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Games like Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox mostly idle. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Check Back cover art

    Check Back

    Also slow, very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    Built around the title: come back later and there is more. A deliberately slow, very idle game.

    4.3★ galaxy
    90% idle
  2. 20,000 Miles Under the Sea cover art

    20,000 Miles Under the Sea

    Also very idle, slow · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A diver sinks toward the bottom of the Mariana Trench while you watch or minimize the game, deciding when to quit before meeting what lurks below.

    39% steam
    90% idle
  3. Rock Simulator 2 cover art

    Rock Simulator 2

    Also slow, very idle

    Be a rock and watch the world change around you, unlocking over 100 rocks at a deliberately slow pace, alone or with friends.

    93% steam
    70% idle
  4. LurkBait Twitch Fishing cover art

    LurkBait Twitch Fishing

    Also very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A Twitch overlay where viewers cast lines through chat, points or subs, and the fishing plays out on its own while you stream.

    98% steam
    90% idle
  5. Black Hole Fishing cover art

    Black Hole FishingUpdated

    Also science, biology

    Use a black hole to vacuum fish from a pond, then breed, inject traits into and research them while feeding the singularity to grow it.

    89% steam
  6. Viridi cover art

    Viridi

    Also slow · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    Care for a small pot of succulents that grow in real time. Water them, name them, and keep the window open beside your work.

    92% steam
    90% idle
  7. Rusty's Retirement cover art

    Rusty's Retirement

    Also very idle · 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% steam
    15–30h ending
    95% idle
  8. The Dream Globe cover art

    The Dream Globe

    Also very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A tiny world inside a snow globe runs on its own while you check in to buy upgrades. Discover over 100 gems, crops and foods across dream regions.

    94% steam
    90% idle
  9. Fishing The Abyss cover art

    Fishing The Abyss

    Also very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A small robot fishes by itself in a tall window beside your work, leveling up to reach deeper water and stranger catches. Clicking helps but is optional.

    95% steam
    90% idle
  10. My Little Life cover art

    My Little Life

    Also very idle · 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% steam
    90% idle
  11. Tree Bonsai cover art

    Tree Bonsai

    Also slow, biology

    Shape a plum bonsai by pruning, feeding, and grafting as it grows on its own through the seasons, blossoming, fruiting, and eventually aging and dying.

    81% steam
  12. Hero Tale cover art

    Hero Tale

    Also very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A background auto-battler: a hero fights across a fantasy island while you check in to spend points in a 300-node skill tree and swap loot.

    71% steam
    90% idle
  13. 修炼成仙 cover art

    修炼成仙

    Also very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A minimal text cultivation game: create a character and it fights, loots, and trains on its own from its first steps toward ascension and rebirth.

    71% steam
    90% idle
  14. Karyofox cover art

    Karyofox

    Also biology, science

    A fox-themed incremental built on genetics, with level 100 as its endgame.

    4.0★ galaxy
    has ending
  15. Idle Human cover art

    Idle HumanUpdated

    Also biology, science

    Build a human body starting from one cell, adding bones, organs, nerves and muscles along the way.

  16. Cell to Singularity: Evolution cover art

    Cell to Singularity: EvolutionUpdated

    Also science, biology

    Click through the history of life from primordial soup to technology, climbing a science tech tree.

  17. Idle evolution: Life on Earth cover art

    Idle evolution: Life on EarthUpdated

    Also biology, science

    Guide life from the ancient seas to human culture while learning about prehistoric creatures along the way.

  18. Neon Electrogenesis cover art

    Neon Electrogenesis

    Also science, biology

    Excite electrons into atoms and build up six elements until you have enough atoms for one cell. A jam game with no text at all.

    2.5★ galaxy
    has ending
  19. Cell to Singularity cover art

    Cell to Singularity

    Also science

    Evolve life from a single cell to a technological singularity, with a surprising amount of real science in the tooltips.

    89% steam
    70% idle
  20. THE LONGING cover art

    THE LONGING

    Also slow

    Wait 400 real days in an underground palace for a king to wake. The clock runs while the game is closed, so you can explore or simply leave.

    92% steam
    has ending
    70% idle
  21. 挂机神话 cover art

    挂机神话

    Also very idle

    A meme-heavy Chinese cultivation idler about farming procedurally generated gear and characters through an endless tower. Chinese-language store text.

    90% steam
    70% idle

  22. Omega Meta ZeroDormant

    Also very idle · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)

    A zero-player incremental meant to run like a screensaver, watching a number climb to absurd heights in Omega Layers notation.

    85% idle
  23. Settlemoon cover art

    Settlemoon

    Also slow

    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% steam
    70% idle
  24. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator cover art

    Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    Also slow

    Float in a pool as a rubber duck while more ducks drop in one by one, with a day and night cycle and calm music.

    98% steam