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Games like Idle Monster TD

Idle Monster TD leans idle, never really ends. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Legends of Monster:Idle RPG cover art

    Legends of Monster:Idle RPGDormant

    Also animals, combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Start as a baby dinosaur and grow into a giant city-smashing monster, upgrading stats through auto battles that continue while you are logged off.

    75% idle
  2. Tap Wizard 2 cover art

    Tap Wizard 2

    Also elements, combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    A wizard caught in a time loop fights waves automatically while you choose spells, perks and traits before each rewind.

    76% steam
    70% idle
  3. Incremental Adventures cover art

    Incremental Adventures

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Heroes fight on their own in automated turn-based combat while you tune the automation and push toward double-exponent numbers through stacked prestiges.

    78% steam
    70% idle
  4. Idle Kingdom Defense cover art

    Idle Kingdom DefenseDormant

    Also tower defense, combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Command heroes and archer corps in large castle-defense battles, with rewards stacking up while the game is closed.

    75% idle
  5. Tower Defense: Lazy Apocalypse cover art

    Tower Defense: Lazy ApocalypseUpdated

    Also tower defense, combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Play a monster-slaying streamer holding off zombie waves, upgrading weapons while your hero keeps fighting when you are away.

    75% idle
  6. Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPG cover art

    Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPGUpdated

    Also tower defense · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    An endless tower defense where you recruit and place fantasy heroes against infinite waves, and they keep fighting and collecting rewards while the game is closed.

    82% steam
    75% idle
  7. The Perfect Tower II cover art

    The Perfect Tower II

    Also tower defense · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Tower defence as an idle engine, plus factories, mining and an in-game scripting language.

    87% steam
    60% idle
  8. Idle Monster TD: Evolved cover art

    Idle Monster TD: Evolved

    Also tower defense · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    A reverse tower defense where you evolve over 150 monsters to hold a portal against endless human invaders, placing them to combine abilities.

    76% steam
    75% idle
  9. XiuzhenWorld cover art

    XiuzhenWorld

    Also animals, combat

    Cultivate from mortal to immortal in a 3D world, capturing monster pets to fight alongside you and letting an AFK mode grind.

    77% steam
    has ending
    50% idle
  10. Unnamed Space Idle cover art

    Unnamed Space Idle

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    A ship, a sector map and a tidy prestige loop. Quietly one of Galaxy's most-played games.

    92% steam
    4.5★ galaxy
    70% idle
  11. All Aboard! The Train Defense Express cover art

    All Aboard! The Train Defense Express

    Also tower defense, combat

    Defend a power generator from waves of orcs with a looping train, buying combat and gold-making carriages and merging three alike to level them.

    91% steam
  12. Joyquarium cover art

    Joyquarium

    Also animals · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Raise fry until they are big enough to sell, keep adults in the tank for steady income, and open packs to unlock 144 species. An auto mode lets the tank run on its own.

    97% steam
    70% idle
  13. Progress Game cover art

    Progress Game

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Fight monsters, gather materials and cook, then craft three tiers of gear across two worlds. Built to run in the background while you check in for quick upgrades.

    92% steam
    70% idle
  14. Time Is Honey cover art

    Time Is Honey

    Also animals · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Open packs of bees, care for them in real time, and sell their honey. Over 150 bee types to collect, plus hives and accessories to customize.

    91% steam
    70% idle
  15. Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat cover art

    Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat

    Also animals · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Help a panda turn 500 coins into a busy laundromat by buying washers, decorating and hiring panda helpers, set to lo-fi music while it runs in the background.

    88% steam
    70% idle
  16. The Adventure of NAYU cover art

    The Adventure of NAYU

    Also animals · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Click to help a fox and her party fight through a gentle, short story, spending star shards on training and costumes, with an endless mode afterward.

    95% steam
    has ending
    75% idle
  17. Grow Defense cover art

    Grow Defense

    Also tower defense, combat

    Level a castle's weapons and skills to hold back monsters across zones, chase rare drops from raid bosses and rebirth for permanent perks.

    77% steam
  18. War Tortoise cover art

    War Tortoise

    Also combat, animals

    Ride a giant battle tortoise across an open world, summoning rodent and beetle units, collecting heroes and pilots, and fishing for permanent abilities.

    80% steam
  19. Endless Frontier - RPG cover art

    Endless Frontier - RPGUpdated

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Lead a squad of knights and mages up thousands of stages against titans and dragons, with units that keep climbing and leveling on their own while you are away.

    75% idle
  20. Chonkers cover art

    Chonkers

    Also animals · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Adopt stray cats, play with them while they fatten up, then rehome them for gold. The goal is filling a book of over 100 breeds, including rare space cats.

    84% steam
    70% idle
  21. The Girl's Moving Castle cover art

    The Girl's Moving Castle

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    A fantasy idle RPG where you gather and raise companions for turn-based battles, with AFK growth and daily reward collection taking a few minutes a day.

    86% steam
    70% idle
  22. MyVoiceZoo cover art

    MyVoiceZoo

    Also animals · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Record your own voice as animal calls, and each cry in your zoo earns income to adopt more animals, with little need for active play.

    92% steam
    75% idle
  23. miniBONG cover art

    miniBONG

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    A light roguelike where a fashion-styled fighter battles on autopilot, and you focus on outfits, character growth and difficulty tiers.

    80% steam
    70% idle
  24. Transport Defender cover art

    Transport Defender

    Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Guard a cargo ship from boarding waves with a turret and auto weapons, scripting auto upgrades and auto ascension for long idle runs.

    80% steam
    70% idle