Best idle games on Steam

Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, automate everything — a satisfying idle game where numbers go up forever.

Every keystroke and click makes your desktop cat punch the taskbar for more hats.

A sprawling sci-fi idle game — customize your ship's weapons and defenses to grind down endless alien waves.

A free idle incremental where the numbers explode and never stop — multiply, automate, prestige, reach infinity, then push beyond.

A laid-back idle city-builder — mine ores, grow your civilization, and collect the legacies of an immortal city.

Relax and catch fish in gorgeous waters while your crew works even offline — hire crewmates, collect pets, sail bigger boats, and peel back layer after layer of progression.

Idle-like roguelite of a car driving in loops — upgrade, place gates, watch the numbers go up.

Watch a swarm of tiny slammers hurl themselves at a planet and mine it to pieces. SLAM, CRACK, REPEAT.

Build a sprawling island farm run entirely by robots — assign the tasks, then let it grow in the corner of your screen while you do anything else.

A cozy incremental — strategically plant flowers, optimize machinery, grow your tree home.

An idle clicker about rolling, automating, and hoarding toilet paper — just don't clog the toilet.

A cowsy, absurd incremental about building a French dairy empire from three cows in a field.