Games like TaskPals
by Ascalon Games
TaskPals is a simple companion app that brings life to your taskbar with cute and tiny pals.
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Start11
Aug 3 · Stardock
Both: Utilities · Software
Customize the Start menu and Taskbar in Windows 10 and 11 with several different layouts, positions, and aesthetic options using Start11 v1! Make the Start menu appear as it does in previous versions of Windows, enhance its functionality, and customize your setup just the way you like it.
UtilitiesSoftwareSingleplayerSoftware Training👍 522
-40%$2.99Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi
Mar 30 · Tesseract Studio, Nugem Studio
Both: Idler · Pixel Graphics · Utilities
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? Work together with friends in multiplayer mode.
CozyIdlerMusicPixel GraphicsCharacter CustomizationUtilitiesRelaxingIndieCasualDesktop Companion👍 3,468
$3.99XWidget
Nov 19 · XDesktopSoft
Both: Utilities · Software
XWidget is a powerful desktop widget customization engine. It's light, handy with smooth animations. Built-in powerful visual widget editor and widgets online gallery. You can download more then 1600+ widgets from the built-in gallery with just one-click.
UtilitiesAnimation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationSoftware👍 409
$3.99Ropuka's Idle Island
Jan 29 · Moczan and Little Chmura, Begoña Pereda
Both: Idler · Utilities
A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.
Desktop CompanionIdlerRelaxingCozyCasualUtilitiesBuildingIncrementalNatureFarming Sim👍 4,052
$1.99Ai Vpet
Aug 1 · uemesh
Both: Utilities · Software
The new generation of table pets in the AI era provides users with a comprehensive AI customized platform for creating table pets, including image, voice, character design, and even interactive methods, through AI technologies such as deep learning and language processing.
SimulationCasualUtilitiesArtificial IntelligenceAnimeSoftwareCharacter CustomizationLife SimJob SimulatorImmersive Sim👍 411
$3.99Digital Mate
Jul 29 · Digital Life 数字生命
Both: Utilities · Software
Digital Mate, your exclusive and adorable desktop companion, is here to accompany you through delightful moments, providing interactive fun and thoughtful reminders.
CasualAnimation & ModelingUtilitiesDesign & IllustrationAnimeRelaxingSoftwareSexual Content👍 379
-15%$11.89TaskPaw
8 days ago · Singular Sunshine Studios
Both: Idler
Let a cute little cat keep you company while you work. Watch them walk or run across your desktop, dress them up, and enjoy different places from day to night.
CasualIdler3DCuteRelaxingDesktop CompanionWalking SimulatorSide ScrollerTypingCats
-32%$4.07Tiny Pasture
Feb 17 · CaveLiquid
Both: Idler · Pixel Graphics
Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!
IdlerCuteFarming SimIncrementalPixel GraphicsCasualCreature CollectorManagementRelaxingDesktop Companion👍 7,060
$5.99Maltese's Fluffy Onsen
May 13 · Sinkhole Studio, Moonlab Studio
Both: Pixel Graphics · Idler
Run a bathhouse visited by animals! Maltese's Fluffy Onsen is a relaxing simulation game that you can enjoy while doing other tasks, as it sits at the bottom of your screen. Place baths with different temperatures and rest areas to help a variety of animal friends unwind.
Desktop CompanionPixel GraphicsSimulationAutomationCuteCasualIdler2DIndieLife Sim👍 2,728
$2.99Cornerpond
Apr 21 · foolsroom
Both: Idler · Pixel Graphics
A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!
Desktop CompanionIdlerIncrementalSimulationFishingCreature CollectorPixel GraphicsRelaxingCasualCute👍 2,567
-70%$2.39👑 Idle Calibur 👑(选王之剑)
Jan 14 · 绝汪
Both: Idler · Pixel Graphics
《Idle Calibur》is A Pixel Rogue + RealTime War + Idle Play + Open World + RPG strategy Animation cute game 。 (Idle Battle,Whatever you like) Only one developer! Please consider it carefully before buying
IndieRogueliteIdlerStrategyAnimeWargamePixel GraphicsOpen WorldTactical RPGRoguelike👍 1,242
-10%$3.59Little Ghosties
Sep 7 · Acrylic Pixel Games
Both: Idler · Utilities
Little Ghosties is a cozy 2D idle desktop companion game where adorable ghosts live inside a terrarium on your desktop. Hatch, raise, and collect unique ghosts as they grow from eggs into fully grown adult ghosts.
