Games Like Automat

Your AI agent gets a body. A tiny pixel-art avatar on your desktop that chops wood while your assistant codes. Upgrades, a shop, rare collectibles, and full MCP control. Privacy-first: never reads your code.

Why similar: Programming 24.1% ★, Utilities 22% ★, Idler 16.8%, Automation 13.2%, Incremental 12.7%

A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

Why similar: Automation 25.5%, Programming 20.2% ★, Idler 16.9%, Hacking 15.4% ★, Incremental 12%

Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.

Why similar: Programming 27.8% ★, Automation 21.4%, Hacking 13.8% ★, Incremental 12.2%, Idler 10.9%

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

Why similar: Programming 33.4% ★, Hacking 25.7% ★, Automation 17.4%, Idler 13.4%, Incremental 3.8%

Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.

Why similar: Hacking 27.7% ★, Programming 21.2% ★, Automation 16.2%, Incremental 14.3%, Idler 13.8%

A wizard finds a computer terminal inside his scrying orb. Tend your tower through a fantasy command line — brew, research, scry, ward — then write spells that teach the orb to do it for you. Prepare yourself for incursions by other wizards.

Why similar: Hacking 25.8% ★, Idler 18.4%, Programming 18.2% ★, Automation 14.7%, Incremental 14.7%

Hack the system. Generate data. Break reality. Hackflesh is a cyberpunk clicker with 20 generators, 716 upgrades, a constellation prestige system and over 600 achievements. Click, automate, hack, repeat.

Why similar: Hacking 31.2% ★, Automation 21%, Idler 18%, Incremental 17.7%, Simulation 6.5%

An idle hacking sim where you scan for real vulnerabilities, automate your tools, and manage CPU, RAM, and heat before your machine crashes. Climb bounty programs, deploy to the cloud, and build a satirical hacking career from your terminal.

Why similar: Hacking 30.4% ★, Automation 20.4%, Idler 18.6%, Incremental 15%, Programming 7.7% ★

CTRL+ESC is a hacker-themed idle clicker where you exploit systems, crack encryptions, and build an unstoppable network of automated exploits. Click to hack, solve captchas and minigames to boost production, and unlock powerful upgrades as you progress through increasingly complex systems.

Why similar: Incremental 20.1%, Idler 19.9%, Hacking 18% ★, Automation 14%, Programming 13.5% ★

Turn your shut-in childhood friend into a VTuber and aim for 10 billion followers! Click SNS "Like" buttons in this clicker x idle x Adventure game. When growth slows, use "reincarnation" to boost SNS power and unlock new "Tsukimin" forms. A fresh take on modern SNS society with cute visuals.

Why similar: Automation 26.5%, Hacking 25.5% ★, Incremental 20.2%, Idler 17.6%, Cute 5.4%

Dark web incremental is an incremental idle game where you earn money by doing criminal activities like selling drugs and hacking. Upgrade everything, and find all the pets and secrets around the map while unlocking a myriad of achievements!

Why similar: Hacking 25.7% ★, Automation 25.3%, Idler 19.7%, Incremental 18.8%, Simulation 6.5%

You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories. At least you no longer have that hole in your head...

Why similar: Programming 36.3% ★, Hacking 31.9% ★, Automation 24.9%, Simulation 6.9%

The server is overwhelmed by corrupted files, and it's up to you to restore order. Build an automated system, earn resources, and upgrade your network. As you play, you will naturally learn the basics of programming and problem-solving in a calm neon atmosphere.

Why similar: Utilities 24.3% ★, Hacking 12.9% ★, Idler 12.3%, Incremental 11.7%, Automation 11.2%

Build a malware empire from a 90s PC. Code viruses, automate systems, take darknet contracts and also deploy them. Generate endless income to fund a shadow organization’s classified research in this hacker idle-clicker.

Why similar: Hacking 24.5% ★, Programming 21.4% ★, Incremental 19.2%, Idler 19%, Simulation 8.5%

Tap, tap, tap—tap freely.

Why similar: Software 32.2% ★, Utilities 32% ★, Idler 12.8%, Incremental 10.7%, Simulation 10.4%

Farmer = nil is a programming automation farm game. Write scripts for your robots, collect resources, unlock tech, and build the most efficient farm.

