Games like Idle Research

Hooked on the minimalist and relaxing side of Idle Research? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Revolution Idle
An idle incremental where a circle fills, points multiply, and the numbers never stop climbing. Automate everything, trigger prestiges, reach infinity, then reset to go further.
Minimalist, Relaxing
86% of 12,888 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10,387Free
Idle Pins
An idler built around merging: fuse two Pins into a stronger one, sometimes into something brand new. Set up formations, tune stats, explore zones and climb a randomized Tower, with prestige seasons and hundreds of upgrades waiting. A slow-burn numbers game made by an idler, for idlers.
Relaxing, Colorful, Cute
62% of 556 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96Free
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...
Minimalist, Relaxing
68% of 370 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Idle Skilling
An idle RPG with 21 skills to level, from mining and fishing to pet breeding and potion-making. You start with three, unlock the rest as you fight through zones, and everything keeps growing while you are away. Five minutes a day is enough; the numbers do the rest.
Relaxing, Colorful, Cute
70% of 2,409 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 207Free
Magic Research
Run a brand-new school of magic as its headmaster: cast over a hundred spells, research strange new schools, build the campus, and grow famous enough to win the Tournament of Magic. Along the way, dozens of secret storylines hide permanent, game-changing rewards. One more run is always tempting.
Minimalist, Relaxing, Colorful
90% of 414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$4.99
Progress Game
Experience Progress in its purest form as an Idle-Game!
Relaxing, Colorful, Cute
92% of 341 Steam reviews are positiveFree
It's Fine
An idle game about crunch: you have 24 hours to ship your game, and Joe, your dog and project manager, is watching. Code, upgrade and prestige through stations that evolve in strange directions, from a wishlist botfarm to a squirrel who shoots lightning. Funny, hand-drawn and full of secrets, with several endings to find.
Relaxing, Cute
89% of 644 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 59$9.99
Idle Startup
Grow a one-person garage operation into a global tech company, one completed task at a time. Pick a skill, watch the money stack up, unlock departments, then automate the whole thing and check in on your empire now and then. A clean, endlessly-scaling idle game that keeps earning while you are away.
Minimalist, Relaxing
60% of 371 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63Free
The Magician's Research
The MAGICIAN'S RESEARCH is an RPG style IDLE - INCREMENTAL - MANAGEMENT Game! The Experiments of the Mage's Guild have broken out and you are tasked with tracking down, researching, and disposing of them before they can disturb the nearby towns or multiply!
Relaxing, Colorful, Cute
58% of 264 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Antimatter Dimensions
Buy dimensions that make antimatter that buys more dimensions, then collapse the universe for Infinity points and start over stronger. What follows is layer after layer of prestige resets, challenges, and automation that keeps folding the game into itself. Slow at first, then absurd in the best way.
Minimalist, Relaxing
92% of 4,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 993Free
Smashing Simulator Idle
An idle game about smashing things: bottles, plates, boxes, whatever turns up. Numbers go up, upgrades stack, and when progress slows you smash the game itself and start again, harder. Colorful pixel art, missions, skill trees and secrets, all at a calm, click-at-your-own-pace rhythm.
Relaxing, Colorful
73% of 487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28Free
Incremental Adventures
Lead a party of heroes through a dungeon that never ends, while the game fights for you. Combat is fully automated; your job is the clever part: tuning prestige layers, automation and upgrades to make the numbers climb higher than you thought numbers could go. A calm, minimalist idle game that rewards patient thinking over fast clicking.
Minimalist, Relaxing
77% of 825 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44Free

Hidden gems like Idle Research

Flippant

An abstract incremental game about flipping a coin and maybe some other things too

$2.99

It's Fine

An idle game where you code against the clock while Joe, your dog and project manager, watches over the project.

$9.99

IDLE_DIRECTIVE

A post-apocalyptic idle game about Tetris-ing equipment into a tiny grid until your little machine gathers, builds, and repairs on its own.

$4.99

Click the Button

Click the Button is an incremental game about clicking a button to receive chests that deliver incredible rewards.

$2.99

Scratch Inc.

Scratch your way to bigger multipliers, automate the stand, and reset to climb higher.

Free

Rocky Idle

Chop, mine, farm and auto-battle your way through a cozy idler that keeps going even when you step away.

$9.99

Feed the Reactor

Feed fuel into a reactor, mix elements until the numbers sing, and warp across a strange galaxy with a secret.

$6.99

Magic Research 2

Grow from rookie wizard to a full team of casters, chasing the Philosopher's Stone through spells, crafting and boss fights.

$5.99

Particul

Tap out particles, automate the work and trade your way toward the rarest one.

$1.99

Tower Wizard

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

$2.99

Magic Research

Grow a magic academy from scratch, automate its spells and studies, and uncover the storylines that quietly reshape each new run.

$4.99

Galaxy Idle Clicker

An idle space game that keeps running while you are away, then hands you astronomical numbers when you check back in.

Free

Newest games like Idle Research

Dirt Clicker

Dig up dirt and treasure with ever better tools, then let your pals take over while the numbers grow.

$5.59

It's Fine

An idle game where you code against the clock while Joe, your dog and project manager, watches over the project.

$9.99

Meeple Incremental

Roll dice, send cheerful meeples around a board, and watch a quiet little economy grow.

$4.79

Click the Button

Click the Button is an incremental game about clicking a button to receive chests that deliver incredible rewards.

$2.99

IDLE_DIRECTIVE

A post-apocalyptic idle game about Tetris-ing equipment into a tiny grid until your little machine gathers, builds, and repairs on its own.

$4.99

Fortune Mill

Build a busy arcade of small games and sushi stands, then automate it all and watch the money roll in at your own pace.

$7.99

Flippant

An abstract incremental game about flipping a coin and maybe some other things too

$2.99

Kill the Lich Idle

Route Momentum through a growing web of actions, tune the flow, and let the idle progress carry you to the Lich.

Free

Idle Iktah

Fish, craft and grow your way through a gentle pixel island life, with progress that carries on while you rest.

Free

Rocky Idle

Chop, mine, farm and auto-battle your way through a cozy idler that keeps going even when you step away.

$9.99

Synergism

Stack upgrades and reset layers until small coins turn into absurd ones, at your own pace.

Free

Particul

Tap out particles, automate the work and trade your way toward the rarest one.

$1.99