The 8 Best Idle Games For PC - TheGamer

Not everyone has the time to dedicate to thorough gaming sessions, which is why the idle genre was created. As the name implies, these are games that can essentially be set up to play themselves while you're away. Of course, they do require some input when it comes to creating your automated system or participating in certain events at select times.

True satisfaction comes from getting you to need to make the most successful and profitable system just so that you can go away for hours on end only to reap the benefits later. These types of games are quite popular on mobile, but there are some quality ones to be found on PC.

8/8 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator

There's only so much you can do to your desktop before you run out of screensavers and backgrounds. Thankfully, the Evergloom Team has created something different you can add to it in Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator. When you launch this game, it will set up shop at the bottom of your screen.

This medieval-era town is yours to build and expand as you wish. Whether you want to an active role in developing the town and its inhabitants or just let them run free across your screen, your desktop will always have something to draw your eye.

Before the idle genre got to the level it is now, there were a few titles trying to build it up. A key part of the foundation is Cookie Clicker by Orteil and Dashnet. The goal is simple: Click the cookie. The more you click, the more cookies you earn, and it's all relative to your speed.

When you earn enough cookies, you can start hiring employees and building facilities with the sole purpose of making cookies whenever you're not clicking. You can also buy extra cursors to click the cookie for you, all for the sake of having all the cookies you'll never be able to eat.

6/8 Melvor Idle

Runescape was one of the first MMORPGs, and it's still played to this day while continuing to inspire other fantasy games. Games by Malcs were inspired to take a specific aspect from the RPG and turn it into the idle game, Melvor Idle. Arguably the most satisfying part of playing such games is leveling up, getting stronger, and learning new skills, which is exactly what you have to do.

You start off with skills that can be used in certain ways to earn points which can be used to make them stronger or expand into more skills, so you do even more with them. It may be management, but it's also quite relaxing.

5/8 The Longing

The standard is that game worlds operate on their own internal clocks, but those that use the real-world clock can seem more realistic if a bit unnerving. With this in mind, unnerving can be found in The Longing by Studio Seufz. As the last remaining subject of a king asleep underground, you are tasked with waiting for the king to awaken.

It will take 400 days of real-time before the king wakes up, so it's up to you and the Shade to spend the time as you will. You can explore the caves, discover new features, run errands, or simply kick back with a good book. There are also multiple endings to add variety to the payoff.

4/8 Shapez

Everything is made up of shapes, and these shapes are made in a multitude of ways. However, what if it was your job to make shapes? Well, you can see what it would be like in Shapez by Tobias Springer. You start out with very little and your goal is to make shapes of different types, sizes, and colors.

By using these shapes, you can make systems that can make even more shapes, and these shapes can be fed into systems to make more systems that make shapes. If you're looking to get in shape, then this is a great way to do it. (Get it? In shape?)

3/8 Orb Of Creation

Wizards are the envy of many, which could explain why they're such a popular choice for player characters. Magic is great to command, but magic to create worlds is incredible. Marple Games puts you in the role of a wizard in Orb of Creation.

A puzzling experience, you're able to use various spells in order to conjure what you need to complete the task at hand. This will help you come up with solutions, summon materials needed for experiments, and help you expand your power. As your power grows, you're able to put more into the world you wish to create.

2/8 Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up

There are so many kinds of fruits, but a strange one is the hairy green sweet kiwi. What even stranger is trying to imagine someone who will only eat these particular fruits. Well, this individual is the king in the world of Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up by Dimitri Kipper.

As one of his servants, you need to command a force of kiwi birds to produce kiwis in a number of ways in order to state the king's kiwi-centric diet. Feed him enough to get the resources needed to construct kiwi growth, harvest, and delivery methods.

1/8 PomoFarm

Farming involves a lot of hard work and physical labor, but another big part of it is just waiting for your crops to grow. If you're looking for a less hands-on farming experience, then check out PomoFarm by Wormpod.

As Tomato the Duck, you'll have free rein over a colorful and peaceful plot of land to oversee and plant whatever you want. You can take direct control of Tomato or just let them farm on their own. As they do, you'll learn new skills, meet new characters, and even turn up the heat with more active timer mechanics.

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