Early AccessDesktop CompanionIdlerRelaxingCozyCasualUtilitiesIncrementalNatureCollectathon
$2.99Plantera
Jan 28 · VaragtP
Both: Idler
In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.
IncrementalIdlerCollectathonSandboxAgricultureAutomationBuildingFarming SimPoint & ClickRPG👍 4,522
-75%$0.74Tap Heroes
Jun 5 · VaragtP
Both: Idler
Welcome to the first puppet show RPG! Participate in battling a ton of foes, buy new upgrades, cast magic and recruit new Heroes. Or just sit back and enjoy the show as your Heroes fight on their own while you watch or do other things.
IncrementalTactical RPGIdlerAuto BattlerAutomationPlatformerPoint & ClickRoguelikeStrategyRPG👍 402
$2.99Dogs Organized Neatly
Nov 1 · DU&I
In this 2D puzzle game you have the responsibility to arrange lovely doggos in a way that fits the grid. Dogs Organized Neatly comes with 80 brand-new hand-crafted levels and a whole bunch of dogs in all shapes and sizes.
DogsCasualCozyWholesomePuzzleRelaxingCute2DHand-drawnColorful👍 1,395
$0.99100 hidden birds 2
Oct 8 · Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Аlexandr Telminov
Both: Family Friendly · Idler
Hidden object game in the cartoon city style. Animation and puzzles. Very large location. Ultra hard! Really very difficult!
CasualAdventurePoint & ClickHidden ObjectPuzzleCreature CollectorFamily FriendlyCatsHand-drawnIdler👍 484
$9.99Sticky Business
Jul 17 · Spellgarden Games
Both: Pixel Graphics
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
CasualRelaxingSimulationCuteIndieWholesomeDecoratingLGBTQ+Pixel GraphicsColorful👍 6,004
$2.99Brushwood Buddies
Feb 17 · Steven Colling
Both: Pixel Graphics
In Brushwood Buddies, an unusual puzzle game, adorable creatures will enlist your help to craft various items as they journey through forests, grasslands, and villages! Discover tons of recipes, and find clever ways to manage inventory space and resources while keeping your buddies happy.
IndieCasualPuzzlePixel GraphicsCuteSingleplayerRelaxing👍 159
$3.99A Bird Story
Nov 7 · Freebird Games
Both: Pixel Graphics
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
IndieStory RichGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsShortAdventureSingleplayerInteractive Fiction2DRPG👍 8,206
-30%$6.99Nomad Idle
Apr 4 · The Fox Knocks
Both: Idler
Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.
IdlerIncrementalClass-BasedRogueliteCraftingRoguelikeAuto BattlerCasualCharacter Customization2D👍 852
$4.99PegIdle
Jun 19 · EagleEye Games
Both: Idler
PegIdle is a Pachinko idle game! Aim and shoot your balls to clear all the pegs on the board. Recieve gold by hitting the golden pegs or by landing balls into the moving bucket. Purchasing auto ball drop will automaticly drop balls onto the board. Spend your gold on new balls and ball upgrades!
IdlerIncrementalCasualCozyRelaxingSingleplayerCartoony2DScore AttackPoint & Click👍 439
$5.99Brash Monster Simulator
Jul 30 · mountain bird
Both: Idler
This is an open world role-playing game with cartoon color. Operating stores, obtaining materials, building equipment, defeating monsters, training characteristic staff, open skill combination system, characteristic team building and strange painting system, can hardly stop!
CasualSimulationRPGOpen WorldIdlerIndieSandbox3D PlatformerCartoonyFirst-Person
$24.99Little Kitty, Big City
May 9 · Double Dagger Studio
Both: Family Friendly
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
CatsCuteExplorationWholesomeCozyFamily FriendlySandboxFunnySimulationIndie👍 10,427
-20%$3.99Vibe Lab: Idle Dev Sim
3 days ago · Green Growth Digital
Both: Idler · Pixel Graphics
A cozy idle game about vibe-coding with AI. Hire a crew of agents, climb a five-branch upgrade tree, and dress the whole lab from 80 cosmetics across five tiers. Progress lands in minutes, not days — no subscriptions, no daily check-in. Numbers go up, vibes stay immaculate.
IdlerCasualSimulationResource ManagementPixel GraphicsRetroRobotsSingleplayerArcade2D











