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Games like THE LONGING

THE LONGING leans idle, finishes in about a while. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Stuck In Time cover art

    Stuck In Time

    Also exploration · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending

    Plan action lists for each time loop, let them run, and refine routes through a pixel-art world as you work toward escape.

    85% steam
    has ending
    70% idle
  2. Increlution cover art

    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
  3. Nomad Idle cover art

    Nomad Idle

    Also narrative · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending

    Fight hordes automatically while spending stat points, gear levels and passives on a build, following a story that has a defined end.

    63% steam
    has ending
    70% idle
  4. A Dark Room cover art

    A Dark RoomComplete

    Also narrative, exploration · Has an ending, about 3–6h

    Light a fire. Then the text opens up into a village, a map, and a story told almost entirely through what it doesn't say.

    3–6h ending
    25% idle

  5. Candy Box 2Complete

    Also narrative, exploration · Has an ending, about 5–10h

    An ASCII adventure that starts as a counter of candies and turns into quests, spells and a lollipop farm.

    5–10h ending
    30% idle
  6. Your Chronicle cover art

    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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    Magic Research 2

    Also narrative · Has an ending, about 50–120h

    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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    Rock Simulator 2

    Also slow · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Be a rock and watch the world change around you, unlocking over 100 rocks at a deliberately slow pace, alone or with friends.

    93% steam
    70% idle
  9. Stone Story RPG cover art

    Stone Story RPG

    Also narrative · 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
  10. Lumberjacked cover art

    Lumberjacked

    Also narrative, exploration

    A 3D first-person clicker: chop trees, feed logs to a chipper for cash, sharpen your axe for tougher wood, and tunnel into a forest mystery.

    83% steam
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    Mr.Mine

    Also exploration · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Dig a mine deeper and deeper, hire miners, discover what lives at the bottom.

    92% steam
    75% idle
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    Settlemoon

    Also slow · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Build a side-scrolling fantasy town in real time, posting quests for visiting adventurers and decorating as it grows. It keeps working while the game is closed.

    87% steam
    70% idle
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    Orb of Creation

    Also narrative · 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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    Ink Remnant

    Also narrative, exploration

    A short incremental where a mage starts with nothing in a magical city and researches upward, with new systems revealed as the story unfolds.

    4.6★ galaxy
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    无休仙途

    Also narrative, exploration

    Lead an immortal-cultivation sect across a floating continent, gathering resources, recruiting disciples and following a story toward ascension.

    73% steam
  16. Unnamed Fantasy Waiting Game cover art

    Unnamed Fantasy Waiting Game

    Also slow, exploration

    Wake alone in a magic-ruined world and stretch scarce resources while waiting, reading and uncovering what happened.

    4.5★ galaxy
  17. Berry Bury Berry cover art

    Berry Bury Berry

    Also narrative · Has an ending

    Grow berries in a first-person garden and drop them into a strange hole for cash, upgrading helpers while an unsettling mystery with several endings unfolds.

    98% steam
    has ending
  18. Four Divine Abidings cover art

    Four Divine Abidings

    Also narrative · 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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    SpaceplanComplete

    Also narrative · Has an ending, about 1–3h

    A stranded ship, a potato, and a soundtrack that makes the finale land. A short, focused story idler.

    91% steam
    1–3h ending
    30% idle
  20. Luna's Fishing Garden cover art

    Luna's Fishing Garden

    Also narrative · Has an ending

    Catch fish, trade them to a fox spirit, and spend the proceeds turning an archipelago into a garden. A short pixel-art story you can keep playing after.

    95% steam
    has ending
  21. The Last Cat in the Universe cover art

    The Last Cat in the Universe

    Also narrative · Has an ending

    As a space station AI, sweep your cursor over debris to salvage parts and build a warm home for the last cat, in a short story meant for one or two sittings.

    94% steam
    has ending
  22. Final Profit: A Shop RPG cover art

    Final Profit: A Shop RPGDormant

    Also narrative · Has an ending

    A story-driven shop RPG where an exiled fae queen builds a business empire, buying buildings for passive income and automating systems over 35+ hours.

    95% steam
    has ending
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    Space Travel Idle

    Also exploration · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Fly from Earth to distant moons and stars, researching engine tech, cutting ship weight and settling each world, with light card battles.

    63% steam
    70% idle

  24. Level 13Updated

    Also exploration, narrative

    A text-based sci-fi adventure where you survive a decayed city, rediscover technology and rebuild civilization.