Desktop companion incremental games

59 hand-tagged games, ranked by live Steam and Galaxy ratings.

Rusty's Retirement
A tiny robot farm that lives at the edge of your screen while you do other things. Idle in the purest sense.
97% steam
15–30h ending
95% idle
Bongo Cat
A cat on your taskbar drums every time you press a key, turning your everyday typing and clicking into points and random hat drops.
96% steam
Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping
Raise and breed fish in a small tank that can sit on your desktop, keep growing while you are offline, and be shared with friends for visits and trades.
97% steam
75% idle
Ropuka's Idle Island
A frog mows grass in a small window on your desktop; spend the clippings on better tools and island decorations.
97% steam
90% idle
Birdwatching Notebook
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% steam
90% idle
Cornerpond
A fisherman in the corner of your screen catches fish on his own; sell them for rod and bait upgrades and fill a journal of 100+ species.
97% steam
90% idle
Mushroom NookDormant
Mushrooms sprout on your desktop to collect, water and grow through several phases. Decorate a little garden that sits beside your work.
98% steam
90% idle
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi
A fishing boat sits along the edge of your desktop reeling in sea life to serve as sushi, while you upgrade rods and bait and fill an aquarium.
96% steam
90% idle
How to Train Your Cock
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% steam
90% idle
Viridi
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% steam
90% idle
Tiny Pasture
A strip of pasture along the bottom of your screen where you raise, breed and sell animals for coins while you work.
92% steam
90% idle
NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws
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% steam
90% idle
Maltese's Fluffy Onsen
Run a bathhouse for animal guests at the bottom of your screen, setting bath temperatures, snacks and staff while you do other things.
94% steam
90% idle
Desktop Defender
A lone tower in the corner of your screen holds off waves while you work, dropping gear to equip and resetting runs for permanent ascension upgrades.
92% steam
90% idle
Not Monday Cafe
A cafe docked at the bottom of your screen where staff cook and serve animal customers, with farm-grown ingredients, 300+ recipes and Twitch chat as guests.
94% steam
90% idle
Fischer's Fishing Journey
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% steam
90% idle
The Dream Globe
A tiny world inside a snow globe runs on its own while you check in to buy upgrades. Discover over 100 gems, crops and foods across dream regions.
94% steam
90% idle
Fishing The Abyss
A small robot fishes by itself in a tall window beside your work, leveling up to reach deeper water and stranger catches. Clicking helps but is optional.
95% steam
90% idle
Idle Waters
Fish from a window at the bottom of your screen, manually or with auto-fishing, to fill a collection of 100 species across 12 biomes and stock your aquarium.
94% steam
90% idle
Screen Cat
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% steam
90% idle
My Little Life
A small person lives out their life in a strip along the bottom of your screen, working, decorating and chasing dreams while you do other things.
91% steam
90% idle
Book of FeiDormant
A desktop idle RPG where a party of cute warriors fights and works part-time jobs at the bottom of your screen, unlocking 24 advanced classes and card gear.
93% steam
90% idle
MISHA
Tap or type to earn points for a desktop anime companion, then trade points for random outfits to build her wardrobe and swap duplicates.
91% steam
90% idle
Vanguard Galaxy
Fight, mine, salvage and trade across a procedural galaxy, played full screen or docked on your desktop with an autopilot that can run things.
90% steam
50% idle
Desktop FishingDormant
A frog in the corner of your screen fishes while you work, catching 50+ species with shiny variants and unlocking new spots and outfits.
91% steam
90% idle
Burgie's Cozy Kitchen
Run a small burger stand on your desktop, serving picky customers when a bell rings and upgrading the kitchen. Includes a Pomodoro mode and stream chat orders.
97% steam
50% idle
Meow Palace: Forbidden City
Raise a stray cat in the Forbidden City from your desktop, training skills like palace cooking and opera while it gathers materials for outfits and furniture.
91% steam
90% idle
Desktop Kitten Girl
A little witch lives on your desktop, fishing, cooking and reading on the schedule you set, with collectibles for each activity plus a Pomodoro timer and notes.
91% steam
90% idle
Lakeside BarDormant
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% steam
90% idle
Typing FarmerUpdated
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% steam
90% idle
Desk Paws
