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what is Desktop Heroes?

Desktop Heroes is an idle RPG that runs unobtrusively above your taskbar, where your heroes fight and collect loot while you work.

Desktop Heroes is an idle RPG designed to run quietly at the bottom of your screen, letting you build a party of four heroes who battle monsters and gather loot in real time. The game features four classes, idle gameplay with active rewards, and a pixel art style that fits your workspace. It includes modes to protect your gameplay during screen sharing and allows interaction without disrupting your tasks.

It sits in the Idle / Numbers / RPG corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.