Idle Carousel

You're the new owner of an old park, and its carousel is ready to spin again. But the park is buried in clutter: leaves, sticks, last season's trash, even bits of broken rides. Put animals on the carousel to sweep it away, earn Gold, and get the park ready for Opening Day.

Coming soon to Steam

For Windows. A free demo first, the full game in 2027.

Trailer

Recorded in the game. Music: "Merry Go Slower" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The carousel from above with a Wolf, Giraffe, Sloth, Elephant, Panda and Horse on it, each sweeping a faint colored trail.

Your carousel does the work

Early on you're clicking clutter away. Then a Wolf sweeps, a Giraffe reaches far out, a Sloth slows clutter down, an Elephant swats whatever gets close, and a Panda patches things up. Soon they're clearing the park without you.

A boss fight: the Overflowing Bin with its lid down and trash spilling out, the carousel glowing red from its hits.

Bosses that fight back

Six bosses stand between you and a finished season, from a swirling Leaf Storm to an Overflowing Bin. They hit the carousel back, so build it tough before you take them on.

The restored park around the carousel: string lights, flower beds, a fountain, stands and visitors.

Restore the park

Every season earns Park Supplies. Spend them to bring the old park back: string lights, flower beds, a fountain, a balloon seller and more stands, one by one.

The Prize Booth: shelves of prizes to buy with Golden Tickets, from new crew skills to keepsakes, one of them described at the bottom.

Seasons and prizes

Stamp every boss on your Season Ticket, then start a new season with Golden Tickets to spend at the Prize Booth. Stub, a very excited ticket, shows you around.

The Challenges screen: three challenges picked for Crowd 7, which pays three times the Golden Tickets.

Challenges and the Crowd

Want it harder? Pick challenges for a season, like tougher bosses or a tighter budget. Every one draws a bigger Crowd, and a bigger Crowd pays more Golden Tickets.

Desktop mode: the carousel in a small round window on a computer desktop.

Keep it on your desktop

Desktop mode shrinks the game into a little round window you can leave spinning in a corner while you work.

About Corbett's Castle

Hi! We're a two-person studio, and our daughters love carousels. There aren't many carousel games out there, so we're making them: Idle Carousel first, and more carousel games in other genres after.

Made in Godot. The art is drawn in code or from Kenney's free packs; the music is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Écrivain and Matthew Pablo; and the sounds are from Kenney and Freesound. No AI art, music or voice. AI coding assistants help with the code, and AI helped draft some English text and the translations into eight languages.

Say hi: hello@corbettscastle.com