Why similar: Programming 33.2% ★, Automation 25.4%, Idler 17.3%, Incremental 13.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Take a team of hackers under your strict guidance and become known to the whole world. Expand your hideout and hack various companies around the world. Become the most famous group in the world!

Why similar: Hacking 31% ★, Programming 21.9% ★, Incremental 12.9%, Idler 11.8%, Simulation 5.8%

The Gény are cute, but no matter how BG they are, they'll need a well-placed kick! Because yes, you have to eliminate them... while doing your job! Do your activities and boost your productivity and your number of clicks for the week, slacker.

Why similar: Software 25.2% ★, Utilities 22.7% ★, Idler 21.2%, Incremental 16.9%, Simulation 8.8%

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

Why similar: Programming 39.2% ★, Hacking 33.9% ★, Automation 19.9%, Simulation 4.3%, Sandbox 2.7%

Home Office Simulator is a relaxing and cute simulator game about the experience of a girl called Ayame, working remotely. Part of the game is to keep Ayame free from distractions and keep her focused.

Why similar: Automation 32%, Incremental 25.4%, Idler 24.9%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 5%

Change your real Windows cursor, make it huge, collect hundreds of rare cursors, trade them on the Market and dominate clicker leaderboards!

Why similar: Utilities 30.4% ★, Software 27.9% ★, Idler 17.4%, Incremental 16.1%, Crafting 4.9%

Lock, Load, Click. A slick clicker game where every click pulls the trigger. Earn shells, unlock wild gun cosmetics, and stack permanent multipliers. Simple to play, hard to quit. Lock, load, and click your way to glory.

Why similar: Automation 32.6%, Incremental 26.2%, Idler 25.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Colorful 3.1%

You wake up in a failing aircraft at 75,000 feet. No memory. No flight log. No rescue coming. Keep systems running and sweep for data to stay airborne. Explore a forgotten network of high-altitude stations and follow a signal that's been waiting forty-one years for someone to listen.

Why similar: Hacking 22.2% ★, Automation 18.1%, Programming 17.1% ★, Incremental 16.9%, Idler 16.4%

Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.

Why similar: Programming 30.6% ★, Hacking 26.5% ★, Automation 24.2%, Sandbox 7.3%, Simulation 6.5%

Tired of the AI slop? Create your own, but this time earn you money! (Idle) Incremental game where you aim to be the biggest player on the market. Build, train models, automate and acquire companies to grow your business.

Why similar: Idler 21.8%, Automation 20.5%, Incremental 18.1%, Programming 15.3% ★, Simulation 12.2%

Become a Robotic Exploration Systems Programmer (RESP). Get sent to the corners of the galaxy and program robots like if your life depended on it, because it does.

Why similar: Hacking 32.9% ★, Programming 31.8% ★, Automation 22.1%, Simulation 6.7%, Sandbox 5%

Bacteria Buster is a fast-paced petri-dish cleanup game. Swat bacteria, upgrade your tools, deploy six Nano Robots, and develop four automatic Medicines. Clear a 200-stage campaign, face Super Bacteria and Bacteria Kings, then carry your progress into 1,000 stages of Endless Mode.

Why similar: Automation 32.6%, Idler 26.7%, Incremental 19.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Top-Down 3.3%

An incremental hardware engineering game with a Windows XP themed UI. Configure and optimize processor components, build your own CPU, and run automated benchmarks. Harvest telemetry and gather research funding to unlock new hardware, and scale your processing power.

Why similar: Programming 24.4% ★, Automation 22.7%, Incremental 18.1%, Idler 16%, Simulation 7.7%

A simple and clean desktop bottle-companion that reminds you to drink water and stay hydrated throughout the day. Track your daily water intake, monitor your streak, and keep a little (or big) pixel-art bottle always on your desktop.

Why similar: Utilities 39.1% ★, Software 31.1% ★, Incremental 22.3%, Simulation 5.5%, Colorful 2%

Enter the world of "Monster Logic", the monstrous programming game! In this hand-drawn puzzle game, you'll have to use each monster's unique ability to progress through the 40+ levels and the multiple biomes!

