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Games like Idle of the Dead

If Idle of the Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mushi, Dungeons and Raids and Bones and Coins — 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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About Idle of the Dead: A pixel-art idle zombie RPG that lives in a slim strip above your taskbar. Your survivors fight the horde while you work: loot scrap, forge gear, unlock skills, prestige and push through 4 difficulties. Minimize the apocalypse - or go fullscreen when the boss arrives.

2026IndieRPGFree To PlayCasualFree to playWindowsby Sucata Studio
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Players who liked Idle of the Dead also play

Steam players who put hours into Idle of the Dead 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.

  1. Mushi

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Idle of the Dead.

    Mushi is a single-player idle/incremental RPG. Level up, gather loot and explore a rich fantasy world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG13.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dungeons and Raids

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Casual with Idle of the Dead.

    Dungeons and Raids is a gacha game where you will collect heroes and make them fight in the dungeons...

    2024RPGCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bones and Coins

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Idle of the Dead.

    An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.

    2026ActionStrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Novivors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Unlock new heroes and abilities, collect and craft powerful equipment, path the 1000+ nodes stats tree, strategize meta-progression, customized runs, and create game-breaking synergies with 6 active classes and 36 abilities all at once in this roguelite hack and slash survivors bullet heaven game.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Greed and Grind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Casual with Idle of the Dead.

    Hello guys I am bringing you this time around a small cozy little game about greed and grinding!! If you played my previous games you should know what to expect! If you didnt... This is a small Idle game where the character battles autommatically while everything you do is drink a coffee.

    2023RPGCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Orbsmith

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Idle of the Dead.

    Your weapons fight. You forge the legend. Orbsmith is an idle auto-battler where you gamble magic orbs to craft god-roll gear, chase impossible rolls, and let your build do the killing. One more orb. One more run. One more legend.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  7. Ultimate Auto-RPG: Tower Walker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Free To Play with Idle of the Dead.

    Ultimate Auto-RPG is an idle game, meaning that it mostly plays on its own. Your hero will automatically defeat enemies and level up on your screen while you do other things. Allowing you to work on other tasks while gaining experience and loot!

    2025SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Demon Ark: Idle RPG

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Idle of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Free To Play with Idle of the Dead.

    # Demon Ark is an idle build RPG where you dispatch hero parties from a flying demon castle Battles and expeditions progress automatically. But you decide who to send, which jobs and sub-jobs to combine, and what gear and runes each hero should equip. Check the battle results and rebuild your team.

    2026RPGFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Idle of the Dead

Is Idle of the Dead free to play?
Yes — Idle of the Dead is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Idle of the Dead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idle of the Dead are Mushi, Dungeons and Raids, Bones and Coins.
Who developed Idle of the Dead?
Idle of the Dead was developed by Sucata Studio.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Idle of the Dead.

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