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  1. Magic Research 2 cover art

    Magic Research 2

    Also magic, prestige

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

    93% steam
    50–120h ending
    55% idle
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    Magic Research

    Also magic, prestige

    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 magic, prestige

    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. Idle Wizard cover art

    Idle Wizard

    Also magic, prestige

    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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    World Growth

    Also prestige, elements

    A Prestige Tree mod with five reset layers, generators, boosters, world tiers, and a small periodic table of upgrades. Takes about 8 to 16 hours.

    3.9★ galaxy
    has ending
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    Immortality Idle

    Also prestige, magic

    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
  7. Orb of Creation cover art

    Orb of Creation

    Also magic, prestige

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

    84% steam
    20–40h ending
    50% idle
  8. Smashing Simulator Idle cover art

    Smashing Simulator IdleDormant

    Also prestige, elements

    Smash everything in sight across an element tree and a second skill tree, with missions, challenges and two prestige layers.

    73% steam
    50% idle
  9. Automating the Philosophers Stone cover art

    Automating the Philosophers StoneDormant

    Also elements, prestige

    Energy is based on your peak resources across resets, so you can reset freely and rebuild elemental generators.

    3.8★ galaxy
    50% idle
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    Feed the Reactor

    Also elements, prestige

    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
  11. Elemental Incremental cover art

    Elemental IncrementalDormant

    Also elements, prestige

    Build atoms and molecules with the long-term goal of creating every element up to Oganesson, without huge numbers.

  12. Inner Realm (内景天地)Updated

    Also magic, prestige

    A Chinese cultivation-themed idle game where spiritual energy cascades through eight inner realms, with breakthroughs, artifact crafting and rebirth resets.

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    Click and SpellComing soon

    Also magic, prestige

    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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    Tap Wizard 2

    Also magic, elements

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

    76% steam
    70% idle
  15. 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
  16. Ethereal Ascension cover art

    Ethereal Ascension

    Also magic, prestige

    Channel mystical essence, build 20 realms that produce it for you, collect artifacts, explore dungeons and ascend repeatedly.

    1.9★ galaxy
  17. The Magician's Research cover art

    The Magician's Research

    Also magic, prestige

    Pick one of ten mages to hunt escaped experiments, with a skill tree, alchemy, faction reputation and two prestige currencies. Offline gains last up to a week.

    58% steam
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    Cookie Clicker

    Also prestige

    The grandma of the genre, literally. Click a cookie, buy grandmas, ascend, and discover the game is much stranger than it looks.

    96% steam
    70% idle
  19. NGU Idle cover art

    NGU Idle

    Also prestige

    Joke-dense RPG idler with dozens of interlocking systems. Beating a boss is the easy part; allocating energy is the game.

    96% steam
    65% idle
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    Magic ArcheryUpdated

    Also magic

    Train an elf commoner into a master archer by shooting targets, taking quests for gold and buying magic upgrades in a brief, hands-on climb with a set ending.

    98% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  21. Unnamed Space Idle cover art

    Unnamed Space Idle

    Also prestige

    A ship, a sector map and a tidy prestige loop. Quietly one of Galaxy's most-played games.

    92% steam
    4.5★ galaxy
    70% idle
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    Antimatter DimensionsUpdated

    Also prestige

    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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    Terraformental

    Also elements

    Terraform a dead world with elemental forces. A highly rated Galaxy original.

    4.7★ galaxy
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    Clicker Heroes

    Also prestige

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

    90% steam
    60% idle