Crabada: One of the first Avalanche's subnet games

Idle games are a direct challenge to the concept of a good game design, which entails as little player interaction as possible. Unlike the majority of video games, idle games are played by not playing, and players progress for an extended period of time without any interaction required from them. They appear simple at first glance, but a complex economic model is hidden underneath. Idle games are also referred to as clicker games, incremental games, passive games, and background games.

They can take the form of a genre or an element within a game that relates to the game's interactivity spectrum. For example, Crabada's entire gameplay is built around idle elements (e.g., clicking, waiting, and cool-down period). Meanwhile, DeFi Kingdoms is a resource management game that includes idle elements as part of its game activities (e.g., heroes go for a quest in the background).