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An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

Why similar: Incremental 40.3%, Idler 26.9%, Management 10%, Resource Management 7.1%, Strategy 4%

Why You'll Like It: As the definitive active incremental game, it perfectly captures the satisfying loop of clicking and exponential upgrades found in the seed game.

Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

Why similar: Capitalism 28.6%, Incremental 21%, Idler 20.6%, Management 12.8%, Relaxing 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the capitalism theme, tasking you with building a business empire through incremental growth and management.

SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.

Why similar: Incremental 68.4%, Idler 15%, Casual 8.6%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this is a short, narrative-driven incremental experience that focuses on active participation and humorous progression.

Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!

Why similar: Incremental 39.2%, Idler 35.4%, Relaxing 11.3%, Casual 4.9%, Colorful 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly satisfying active clicking experience that evolves into a complex, rewarding incremental system.

Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

Why similar: Gambling 24.8% ★, Incremental 19.8%, Idler 13.2%, Capitalism 11.6%, Roguelite 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the gambling and incremental mechanics of the seed game, focusing on the thrill of quick, randomized rewards.

Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

Why similar: Incremental 42.7%, Idler 25.5%, Management 15.6%, Strategy 4.3%, Casual 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This classic title emphasizes the active clicking and hero-upgrading mechanics that make short-session incremental games so engaging.

Start from nothing and grow into a legendary Slayer. Explore countless dimensions, collect souls, unlock powerful upgrades, craft powerful gear, defeat epic bosses, and enjoy a deep idle RPG with active and offline progression.

Why similar: Idler 43.9%, Incremental 42.7%, Casual 6.2%, Strategy 3.9%, Indie 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends active movement and clicking mechanics with deep incremental progression, keeping the gameplay feeling fresh and rewarding.

Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

Why similar: Gambling 25.1% ★, Capitalism 19.9%, Incremental 18.9%, Idler 10.3%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the minimalist management and automation aspects of the seed game in a cute, accessible package.

An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!

Why similar: Gambling 28% ★, Incremental 23.6%, Idler 20.5%, Resource Management 8.8%, Relaxing 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on economy and automation, providing a similar sense of building a money-making machine to the seed game.

NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

Why similar: Incremental 46.1%, Idler 41.3%, Simulation 4.8%, Indie 4.5%, Casual 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game matches the seed's humorous, slightly absurd tone while providing a massive amount of content and active management systems.

Absurd incremental game where you turn even liquid assets into financial glory! Spin for jackpots and hire veteran gamblers to automate the madness. Use permanent upgrades and 'mishaps' to accelerate your progress! Simple. Messy. Addictive.

Why similar: Gambling 22.6% ★, Capitalism 16.8%, Incremental 13.8%, Idler 12.3%, Management 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends gambling mechanics with simulation and idler elements, echoing the seed's focus on unconventional money-making.

Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.

Why similar: Incremental 74.6%, Idler 10.4%, Resource Management 6.8%, Casual 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced, active incremental experience with a lighthearted, comedic tone that mirrors the seed game's personality.

A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Idler 33.4%, Management 20%, Relaxing 14.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a relaxing, management-focused idle experience that fits perfectly alongside the seed game's casual vibe.

Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Why similar: Idler 62%, Strategy 17.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Casual 5.9%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy the strategic side of the seed game, this title offers deep, complex progression systems that reward careful planning.

A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Why similar: Incremental 30.5%, Idler 19.2%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Relaxing 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The core 'smashing' mechanic is a direct parallel to the piggy bank smashing found in the seed game.

A short, 3-6-hour incremental game about building a business by selling trash. Become a partner in the mysterious "Trashy Cashy" franchise. Unpack trash, ship it off, and rake in outrageous profits. Don't ask too many questions. Sounds simple, right?

Why similar: Capitalism 22%, Incremental 21.6%, Idler 18%, Roguelite 10.8%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the capitalism theme with roguelite elements, making it a strong thematic match for the seed game.

Smash stones. Collect artifacts. Build the world’s most profitable museum. A short clicker game set in the archeology room of a museum. Build up your collection and Upgrade until you break it.

Why similar: Incremental 23.5%, Idler 17.6%, Capitalism 14.6%, Destruction 14.3%, Relaxing 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the satisfying 'smashing' and loot-gathering mechanics that drive the core loop of the seed game.

A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.

Why similar: Idler 47%, Management 20.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Casual 5.8%, Resource Management 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines incremental mechanics with strategic resource management, offering a deeper challenge for those who enjoyed the seed's management elements.

Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.

Why similar: Idler 78.7%, Casual 7.2%, Colorful 6.7%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a robust, feature-rich management experience that is perfect for players looking to sink more time into incremental systems.

Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.

