Games like Daily Botanica
by Cyvana
Daily Botanica is a relaxing desktop idler about raising mysterious plants. Pet and water each seedling, discover what makes it flourish, and arrange a living collection around your screen - even while you work, study, or step away.
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$3.99Ropuka's Idle Island
Jan 29 · Moczan and Little Chmura, Begoña Pereda
Both: Desktop Companion · Idler · Relaxing
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
$4.99The Greenening
May 7 · Erkberg Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Nature
A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
IncrementalCasualIdlerExplorationNatureRelaxingCleaningCuteCozyWholesome👍 484
$2.99Cornerpond
Apr 21 · foolsroom
Both: Desktop Companion · Idler · Incremental
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
-10%$3.59Little Ghosties
Sep 7 · Acrylic Pixel Games
Both: Desktop Companion · Idler · Relaxing
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
$3.99Alchemist's Garden
Apr 21 · Lumis Entertainment
Both: Incremental · Idler · Collectathon
Alchemist's Garden is a cozy and relaxing incremental crafting game. Forage to uncover hidden ingredients across mystical lands. Experiment with them at your crucible to discover potions and items, stock your shop's shelves, and watch your potion shop grow!
IncrementalIdlerCollectathonShop KeeperBuildingCapitalismCraftingEconomyManagementPoint & Click👍 182
-40%$5.39Desktop Raid
Mar 8 · Lee_Studio
Both: Idler · Incremental · Desktop Companion
Assemble your adventure squad on the desktop! Classic RPG meets idle play—no grind, no stress, just nonstop progress. Your heroes fight, level up, and loot while you work or study. Explore rich classes, powerful skills, and thrilling gear drops. RPG excitement, anytime, anywhere!
IdlerRPGIncrementalDesktop CompanionCreature CollectorLootCasualPixel GraphicsAdventureExploration👍 679
-15%$5.94Moon Garden
10 days ago · Kairos Games LLC
Both: Idler · Incremental · Relaxing
A cozy incremental game about growing your way home. Strategically plant flowers, optimize machinery, and grow your tree tall enough to escape!
IdlerStrategyIncrementalResource ManagementBuildingManagementRelaxingCuteAtmosphericCasual
-32%$4.07Tiny Pasture
Feb 17 · CaveLiquid
Both: Idler · Incremental · Relaxing
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
-65%$8.74Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
Feb 22 · stillalive studios
Both: Relaxing
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
RelaxingSimulationCozySingleplayerCasualFarming SimIndieSandboxCuteFamily Friendly👍 899
$11.99Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
Apr 8 · Mooncube Games
Both: Desktop Companion · Relaxing · Idler
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.
CozyDesktop CompanionDecoratingRelaxingOrganizingCreature CollectorIdlerCasualMusicCharacter Customization👍 15,218
$3.99CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm
Jul 15 · Furistic
Both: Desktop Companion · Idler · Incremental
A corner screen incremental brick-breaker where bouncing cores destroy endless swarms. Let it run in the corner of your screen while you work or jump into fullscreen and take control yourself. Unlock new Cores, expand your skill tree, survive endless waves.
Desktop CompanionAuto BattlerIdlerIncrementalCasualStrategyRoguelikeBullet HeavenTower DefenseRoguelite
-20%$7.99Leafy Corner
Jul 30 · Fireline Games
Both: Relaxing · Nature
Run a cute little plant shop in this cozy and relaxing game. Grow, sell, and care for a variety of real-life plants, help customers find their dream plants, complete orders, and customize your cozy shop just the way you like!
CozyCasualSimulationManagementRelaxingNatureDecoratingColorfulCuteStylized👍 2,352
$6.99Petunia's Purgatory
Jul 16 · Dead Possum Games
Both: Idler · Desktop Companion
Petunia's Purgatory is a creepy-cute idle farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Grow cursed crops, feed the Elder God, and keep Petunia sane before her hallucinations invade your desktop.
IdlerFarming SimDesktop CompanionManagementCasualLovecraftianDark HumorCuteResource ManagementPixel Graphics
$4.99Chill Pulse
May 2 · Catos Game
Both: Idler · Life Sim
Chill Pulse combines productivity tools with serene environments. Use a Pomodoro timer and to-do lists to boost focus, while ambient sounds in settings from cyberpunk cities to ancient landscapes enhance relaxation.
