Idle Arks: Sail and Build 2 is idle survival on water. Floodwaters have swallowed the towns, and you build an ark out of whatever drifts past, rescuing survivors who then join the crew and speed everything up.
The idle loop and the story pull in the same direction: more survivors means faster building, faster building means reaching new places, and new places have more survivors.
They join your crew and work — collecting, building and processing — which is why rescuing them early compounds faster than expanding the raft first.
Yes — the ark keeps working while you're away, with upgrades that raise the rate.
Yes — a light browser game with nothing to install.