Games like Melvor Idle
Melvor Idle mostly idle, never really ends. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Legends of IdleOn
Also rpg, skilling · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
An idle MMO with a whole account of characters working different skills at once. Massive, sprawling, social.
77% steam80% idle
Bloobs Adventure Idle
Also skilling, rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
A RuneScape-style idle RPG with 24 linked skills, automated boss fights, soul collecting and skill prestige, plus banked offline time to spend later.
88% steam75% idle
Evitania Online - Idle RPG
Also rpg, skilling · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
An online idle RPG with classes and talent trees where your character fights and gathers while offline, and alts can level mining and woodcutting.
78% steam75% idle
Idle ClansUpdated
Also skilling, rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
A multiplayer idle RPG where you pick a task and your character trains around 20 skills even while you are offline, with a player economy and clans.
74% steam75% idle
Idle IktahUpdated
Also skilling, rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
An idle skilling RPG set in the Pacific Northwest, with local wildlife, minigames, moon-phase item effects, a real tide tracker and offline progress.
76% steam75% idle
Hero Tale
Also rpg, skilling · 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% steam90% idle
Idling to Rule the Gods
Also rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Train clones, fight gods, rebirth. An old-school Unity idler that still has a loyal crowd.
85% steam75% idle
Eldara
Also skilling, rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
A dark fantasy idle RPG with 17 linked skills from fishing to cremation, a pet for each mastered skill, and a world that keeps progressing while you are away.
81% steam75% idle
IdleOn - Idle RPGUpdated
Also rpg, skilling · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Manage a whole roster of characters who keep fighting while you are gone, choosing among 19 classes and leveling skills like farming, sailing and construction.
90% idle
Koltera 2
Also skilling, rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Level gathering and crafting skills, summon over 120 creatures to automate them, and send teams on expeditions, with all progress continuing offline.
78% steam75% idle
Firestone Idle RPG
Also rpg · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A big, polished free-to-play hero idler with guilds, expeditions and a lot of timers.
77% steam80% idle
Between Adventures IDLE
Also rpg, skilling · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
A pixel-art idle RPG where you watch your hero fight, then train 11 gathering and crafting skills, enchant gear and shape a skill tree. Progress continues offline.
68% steam75% idle
Vespera
Also rpg, skilling · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
A class-based idle RPG with subclass talent trees, gathering and crafting, mercenary expeditions, and factions that fight world bosses with other players. Full offline progress.
63% steam75% idle
Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPGUpdated
Also rpg · 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% steam75% idle
Idle Pixel
Also skilling · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A cosy pixel-art skiller: mining, farming, brewing, fighting, all ticking along in the background.
85% idle
NGU Idle
Also rpg
Joke-dense RPG idler with dozens of interlocking systems. Beating a boss is the easy part; allocating energy is the game.
96% steam65% idle
Clicker Heroes
Also rpg
Click monsters, hire heroes, ascend, transcend. The game that made idle RPGs mainstream on Steam.
90% steam60% idle
Idle Skilling
Also skilling · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Dozens of skills that feed each other, with very fast prestige loops early on.
70% steam75% idle
修炼成仙
Also rpg · 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% steam90% idle
Wizard And Minion Idle
Also rpg, skilling
A wizard trains stats, casts spells and raises a pet minion, with fishing, gem crafting, dungeons and reincarnation mixed into one long grind.
90% steam50% idle
Loot Grind Simulator
Also completionist, rpg
A parody of MMO loot grinds: pick quests, equip and craft better gear, and chase the level 1000 cap and full item collection.
80% steamhas ending
Endless Frontier - RPGUpdated
Also rpg · 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
Legends of Monster:Idle RPGDormant
Also rpg · 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
Slayer LegendUpdated
Also rpg · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Raise a pixel-art demon slayer through AFK combat, leveling gear and combining elemental skills in a retro fantasy world.
75% idle