CasualUtilitiesIdlerSimulationPixel GraphicsPoint & ClickEducationDating SimCuteLife Sim👍 4,621
$4.99Samawa Idle
Nov 13 · Samharia Studios
Both: Incremental · Idler
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
IncrementalIdlerRogueliteAuto BattlerTower DefenseRPGRoguelikeCharacter Customization2DTop-Down👍 600
$5.99Idle Colony
Dec 16 · Faith G.
Both: Incremental · Idler
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
IncrementalCasualAutomationStrategyIdlerEconomyManagementColony SimRogueliteBuilding👍 553
-20%$4.79xiuzhen idle
Feb 4 · 游戏养家工作室
Both: Idler · Incremental
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)
IdlerIndieWord GameCasualRPGEarly AccessSimulationIncrementalStrategyTime Management👍 2,314
$8.99Ant Keeping Simulator
Jul 29 · Kunstaat
Both: Nature · Relaxing · Incremental
Grow, feed and care for your colony of mighty ants in a realistic semi-idle simulation of ant keeping. Created in collaboration with ant keeping enthusiasts, Ant Keeping Simulator will be an accurate experience to ant keepers.
SimulationCasualNatureRelaxingManagementSandboxBuildingEducationIncrementalRealistic👍 120
$12.99XiuzhenWorld2
Sep 27 · Noforgetit
Both: Idler · Collectathon
《XiuzhenWorld2》is a 3D world where your goal is to level up from a mere mortal into an immortal at the end. Its a semi-idle game with fun immortal cultivation mechanics such as - leveling up to become stronger. - capturing monsters as pets to fight for you. - AFK(Away From Keybourd).
RPGIdlerLootAutomation3D PlatformerOpen WorldCreature CollectorMythologyMagicCollectathon👍 134
$11.99Urban Jungle
Mar 21 · KYLYK
Both: Relaxing
Use luscious plants to turn your ordinary home into a green haven in Urban Jungle. Find the best place for each plant in your small apartment and enjoy gardening without worries. And don't forget to pet your cat!
RelaxingCuteCasualSimulationCozyIndiePuzzleColorfulFamily FriendlySingleplayer👍 669
$4.99Factory Town Idle
Jan 8 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Idler · Incremental
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
CasualIdlerIncrementalMinimalist2DResource ManagementFantasyCity BuilderAutomationColony Sim👍 1,232
$3.99Topac Battle
Jun 25 · Keep Games
Both: Idler · Incremental · Relaxing
Topac Battle is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy Topac Ball, Reveal Cozy Monsters and Level them up, Sell for a higher rarity, and become the master of the chill battle scene. From a simple park to your dream setup with rare exotic monster and ultra-rare color variants!
Creature CollectorIdlerIncrementalRelaxingCasualAuto BattlerSimulation3DIsometricColorful
-40%$17.99Coral Island
Nov 14 · Stairway Games
Both: Life Sim · Relaxing
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Farming SimLife SimDating SimRelaxingSimulationAgricultureRPGCharacter CustomizationCraftingSingleplayer👍 21,839
$4.99Journey to Incrementalia
Oct 23 · Adam Travers
Both: Incremental · Idler
Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.
IncrementalAuto BattlerStrategyIdlerRPGDark FantasyRetro2DHack and SlashLinear👍 895
$19.99Dinkum
Apr 22 · James Bendon
Both: Relaxing · Life Sim
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Open World Survival CraftAgricultureRelaxingCo-opFarming SimLife SimFarmingCraftingSimulationSandbox👍 24,646
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Incremental · Relaxing
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
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-20%$9.59Memory of Memorie : A Chill Story
Jul 22 · BeXide Inc.
Both: Relaxing · Idler
A story-driven productivity adventure where you work alongside Memorie, an apprentice witch from another world. As you focus using the Pomodoro timer, the story progresses and her world gradually transforms. Turn solitary work into time shared with someone.
CozyRelaxingCasualTime ManagementImmersive SimUtilitiesIdlerVisual NovelInteractive FictionPoint & Click👍 248
-30%$6.99Nomad Idle
Apr 4 · The Fox Knocks
Both: Idler · Incremental
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
$19.99Cattails: Wildwood Story
Oct 20 · Falcon Development
Both: Life Sim
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
CatsLife SimFarming SimWholesomeRPGSimulationAnimalsRomanceCharacter CustomizationCute👍 1,479
$4.99Click Mage
Jan 6 · Tiny Crow Games
Both: Incremental · Relaxing · Nature
Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.
