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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 42%, Idler 25.6%, Management 9.6%, Resource Management 7.1%, Strategy 3.9%

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 28.5%, Incremental 22.1%, Idler 19.8%, Management 12.6%, 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 69.7%, Idler 13.9%, Casual 8.4%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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 41.1%, Idler 33.7%, Relaxing 11.1%, Casual 4.9%, Colorful 4.4%

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 25.1% ★, Incremental 20.7%, Idler 12.5%, Capitalism 11.2%, Roguelite 6.8%

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 44.4%, Idler 24.2%, Management 15.2%, Strategy 4.2%, 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: Incremental 44.2%, Idler 42.3%, Casual 6.2%, Strategy 3.9%, Indie 2%

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 25.7% ★, Incremental 19.7%, Capitalism 19.2%, Idler 10.1%, Management 9.4%

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 28.1% ★, Incremental 24.8%, Idler 19.4%, Resource Management 8.7%, Relaxing 6.3%

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 48.1%, Idler 39.3%, 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 22.9% ★, Capitalism 16.6%, Incremental 14.4%, Idler 11.7%, Management 7.1%

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

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

Why similar: Idler 60.8%, Strategy 18%, Resource Management 9.9%, Casual 6.1%, 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 relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Idler 32.6%, Management 19.9%, Relaxing 14.5%, Resource Management 13.8%, 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.

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 75.3%, Idler 10%, Resource Management 6.7%, Casual 3.8%, 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 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: Incremental 22.5%, Capitalism 21.7%, Idler 17.1%, Roguelite 11.1%, Management 7.6%

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 24.6%, Idler 16.8%, Capitalism 14.4%, Destruction 14.3%, Relaxing 9.3%

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 46%, Management 20.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Casual 6.1%, Resource Management 5.3%

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.

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

Why similar: Incremental 31.8%, Idler 18.3%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 8%, Arcade 7.8%

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

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%, Casual 7.4%, Colorful 6.8%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 2.8%

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 27.5%, Idler 22.7%, Resource Management 11.4%, Roguelite 10.8%, Management 8.8%

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 37%, Capitalism 21.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Incremental 11.4%, Resource Management 7.7%

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

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 35.2%, Idler 15.8%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 10%, Relaxing 7.6%

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

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

Why similar: Incremental 29.5%, Idler 19.2%, Capitalism 11.8%, Management 11.5%, Relaxing 8.7%

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

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 36.6%, Idler 32.8%, Relaxing 8.1%, Simulation 6.3%, 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.

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 28.7%, Idler 25.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 11.1%, 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 26.6%, Idler 21.4%, Management 13.6%, 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 40.2%, Idler 33.9%, Relaxing 12%, Colorful 5%, 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.

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 26.5%, Incremental 24.7%, Roguelite 14.3%, Management 10.2%, Arcade 6.9%

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

Click the Button is an incremental game about clicking a button to receive chests that deliver incredible rewards. Improve your skills to become the strongest.

Why similar: Incremental 20.5%, Gambling 20.2% ★, Idler 17.4%, Capitalism 16.7%, Resource Management 6.3%

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: Incremental 29.2%, Idler 27.4%, Management 10.8%, 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 28.3%, Idler 23.9%, Resource Management 11.7%, Management 8.8%, 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 32.5%, Idler 19%, Capitalism 17.7%, Relaxing 8.1%, Resource Management 5.4%

Smashing Bottles is a short and satisfying incremental game where you break bottles to earn money, upgrade your bat, discover new bottles, and cause chaos! Will you smash enough bottles to buy the universe?

Why similar: Incremental 28.6%, Idler 22.3%, Capitalism 11%, Relaxing 7.2%, Arcade 6.9%

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 27.2%, Idler 17.3%, Gambling 12% ★, Resource Management 8.7%, Relaxing 7.6%

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 30.8%, Capitalism 18.4%, Idler 17%, Relaxing 8.6%, Resource Management 5.2%

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

Why similar: Incremental 42.3%, Idler 15.2%, Relaxing 9.1%, Strategy 5.9%, Resource Management 5.7%

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 37.8%, Idler 27%, Capitalism 16.8%, Strategy 6.8%, Casual 3.9%

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

Why similar: Idler 25%, Incremental 23.2%, Roguelite 11.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Relaxing 11%

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 23.7%, Idler 18.5%, Management 11.2%, Capitalism 9.9%, Relaxing 7.3%

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

Why similar: Incremental 38.4%, Idler 19.5%, Management 10%, Relaxing 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%

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: Incremental 23.8%, Idler 22.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, 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 27.6% ★, Incremental 16%, Idler 13.8%, Capitalism 12.2%, Management 5.7%

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 27.3%, Idler 21.7%, Management 13.7%, Relaxing 10.1%, Strategy 6.8%

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 30.4%, Management 12.9%, Capitalism 11%, Idler 10.3%, Relaxing 9.5%

Clean, mine and refine pollution in this active incremental game. Cruise through the countryside earning cash and resources, build a refinery, process materials, upgrade equipment, unlock new areas and complete quests.

Why similar: Incremental 32.9%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Idler 13.2%, Relaxing 12.9%

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 31.6%, Idler 19.8%, Management 12.5%, Capitalism 7.8%, Relaxing 7.1%

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 40.2%, Idler 26.5%, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 7.6%, Strategy 6.2%

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 29.1%, Idler 22.1%, Relaxing 10.9%, Destruction 10.1%, Arcade 8%

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 33.1%, Gambling 25.8% ★, Capitalism 23.2%, Casual 6%, Simulation 5.3%

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 49.7%, Idler 39.1%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

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 36.7%, Management 18.4%, Roguelite 18.1%, Resource Management 8.8%, Strategy 6.6%

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 58.4%, Idler 21%, Arcade 11.9%, Casual 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying a divine Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'Ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'Ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!

Why similar: Incremental 23.1%, Idler 18%, Capitalism 12.2%, Roguelite 11.4%, Management 7.5%

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 35.6%, Idler 26.2%, Management 11%, Resource Management 10.7%, Strategy 7.6%

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 35.4%, Idler 31.9%, Relaxing 12.6%, Simulation 5.2%, Casual 4.6%

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 35.9%, Idler 21%, Relaxing 9.1%, Resource Management 8.6%, Arcade 6.7%

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 36.7%, Capitalism 24%, Idler 23.7%, Resource Management 7.6%, Casual 6.4%

Roll dice to move Meeples around the board and collect money, skill points, and capsule tickets. Unlock unique skills and minigames, powerful collectibles, and automate dice rolls to increase your income.

Why similar: Incremental 29.3%, Idler 24.1%, Relaxing 10.9%, Arcade 8.8%, Colorful 5.6%

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 37.2%, Idler 23.5%, Roguelite 14.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Stylized 5.6%

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 31%, Idler 23.8%, Arcade 9.7%, Relaxing 7.5%, Strategy 6%