Best Idler games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our idler game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify idler games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best idler games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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Touch Some Grass

Someone told me to go touch some grass. I'm pretty sure this is what they meant.

Price -40% 0.95€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Apr 2022

Orb of Creation

Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Mar 2022

Tumbleweed Destiny

The somewhat hateful and slightly charming tumbleweed is the star of the game. This game is a tumbleweed life simulator that depicts the fate of tumbleweeds in my own imagination.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 31 Mar 2022

Poop Clicker

Have you always wanted to be a king, but all the kingdoms are already taken? Try to be the Poop King in the Poop Clicker game! A magical unicorn, sweet corn and others will help you with this! Unlock special upgrades, but take your time, because haste makes waste!

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Mar 2022

Tap Ninja - Idle game

Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 17 Mar 2022

Movie Night

Movie Night is a casual online multiplayer game giving players the ability to create their own virtual cinema to watch youtube with their friends in sync.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Jan 2022

👑 Idle Calibur 👑(选王之剑)

《Idle Calibur》is A Pixel Rogue + RealTime War + Idle Play + Open World + RPG strategy Animation cute game 。 (Idle Battle,Whatever you like) Only one developer! Please consider it carefully before buying

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Jan 2022

My life as an archeologist

Click your way through 100 levels of archeological treasure hunting, loot and improve your equipment, uncover build-defining artefacts on every boss, choose between three different classes and find the one that best fits your playstyle! Research monsters cards and improve every run!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 10 Jan 2022

Chill Corner

This is just an idle game for chilling, relaxing or focusing.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Dec 2021

Bitburner

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Dec 2021

Stuck In Time

A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.

Price 6.59€
Rating 8.0
Release 09 Dec 2021

WorldBox - God Simulator

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.3
Release 02 Dec 2021

Melvor Idle

Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.

Price -62% 3.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Nov 2021

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 03 Nov 2021

Idle Big Devil

Idle Big Devil is a free idle RPG game with 3D graphics. If you are interested in strategy or idle games, you might want to take a look!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Nov 2021

Laptop Tycoon

Welcome to Laptop Tycoon!Compete with the tech giants! You will have the opportunity to show your skills in business management. Start your own laptop company! Choose and hire the best people for your company, buy and upgrade your own office and start building your dream laptop.

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 29 Oct 2021

Aquarium Designer

Aquarium Designer gives you an opportunity to create the aquarium of your dreams! Become a professional whose job is to design it, build it, and fill it with the various underwater wildlife! All types, all sizes - your creativity is your only limit!

Price -62% 3.11€
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Oct 2021

Idle Pins

Idle Pins is an Incremental game made by an Incremental addict for Incremental lovers. Over 250 Pins to collect and merge. Hundreds of upgrades, features and QoL. Enjoy one of the most rewarding 'grind' experience, now on Steam!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 16 Oct 2021

Increlution

Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Oct 2021

Bubble People

Bubble People is a point-and-click game, click on things with your mouse and have some fun!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Oct 2021

100 hidden birds 2

Hidden object game in the cartoon city style. Animation and puzzles. Very large location. Ultra hard! Really very difficult!

Price -80% 0.59€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Oct 2021

Cookie Clicker

An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 01 Sep 2021

DPS IDLE

Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and hire heroes. Raise your DPS!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.2
Release 21 Aug 2021

100 hidden rams

100 hidden rams is a hidden object game in a village setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Interesting and difficult! The clouds are flying by!

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 20 Aug 2021

PropHunter

PropHunter - a fresh representative of the genre of hide and seek on the net! The players are divided into two teams - one team is hiding by taking the form and properties of objects, the second team is seek to find for impostors among props. The team that eliminates its rivals wins!

Price 3.29€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Aug 2021

Idle Atomic

Idle Atomic is an Incremental Idle RPG in a post-apocalyptic world. Level up skills, refine your salvaged materials and hunt mutant creatures to survive!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.0
Release 15 Jul 2021

Paint Drying Simulator

This is literally a game about watch paint drying for 6 hours, so.. ..do you feel like wasting money and time? XD

Price 0.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 13 Jul 2021

Idle Monster TD

An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Jun 2021

Luna's Fishing Garden

Luna's Fishing Garden is a short, cozy fishing and building game. Catch fish, trade it in and create the garden of your dreams by planting new trees, placing water objects and bringing animals to the archipelago.