SimulationIncrementalResource ManagementCasualRelaxingPixel GraphicsMiningCraftingFantasyNature👍 2,531
-10%$13.49Nightwater
3 days ago · Studio Ashty
Both: Incremental · Idler · Relaxing
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Open WorldAutomationResource ManagementIncrementalIdlerCraftingSandboxRelaxingSimulationStrategy
-15%$11.89TaskPaw
8 days ago · Singular Sunshine Studios
Both: Idler · Relaxing · Desktop Companion
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
$13.99Fields of Mistria
Aug 5 · NPC Studio
Both: Life Sim · Relaxing
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Farming SimDating SimRPGPixel GraphicsLife SimRomanceSimulationCuteFarmingRelaxing👍 32,018
$5.99Magic Research 2
May 21 · Maticolotto
Both: Idler · Incremental
Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.
Auto BattlerIdlerText-BasedAutomationRPGMagicFantasyManagementIncrementalCrafting👍 610
$14.99Cauldron
May 21 · SleepyDad Games
Both: Incremental · Idler
Cauldron is an upgrade-heavy, minigame-centric, turn-based RPG. Play minigames to strengthen your party, then win battles to uncover more map, more heroes, more minigames, more everything! If your favorite plant is an upgrade tree, then this game is for you!
IncrementalMinigamesCasualTurn-Based StrategyAdventurePixel GraphicsAuto Battler2DFantasyIdler👍 1,684
$24.99Botany Manor
Apr 9 · Balloon Studios
Both: Relaxing
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorImmersive SimFemale ProtagonistFirst-Person3DRelaxingHistoricalStory Rich👍 1,028
-20%$3.19Fantasy Bird Woods
8 days ago · SouthBoat Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Relaxing
Fantasy Bird Woods is a desktop idle game. Observe and guide mystical birds on the right side of your screen. They evolve alongside your work or study without window-switching. Enjoy light interaction and a sense of companionship during breaks with these evolving digital pets.
IncrementalIdlerCreature CollectorTabletopFarming Sim2DCuteRelaxingWholesomeComic Book
$6.99荒域奇谭
Apr 29 · 清友工作室
Both: Idler · Incremental
Legends of Wastelands is an idle RPG where you shape your hero’s growth. Choose among six classes, master 100+ skills, and combine talents and gems for unique synergies. Idle for rewards or dive into boss fights and shifting wastelands, with pets and gear adding endless build variety.
IdlerIncrementalLootAutomationCombatStrategy RPGStrategyPoint & ClickRogueliteHand-drawn👍 320
-20%$6.39Ascend Idle: Chronicles
3 days ago · GODev Games
Both: Idler · Incremental
Ascend from mortal origins to cosmic mastery in Ascend Idle: Chronicles, an immersive idle RPG. Optimize automated resource generation, unlock powerful upgrades, and master deep strategic progression through a seamless, mouse-only interface designed for pure, relaxed enjoyment.
CasualRPGAuto BattlerIdlerIncremental2DCozyEconomyFantasySci-fi
$11.99gogh: Focus with Your Avatar
Apr 30 · ambr
Both: Relaxing
A cozy multiplayer co-working sandbox with character customization, room building, and productivity tools. Focus, study, work, and relax together with friends and players around the world.
Character CustomizationCuteSandboxUtilitiesMultiplayerRelaxingCozy3DAnimeTime Management👍 4,817
$9.50Garden Ink
11 days ago · Kranich
Both: Relaxing
Paint, combine and discover! Garden Ink is a cozy sandbox game. Combine decorations and use painting tools to customize your world. With hand-painted graphics and a relaxing soundtrack, it’s time to discover every cute surprise.
CozyRelaxingCuteHand-drawnDecoratingMinigamesExplorationSandboxFamily FriendlyCasual
$19.99Little Witch in the Woods
Sep 14 · SUNNY SIDE UP
Both: Life Sim
Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
CutePixel GraphicsDialogue HeavyMagicLife SimCasualSimulationPuzzleRPGOpen World👍 11,699
$4.99Background Hero
4 days ago · steev
Both: Idler · Incremental
Every hero starts somewhere, usually with a dull axe, an even duller pickaxe. Background Hero puts you in charge of building one from scratch, one skill at a time. Idle progression, tiered upgrades, task lists, resources, dungeon rewards -- perfect for the completionist chasing the elusive 100%
RPGIdlerCasualIncremental2DText-BasedAdventureCozyMinimalistEconomy
$21.99Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Feb 28 · WinterSpring Games
Both: Life Sim
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Early AccessSimulationOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalLife SimSandboxRPGFarming SimRoguelikeCard Game👍 1,136









