What is the best idle RPG game app for iPhone?

AFK Arena, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 497,715 people.

Which idle RPG game apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: AFK Arena (S), Idle Slayer: Addictive Clicker (S), Legend of Slime: Idle RPG (S), Epic Stickman: RPG Idle War (S) and more. 30 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which idle RPG game app has the best App Store rating?

Shadow War: Idle RPG Survival at 4.9 from 5,054 ratings.

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Best Idle RPG Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Role-Playing Games.

AFK Arena is the top-ranked of 40 idle RPG game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 497,715 ratings.

1
AFK ArenaS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 497,715 ratings · score 97
2
Idle Slayer: Addictive ClickerS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 28,039 ratings · score 96
3
Legend of Slime: Idle RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41,821 ratings · score 95
4
Epic Stickman: RPG Idle WarS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 38,949 ratings · score 95
5
Fortress Saga: Idle AFK RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 15,409 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

A player wants a role-playing game where the hero fights and levels up automatically while they are away.

Not here: an idle clicker with no hero or story alone; an idle tycoon or evolution game alone; a regular role-playing game that needs constant play alone; a gacha mechanic alone; fantasy art alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
AFK ArenaS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 497,715 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
Idle Slayer: Addictive ClickerS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 28,039 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
Legend of Slime: Idle RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41,821 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
Epic Stickman: RPG Idle WarS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 38,949 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Fortress Saga: Idle AFK RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 15,409 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
F Class Adventurer: AFK RPGS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,597 ratings · score 93 · best in class
7
Ulala: Idle AdventureS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 45,229 ratings · score 92 · best in class
8
Mythic Heroes: Idle RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 48,358 ratings · score 91 · best in class
9
Almost a Hero - Idle AdventureS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 17,052 ratings · score 91 · best in class
10
Clicker Heroes - Idle SlayerS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 12,796 ratings · score 91 · best in class
11
Castle Cats - Idle Hero RPGS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 13,571 ratings · score 90 · best in class
12
Twilight Chronicle: Idle RPGS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,565 ratings · score 90 · best in class
13
Idle Berserker: legend of rpgA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,585 ratings · score 90 · excellent
14
Divine Throne: Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 859 ratings · score 89 · excellent
15
Summoners Greed: Tower DefenseA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 128,757 ratings · score 89 · excellent
16
Summoners Era: Idle RPG HeroesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,093 ratings · score 89 · excellent
17
Miners Settlement: Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 34,460 ratings · score 89 · excellent
18
Crush Them All - Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 31,666 ratings · score 89 · excellent
19
Forge Master - Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 8,046 ratings · score 89 · excellent
20
Auto Battles Online: Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,350 ratings · score 88 · excellent
21
Overmortal-Idle RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 16,399 ratings · score 88 · excellent
22
Dungeon Dogs - Idle Hero RPGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,938 ratings · score 88 · excellent
23
CookieRun: Crumble - Idle RPGB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 5,523 ratings · score 88 · good
24
Tap Titans 2 - Hero LegendsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 82,744 ratings · score 88 · good
25
Battle NightB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 11,734 ratings · score 87 · good
26
Lootfiend: Idle DungeonsB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,860 ratings · score 87 · good
27
MapleStory : Idle RPGB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,793 ratings · score 87 · good
28
Rogue with the Dead: Idle RPGB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,368 ratings · score 86 · good
29
Shadow War: Idle RPG SurvivalB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,054 ratings · score 85 · good
30
Idle Heroes - Idle GamesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 106,571 ratings · score 85 · good
31
Trials of Heroes: Idle RPGB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 6,453 ratings · score 83 · good
32
PewDiePie's Pixelings Idle RPGB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 34,203 ratings · score 83 · good
33
Invincible: Guarding the GlobeB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 62,423 ratings · score 83 · good
34
Mini Heroes: Magic ThroneB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 10,853 ratings · score 83 · good
35
Sword Master StoryC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,776 ratings · score 82 · situational
36
Valor Legends: Idle RPGC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 9,586 ratings · score 82 · situational
37
Blade IdleC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,770 ratings · score 82 · situational
38
Archer Castle : AFK Idle RPGC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 81 ratings · score 81 · situational
39
Realms of PixelC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 12,401 ratings · score 81 · situational
40
Slime Castle: Idle TD RTS GameC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 8,521 ratings · score 80 · situational

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Questions people ask

What is the best idle RPG game app for iPhone?: AFK Arena, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 497,715 people.
Which idle RPG game apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: AFK Arena (S), Idle Slayer: Addictive Clicker (S), Legend of Slime: Idle RPG (S), Epic Stickman: RPG Idle War (S) and more. 30 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which idle RPG game app has the best App Store rating?: Shadow War: Idle RPG Survival at 4.9 from 5,054 ratings.
How many idle RPG game apps reach S or A tier?: 22 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.