Price -33% 5.35€
Rating 9.0
Release 16 Jun 2021

GAI Stops Auto: Right Version Simulator

Become the lord of this road! Put things in order in the traffic! Write out fines for violators and do not fall into the gachi trap...

Price -70% 0.89€
Rating 7.9
Release 04 Jun 2021

Farm Manager 2021

Farm Manager 2021 is an indie game that lets you relax and immerse yourself in farm management. A casual but grounded builder game that combines management and farm maintenance in one package. Grow and expand your farm into a thriving estate or enjoy it as a delightful escape from everyday life.

Price 19.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 06 May 2021

Crypto Mining Simulator

Realistic Mining simulator with custom builds mechanics! A lot of GPUs, CPUs, Motherboards, RAMs, SSDs, PSUs and more! Build your dream farm with 1000+ GPUs!

Price -85% 0.74€
Rating 6.4
Release 24 Apr 2021

NGU INDUSTRIES

NGU INDUSTRIES (sequel to NGU IDLE) is a Free To Play Idle game and Factory Manager! It's packed with weird humor, tons of upgrades, and many hours of content! If you want that sweet, sweet dopamine release that comes with making Numbers Go Up, NGU INDUSTRIES is your game!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Apr 2021

Your Chronicle

"Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 04 Apr 2021

IdleOn - The Idle RPG

Create different classes who all work together when you're gone! When you return, spend their loot on powerful upgrades and synergies - but don't be fooled by the simple graphics, IdleOn gets more complex with each World Boss you defeat!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 02 Apr 2021

Boss of this gym

Enjoy going in the gym how it was intended: phonk, sick racing cars and Emperor Putin guarding you. Get buff and visit the ♂Dungeon Master♂ to get uprades. Drink tonics and avoid obstacles on your path to becoming the ♂Boss of this Gym♂.

Price 0.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 05 Mar 2021

The Perfect Tower II

The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Feb 2021

Incremental Epic Hero

Incremental, Idle, RPG, Japanese Anime Game! Incremental Epic Hero is a free-to-play idle game with Japanese cute anime!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 22 Feb 2021

Bird

You are a bird, you are free in this small place, but you can't get out, all you can do is fly around.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Feb 2021

Grow Defense

Upgrade your Castle and Unlock new tiers of Skills and Weapons to Defend vs Monsters and Bosses across VARIOUS ZONES! Find Rare ITEMS dropped from monsters and bosses and upgrade them to their full potential! Defeat RAID Mega-Bosses to find LEGENDARY items!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 10 Jan 2021

I'a I'a Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa

"I'a'Ia Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa" is a Galgame with Cthulhu mythology, with three female (xie) masters (shen) who can be attacked, 8-10 hours of game time. Working in a coffee shop, I accidentally discovered the indescribable secret of this shop...

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Jan 2021

RUSSIAPHOBIA

Immerse yourself in the Russian Realities as Foreign Agents and help the Presidents Make Russia Great Again! Cooperative Multiplayer, World Government, Evil Russians and more! Russia is Waiting for You!

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 25 Dec 2020

Idle Slayer

Idle Slayer is an incremental game with idle and active playstyle mechanics, medieval pixel art visuals and retro 8-bit sounds and music.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 21 Dec 2020

Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game

Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 04 Dec 2020

Zero IDLE

Zero IDLE is an incremental (IDLE) game in which you can decide whether to make all of your way to the biggest number EVER by clicking, or by increasing your incremental production...or you can make the game to click for you...

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 20 Oct 2020

Loot Grind Simulator

Loot Grind Simulator is a fantasy-themed game about completing quests and earning better loot to equip. The game is meant as satire of the current MMO and Looter Shooter trends and features idle gameplay elements with decisions about what quests to undertake and items to craft.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 14 Oct 2020

SPACE / MECH / PILOT

The S/M/P Initiative is not responsible for any odd abnormalities while playing. Connections to other universes are not monitored or controlled by the video game program. Keep away from children under the age of 6. Fun to play but not to eat.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Oct 2020

Virtual Cottage

Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Oct 2020