Every game in the harbour

The friendliest first step into idle games. Free in the browser with ads, endlessly deep if you want it, perfectly fine to treat as a background joke if you do not.

• Where it runsBrowser; also Steam, Android and consoles
• How it is fundedFree on the web with ads; paid on Steam

The idle game with the strongest sense of direction. Free in a desktop browser, built around a story that escalates in stages, and best played without reading spoilers first.

• Where it runsDesktop browser; paid iOS app
• How it is fundedFree on the web, no purchases seen

The patient player's idle game. Free in the browser, text-only, with a village economy that keeps opening new layers for a very long time.

• Where it runsBrowser; also Steam (Early Access), Android and iOS
• How it is fundedFree on the web; Patreon; paid on Steam

The genre's great tower of prestige layers. Free in the browser, open source, with an optional shop that the game itself says you do not need.

• Where it runsBrowser; also Steam and Android
• How it is fundedFree; optional shop, off by default on the web

A deep, text-based idle game with combat at its heart. Free in the browser with no cash shop on the web, and generous with automation as you progress.

• Where it runsBrowser; also Steam
• How it is fundedFree; no cash shop on the web; optional purchases on Steam

The most approachable idle RPG we know. A free demo runs in the browser; the full game is a one-time purchase with optional paid expansions.

• Where it runsBrowser; also Steam, Epic, Android and iOS
• How it is fundedFree demo; one-time full version; paid expansions; site shows ads

An incremental game that becomes a story. Free in the browser, minimalist, and best played knowing as little as possible.

• Where it runsBrowser; separate iOS, Android and Steam releases
• How it is fundedFree in the browser, no ads seen

A charming, finite adventure disguised as an idle game. Free, ad-free, drawn entirely in monospaced text, and full of small jokes.

• Where it runsBrowser
• How it is fundedFree, no ads; optional donations