Collect 100+ desktop pets from claw machines, house them for rent, and send them out on trips for materials and snacks.
86% steam
90% idle
Loafing Town
A desktop god sim where you drag heroes around with physics, summon monsters to train them, and grow a hut into a town.
85% steam
90% idle
Little Aviary
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% steam
90% idle
Desk Garden
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% steam
90% idle
Battle On! Hero Academy
Run a hero academy in the Kairosoft mould: lay out buildings, recruit heroes who train and fight on their own, and carry graduates forward as lasting bonuses.
83% steam
90% idle
Capoo Pals
A desktop pet where Capoo and bugcats wander your screen, react to your mouse and can be collected in picture books.
83% steam
90% idle
Eggo
Raise an egg-born creature on your desktop that hunts treasure as you type. Dress it, pair it with friends' pets and breed new ones with inherited traits.
83% steam
Berserk B.I.T.S
A desktop auto-battler where your digital buddy fights viruses, collects battle chips for a deck, and follows an email-driven detective story.
81% steam
90% idle
Crusaders Quest : Mini
A desktop spin-off of Crusaders Quest where your keyboard and mouse use powers mini heroes fighting bosses, and you collect characters and costumes.
81% steam
Lazy KickersUpdated
Grow soccer balls from plants and kick them into goals for coins, hiring and assigning players to climb leagues on a desktop-friendly field.
90% steam
3.8★ galaxy
50% idle
Village Tale
A village builder that lives in a corner of your screen, where you construct buildings, craft goods and fill trade orders from neighboring towns.
81% steam
90% idle
Under the blue horizon
A small aquarium sits on your screen beside other windows. Feed fish, turn their droppings into currency, and hire crawfish and jellyfish helpers to expand the sea.
82% steam
90% idle
Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
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% steam
90% idle
Crusaders Quest : Hero Town
Pixel heroes gather resources, fight monsters and rebuild a small town in a strip along the side of your screen.
79% steam
90% idle
PC FISH: Taskbar Aquarium
Raise and breed fish in a desktop aquarium, discover rare traits among 450+ fish and decorations, and trade on the Steam Market.
78% steam
90% idle
Farlands: Tiny HarvestUpdated
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% steam
90% idle
Tap Tap Loot
Every keystroke or click makes your little cat hero strike, so ordinary typing drives a looting adventure across six biomes, solo or with up to four friends.
76% steam
Desktop Raid
A hero squad in a corner of your desktop fights, levels and loots automatically across a dozen branching classes while you work.
76% steam
90% idle
Deskrawl: Idle ARPG
An ARPG at the bottom of your desktop where you farm loot, capture enemies and bosses as minions, and grow a town.
75% steam
90% idle
Idlequarium
Keep a customizable fish tank on your desktop, raising and collecting hundreds of species to earn coins for decorations and new fish.
75% steam
90% idle
Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
A pixel medieval village builder that runs along the bottom of your screen. Make the big decisions or step in with your own character to chop wood, join battles and put out fires.
72% steam
50% idle
Infi-KnightUpdated
A desktop companion game: an immortal knight battles the undead while you work, growing stronger with each death.
3.6★ galaxy
Click and SpellComing soon
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.
3.3★ galaxy
50% idle
Fluffy Kitchen Saga
Run a restaurant for fluffy animal customers along the bottom of your screen, earning coins to upgrade and unlock over 50 dishes.
65% steam
90% idle
TBH: Task Bar Hero
A tiny hack-and-slash RPG that lives in your taskbar, where pixel heroes fight and loot on their own while you mix classes, skills and gear.
62% steam
90% idle
Loot of Baal
Send a crew of hirelings from five classes out to fight demons from a sidebar on your screen, crafting and trading loot to perfect the team.
62% steam
90% idle
Lootborne
A dark fantasy auto-battler that runs in a small desktop window, with a hero fighting and looting on its own. Forge duplicates, stack elemental synergies and battle other builds in async PvP.
61% steam
90% idle
[WoG] War of Genesis: Idle Loot
A 3D hero fights and loots by itself in a transparent desktop window, with gear tradeable on the Steam Market and alliance raids against bosses.
60% steam
90% idle
My Party Is Grinding
Five heroes fight in a small transparent window on your desktop, with deep gear crafting across 200 battles and capped offline earnings.
43% steam
90% idle

Mushroom NookDormant

Book of FeiDormant

Desktop FishingDormant

Lakeside BarDormant

Typing FarmerUpdated

Lazy KickersUpdated

Farlands: Tiny HarvestUpdated

Infi-KnightUpdated

Click and SpellComing soon