The Best Idle Games on Steam
Idle games — also called clickers, incremental games, or autoplayers — let you make progress while doing other things. The Steam catalog has hundreds of them across every flavor: PvE clickers, factory builders, prestige systems, idle MMOs.
The list below is ranked by 30-day average concurrent players, which is the most honest measure of which games people actually keep coming back to. Filtered to games rated 60% or higher and refreshed every morning at 04:00 UTC.
| # | Game | Rating | Players | Released | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bongo Cat
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find? |
★ 97% | 146,910 | Mar 2025 | Free | Store |
| 2 |
Banana
Banana is a clicker Game, in which you click a Banana! In Banana you click the Banana to gain even more Bananas! Every 3 hours, you get dropped a banana. Each banana is also made by the community in discord. Come hang out with us and let's |
★ 82% | 13,715 | Apr 2024 | Free | Store |
| 3 |
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. |
★ 96% | 8,366 | Sep 2021 | $4.99 | Store |
| 4 |
Revolution Idle
Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity? |
★ 87% | 7,690 | May 2025 | Free | Store |
| 5 |
IdleOn
The incremental idle MMO where your heroes keep fighting while you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental-Wizard to Cannon-Pirate, and level 20 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and Construction! |
★ 78% | 7,621 | Nov 2025 | Free | Store |
| 6 |
VPet-Simulator
Feeling like the computer desktop is too dull? Need something cute to heal oneself? Come and try this new completely free and open source V-Pet simulator. A cute and adorable pet that supports various feeding interactions to accompany you i |
★ 98% | 6,587 | Aug 2023 | Free | Store |
| 7 |
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap. |
★ 89% | 4,550 | Nov 2021 | Free | Store |
| 8 |
Unnamed Space Idle
Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different |
★ 93% | 3,555 | Jul 2023 | Free | Store |
| 9 |
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 e |
★ 90% | 3,271 | Nov 2021 | $9.99 | Store |
| 10 |
Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story
"Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story" is a sound novel game where you work alongside Satone, a girl who loves writing stories. Customize lo-fi music, ambient sounds, and landscapes to create a focused environment. As you deepen your bond |
★ 98% | 2,989 | Nov 2025 | $11.99 | Store |
| 11 |
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. |
★ 80% | 2,720 | Apr 2021 | Free | Store |
| 12 |
Tap Ninja - Idle game
Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master! |
★ 85% | 2,659 | Mar 2022 | Free | Store |
| 13 |
Shop Titans
Shop Titans is the ultimate RPG shopkeeper simulation. Craft powerful equipment, stock your shop and sell to aspiring heroes… at a markup! Hire heroes and explore dungeons to gather valuable materials to craft with. There’s never a dull mom |
★ 78% | 2,654 | May 2020 | Free | Store |
| 14 |
Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi
Create Your Own Cozy Workspace! Mini Cozy Room : Lo-Fi is a productivity game blending relaxing Lo-Fi music with room decoration. Cute avatars, pets, desktop memos, to-do lists, and a Pomodoro timer help boost your focus. Feeling lonely? Wo |
★ 97% | 2,548 | Mar 2025 | $4.99 | Store |
| 15 |
Scritchy Scratchy
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in? |
★ 95% | 2,125 | Mar 2026 | $6.99 | Store |
| 16 |
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy management game uniting Champions from throughout the D&D multiverse into a grand adventure. |
★ 77% | 1,708 | Mar 2020 | Free | Store |
| 17 |
Tap Tap Loot
The world is under attack, and every tap fights back. Each keystroke unleashes your cute cat hero, smashing enemies and showering you with loot. Dive into a never-ending desktop expedition with friends or solo. Tap. Tap. Loot. |
★ 78% | 1,602 | Apr 2026 | $4.89 | Store |
| 18 |
Fortune Mill
An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, drop pachinko balls, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others! |
★ 82% | 1,599 | Jun 2026 | N/A | Store |
| 19 |
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi
Welcome to Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi! This is a relaxing and enjoyable idle fishing game that can sit at the bottom or any corner of your screen, allowing you to enjoy a leisurely sea fishing time in your busy life. |
★ 96% | 1,593 | Jun 2025 | $5.99 | Store |
| 20 |
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 |
★ 95% | 1,501 | Dec 2021 | $19.99 | Store |
| 21 |
Clicker Heroes
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal d |
★ 90% | 1,475 | May 2015 | Free | Store |
| 22 |
Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense
Endless idle tower defense game full of deep strategy and combat mechanics. Unlock and upgrade dozens of epic fantasy heroes to defeat an infinite swarm of enemy monsters. Strategize hero positions, synergies, and skills for an effective de |
★ 83% | 1,465 | May 2024 | Free | Store |
| 23 |
Orb of Creation
Orb of Creation is a non-idle 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! |
★ 85% | 1,459 | Jun 2026 | $4.99 | Store |
| 24 |
Typing Farmer
Welcome to Typing Farmer! This desktop idle healing game will make a corner of your screen a cozy farm. Your daily actions—typing and clicking—automatically foster crop growth, attract cute animals play with you. Let the healing charm of ad |
★ 89% | 1,404 | Apr 2026 | $4.49 | Store |
| 25 |
Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG
Your heroes never stop fighting. Build an unstoppable team in a fantasy idle RPG with AFK progression and offline rewards. Collect heroes and powerful gear, master formations, defeat epic bosses, and return to bigger rewards and endless inc |
★ 77% | 1,403 | Apr 2024 | Free | Store |