Why similar: Hacking 32% ★, Programming 28.3% ★, Automation 22.1%, Isometric 7.6%, Simulation 4.5%

An incremental game where you construct a giant meat factory to raise dodos and mass murder them (ethically). Grow your factory from a small dodo grinder to a huge processing facility as you collect meat to upgrade buildings and unlock new crazy dodo types.

Why similar: Programming 25.5% ★, Automation 19.6%, Idler 18.2%, Incremental 15.3%, Sandbox 8.3%

Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.

Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Incremental 21.6%, Idler 15.4%, Isometric 9.1%, Simulation 6.8%

Cyber Shard Clicker is a short incremental game. Break down geometric shapes representing hostile cyber attacks against Vault Inc., gather data shards, upgrade your hacking skills, and spend your data shards to unlock permanent boosts in the vast skill tree to push your cyber assault even further!

Why similar: Hacking 24.2% ★, Automation 23.6%, Idler 18.6%, Incremental 16.6%, Crafting 5.5%

Magic Desktop Pet is a free, open-source, and lightweight desktop companion that blends productivity with charm. More than just a mascot, she serves as a versatile terminal to streamline your workflow—helping you launch webpages, save snippets, and perform instant searches or translations.

Why similar: Utilities 45% ★, Automation 31.8%, Idler 19.8%, Cute 3.4%

Capybara Achievement Clicker is a simple incremental and idle game. It features over a hundred easy-to-acquire achievements and a Capybara to click on.

Why similar: Automation 28.2%, Idler 23.2%, Incremental 20.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 6.4%

You’re a beaver with only one thing on your mind: chopping trees. Cut down trees, gather wood, buy upgrades, and become the best lumberjack in the forest.

Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Incremental 26.5%, Idler 25.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Board Game 5%

In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.

Why similar: Hacking 36.6% ★, Programming 33.3% ★, Automation 24.8%, Simulation 5.3%

Join Pegglo, the hedgehog hero, in this Peggle-like game with a roguelike twist! Tackle a series of unique levels, master critical hits, and choose powerful upgrades. Every game is a new adventure!

Why similar: Software 34.5% ★, Utilities 34.3% ★, Incremental 16%, Programming 15.1% ★

Fractal.OS insists you play tic-tac-toe. Again. And again. Build an automated board factory, earn resources, unlock rules, and bend thousands of random matches toward a single impossible task: lose 10,000 times in a row. The system appreciates your compliance.

Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Incremental 20.3%, Idler 19.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Simulation 8.6%

TaskPals is a simple companion app that brings life to your taskbar with cute and tiny pals.

Why similar: Software 43.9% ★, Utilities 43.1% ★, Idler 13%

Wake up in a dark underground chamber with no memory of why you are here. CHAMBER 13 is an atmospheric incremental game where you smash rocks, earn money, and buy upgrades to break free!

Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Incremental 25%, Idler 24.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 8.6%

Stone to Silicon: Build History, Click by Click From the spark of the first fire to the glow of the quantum circuit.

Why similar: Utilities 36.8% ★, Incremental 23.2%, Idler 22.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.3%

BzzzController is a simple program that allows you to turn on vibration on your gamepad and keeps it on even when you minimize the window, in case you need your gamepad to vibrate for whatever reason. BzzzController was tested with an Xbox One controller and can control up to 4 gamepads.

Why similar: Software 40.9% ★, Utilities 34.3% ★, Automation 16.2%, Simulation 8.6%

Create your own AI, program the AIs of the future. If you're ready to create a learning mind, code cybersecurity, robotics, and chatbots, and push the boundaries against other AIs in the system. Create, train, develop, and compete.

Why similar: Hacking 34.6% ★, Software 31.9% ★, Programming 27.5% ★, Simulation 6%

In Arcana Automata, you program drones using Python to harvest a mystical resource, unlock upgrades, and encounter German mythical creatures. Perfect for curious minds who love to learn through play.

