Free games like Idle Realms: Rise
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Idle Realms: Rise, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
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?
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
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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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Idle Realms: Rise.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Idle Realms: Rise.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online is a clicker game where progression is replaced with gambling, where the goal is simply to collect the rarest silly linguine cats.
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Taskbar Armory
Free-to-play alternative to Idle Realms: Rise — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Realms: Rise.
Your workday. Their adventure. A free cozy idle game that lives on your taskbar. Run a dwarven forge while you work or browse—mine ore, craft weapons, decorate your shop, and send heroes on expeditions for gems, relics and rare loot.