Games like Meow Palace: Forbidden City
Meow Palace: Forbidden City mostly idle. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws
Also desktop companion, cats · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A cat that sits by your screen while you focus, rewarding Pomodoro and idle time with gift boxes of headgear. Decorate its room, fish, and join a shared study room.
97% steam90% idle
Fischer's Fishing Journey
Also desktop companion, cats · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A cat fishes on its own in a corner of your desktop, and you check in now and then to sell catches, upgrade the rod and fill a fish tank.
91% steam90% idle
My Little Life
Also desktop companion, life sim · 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% steam90% idle
Loot of Baal
Also desktop companion, crafting · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Send a crew of hirelings from five classes out to fight demons from a sidebar on your screen, crafting and trading loot to perfect the team.
62% steam90% idle
Bloobs Adventure Idle
Also skilling, crafting
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
My Party Is Grinding
Also desktop companion, crafting · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Five heroes fight in a small transparent window on your desktop, with deep gear crafting across 200 battles and capped offline earnings.
43% steam90% idle
Eldara
Also skilling, crafting
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
Idle ClansUpdated
Also skilling, crafting
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, crafting
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
Between Adventures IDLE
Also skilling, crafting
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
Bongo Cat
Also desktop companion, cats
A cat on your taskbar drums every time you press a key, turning your everyday typing and clicking into points and random hat drops.
96% steam
Vespera
Also skilling, crafting
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
Ropuka's Idle Island
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A frog mows grass in a small window on your desktop; spend the clippings on better tools and island decorations.
97% steam90% idle
Birdwatching Notebook
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A small postcard scene on your desktop draws in dozens of bird species as you decorate the spot, unlock new habitats and photograph visitors.
97% steam90% idle
Cornerpond
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A fisherman in the corner of your screen catches fish on his own; sell them for rod and bait upgrades and fill a journal of 100+ species.
97% steam90% idle
Wizard And Minion Idle
Also skilling, crafting
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
Mushroom NookDormant
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Mushrooms sprout on your desktop to collect, water and grow through several phases. Decorate a little garden that sits beside your work.
98% steam90% idle
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A fishing boat sits along the edge of your desktop reeling in sea life to serve as sushi, while you upgrade rods and bait and fill an aquarium.
96% steam90% idle
How to Train Your Cock
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A rooster idler that sits on your screen and grows from a chick into a muscled bird while you buy hats, decorate his island and compare size with friends.
94% steam90% idle
Viridi
Also desktop companion · 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% steam90% idle
Tiny Pasture
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A strip of pasture along the bottom of your screen where you raise, breed and sell animals for coins while you work.
92% steam90% idle
Maltese's Fluffy Onsen
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Run a bathhouse for animal guests at the bottom of your screen, setting bath temperatures, snacks and staff while you do other things.
94% steam90% idle
Desktop Defender
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A lone tower in the corner of your screen holds off waves while you work, dropping gear to equip and resetting runs for permanent ascension upgrades.
92% steam90% idle
Not Monday Cafe
Also desktop companion · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A cafe docked at the bottom of your screen where staff cook and serve animal customers, with farm-grown ingredients, 300+ recipes and Twitch chat as guests.
94% steam90% idle