- #1 Factory Town
97% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.1%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct inspiration for the idle version, offering a more active, spatial approach to the same core logistics and town-building mechanics.
- #2 Industry Idle
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,467 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 17.9%, Idler 15.8%, City Builder 13.3%, Incremental 12.3%, Resource Management 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the spreadsheet-like interface and deep focus on balancing production chains and market economies in an idle format.
- #3 CivIdle
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Idler 23.7%, City Builder 16.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the incremental city-building feel, focusing on long-term civilization growth through automation and resource management.
- #4 Orb of Creation
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,494 reviews2022
Dev: MarpleGames
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
Why similar: Incremental 40.5%, Idler 16.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, Magic 11.5%, Minimalist 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly satisfying incremental loop where you manage complex resource generation and production chains in a fantasy setting.
- #5 Sixty Four
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,641 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Why similar: Incremental 22.4%, Automation 22.3%, Idler 15.8%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, highly addictive incremental game that focuses on automating the extraction and processing of resources to expand your reach.
- #6 Idle Research
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,854 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 77.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Idler 20.3%, Incremental 17.9%, Automation 17.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Minimalist 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep incremental game that focuses on automating research and resource production, mirroring the progression feel of Factory Town Idle.
- #7 Paragon Pioneers
93% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, Idler 21%, City Builder 20.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines colony-building and automation with idle mechanics, allowing you to manage multiple islands and complex production lines.
- #8 Kubifaktorium
92% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Automation 22.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of colony management and automation, requiring you to build supply chains to keep your settlement thriving.
- #9 shapez
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,453 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 40.6%, Resource Management 21.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Management 11.4%, 2D 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist automation game that strips away the fluff to focus entirely on the satisfying challenge of building efficient production lines.
- #10 Idle Colony
91% matchVery Positive83% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Incremental 18.4%, Colony Sim 16.7%, Idler 16.3%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward incremental game that focuses on managing a growing colony through automation and resource gathering.
- #11 Factorio
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 42.6%, Resource Management 21.4%, Crafting 13.6%, City Builder 9.9%, Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for automation games, offering a much more complex and active take on the resource management and logistics found in the seed game.
- #12 Autonauts
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,933 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Colony Sim 24.3%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 11%, Management 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on automating colony life through a unique programming system, making it a perfect step up for those who enjoy the automation aspect of the seed game.
- #13 CompactO - Idle Game
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows
CompactO is an addicting idle game where you create colorful squares on a plane. Dominate the 3D Realm and infuse your planes into complex shapes to buy tons of upgrades!
Why similar: Idler 30.8%, Incremental 25%, Management 13.3%, Minimalist 10.2%, Fantasy 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a clean, satisfying incremental experience centered on managing and automating various production systems.
- #14 Captain of Industry
88% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Resource Management 21.8%, Colony Sim 13.7%, City Builder 13%, Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex simulation that emphasizes massive-scale resource management and production chain optimization in a colony-building context.
- #15 Incremental Factory
86% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Automation 27.4%, Idler 24.1%, Resource Management 16.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Minimalist 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated incremental game that focuses on the core loop of building and upgrading automated production facilities.
- #16 Blueprint Tycoon
87% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Management 18%, City Builder 18%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and logistics of a colony, requiring you to balance resources and production chains.
- #17 Mindustry
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 53.4%, Resource Management 34.5%, Management 7.2%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends resource management and automation with tower defense, requiring you to build efficient supply chains to survive.
- #18 Widget Inc.
84% matchVery Positive86% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Incremental 27.4%, Idler 17.5%, Resource Management 16.9%, Casual 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A simple but effective incremental game about managing a production line and optimizing output.
- #19 Little Big Workshop
86% matchVery Positive84% of 3,371 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Resource Management 22.1%, Management 20%, Simulation 10.3%, City Builder 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on managing a factory floor, requiring you to optimize production schedules and logistics to succeed.
- #20 Timberborn
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,576 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Colony Sim 26.4%, Automation 21.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-building game that requires significant automation and resource management to survive environmental challenges.
