Next time you need to feel like a gamer but stay on task, try one of these excellent idle games to keep you company.

Like many idle games, Tiny Pasture has a pretty simple gameplay loop designed to easily slide into the background while you’re working. You take care of cute little pixel critters that sit at ...

Despite YouTube sporting more hours streamed, idle streams contribute to much of that number; Twitch has a clear upper hand ...

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Tiny Pasture is more pet care ...