Games like Ensis IDLE
Ensis IDLE leans active, finishes in about a while. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.
Magic ArcheryUpdated
Also active, fantasy · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Train an elf commoner into a master archer by shooting targets, taking quests for gold and buying magic upgrades in a brief, hands-on climb with a set ending.
98% steamhas ending25% idle
Typing Incremental
Also active, text · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Type words to earn money, buy new words, and finish lists of common English words for prestige points that speed up the next list.
78% steam25% idle
ExecuteUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
A dark comedy on a retro Windows desktop: capture people and escalate from a guillotine to nukes until the world population hits zero.
91% steamhas ending25% idle
Journey to Ascension
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
An active looping incremental in the vein of Prismatic Adventure with no idle waits and a complete story, finished in 10 to 25 hours.
4.4★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
SpellforgerUpdated
Also fantasy, active · Same active/idle balance (active)
A fantasy RPG where you combine spells to fight monsters, unlocking progression systems between battles. Fully hands-on.
3.6★ galaxy15% idle
The Rebirth Tree Rewritten
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
A tree game built around repeated rebirths, with almost no waiting and an estimated 5 to 12 hours to complete.
4.2★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Drive a mining train by hand between stations, defend against alien insects and reinvest profits into upgrades and delivery drones, satirizing tech startups.
98% steamhas ending25% idle
Breakfront
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Bouncing balls chip away at enemy tiles; spend captured points on a branching tree for more, faster and special balls, then beat the boss.
4.3★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
The MachinEGGUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Raise chickens, sell their eggs and automate the farm in a relaxed clicker that takes around 20 to 25 minutes to finish.
4.2★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
Unfair Flips
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Flip a rigged coin with a 20% heads chance and upgrade the odds, aiming for ten heads in a row in a bleak far-future setting.
88% steamhas ending25% idle
Journey to Incrementalia
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
A necromancer summons minions and casts spells to smash through 99 walls, exploring a big resettable skill tree on a short hands-on run.
89% steamhas ending25% idle
Some Tree with Generators
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
A generator-based tree game with almost no waiting that takes about 2 to 5 hours to finish.
3.9★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
A Dark RoomComplete
Also text · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending, about 3–6h
Light a fire. Then the text opens up into a village, a map, and a story told almost entirely through what it doesn't say.
3–6h ending25% idle
Out With a Bang
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
With two minutes before a bomb goes off, figure out the unexplained mechanics and generate as much energy as you can.
3.1★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
Bills Must Be PaidUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Smash piggy banks for cash and buy upgrades until your debts are cleared, in a hands-on incremental.
has ending25% idle
Cosmic ForgeUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Start from hydrogen atoms, research tech, mine asteroids for antimatter and find megastructures as you conquer the star map and head home.
3.0★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
Minutescape
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Dodge bullet patterns and spend what you earn on new abilities, run after run, until you can survive five full minutes.
78% steamhas ending25% idle
Idle Evolution
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active) · Has an ending
Combine atoms to grow a rock through eras toward a final evolution, following missions, quizzes and minigames. Despite the name, it is built for active play.
73% steamhas ending25% idle
NodebusterComplete
Also active · Has an ending, about 3–6h
Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.
97% steam3–6h ending10% idle
FlippantUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
An abstract active incremental that starts with a coin flip and grows to include dice, spinning wheels, catching apples and baking pies.
95% steam25% idle
SludgineersUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Drive the countryside cleaning and mining pollution, refine it in your own refinery, and upgrade tools to open new areas in a hands-on incremental.
87% steam25% idle
修仙小屋
Also text, fantasy
A multiplayer text-based cultivation idler built for chatting at work, with gear, training maps, a cave dwelling and a player market.
92% steam
Untitled Dice Game
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Click to roll dice for points, where sixes grant bonus rolls that stack multiplicatively, then spend points on upgrades. Saves are manual.
4.1★ galaxy25% idle
墨仙箓
Also text, fantasy
A text-based cultivation game where you pick a map area and your character trains and adventures on its own, with sects, player trading and turn-based fights.
89% steam