Games like Idle Protocol
If Idle Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Booster Pack Heroes, Bottom Squad and Emojis vs Zombies — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Idle Protocol: Idle Protocol is a minimalist sci-fi tower defense and incremental game. Manage a central CPU core, equip exactly 2 Nodes, and defend against geometric anomalies. Perform a System Reboot to earn Cycles and unlock permanent modules in the BIOS!
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Booster Pack Heroes
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Top pick for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Idle Protocol.
A short incremental game about opening booster packs and surviving monster hordes. Discover rare heroes, upgrade their power, cast powerful spells and climb through ever harder chapters.
Bottom Squad
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Protocol.
An idle defense game at the bottom of your screen. Build your squad, upgrade your base, and hold the line against relentless alien waves while you work or browse.
Emojis vs Zombies
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
Emojis vs Zombies is an Idle Desktop Companion Zombie Defense Game! Open packs, Collect Emoji Defenders, Upgrade your squad or base and survive endless waves even while you're AFK or working!
Last Watchtower
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Ranked #4 for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
Last Watchtower is a short incremental defense game. Gather resources, pick upgrades, and unlock powerful tower abilities. Experiment with diverse builds, withstand relentless monster waves, and grow stronger with every run through permanent meta-progression.
Godcore
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Ranked #5 for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
A minimalist single player DOTA-like game. GODCORE is a runic war of lanes: march your warband down the road, command your Einherjar, wake your towers, and break the corrupted heart before yours shatters — one land of the saga at a time.
ShredDead
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Ranked #6 for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
ShredDead is a quirky relaxing incremental zombie-shredding game focused on progression with no fail states. Defeat endless waves, collect loot, grow your skill tree and evolve the zombies.
Thousand Floors
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
Tower Climbers carry amber light; allies follow through misty pagodas in an endless Eastern tower. Thousands Floors blends side-view pixel art with hands-off combat—summon, upgrade, and let them climb. Grow via allies, floor lockdown, and relics.
Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising
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Ranked #8 for Idle Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
A Lovecraftian idle RPG with auto-battles, loot farming, chests, team strategy, town building, gear crafting, Runewords, stages, towers, realms, and seasons. Serve the Old Gods, build your town, corrupt the chosen, and fight for their awakening!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Idle Protocol at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idle Protocol.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idle Protocol.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Protocol.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idle Protocol.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Idle Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Idle Protocol.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Protocol.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
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!
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Protocol.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Protocol.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Protocol.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Idle Protocol
- How much does Idle Protocol cost?
- Idle Protocol is listed on Steam at 1.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Idle Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idle Protocol are Booster Pack Heroes, Bottom Squad, Emojis vs Zombies.
- Who developed Idle Protocol?
- Idle Protocol was developed by Zzz Idle Games.
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