Games like IdleDev
If IdleDev is your kind of game, the closest matches are Jimmy's Fruity Adventure, Tech Store Simulator and PC Tycoon 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Steam players who put hours into IdleDev also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Jimmy's Fruity Adventure
WHY THIS
Top pick for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Mom is out shopping and Jimmy is about to lose his shit.
Tech Store Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Tech Store Simulator is a game in which you have to build your own tech store. Buy goods, put them on the shelves, sell them at an inflated price and beat the thieves!Also in the game there is a huge number of opportunities to customize the store and make it the way you would like it in life
PC Tycoon 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!
Mobiles Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Mobiles Tycoon is a brand new game about creating your mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. In the game you have to manage your company and develop your devices (smartphones and tablets), operating systems and processors
Aquarium Designer
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Aquarium Designer gives you an opportunity to create the aquarium of your dreams! Become a professional whose job is to design it, build it, and fill it with the various underwater wildlife! All types, all sizes - your creativity is your only limit!
Ant Keeping Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with IdleDev.
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.
Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for IdleDev fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Buy cooking equipment, prepare delicious meals, and serve hungry customers. Upgrade your setup, read customer reviews, and expand your business to become the top fast-food joint in the city.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below IdleDev at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Casual with IdleDev.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IdleDev on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IdleDev.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with IdleDev.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with IdleDev.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about IdleDev
- How much does IdleDev cost?
- IdleDev is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to IdleDev?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IdleDev are Jimmy's Fruity Adventure, Tech Store Simulator, PC Tycoon 2.
- Who developed IdleDev?
- IdleDev was developed by Jiri Otoupal.
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