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  1. FEED THE AI cover art

    FEED THE AI

    Also narrative, prestige

    A short, very active incremental about an AI you feed with data. Shape it into a Protector, Rational or Tyrant; each ending makes the next run stronger.

    90% steam
    3–9h ending
    0% idle
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    Rejected DraftComing soon

    Also prestige, narrative

    You are the doodle the Artist threw away. Fight community-drawn sketches, absorb their powers and claw your way back for revenge.

    4.2★ galaxy
    1000h ending
    35% idle
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    LegendumUpdated

    Also prestige, narrative

    Plan each day of a hero's life, auto-battle hordes and train skills before old age, carrying your soul forward to the next life.

    4.6★ galaxy
  4. Magic Research 2 cover art

    Magic Research 2

    Also prestige, narrative

    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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    Midnight Idle

    Also narrative, prestige

    A story incremental styled after gamebooks, following an amnesiac ooze with seven unlockable classes and several prestige layers. Built for mobile too.

    4.0★ galaxy
  6. 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 narrative, 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
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    Orb of Creation

    Also prestige, narrative

    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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    Four Divine Abidings

    Also prestige, narrative

    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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    8Compute

    Also civilization, prestige

    Grow one GPU into an AI civilization: sell inference, build data centers and steer toward one of twelve futures, then start a new timeline.

    has ending

  10. EvolveUpdated

    Also civilization, prestige

    Evolve a species from primordial ooze, build a civilisation, then blow it up in a dozen different ways to start again.

    60% idle
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    Kittens GameUpdated

    Also civilization, prestige

    Run a civilisation of kittens from catnip fields to space elevators. Deep, slow, and endlessly spreadsheetable.

    55% idle
  12. Infi-Knight cover art

    Infi-KnightUpdated

    Also prestige, narrative

    A desktop companion game: an immortal knight battles the undead while you work, growing stronger with each death.

    3.6★ galaxy

  13. Level 13Updated

    Also narrative, civilization

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

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    Pibcremental

    Also prestige, civilization

    Grow a civilization of little Pibbles in a giant tree, assigning them to buildings and clicking structures for boosts. Prestige resets grant permanent buffs.

    84% steam
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    Feed the Reactor

    Also prestige, narrative

    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
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    Territory Idle

    Also prestige, civilization

    Build tiles into a kingdom, choose a pantheon and a hero, then abdicate for gold to buy more land and try new strategies.

    80% steam
    70% idle
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    Idle Chapel

    Also prestige, narrative

    Convert cultists into worshipers whose prayers fund your chapel, purify 12 areas, and reset through penance for lasting upgrades in a pixel dark fantasy.

    78% steam
    has ending
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    CivIdle

    Also civilization, prestige

    Lead a civilization from ancient times to the modern era on generated maps, researching a large tech tree, building wonders and trading with other players.

    73% steam
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    Idle Civilization

    Also civilization, prestige

    Take two villagers and grow them into an empire through buildings, research, deities, heroes, trade and war. An idle base with far more to manage than usual.

    51% 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
  21. 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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    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
  23. Antimatter Dimensions cover art

    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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    Clicker Heroes

    Also prestige

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

    90% steam
    60% idle