Games like Melvor Idle
If you like Melvor Idle (idle, rpg and runescape-style), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Stone Story RPG
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want an RPG where the AI does the fighting: the story lasts around 6-8 hours and you can farm with the game closed.
Cauldron
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want a long incremental to return to over many days: players who 100% it mention 40 to 60 hours.
Keep on Mining!
- In common: short sessions and progression
When you want to unwind with something relaxing and addictive that's over in a single afternoon.
Farmer Against Potatoes Idle
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want to leave something progressing while you do something else and only come back to choose upgrades.
Factory Town Idle
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more building
When you want a management game to dip into for weeks: time away earns you tokens to speed things up.
Loot Loop
- In common: short sessions and progression
When you want something calm and pressure-free for an afternoon: it's done in about three or four hours.
All Hail the Orb
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want an incremental game with an ending: it lasts about six hours and there's no way to lose.
Click the Button
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you have a short afternoon and fancy opening chests and watching numbers climb without much thought, right to the end.
Tower Wizard
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more building
When you fancy watching something progress through lots of upgrades, in sessions you can leave and pick up again.
Click and Conquer
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you have a free afternoon and want an incremental you can wrap up before it ends: it lasts two to four hours.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Melvor Idle
A RuneScape-inspired idler: you pick an action, such as woodcutting, fishing, mining or fighting monsters, and it repeats by itself, even with the game closed for up to 24 hours. The base game has 24 skills, 161 enemies and 17 dungeons.
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