Games like Not Monday Cafe
Not Monday Cafe mostly idle. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Mushies!FeaturedComing soon
Also cozy
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.

Tiny Pasture
Also desktop companion, animals, cozy · 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
Ropuka's Idle Island
Also desktop companion, cozy, animals · 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, animals, cozy · 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
Mushroom NookDormant
Also desktop companion, cozy, farming · 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
Maltese's Fluffy Onsen
Also desktop companion, animals, cozy · 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
Rusty's Retirement
Also farming, cozy, desktop companion · 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% steam15–30h ending95% idle
Screen Cat
Also desktop companion, animals, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A cat roams your desktop while you work; feed it, play with it, and wait for it to bring back collectibles from outside the screen.
90% steam90% idle
Lakeside BarDormant
Also desktop companion, cozy, farming · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Run a lakeside jazz bar full screen or docked at the bottom of your screen, where hired staff keep it going and spirit-tended crops feed new recipes.
86% steam90% idle
Typing FarmerUpdated
Also desktop companion, farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A tiny farm on the edge of your screen where every keystroke and click grows crops. Sell harvests to unlock plants and animals, and visit friends' farms.
87% steam90% idle
Little Aviary
Also desktop companion, animals, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Hatch and breed birds in an aviary at the bottom of your screen, sell them for profit, and watch them perch on your other windows.
86% steam90% idle
Desk Garden
Also desktop companion, cozy, farming · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Tend quirky plants, some with human faces, in a corner of your screen, then sell them to expand your garden and open mystery boxes.
84% steam90% idle
Capoo Pals
Also desktop companion, cozy, animals · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A desktop pet where Capoo and bugcats wander your screen, react to your mouse and can be collected in picture books.
83% steam90% idle
Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
Also farming, desktop companion, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A farm along the bottom of your screen where monster helpers till, plant and harvest on their own while you arrange plots, hatch new workers and merge abilities.
78% steam90% idle
Farlands: Tiny HarvestUpdated
Also desktop companion, farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A space farmer on your desktop plants and harvests on his own, powered by your clicks and keystrokes. Spend credits upgrading his crops, tools, home and ship.
78% steam90% idle
Fluffy Kitchen Saga
Also desktop companion, animals, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Run a restaurant for fluffy animal customers along the bottom of your screen, earning coins to upgrade and unlock over 50 dishes.
65% steam90% idle
Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
Also farming, cozy, animals
Grow a garden around a magic oak with round helpers who harvest for you, even while the game is closed, and reach for golden acorns.
95% steam50% idle
Plantera
Also farming, cozy, animals
Grow a garden of crops, trees and animals while round helpers harvest for you, and keep earning even with the game shut.
89% steam50% idle
How to Train Your Cock
Also desktop companion, animals · 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
PomoFarm
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
A focus timer where a duck's farm grows while you work, with 60 crops across four seasons and skills to unlock.
97% steam90% idle
Viridi
Also cozy, 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
NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws
Also desktop companion, cozy · 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
Tiny TerracesUpdated
Also farming, cozy · Same active/idle balance (mostly idle)
Tiny workers water, weed and harvest a terrace garden on their own while you do other things. Use crops and parts to build more helpers and decorate the plot.
92% steam90% idle
Fischer's Fishing Journey
Also desktop companion, cozy · 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