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  1. Mushies! cover art

    Mushies!FeaturedComing soon

    Also prestige

    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.

  2. Incremental Epic Hero cover art

    Incremental Epic Hero

    Also rpg, prestige, alchemy

    An anime idle RPG with three heroes whose skills you slot and upgrade, plus crafting, potion alchemy and a rebirth system that switches your class.

    74% steam
    70% idle
  3. Underworld Idle cover art

    Underworld Idle

    Also factions, 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
  4. 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 rpg, 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
  5. 懒人修仙传 cover art

    懒人修仙传

    Also rpg, alchemy, magic

    A tiny text idler where you rise from mortal to immortal by choosing skills, pets and loot, with alchemy and beast taming side systems. Chinese-language store text.

    60% steam
    70% idle
  6. NGU Idle cover art

    NGU Idle

    Also rpg, 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
  7. Clicker Heroes cover art

    Clicker Heroes

    Also rpg, prestige

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

    90% steam
    60% idle
  8. Master Healer Kale with useless party cover art

    Master Healer Kale with useless party

    Also rpg, magic

    Play the healer of a hopeless party, keeping them alive with spells and a 200-node skill tree until they can face the Demon King in about four hours.

    95% steam
    4.0★ galaxy
    has ending
  9. 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
  10. Realm Grinder cover art

    Realm Grinder

    Also prestige, factions

    Pick a faction, build a kingdom, abdicate, reincarnate, ascend. Every run changes which of eleven factions is optimal.

    87% steam
    55% idle
  11. Magic Research cover art

    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
  12. 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
  13. Idle Slayer cover art

    Idle Slayer

    Also rpg, prestige

    A runner-platformer bolted onto an idle economy. Jump for coins when you're around; let it grind when you're not.

    84% steam
    45% idle
  14. Wizard And Minion Idle cover art

    Wizard And Minion Idle

    Also rpg, magic

    A wizard trains stats, casts spells and raises a pet minion, with fishing, gem crafting, dungeons and reincarnation mixed into one long grind.

    90% steam
    50% idle
  15. Progress Game cover art

    Progress Game

    Also rpg, magic

    Fight monsters, gather materials and cook, then craft three tiers of gear across two worlds. Built to run in the background while you check in for quick upgrades.

    92% steam
    70% idle
  16. Idling to Rule the Gods cover art

    Idling to Rule the Gods

    Also rpg, prestige

    Train clones, fight gods, rebirth. An old-school Unity idler that still has a loyal crowd.

    85% steam
    75% idle
  17. 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
  18. Forage Wizard cover art

    Forage Wizard

    Also alchemy, magic

    Forage with your cursor, refine items through alchemy and build self-running machines and farms, following a branching skill tree toward a powerful artifact.

    87% steam
  19. Angel Legion cover art

    Angel Legion

    Also rpg, factions

    A 3D hero-collection RPG where resources build up automatically. Recruit and dress a roster of angels across three warring space factions.

    85% steam
    70% idle
  20. Bloobs Adventure Idle cover art

    Bloobs Adventure Idle

    Also rpg, prestige

    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% steam
    75% idle
  21. Idle Research cover art

    Idle Research

    Also prestige, alchemy

    Research and craft flasks and tubes to generate three kinds of energy, with several prestige types, fights, skills and potion brewing.

    85% steam
    50% idle
  22. Idle Big Devil cover art

    Idle Big Devil

    Also rpg, factions

    Summon and upgrade heroes from five factions, equip artifacts, and push a campaign and an infinite tower in a 3D idle RPG.

    82% steam
    70% idle
  23. 蜀仙传·挂至飞升 cover art

    蜀仙传·挂至飞升

    Also rpg, alchemy

    A cultivation idle RPG: form a party within a point budget, forge weapons with stacking affixes, refine artifacts, and tame and breed mythical beasts.

    84% steam
  24. xiuzhen idle cover art

    xiuzhen idle

    Also alchemy, magic

    A combat-free cultivation sim: raise stats through alchemy, planting and other arts, climbing realms from qi refining to divinity.

    79% steam
    70% idle