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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Guild Quest

You’ve just bought yourself a new island and it’s time to fill it up with QUESTS! Collect guildians, upgrade their guildhalls, and unleash them onto your own custom quest lines.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 26 Jan 2017

Gods and Idols

Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 12 Dec 2016

Screeps: World

Screeps: World is an open source MMO RTS sandbox game for programming enthusiasts, wherein the core mechanic is programming your units AI. You control your colony by writing JavaScript which operates 24/7 in the single persistent open world filled by other players on par with you.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Nov 2016

AdVenture Communist

The world's greatest communism simulator!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 23 Aug 2016

Chicken Assassin: Reloaded

Fight your way as Mean Mcallister, the baddest chicken in town, through multiple hordes of enemies to save your girlfriend in this hilarious, strategic button-mashing, action-RPG.

Price -65% 1.76€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jun 2016

Idling to Rule the Gods

Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 27 May 2016

Plantera

In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.

Price -80% 0.59€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Jan 2016

Crusaders of the Lost Idols

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is an idle game of heroic awesomeness! Create a band of fighters to fight monsters, earn gold and create strategies for the perfect formations over multiple campaigns! Upgrade your heroes, collect unique gear, and unlock new Crusaders in regular new events.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Oct 2015

Viridi

Nurture a small pot of succulents that grow in real time. Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever you need it.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Aug 2015

Sakura Clicker

The latest entry in the Sakura series is more action-packed than ever before! Sakura Clickers is a fast-paced, exciting adventure, full of content, in which you defeat your foes with the power of your mouse!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 29 Jul 2015

Microcosmum: survival of cells

Microcosmum: survival of cells. Join the wonderful and amazing world of microorganisms.

Price -50% 3.89€
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Jul 2015

Time Clickers

Time Clickers is what's called an 'incremental game'. There's always a fun upgrade to look forward to, and the numbers keep getting bigger! Hire a team to fight for you, even when you're offline!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 23 Jul 2015

Tap Tap Infinity

Tap Tap Infinity is a fully 3D incremental RPG. Hire Heroes to fight for you, even with the game closed! Gain unimaginable DPS, mountains of gold, conquer thousands of levels and millions of monsters on your quest to defeat ‘The Master'.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 17 Jul 2015

Loot Hero DX

A legendary Dragon is haunting the lands. Towns are set ablaze, and its magic power resurrects the evil creatures of the world. A hero is needed to travel to the corners of the lands and slay the beast to restore peace.

Price -80% 0.59€
Rating 7.2
Release 03 Jul 2015

Tap Heroes

Welcome to the first puppet show RPG! Participate in battling a ton of foes, buy new upgrades, cast magic and recruit new Heroes. Or just sit back and enjoy the show as your Heroes fight on their own while you watch or do other things.

Price -80% 0.59€
Rating 7.1
Release 05 Jun 2015

Clicker Heroes

Ever wondered what one quadrillion damage per second feels like? Wonder no more! Embark on your quest to attain it today!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 13 May 2015

AdVenture Capitalist

Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 30 Mar 2015

Mountain

Existential Nature Simulation

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Aug 2014

Stronghold Kingdoms

A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.3
Release 27 Feb 2012