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Magic Research balanced, finishes in about 30–60h, stacks 1 prestige layer. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Mushies! cover art

    Mushies!FeaturedComing soon

    Also prestige

    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.

  2. Magic Research 2 cover art

    Magic Research 2

    Also magic, prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending, about 50–120h

    The sequel adds exploration, a spell-crafting system and a much longer story arc.

    93% steam
    50–120h ending
    55% idle
  3. Orb of Creation cover art

    Orb of Creation

    Also magic, prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending, about 20–40h

    Grow a wizard's orb into a world. Spell circles, resource webs, and a real finale.

    84% steam
    20–40h ending
    50% idle
  4. Idle Wizard cover art

    Idle Wizard

    Also magic, prestige · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Choose a wizard class, stack spells, transcend. A class-based prestige game with lots of build variety.

    86% steam
    60% idle
  5. Antimatter Dimensions cover art

    Antimatter DimensionsUpdated

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending, about 200–600h

    Buy dimensions that buy dimensions, then break infinity, then break reality. The reference point every numbers-go-up game is measured against, and it has a real ending.

    92% steam
    4.6★ galaxy
    200–600h ending
    55% idle
  6. Click and Spell cover art

    Click and SpellComing soon

    Also magic, prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    A small clicker in the corner of your screen where a witch defeats monsters for gold, buys spells and keeps leveling while you do other things.

    3.3★ galaxy
    50% idle
  7. Your Chronicle cover art

    Your Chronicle

    Also loop · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending, about 40–100h

    Reincarnate across a long fantasy chronicle, each life unlocking the next chapter.

    80% steam
    40–100h ending
    60% idle
  8. DodecaDragons cover art

    DodecaDragons

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending

    Twelve dragons, twelve colours of magic, and one of Galaxy's most-favourited games. Big numbers, handsome UI.

    4.6★ galaxy
    has ending
    55% idle
  9. Increlution cover art

    Increlution

    Also loop · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending, about 40–100h

    Live a life, die, and carry your skills into the next one. Queue-based planning with a proper story and a finish line.

    85% steam
    40–100h ending
    60% idle
  10. Tap Wizard 2 cover art

    Tap Wizard 2

    Also magic, loop

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

    76% steam
    70% idle
  11. Leaf Blower Revolution cover art

    Leaf Blower Revolution

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Blow leaves. Blow more leaves. Somehow blow leaves across multiple dimensions with a crafting system.

    94% steam
    55% idle
  12. Underworld Idle cover art

    Underworld Idle

    Also prestige, magic

    Run an underworld where higher units spawn lower ones, across four factions each producing its own resource, with a prestige system.

    71% steam
    70% idle
  13. Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999 cover art

    Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999

    Also magic, prestige · Has an ending

    A short idle RPG where a reborn dark lord picks branching paths across lives, with shadow servants to automate and several endings.

    4.0★ galaxy
    has ending
  14. Immortality Idle cover art

    Immortality Idle

    Also prestige, magic · Has an ending

    A cultivation-themed time management game: pick daily activities, die, and reincarnate with better aptitudes until you finally become immortal.

    3.9★ galaxy
    has ending
  15. The Prestige Tree cover art

    The Prestige TreeComplete

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending, about 30–80h

    A skill tree where every node is a prestige layer. It spawned the Modding Tree and a thousand descendants.

    4.6★ galaxy
    30–80h ending
    50% idle
  16. Tower Wizard cover art

    Tower WizardComplete

    Also magic · Has an ending, about 3–5h

    Climb your tower toward the sky with magic and spirits. A short, calm, finishable idler.

    97% steam
    3–5h ending
    40% idle
  17. Realm Grinder cover art

    Realm Grinder

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Pick a faction, build a kingdom, abdicate, reincarnate, ascend. Every run changes which of eleven factions is optimal.

    87% steam
    55% idle
  18. Four Divine Abidings cover art

    Four Divine Abidings

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending

    A Buddhist-inspired idle game where you cultivate four virtues, follow guided tasks and pass through rebirths toward full liberation.

    81% steam
    3.3★ galaxy
    has ending
    50% idle
  19. XiuzhenWorld2 cover art

    XiuzhenWorld2

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending

    Rise from mortal to immortal in a 3D cultivation world, fighting monsters for loot, capturing pets, and reincarnating with better base stats. Has an AFK mode.

    70% steam
    has ending
    50% idle
  20. Clicker Heroes cover art

    Clicker Heroes

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

    Click monsters, hire heroes, ascend, transcend. The game that made idle RPGs mainstream on Steam.

    90% steam
    60% idle
  21. Revolution Idle cover art

    Revolution Idle

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

    Wheels inside wheels. A clean, abstract prestige stack with a lot of layers and very little fluff.

    87% steam
    60% idle
  22. Carpet Cleaning Simulator cover art

    Carpet Cleaning Simulator

    Also loop, prestige

    Scrub, rinse and squeegee carpets for cash, buying persistent and run-only upgrades before a meteor resets time.

    87% steam
  23. Stuck In Time cover art

    Stuck In Time

    Also loop · Has an ending

    Plan action lists for each time loop, let them run, and refine routes through a pixel-art world as you work toward escape.

    85% steam
    has ending
    70% idle
  24. Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up cover art

    Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up

    Also prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Push kiwis through an upgradable delivery line, clear bottlenecks, and pick professions that favor clicking, potions or automation.

    95% steam
    50% idle