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Very idle incremental games

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

  1. Rusty's Retirement cover art

    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
  2. LurkBait Twitch Fishing cover art

    LurkBait Twitch Fishing

    A Twitch overlay where viewers cast lines through chat, points or subs, and the fishing plays out on its own while you stream.

    98% steam
    90% idle
  3. The Dream Globe cover art

    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
  4. Fishing The Abyss cover art

    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
  5. 挂机神话 cover art

    挂机神话

    A meme-heavy Chinese cultivation idler about farming procedurally generated gear and characters through an endless tower. Chinese-language store text.

    90% steam
    70% idle
  6. Rock Simulator 2 cover art

    Rock Simulator 2

    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
  7. My Little Life cover art

    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
  8. Check Back cover art

    Check Back

    Built around the title: come back later and there is more. A deliberately slow, very idle game.

    4.3★ galaxy
    90% idle
  9. A Game of Chance cover art

    A Game of ChanceUpdated

    Flip coins and chase rare events, spending the rewards on upgrades and new modes until the game runs on its own, even with the tab closed.

    4.1★ galaxy
    70% idle
  10. Hero Tale cover art

    Hero Tale

    A background auto-battler: a hero fights across a fantasy island while you check in to spend points in a 300-node skill tree and swap loot.

    71% steam
    90% idle
  11. 修炼成仙 cover art

    修炼成仙

    A minimal text cultivation game: create a character and it fights, loots, and trains on its own from its first steps toward ascension and rebirth.

    71% steam
    90% idle
  12. Roguathia cover art

    RoguathiaDormant

    An idle roguelike where characters explore dungeons on their own and progress feeds a meta layer.

  13. Omega Meta ZeroDormant

    A zero-player incremental meant to run like a screensaver, watching a number climb to absurd heights in Omega Layers notation.

    85% idle
  14. Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox cover art

    Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

    Seed a world with plants, herbivores, and carnivores whose genes mutate each generation, then leave it running and return to see what evolved or died out.

    45% steam
    90% idle
  15. 20,000 Miles Under the Sea cover art

    20,000 Miles Under the Sea

    A diver sinks toward the bottom of the Mariana Trench while you watch or minimize the game, deciding when to quit before meeting what lurks below.

    39% steam
    90% idle