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Games like Melvor Idle: 11 idle RPGs and skilling games
Short answer: IdleOn for the same skills in an online world, Idle Clans for the closest skilling grind with other players, Idle Slayer for an idle RPG you can also play actively, and NGU Idle for a free game with endless systems. Below: 11 games, what each shares with Melvor Idle and what changes.
Updated October 18, 2026 · Steam ratings checked the same day · By the Garbage Growth team
Quick answer
| If you want | Play | On Steam |
|---|---|---|
| Same skills, online | IdleOn | Mostly Positive · 30,034 Steam reviews |
| Skilling MMO, free | Idle Clans | Mostly Positive · 1,702 Steam reviews |
| Idle RPG, also active | Idle Slayer | Very Positive · 10,978 Steam reviews |
| Free and endless | NGU Idle | Overwhelmingly Positive · 13,023 Steam reviews |
| Heroes in formation | Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms | Mostly Positive · 15,078 Steam reviews |
| Something funnier | Garbage GrowthOur game | Very Positive · 389 Steam reviews |
What makes Melvor Idle special
Melvor Idle is inspired by RuneScape: it keeps the core of an adventure game and strips it down to its purest form. You level more than 20 skills, from woodcutting and fishing to combat, and they keep progressing while you are away. A game like it needs skills or heroes to level, gear, and progress that does not stop when you close the game.
The closest games to Melvor Idle: skills to level
#1 IdleOn
An incremental idle MMO where your heroes keep fighting while you are gone.
Like Melvor Idle: Skills to level, 20 of them, like Farming, Sailing and Construction, and progress while you are away.
What changes: Several characters at once, classes to unlock and an online world. Free to play on Steam.
See it on Steam ↗#2 Idle Clans
In its own words, the classic MMORPG grind in a way that respects your time: dozens of skills, clans, a player-driven economy, quests, bosses and raids.
Like Melvor Idle: The same skilling at the core: dozens of skills to train, gathering and crafting, bosses to beat.
What changes: It is online: clans, raids and a market run by the players. Free to play on Steam, in Early Access.
See it on Steam ↗#3 Idle Skilling
Meant to be played 5 to 10 minutes a day (its own words): you unlock skills one after another, like mining, fishing, pet breeding, potion-making and construction.
Like Melvor Idle: A long list of skills to unlock and level, the way Melvor does it.
What changes: Short daily sessions instead of long ones. Free to play on Steam.
See it on Steam ↗Idle RPGs with heroes, gear and bosses
#4 Idle Slayer
Start from nothing and grow into a legendary Slayer.
Like Melvor Idle: An RPG that keeps going offline: gear, upgrades, bosses.
What changes: A runner you can play actively when you want. Free to play on Steam.
See it on Steam ↗#5 Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Dungeons & Dragons champions in a formation that fights for you.
Like Melvor Idle: Heroes that grow stronger while the fights run on their own.
What changes: The challenge is the formation: who stands where. Free to play on Steam.
See it on Steam ↗#6 Realm Grinder
Grow your realm, build alliances and stack reincarnations.
Like Melvor Idle: A long-term RPG that you push a little further each day.
What changes: Factions and strategy rather than skills. Its Steam page calls it one of the deepest idle RPGs ever.
See it on Steam ↗#7 Idle Wizard
An RPG and idle hybrid about becoming the most powerful wizard there is.
Like Melvor Idle: A character you build and improve in many ways.
What changes: One wizard, a class and a pet, instead of many skills.
See it on Steam ↗#8 NGU Idle
Free, weird and huge: adventure zones, bosses, gear and piles of upgrades.
Like Melvor Idle: Adventure, gear and progress that never stops.
What changes: Full of odd humor, with many more systems stacked on top of each other.
See it on Steam ↗#9 Firestone
Heroes that never stop fighting: build a team, collect gear, master formations and defeat bosses, with offline rewards (its Steam page).
Like Melvor Idle: Gear, bosses and rewards waiting for you when you come back.
What changes: A team of heroes instead of skills, in an online RPG. Free to play on Steam.
See it on Steam ↗#10 Soda Dungeon 2
In its own words, a laid-back dungeon crawler: a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes and alternate dimensions.
Like Melvor Idle: Crafting, classes and a home base that grows over time.
What changes: You send a party into a dungeon instead of training skills. Free to play on Steam.
See it on Steam ↗Not an RPG, but you might like it
How we picked
This guide is written by the team behind Garbage Growth, an idle / incremental game on Steam. We kept games that:
- Steam players rate well (official Steam review summary, checked on October 18, 2026);
- you can still get today, on Steam or in the browser;
- each bring something different, so the list is not ten copies of the same game.
Garbage Growth is our game. When it appears in a list it is marked Our game, and you can check its Steam reviews yourself. No studio paid to be on this page.
Questions
What games are like Melvor Idle?
For skills to level: IdleOn, Idle Clans and Idle Skilling. For heroes and gear: Idle Slayer, Idle Champions, Firestone and Realm Grinder. All of them are free to play on Steam.
Is there an idle MMO like Melvor Idle?
Yes: Idle Clans and IdleOn. Both put the skilling of an idle game in an online world with other players, and both are free to play on Steam.
Is Melvor Idle on mobile?
Yes. Besides Steam, Melvor Idle is on Google Play for Android.
Is Melvor Idle like RuneScape?
It is inspired by RuneScape and keeps its skilling at the core: more than 20 skills to max (Very Positive on Steam, 16,339 reviews).
What is the best idle RPG?
Melvor Idle is the safest pick. For an online world, IdleOn (Mostly Positive on Steam, 30,034 reviews). More in the best idle RPGs.
Looking for a new idle game?
Garbage Growth: pick up people’s trash, hire rats, pollute everything and become a quintillionaire.
- No slow start, no grind. It is fun from the very first minute.
- Every upgrade makes it worse. In the best possible way.
- Play active or let it idle. Your rats keep working.
- Updates keep coming. Two areas today, the Moon is next.