History Main / IdleGame

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[[caption-width-right:349:The typical idle game with several characteristic features.]]

* ''VideoGame/TowerAttack''[[note]]A browser game made for and playable only during the 2015 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Summer Sale.[[/note]][[index]]

* ''VideoGame/IdleBouncer'' ([[http://www.kongregate.com/games/almostidle/idle-bouncer link]])

* ''VideoGame/KittensGame'' ([[http://bloodrizer.ru/games/kittens/ link]])

* ''VideoGame/NGUIdle'' ([[https://www.kongregate.com/games/somethingggg/ngu-idle link]])

* ''VideoGame/PonyClicker'' ([[http://blackhole12.github.io/PonyClicker/ponyclicker.html link]])

* ''VideoGame/RealmGrinder'' ([[http://www.kongregate.com/games/DivineGames/realm-grinder link]])

* ''VideoGame/SwarmSimulator'' ([[https://swarmsim.github.io link]])

* ''VideoGame/{{Bitburner}}'' [[https://danielyxie.github.io/bitburner/]]

* ''VideoGame/CosmosQuest'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/gaiabyte/cosmos-quest]]

* ''VideoGame/EndlessExpansion'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Volch/endless-expansion]]

* ''VideoGame/IdleBouncer'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/almostidle/idle-bouncer]]

* ''[[VideoGame/IdleSlimeDotText idleSlime.text]]'' [[https://www.kongregate.com/games/kbvpneofit/idleslime-text]]

* ''VideoGame/KittensGame'' [[http://bloodrizer.ru/games/kittens/]]

* ''VideoGame/NGUIdle'' [[https://www.kongregate.com/games/somethingggg/ngu-idle]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Pickcrafter}}'' [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fiveamp.pickcrafterapp]]

* ''VideoGame/PonyClicker'' [[http://blackhole12.github.io/PonyClicker/ponyclicker.html]]

* ''VideoGame/PotatoesClicker'' [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.skarwild.potatoesclicker]]

* ''VideoGame/ReactorIncremental'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Cael/reactor-incremental]] (not to be confused with ''Reactor Idle'' above)
* ''VideoGame/RealmGrinder'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/DivineGames/realm-grinder]]

* ''VideoGame/SoulHarvester'' [[http://soulharvester.neocities.org]]
* ''VideoGame/SpaceCompany'' [[https://sparticle999.github.io/SpaceCompany/]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Spaceplan}}'' [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolver.spaceplan]]

* ''VideoGame/SwarmSimulator'' [[https://swarmsim.github.io]]

* ''VideoGame/TimeClickers'' [[http://www.timegamers.com/TimeClickers/]]

* ''VideoGame/YouAreAShrink'' [[https://maitovaunu.itch.io/shridle]]

[[JustForFun/IReadThatAs Not to be confused with]] id'''ol''' games[[note]]though there exist games that are both, such as ''Idoly Pride''[[/note]]. Also not related to Creator/EricIdle.

Idle Games usually have a concept of buying upgrades that enhance your ability to gain points (whether active, idle, or both), yielding exponential gains that PinballScoring can't begin to describe. Upgrade units also tend to have [[AbsurdlyHighLevelCap theoretically infinite]] levels, but their increasing cost causes DiminishingReturnsForBalance. More complicated Idle Games tend to have multiple currencies to make the purchasing decisions for upgrades more complex. Many Idle Games also have a [[{{Macrogame}} prestige system]] that functions like a NewGamePlus, resetting the game but providing a "prestige" currency that carries over runs to ease subsequent runs, and some take it further by having multiple levels of prestige that reset the levels below it. Some games with these features may downplay the idling gimmick by having mini-games that drive the mechanisms for scoring and\or upgrading, or just by having so many complicated upgrades that the player is constantly busy evaluating and choosing them, but if there is a concept of an escalating point total that goes up over time, it still falls under the "Idle" umbrella.

* ''Bar Idle''

* ''Bitburner'' [[https://danielyxie.github.io/bitburner/]]

* ''The Button That Ruins Everything'', a spoof idle game created by [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] as part of his Dev Diary project.

* ''Cosmos Quest'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/gaiabyte/cosmos-quest]]
* ''Cow Evolution''

* ''Dont Shoot the Puppy''

* ''Endless Expansion'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Volch/endless-expansion]]

* ''Farm of Souls''

* ''House Idle''

* ''Idle Blacksmith''

* ''Idle Heroes''

* ''idleSlime.text'' [[https://www.kongregate.com/games/kbvpneofit/idleslime-text]]

* ''Idoly Pride''

* ''Potatoes Clicker'' [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.skarwild.potatoesclicker]]

* ''Reactor Incremental'' [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Cael/reactor-incremental]] (not to be confused with ''Reactor Idle'' above)

* ''Soul Harvester'' [[http://soulharvester.neocities.org]]
* ''Space Company'' [[https://sparticle999.github.io/SpaceCompany/]]
* ''Spaceplan'' [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolver.spaceplan]]

* ''Spoon Pets''

* ''Star Tap''

* ''Tap Titans''

* ''Tower Attack''[[note]]A browser game made for and playable only during the 2015 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Summer Sale.[[/note]][[index]]

* ''War Clicks''

* ''You Are a Shrink'' [[https://maitovaunu.itch.io/shridle]]