Games like Hardworking Hero

Still thinking about Hardworking Hero and its retro and colorful tone? These games are a good place to start.

1. Crusaders Quest : Hero Town

   

   A tiny pixel town lives on the side of your screen while you work. Cute chibi heroes gather on their own, fight monsters around the town and grow stronger, while you build, decorate and hand out fruit gifts. A calm, low-pressure idle RPG that grows at your pace.

   Retro, Colorful, Relaxing

   75%75% of 2,656 Steam reviews are positive157Players online now: 157$6.99

2. Incremental Epic Hero

   

   A cute, colorful idle RPG where three chibi heroes fight, craft and grow stronger while the numbers climb on their own. Spend resources on upgrades, build skill sets, brew potions and rebirth into new classes. It starts small and keeps unlocking more, so there is always another layer to plan for.

   Colorful, Relaxing, Cute

   72%72% of 328 Steam reviews are positive48Players online now: 48Free

3. Cave Heroes

   

   Lead a party of Cave Heroes to explore dungeons, battle monsters and defeat tough archdemons. Build your village, collect loot, rescue pets and much more in this idle RPG.

   Retro, Colorful, Relaxing

   56%56% of 132 Steam reviews are positive13Players online now: 13Free

4. Heros and Monsters: Idle Incremental

   

   Auto Battler, Incremental, Idle Game

   Relaxing

   68%68% of 122 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4Free

5. Idle Pixel Fantasy

   

   A pixel-art idle game where peasants, knights, goblins and griffins run the economy for you. Buy units, watch them spawn and smash chests, climb six themed layers and bring down the dragon at the top. Calm, cheerful and easy to leave running while you do something else.

   Retro, Colorful, Relaxing

   77%77% of 963 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17Free

6. Idle Slayer

   

   Start with nothing but a jump and a few coins, then grow into a legendary Slayer. Run, slash and collect souls across strange dimensions, spend them on a huge skill tree, craft gear and fight bosses. It plays like a retro platformer, grows like a deep incremental RPG, and keeps going while you are away.

   Retro, Relaxing

   84%84% of 11,065 Steam reviews are positive850Players online now: 850Free

7. Tap Ninja - Idle game

   

   A pixel ninja runs, you tap, enemies fall, gold piles up. Build a village that earns while you are away, unlock pets and heroes, and turn five spare minutes into a number that keeps getting bigger. An idler with more layers than it first lets on.

   Retro, Colorful, Relaxing

   85%85% of 9,882 Steam reviews are positive3KPlayers online now: 3,047Free

8. Idle Progress

   

   Idle Progress - A free idle game where your task is to produce as many resources as possible, improve your weapons and armor for good attacks, create good fishing rods for a good catch and get legendary items by completing legendary quests.

   Retro, Relaxing

   42%42% of 73 Steam reviews are positiveFree

9. Progress Game

   

   Experience Progress in its purest form as an Idle-Game!

   Colorful, Relaxing, Cute

   92%92% of 341 Steam reviews are positiveFree

10. Hero Tale

    

    A cozy auto-battler that runs in the background while you get on with your day. Come back, spend your levels on a huge skill tree, sort your loot and push a little further across a colorful medieval island. Gentle, low-pressure progress with a funny story and a fairy who does the housekeeping.

    Colorful, Relaxing, Cute

    69%69% of 426 Steam reviews are positive37Players online now: 37$4.99

11. 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.

    Retro, Colorful

    71%71% of 341 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

12. Island Idle RPG

    

    Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help provide all the equipment and weaponry needed to defeat bosses in distant Dungeons

    Colorful, Relaxing

    67%67% of 86 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Cheaper than Hardworking Hero

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.

71%71% of 341 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Island Idle RPG

Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help…

67%67% of 86 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Idle Hunter

Idle Hunter - is an Idle game made for people who like to relax and to grind a lot!

60%60% of 84 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Idle Hero

Idle Hero is a reference game in its genre. No endless walkthrough and unreachable goals.

50%50% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Incremental Town RPG

Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village.

59%59% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

Monotony Idle

Idle RPG for your desktop. Mine, fish, smith, farm, and build a factory. Runs for 24 hours while you’re gone. One purchase, no energy, no ads.

83%83% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

The Dream Globe

Watch a little pixel family farm, fish and brew inside an antique globe while you work, then drop in to sell their goods and unlock new worlds.

94%94% of 382 Steam reviews are positive40Players online now: 40$2.99

Idle Crown

Rise from serf to sovereign in this medieval idle RPG. Level fifteen skills, raise a Holding stone by stone, slay drakes and leviathans, command…

44%44% of 134 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$3.99

Swag and Sorcery

Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery - a new…

54%54% of 2,319 Steam reviews are positive7Players online now: 7$2.59

Slimeward

A giant Slime lands in front of your house and refuses to leave, so you put it to work.

