Guides / Best Games
Popular Idle Games in Korea in 2026: What Google Play Shows Korean Players
ONI Games · Published
The idle games Google Play shows players in Korea in 2026: our ranking of 227 games from 15 Korean searches, where the raising games (키우기) rule, from Soul Strike and Slayer Legend to MapleStory's idle spin-off and a Joseon-era tavern.
The idle games Google Play shows players in Korea are led by Com2uS's Soul Strike (소울 스트라이크), which reached the top 10 of 8 of our 15 Korean searches, followed by CookApps' Idle Berserker (광전사 키우기), GEAR2's Slayer Legend (슬레이어 키우기) and gameberry's Idle Hunter (헌터 키우기). On October 10, 2026, we ran 15 common Korean idle-game searches on Google Play Korea, in Korean, and ranked the 227 games they returned.
The ranking
| Game | Type | Installs | Rating | Ads | Offline tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 소울 스트라이크 (Soul Strike) | idle RPG | 1M+ | 4.66 | yes | no |
| 광전사 키우기 (Idle Berserker) | idle action RPG | 1M+ | 4.49 | yes | no |
| 슬레이어 키우기 (Slayer Legend) | idle RPG | 5M+ | 4.78 | yes | no |
| 헌터 키우기 (Idle Hunter) | idle RPG | 1M+ | 4.68 | yes | no |
| Arrow Quest | idle defense RPG | 1M+ | 4.80 | yes | no |
| 총잡이 고양이 (Cat Gunner) | idle RPG | 1M+ | 4.76 | yes | yes |
| 고양이와 스프 (Cats & Soup) | relaxing idle | 10M+ | 4.65 | yes | yes |
| 포세이돈 키우기 (Poseidon) | idle action RPG | 1M+ | 4.80 | yes | no |
| 방치형 광부 타이쿤 (Idle Miner Tycoon) | idle tycoon | 100M+ | 4.58 | yes | yes |
| 주모 키우기 (Jumo) | clicker tycoon | 1M+ | 4.82 | yes | yes |
| 불사용사 키우기 (undying hero) | idle RPG | 100K+ | 4.57 | yes | no |
| 테일드 데몬 슬레이어 (Tailed Demon Slayer) | idle RPG | 1M+ | 4.22 | yes | no |
| 메이플 키우기 (MapleStory idle RPG) | idle RPG | 5M+ | 4.49 | yes | no |
| 포레스트 아일랜드 (Forest Island) | relaxing idle | 5M+ | 4.72 | yes | no |
| 아처캐슬 키우기 (Archer Castle) | idle defense RPG | 100K+ | 4.72 | yes | no |
How we ranked them: a game earns 30 points for first place in a search, 29 for second and so on down to 1 for 30th, added up over all 15 searches, and the table lists the 15 highest-scoring games with at least 100,000 installs. Installs and ratings are Google Play's rounded figures from the Korean store, and the Offline tag is the one Google Play itself shows there.
Raising games, the Korean idle genre
In Korea, idle games have a name of their own: 키우기, "raising". Most titles in the ranking are called something 키우기, and you raise a berserker, a hunter, a slayer, Poseidon or even MapleStory's heroes. The searches 키우기 and 방치형 키우기 return almost nothing else.
소울 스트라이크 (Soul Strike)
Com2uS's idle RPG is the most consistent result: top 10 in 8 of the 15 searches, with a 4.66 rating in Korea. The same game is rated 4.02 in Japan, a gap we saw for many games (see below).
광전사 키우기, 슬레이어 키우기 and 헌터 키우기
CookApps' Idle Berserker comes first for 키우기, GEAR2's Slayer Legend has more than 5 million installs and a 4.78 rating, and gameberry's Idle Hunter keeps adding job advancements (the 11th is the newest).
Big brands go idle
Korea's biggest publishers turn their famous games into idle spin-offs: NEXON's MapleStory idle RPG (메이플 키우기, out since October 2025, more than 5 million installs) and Netmarble's Seven Knights Idle Adventure (세븐나이츠 키우기) and Seven Deadly Sins idle (일곱 개의 대죄 키우기).
Tycoons, clickers and something different
- 주모 키우기 puts you in charge of a Joseon-era tavern: make hotteok, hire staff and become the richest tavern keeper in Joseon (4.82).
- 수험생 키우기 turns the Korean college entrance exam into a raising sim, with 220 pages of story (4.82).
- 방치형 광부 타이쿤 (Idle Miner Tycoon) is the most installed game in the ranking, with more than 100 million installs.
- 고양이와 스프 (Cats & Soup) and 포레스트 아일랜드 (Forest Island) are the relaxing picks: they come first for 방치형 게임 and 키우기 게임.
Korean players rate the same games higher
Google Play ratings are per country, and many games score higher in Korea than in Japan: Soul Strike 4.66 against 4.02, Idle Miner Tycoon 4.58 against 4.19, Cats & Soup 4.65 against 4.26 and Cat Gunner 4.76 against 4.51.
What Korean players search
- 방치형 게임 (idle game) and 방치형 RPG are the main terms, and 방치형 alone works too.
- 키우기 (raising) is the Korean idle genre itself, and 키우기 게임 brings up the relaxing raising games.
- 강화 키우기 (enhancement raising) finds weapon-upgrade games, and 도트 rpg finds pixel RPGs.
- 오프라인 게임 (offline games) returns puzzles and sudoku rather than idle games, so 방치형 오프라인 works better.
Our idle games in Korean
Our idle games are all available in Korean: Idle Ronin: Cyber RPG, a cyberpunk idle RPG, Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG, a pixel monster RPG, Idle AI Factory: Robot Tycoon, Idle Restaurant: Miami and Dark Tower: Idle Villain TD. None of them is in the top 30 of these searches yet.
FAQ
What is the most popular idle game in Korea?
In our searches, Soul Strike (소울 스트라이크): top 10 in 8 of the 15 searches. By installs, Idle Miner Tycoon and Idle Lumber Empire lead with more than 100 million each.
What does 키우기 mean?
Raising or growing: 키우기 games are idle games where you raise a character, a team or a business that keeps growing while you are away.
Which idle games in Korea work offline?
Cat Gunner, Cats & Soup, Idle Miner Tycoon, Jumo (주모 키우기), Summoners Greed and Idle Restaurant Tycoon carry Google Play's Offline tag in Korea.
Sources
- Google Play Korea, store pages and search results in Korean, October 10, 2026.
- ONI Games: our study of 15 Korean idle-game searches and 227 games, October 2026.
