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Games Like Melvor Idle on Mobile: Skilling and Idle RPGs for Android
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Skilling, crafting and slow, satisfying progress: nine Android games for Melvor Idle fans, from Old School RuneScape to IdleOn and text RPGs, with price, ads and rating for each.
Melvor Idle takes the skilling of RuneScape (mining, fishing, smithing, cooking and the rest) and turns it into an idle game you can leave running. It is on Android, published by Jagex, the company behind RuneScape, and free to download with in-app purchases from $4.99 to $13.90. If you have maxed your skills, or want something similar, these are the closest matches on Android.
Closest matches: IdleOn for idle skilling with many characters, Old School RuneScape for the real thing, and IdleMMO if you want skilling with other players.
What makes Melvor Idle work
Melvor Idle is built on long-term skills: each one levels slowly, feeds the others (ores for smithing, fish for cooking, food for combat), and runs while you are away. The pleasure is in planning which skill to train next and watching a long list of levels grow. Its Google Play rating (3.69) is lower than its reputation among fans, so read the recent reviews before you decide.
| Game | Developer | Ads | Top in-app price | Rating | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvor Idle | Jagex | no | $13.90 | 3.69 | 500K+ |
| IdleOn - The Incremental MMO | LavaFlame2 | no | $64.99 | 4.37 | 5M+ |
| Old School RuneScape | Jagex | no | $131.88 | 4.10 | 5M+ |
| Idle Skilling | LavaFlame2 | no | $48.99 | 4.58 | 1M+ |
| IdleMMO | Galahad Creative | no | $69.99 | 4.50 | 500K+ |
| CyberCode Online | Dex App Studio | no | $79.99 | 4.83 | 1M+ |
| Archmage Idle | TopCog | yes | $19.99 | 4.65 | 50K+ |
| Magic Research | Maticolotto | no | paid, $3.99 | 4.68 | 100K+ |
| Stellar Wind Idle | Entropy Games Studio | no | $99.99 | 4.57 | 1M+ |
The closest matches
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
Create several characters of different classes that keep leveling while you are away and share resources: mining, fishing, cooking, breeding, farming and boss fights. No ads, and more than 5 million installs. If you want one game after Melvor, this is it.
Old School RuneScape
The game that inspired Melvor Idle, based on the 2007 version of RuneScape, where the community votes on new content. It is not idle, but its skilling is the original, and it is free to start with an optional membership.
Idle Skilling
An earlier game from the makers of IdleOn with 21 skills to level. It has not been updated since November 2022, so treat it as a finished game rather than a growing one.
Skilling with other players
IdleMMO
An idle MMORPG from the creators of SimpleMMO: skills, loot and guilds that keep progressing while you are away. Its developer describes it as completely ad-free and not pay-to-win.
CyberCode Online
A text-based RPG in a cyberpunk world, with idle progress and other players. It is one of the best rated idle RPGs on Google Play at 4.83.
Single-player skill systems
Archmage Idle
New in 2026: an idle RPG where you lead a wizard guild and train deeply interconnected skills, from research and runecrafting to alchemy, while your wizards fight on a hex map.
Magic Research
Run a school of magic, cast over a hundred spells and research your way to a tournament. A paid incremental with no ads and no in-app purchases, $3.99.
Stellar Wind Idle
Skilling in space: build modular ships and let your fleet fight and explore while you are away. No ads.
If you want combat more than skills
Melvor's combat is only one of its skills. If that part is your favorite, idle RPGs put combat at the center. Ours are Idle Ronin, with a squad of cyborgs and a 300-floor tower, and Idle Summoner, with a chain of 55 summonable pixel monsters. Our guide to how idle RPGs work explains the systems they share.
FAQ
Is Melvor Idle on Android?
Yes. It is on Google Play, published by Jagex, free to download with in-app purchases.
What is the closest game to Melvor Idle?
IdleOn is the closest in feel: idle skilling, crafting and combat, with several characters working at once.
Is there an idle RuneScape game?
Melvor Idle is the idle game inspired by RuneScape, and its publisher Jagex also makes RuneScape. Old School RuneScape itself is not idle, but it is on Android too.
Sources
- Google Play store pages (US) of every game listed, September 25, 2026.