88%88% of 369 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$2.99

Rock Island

Guide a pixel-art village of stone workers through professions, blessings and endless growth in a relaxing incremental run.

65%65% of 286 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$4.79

Tower Wizard

An incremental game about a wizard and one very ambitious tower.

96%96% of 9,034 Steam reviews are positive71Players online now: 71$2.99

Hidden gems like Hardworking Hero

Loafing Town

A god simulator that lives at the bottom of your screen while you work.

84%84% of 546 Steam reviews are positive96Players online now: 96$6.99

Legend of Defenders

Set up heroes and turrets, let the waves crash in, and come back to a richer, stronger fortress.

81%81% of 611 Steam reviews are positive6.4KPlayers online now: 6,392$9.80

Idle Pixel Fantasy

Buy peasants, knights and griffins, let them farm gold for you, and climb six colorful layers toward the dragon waiting at the top.

77%77% of 963 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17Free

Farmer Against Potatoes Idle

Fight off endless waves of angry potatoes with upgrades, gear swaps and reincarnations, and let the farm keep earning while you are away.

94%94% of 8,263 Steam reviews are positive1.3KPlayers online now: 1,260Free

Crusaders Quest : Hero Town

Raise chibi heroes, build up a cozy little town and let it all hum along quietly on your desktop while you get on with your day.

75%75% of 2,656 Steam reviews are positive157Players online now: 157$6.99

Between Adventures IDLE

Train skills, forge gear and watch cheerful pixel battles unfold at your own pace, with progress that keeps ticking even when you step away.

70%70% of 425 Steam reviews are positive70Players online now: 70$7.99

Greedy Greedy Gnomes

A short incremental game set in a sleepy RPG town. Smash pots, recruit gnomes, raid mines, unlock upgrades, and optimize everything until you’re…

72%72% of 111 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$5.99

Idle Cave Miner

Send cute pixel miners down the shaft, turn their haul into better gear, and watch the numbers climb while you do something else.

80%80% of 1,269 Steam reviews are positive592Players online now: 592Free

Cycle Idle RPG

Set up your build and gear, then let your character keep fighting while you are away.

71%71% of 270 Steam reviews are positive59Players online now: 59Free

Incremental Epic Hero 2

A colorful idle RPG where a party of six battles on its own while you shape their builds and run the town behind them.

72%72% of 1,739 Steam reviews are positive974Players online now: 974Free

Craft Hero

Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night!

81%81% of 370 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$4.99

Desktop Heroes

Desktop Heroes is a unique idle RPG designed to be your faithful companion while you work.

70%70% of 104 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$5.99

Newest games like Hardworking Hero

Legend of Defenders

Set up heroes and turrets, let the waves crash in, and come back to a richer, stronger fortress.

81%81% of 611 Steam reviews are positive6.4KPlayers online now: 6,392$9.80

Between Adventures IDLE

Train skills, forge gear and watch cheerful pixel battles unfold at your own pace, with progress that keeps ticking even when you step away.

70%70% of 425 Steam reviews are positive70Players online now: 70$7.99

Fantasy Miner: Idle Depths

Dig for ore, discover new resources, smelt ingots, and unlock hundreds of upgrades in this fantasy mining idle game.

65%65% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Now THAT'S a Big Dragon!

Recruit warriors, wizards, elves, thieves and more, stack upgrades across gold, wood, iron and food, and chip away at one truly enormous dragon…

73%73% of 63 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$6.99

Greedy Greedy Gnomes

A short incremental game set in a sleepy RPG town. Smash pots, recruit gnomes, raid mines, unlock upgrades, and optimize everything until you’re…

72%72% of 111 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$5.99

Journeybound Idle

Chop, mine, cook and fight your way from broke F-Rank rookie up the Adventurer's Guild, at your own pace.

84%84% of 49 Steam reviews are positive30Players online now: 30$9.99

Monotony Idle

Idle RPG for your desktop. Mine, fish, smith, farm, and build a factory. Runs for 24 hours while you’re gone. One purchase, no energy, no ads.

83%83% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Rock Island

Guide a pixel-art village of stone workers through professions, blessings and endless growth in a relaxing incremental run.

65%65% of 286 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$4.79

Loot Loop

Build a little pixel party, let them loot and level on their own, and check in for one more quick run whenever you like.

92%92% of 1,838 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$4.99

Crusaders Quest : Hero Town

Raise chibi heroes, build up a cozy little town and let it all hum along quietly on your desktop while you get on with your day.

75%75% of 2,656 Steam reviews are positive157Players online now: 157$6.99

Land Drifters

Sail between islands at your own pace, watch your skills and gear grow, and let the world keep moving while you are away.

94%94% of 35 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$5.99

Bard Idle

Hire heroes whose race, class and weapon are rolled at random, then make the hand you're dealt sing.

70%70% of 851 Steam reviews are positive67Players online now: 67Free