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Bones and Coins

by Troyd Games · 2026
7.1
house score
The verdict

The auto-battler entry the fresh-release lists keep flagging, and it earns the spot: build a party synergy, hit the speed toggles, and watch it grind skeletons into a genuinely deep skill tree. More game than most of the two-hour crowd around it.

Hot take

It leans harder on the auto-battler side than the number-go-up crowd may expect — if you want a spreadsheet in a trenchcoat this isn't it, but as an idle looter that respects your speed buttons it's one of the better new picks of the month.

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The facts

Developer Troyd Games
Released 2026
Status active
Platforms steam, windows
Primary mechanic an incremental auto-battler dungeon crawler: recruit a party of heroes, find a synergy that clears rooms on its own, and let it grind swarms of skeletons into loot that feeds a sprawling skill tree and the Blacksmith
Prestige system no classic prestige reset; long-run progression is the skill tree, gear upgrades, and Blacksmith crafting rather than a wipe-and-multiply layer
Active vs idle hybrid
Offline progress No
Monetization paid
Pay to win No
Complexity medium
Est. length a healthy chunk of hours to build out the tree and party synergies; deeper than the summer's smash-and-done crop
incrementalsteamauto-battlerhybridrpglootpaid
Appears on
The Best Idle Games of 2026, RankedIdle Games Without Pay-to-WinThe Best Idle Games on SteamThe Best New Idle Games of 2026

Last verified by the Almanac: 2026-09-28