Why similar: Programming 38% ★, Automation 24.9%, Idler 12.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%

A mani wheel is a Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel said to grant the same virtue as reciting scripture when spun. Arrange letters, spin the wheel, accumulate Virtue and Mercy, and reincarnate again and again. Discover powerful interactions and find your own path to enlightenment.

Why similar: Automation 27.6%, Incremental 21.5%, Idler 21.3%, Programming 16.4% ★, Strategy 6.9%

Dive into a sandbox operating system simulator and learn to code with FantasyLang. Personalise your desktop, build and tweak apps, uncover hidden secrets, and venture into the darknet. Shape the system however you like. Your OS, your rules.

Why similar: Hacking 28% ★, Programming 26% ★, Software 21.9% ★, Automation 8.7%, Sandbox 8.4%

Doom has arrived. But beyond the end… there are still dominoes. Push the dominoes to start a chain reaction, and grow exponentially through offerings and reincarnation. A meditative idle game featuring multi-layered prestige, automation, and strategy-driven challenges.

Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Idler 29%, Incremental 22.6%, Simulation 8.4%, Isometric 7.9%

A relaxed and cozy game with an underwater ocean setting. Collect bubbles and pearls to unlock more and more marine creatures and watch them swim, listen to chill Lo-Fi music and create playlists, and if you want, use a built-in timer and a task organizer for your study sessions.

Why similar: Utilities 40.3% ★, Idler 19.6%, Incremental 19%, Simulation 12%, Colorful 3.2%

Optimize your loop. Break every limit. Cut, connect, and duplicate complex nodes to build an ever-expanding automated network in this chill incremental idler. Purchase powerful upgrades, unlock permanent skills, and push your system to its absolute limits!

Why similar: Hacking 22.6% ★, Idler 21.3%, Incremental 20.3%, Automation 18%, Sandbox 6.8%

EchoLink: Recursion is an active incremental hacking simulation spanning 1990s dial-up to 2150s megacities. Hack through time by infiltrating networks, building proxy chains, and automating routines. Every reset reboots you with exponential upgrades. Grow a skill tree and rewrite history.

Why similar: Hacking 43.8% ★, Automation 25.5%, Incremental 18.5%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 4.8%

Down on your luck, you build an AI assistant to pay the rent. Buy hardware, research upgrades, and train your model as it becomes something… New. It begins to write its own code — merge blindly, or audit its changes. A warning: sometimes ignorance is bliss. It's counting on that...

Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Programming 23.6% ★, Incremental 22.1%, Idler 21.8%, Simulation 6.3%

A hacking sandbox with its own scripting language. Break into a network of thousands of machines, take what you find and sell it and write scripts to do the work for you. Every move leaves a trace, so stay unseen or clean up after yourself.

Why similar: Hacking 38.5% ★, Programming 25.4% ★, Automation 16.7%, Simulation 8.4%, Sandbox 7.5%

One wet sock. A wildly unreasonable response. Fill puddles, lakes and entire oceans with sand, garden gnomes and increasingly ridiculous machinery in this simple, funny incremental game.

Why similar: Idler 28.1%, Incremental 27.9%, Automation 21.5%, Simulation 12%, Colorful 3.9%

Breadbox is a retro computer simulator that lets you relive the magic of 70s and 80s machines. Explore a visual environment where you can interact with classic hardware and media as if they were real.

Why similar: Hacking 25.7% ★, Programming 19.8% ★, Utilities 18.7% ★, Automation 15.8%, Sandbox 7.8%

Build an automated bee empire with deep progression, layered prestige systems, research, mutations, dimensional exploration, and time manipulation. Start with a single flower and grow your hive into a universe-spanning production machine.

Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Idler 27%, Incremental 21.6%, Sandbox 6.8%, Simulation 5.3%

An incremental game about processing vehicles through a toll road.

Why similar: Automation 34.5%, Idler 31.2%, Incremental 24.3%, Simulation 10%

Striped raccoon needs your help! He just needs a unique style! Every time you press a key, the curious striped raccoon will diligently rub your taskbar with his paws, as if rinsing a new find in water.

Why similar: Software 30.6% ★, Utilities 27.7% ★, Incremental 24.3%, Idler 14.7%, Cute 2.7%