Why similar: Incremental 26%, Idler 24%, Resource Management 11.3%, Roguelite 10.5%, Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: It features mining and incremental strategy that aligns well with the resource-gathering aspects of the seed game.

Synergism is a free-to-play Idle game about... well, Synergy! Explore that concept through hundreds of upgrades, many reset layers and probably thousands of hours of content that allows both idle and active play.

Why similar: Idler 38.5%, Capitalism 21.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Incremental 10.1%, Resource Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex, highly rewarding incremental experience that excels at making the player feel powerful through constant upgrades.

Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

Why similar: Incremental 28.2%, Idler 20.1%, Capitalism 11.9%, Management 11.8%, Relaxing 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This management and simulation game offers a similar casual, incremental loop centered around collecting and upgrading.

Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!

Why similar: Incremental 33.5%, Idler 16.9%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Relaxing 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on resource management and incremental growth, mirroring the seed's core gameplay loop.

Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.

Why similar: Incremental 27.3%, Idler 26.5%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on active research and resource gathering, providing a satisfying sense of progression similar to the seed game.

Plinko-style INCREMENTAL game. Shoot gumballs at gears and buy upgrades to make bigger and bigger numbers until you break the game! Short, sweet, relaxing, and addictive!

Why similar: Incremental 25.3%, Idler 22.4%, Management 13.8%, Relaxing 8%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on management and economy, providing a similar sense of incremental growth through a unique, pinball-inspired theme.

In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.

Why similar: Incremental 38.5%, Idler 35.6%, Relaxing 12.1%, Colorful 5.1%, Simulation 4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, click-heavy management loop that focuses on growth and efficiency in a charming, low-stress environment.

Idle Iktah is a game about leveling up in the Pacific Northwest. It features local plants and animals, 18 skills, 5+ minigames, items affected by the phase of the moon, and even a real-time Oregon coast tide tracker. If you like idle RPGs, give this one a shot!

Why similar: Incremental 35.1%, Idler 34.5%, Relaxing 8.1%, Simulation 6.2%, Arcade 6%

Why You'll Like It: This management-focused incremental game features a unique theme and satisfying progression loops that mirror the seed's addictive nature.

Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!

Why similar: Capitalism 27.1%, Incremental 23.9%, Roguelite 14%, Management 10.6%, Arcade 7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines incremental and roguelite elements, providing a similar sense of active progression and risk-taking.

Garbage Growth is a short incremental trash game about collecting people's trash, bananas and even babies, to make money and pollute the world even more. Hire rats, grow your pollution, and make everything worse!

Why similar: Idler 28.6%, Incremental 27.8%, Management 11.1%, Relaxing 8.6%, Arcade 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes automation and incremental growth, making it a great fit for players who enjoyed the seed's management systems.

Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.

Why similar: Incremental 27%, Idler 25%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 9%, Destruction 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers mining and automation mechanics that provide a similar sense of satisfying, incremental progression.

Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!

Why similar: Incremental 31.1%, Idler 20%, Capitalism 17.9%, Relaxing 8.2%, Resource Management 5.4%

Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.

Why similar: Incremental 26.1%, Idler 18.3%, Gambling 11.8% ★, Resource Management 8.6%, Relaxing 7.7%

A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

Why similar: Incremental 40.7%, Idler 16.2%, Relaxing 9.4%, Strategy 6%, Resource Management 5.7%

Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!

Why similar: Incremental 29.7%, Capitalism 18.5%, Idler 18.1%, Relaxing 8.6%, Resource Management 5.1%

You are dropped into a forest with one goal - making money and paying off your 100k debt. Collect resources, make deals, upgrade, build and hire workers to do the job for you. 🐕

Why similar: Incremental 35.8%, Idler 28.5%, Capitalism 17.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Casual 3.8%

Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

Why similar: Incremental 36.9%, Idler 20.5%, Management 10.3%, Relaxing 6.8%, Strategy 6.8%

Timber Rush is a fast-paced incremental roguelite where every swing explodes into upgrades, chaos, and massive numbers.

Why similar: Idler 26.4%, Incremental 22.1%, Roguelite 11.5%, Relaxing 11.2%, Resource Management 11.1%

A short incremental game about catching bugs and running a shop filled with parakeets. Upgrade equipment, purchase game-breaking abilities, and maximize the profits of your Budgie-powered empire!

Why similar: Incremental 22.6%, Idler 19.3%, Management 11.5%, Capitalism 10%, Relaxing 7.3%

Build a party of heroes and send them into dungeons in this short incremental RPG. Fight monsters, collect loot, and unlock upgrades. Fast runs, deep skill tree, zero stress.

