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Magic Research 2 balanced, finishes in about 50–120h, stacks 1 prestige layer. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Orb of Creation cover art

    Orb of Creation

    Also magic, prestige, narrative · 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
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    Magic Research

    Also magic, prestige · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending, about 30–60h

    Research spells, attune to elements, retire and start over stronger. A focused, loop-based wizard sim.

    91% steam
    30–60h ending
    55% idle
  3. 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 narrative, 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
  4. Four Divine Abidings cover art

    Four Divine Abidings

    Also prestige, narrative · 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
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    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
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    Rejected DraftComing soon

    Also prestige, narrative · Has an ending, about 1000h

    You are the doodle the Artist threw away. Fight community-drawn sketches, absorb their powers and claw your way back for revenge.

    4.2★ galaxy
    1000h ending
    35% idle
  7. 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
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    FEED THE AI

    Also narrative, prestige · Has an ending, about 3–9h

    A short, very active incremental about an AI you feed with data. Shape it into a Protector, Rational or Tyrant; each ending makes the next run stronger.

    90% steam
    3–9h ending
    0% idle
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    Stone Story RPG

    Also narrative · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Has an ending, about 15–30h

    A hand-animated ASCII RPG that plays itself while you script its behaviour. Gorgeous and strange.

    91% steam
    15–30h ending
    50% idle
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    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.

    3.2★ galaxy
    50% idle
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    Feed the Reactor

    Also prestige, narrative · Has an ending

    Feed fuel into a reactor, combine exotic elements for energy, and loop through prestige-style resets to learn the reactor's purpose across multiple endings.

    82% steam
    has ending
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    Your Chronicle

    Also narrative · 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
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    Idle Chapel

    Also prestige, narrative · Has an ending

    Convert cultists into worshipers whose prayers fund your chapel, purify 12 areas, and reset through penance for lasting upgrades in a pixel dark fantasy.

    78% steam
    has ending
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    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.

    4.5★ galaxy
    has ending
    55% idle
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    Increlution

    Also narrative · 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    THE LONGING

    Also narrative · Has an ending

    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
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    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
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    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