusaders Quest : Hero Town mostly idle. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Mushies!FeaturedComing soon
Also village, pixel art
Click the big mushroom, hire worker shrooms, build houses and dig underground in a cozy pixel-art mushroom village. Over 85 upgrades and a Wisdom prestige loop.

TBH: Task Bar Hero
Also desktop companion, rpg, pixel art · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A tiny hack-and-slash RPG that lives in your taskbar, where pixel heroes fight and loot on their own while you mix classes, skills and gear.
62% steam90% idle
Book of FeiDormant
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A desktop idle RPG where a party of cute warriors fights and works part-time jobs at the bottom of your screen, unlocking 24 advanced classes and card gear.
93% steam90% idle
Loafing Town
Also desktop companion, village · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A desktop god sim where you drag heroes around with physics, summon monsters to train them, and grow a hut into a town.
85% steam90% idle
Battle On! Hero Academy
Also desktop companion, village · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Run a hero academy in the Kairosoft mould: lay out buildings, recruit heroes who train and fight on their own, and carry graduates forward as lasting bonuses.
83% steam90% idle
No-brainer Heroes 挂机吧!勇者
Also rpg, village, pixel art
Run a pixel town, recruit from 25 heroes, pick routes across map chapters, and gather treasures to take down six dragons.
75% steamhas ending50% idle
Village Tale
Also desktop companion, village · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A village builder that lives in a corner of your screen, where you construct buildings, craft goods and fill trade orders from neighboring towns.
81% steam90% idle
Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
Also village, desktop companion, pixel art
A pixel medieval village builder that runs along the bottom of your screen. Make the big decisions or step in with your own character to chop wood, join battles and put out fires.
72% steam50% idle
Desktop Raid
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A hero squad in a corner of your desktop fights, levels and loots automatically across a dozen branching classes while you work.
76% steam90% idle
Deskrawl: Idle ARPG
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
An ARPG at the bottom of your desktop where you farm loot, capture enemies and bosses as minions, and grow a town.
75% steam90% idle
Loot of Baal
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Send a crew of hirelings from five classes out to fight demons from a sidebar on your screen, crafting and trading loot to perfect the team.
62% steam90% idle
Lootborne
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A dark fantasy auto-battler that runs in a small desktop window, with a hero fighting and looting on its own. Forge duplicates, stack elemental synergies and battle other builds in async PvP.
61% steam90% idle![[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot cover art](/art/wog-war-of-genesis-idle-loot.webp)
[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A 3D hero fights and loots by itself in a transparent desktop window, with gear tradeable on the Steam Market and alliance raids against bosses.
60% steam90% idle
My Party Is Grinding
Also desktop companion, rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Five heroes fight in a small transparent window on your desktop, with deep gear crafting across 200 battles and capped offline earnings.
43% steam90% idle
Idle IktahUpdated
Also rpg, pixel art
An idle skilling RPG set in the Pacific Northwest, with local wildlife, minigames, moon-phase item effects, a real tide tracker and offline progress.
76% steam75% idle
Settlemoon
Also village, pixel art
Build a side-scrolling fantasy town in real time, posting quests for visiting adventurers and decorating as it grows. It keeps working while the game is closed.
87% steam70% idle
Ropuka's Idle Island
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A frog mows grass in a small window on your desktop; spend the clippings on better tools and island decorations.
97% steam90% idle
Birdwatching Notebook
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A small postcard scene on your desktop draws in dozens of bird species as you decorate the spot, unlock new habitats and photograph visitors.
97% steam90% idle
Suncraft
Also village, pixel art
Gather, craft and automate to restore a pixel-art village and rebuild its grand Sunspire, helped by recruited companions.
92% steam
Cornerpond
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A fisherman in the corner of your screen catches fish on his own; sell them for rod and bait upgrades and fill a journal of 100+ species.
97% steam90% idle
SkelesellerUpdated
Also rpg, village
A dead adventurer returns as a skeleton shopkeeper who hires heroes, sends them into battle and sells their loot to grow the town. Finite, with small numbers and no prestige.
91% steamhas ending
Mushroom NookDormant
Also desktop companion · 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
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A fishing boat sits along the edge of your desktop reeling in sea life to serve as sushi, while you upgrade rods and bait and fill an aquarium.
96% steam90% idle
Slayer LegendUpdated
Also rpg, pixel art
Raise a pixel-art demon slayer through AFK combat, leveling gear and combining elemental skills in a retro fantasy world.
75% idle