Why similar: Incremental 26.1%, Idler 22.7%, Management 14%, Relaxing 10.2%, Strategy 6.8%

Mine. Smelt. Upgrade. Repeat. Rock Bottom is an incremental mining game where every swing makes you stronger. Descend through 8 unique layers, unlock devastating abilities, and discover what lies at Rock Bottom

Why similar: Idler 23.4%, Incremental 22.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Simulation 9.4%

Scratch the Ticket is a first‑person incremental gambling sim where every ticket is a test of nerves. Print tickets, scratch cells, and decide: cash out now or risk it all. The outcome depends only on your choice.

Why similar: Gambling 27.2% ★, Incremental 15.3%, Idler 14.5%, Capitalism 12.4%, Management 5.8%

Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold.

Why similar: Incremental 29.1%, Management 13.3%, Capitalism 11.2%, Idler 10.9%, Relaxing 9.7%

Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.

Why similar: Incremental 38.4%, Idler 28%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 7.6%, Strategy 6.3%

Scratchers is an incremental game where you scratch cards to earn cash, unlock upgrades, and hire little scratchers to do the scratching for you. Discover rare cards, and optimize your earnings as you climb to scratcher supremacy!

Why similar: Incremental 30.2%, Idler 20.8%, Management 12.8%, Capitalism 7.9%, Relaxing 7.2%

Slot Grind is an incremental slot machine game where you spin, earn money, and put it back into upgrades. Unlock new machines with better payouts, improve them, and automate your slots as your profits grow, until you finally pay off your debts.

Why similar: Incremental 47.8%, Idler 41.2%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.

Why similar: Capitalism 37%, Management 18.6%, Roguelite 17.6%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 6.6%

Ballatory is a short incremental idler where you build and upgrade a chaotic swarm of bouncing balls to destroy cores and earn crazy amounts of money.

Why similar: Incremental 33.9%, Idler 33.5%, Relaxing 12.7%, Simulation 5.1%, Casual 4.6%

A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?

Why similar: Incremental 31.8%, Gambling 26.1% ★, Capitalism 24%, Casual 6%, Simulation 5.3%

Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.

Why similar: Incremental 56.5%, Idler 22.8%, Arcade 12%, Casual 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!

Why similar: Incremental 34.1%, Idler 27.5%, Management 11.3%, Resource Management 10.7%, Strategy 7.7%

Chill incremental game about dice making money. 🎲 Upgrade your dice to make more money, to upgrade your dice to make even more money! 😲🤯

Why similar: Incremental 36.6%, Idler 25.1%, Capitalism 23.1%, Resource Management 6.9%, Casual 6.7%

A short incremental game about feeding Glonk! Make Glonk bigger, get more money, and explore the skill tree to upgrade your abilities, and get more Glonks!

Why similar: Incremental 29.7%, Idler 24.9%, Arcade 9.6%, Relaxing 7.6%, Strategy 6%

Summon the mighty power of gods in this fun incremental game about chopping down trees on a secluded island by using the forces of nature: earthquakes, sunbeams, tornadoes, hail, lightning strikes and tidal waves! It's Chopping Time!

Why similar: Incremental 25.2%, Idler 21.8%, Capitalism 13.2%, Relaxing 9.7%, Strategy 6.9%

Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

Why similar: Incremental 34.1%, Idler 22.2%, Relaxing 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, Arcade 6.7%

Max Manos is an incremental destruction game where you play as a powerful hand, known as Max Manos, eliminating shapes. Chain explosive reactions, collect shards, and upgrade your abilities to destroy shapes even faster.

Why similar: Incremental 27.5%, Idler 19.4%, Management 10.9%, Relaxing 8.1%, Destruction 7.7%

Combine, automate and upgrade programs to amass a fortune! Infiniclick is a relaxing (or not, it's up to you) incremental game in which your goal is to pay an unfair debt with Fun Corp.

Why similar: Incremental 28.6%, Idler 25.7%, Capitalism 24%, Casual 6.4%, Relaxing 5.7%

You Know The Drill is a relaxing incremental mining game about digging underground to harvest ores. Collect resources and use them to upgrade your drill and go even deeper!

Why similar: Incremental 27.8%, Idler 23.2%, Relaxing 11%, Destruction 10.2%, Arcade 7.9%

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

Why similar: Incremental 39%, Idler 22.2%, Management 10.1%, Roguelite 9.5%, Strategy 5.9%

castle idler is a short, relaxing incremental tower defense game with no waves. upgrade towers, collect coins, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades to defend your castle.

Why similar: Incremental 23.5%, Idler 23.1%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 6.9%, Relaxing 6.7%

An incremental game where you kill hordes of slimes and use their loot to become stronger and farm them. Collect powerful loot, master skills, and uncover tons of content.

Why similar: Incremental 35.7%, Idler 24.7%, Roguelite 14.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Stylized 5.9%