- #21 Satisfactory
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 49.7%, Resource Management 22.6%, Crafting 22.6%, Simulation 2.3%, Adventure 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person automation game that provides a massive, 3D environment to build complex, sprawling factories.
- #22 Good Company
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Automation 29.1%, City Builder 19.1%, Resource Management 18.8%, Management 14.5%, Crafting 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the design and automation of production lines within a business management context, appealing to fans of logistics.
- #23 SimPocalypse
84% matchMixed68% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Gamex Studio
Windows · Linux
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
Why similar: Automation 17.6%, Idler 16.6%, Colony Sim 15%, Incremental 14.8%, City Builder 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental game that tasks you with managing a post-apocalyptic civilization through automation and resource allocation.
- #24 Settlemoon
82% matchVery Positive86% of 281 reviews2023
Dev: Lepioid LLC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
After the moon vanished, the fantasy world of Settlemoon lays abandoned in darkness. Re-light the skies, and provide a rest stop for adventurers in a town that updates in real time. Grow your town to attract strange visitors, and discover happened to this world.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Idler 23.2%, Minimalist 13.3%, Magic 7.6%, Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, 2D city-builder with idle elements that focuses on steady expansion and resource management.
- #25 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Incremental 25.3%, Idler 12.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Resource Management 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique idle village builder that runs on your desktop, focusing on incremental growth and management.
- #26 Dyson Sphere Program
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 44.5%, Resource Management 20.1%, City Builder 18.3%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game scales the automation concept to an interstellar level, requiring complex logistics and resource management across multiple planets.
- #27 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Luminosity Interactive
Windows
Feudal Fantasy is a short active incremental game in which you rebuild a town once lost to tragedy as its lord, by managing upgrades, new buildings and recruiting the wisdom of fantasy races.
Why similar: Idler 22.8%, Incremental 22.2%, Resource Management 15.2%, Management 8.6%, Minimalist 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a fantasy-themed incremental experience with a focus on resource management and pixel-art charm.
- #28 FOUNDRY
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,779 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 41.9%, Resource Management 25.9%, Crafting 23%, Simulation 5.4%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based automation game that allows for massive factory construction and complex logistical planning.
- #29 Techtonica
79% matchMixed65% of 3,202 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 32.4%, City Builder 21.6%, Resource Management 15.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Management 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person factory automation game set in a subterranean alien world that focuses on resource extraction and processing.
- #30 Tower Wizard
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,199 reviews2025
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Why similar: Incremental 38.4%, Idler 21.8%, Resource Management 14.9%, Magic 7.1%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #31 Revolution Idle
77% matchVery Positive87% of 11,167 reviews2025
Dev: Oni Gaming
Windows
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 172.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.
Why similar: Incremental 16.9%, Automation 16.6%, Idler 16.1%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Minimalist 9.7%
- #32 Fill Up The Hole
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,109 reviews2025
Dev: Fluffy Lotus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 23%, Idler 19.6%, Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 17.7%, Management 7.9%
- #33 Incremental Town RPG
78% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Idler 17.6%, Colony Sim 17%, Automation 13.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #34 IDLE BOSS RUSH
76% matchMixed67% of 792 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 21.3%, Idler 20.1%, Colony Sim 12.8%, City Builder 12.5%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #35 Idle Pixel Fantasy
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 835 reviews2025
Dev: Max Ritters
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit hard-working helpers and magical creatures that automatically collect gold and crystals. Unlock new levels, invest in stronger units, and work your way up to the powerful dragon boss at the top. A relaxing pixel-style idle clicker!
Why similar: Incremental 30.7%, Automation 29.5%, Idler 13.4%, Management 8.5%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #36 Magic Archery
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,889 reviews2024
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Why similar: Incremental 27.8%, Idler 25.4%, Resource Management 15.3%, Magic 7.5%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #37 Crusaders Quest : Hero Town
72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,924 reviews2026
Dev: CQ LABSPub: LoadComplete
Windows · Mac
Median: 34.1 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A desktop idle RPG that lives on the side of your screen. Gather cute pixel heroes, rebuild a tiny town, and watch it grow while you work. Welcome to 《Crusader Quest: Hero Town》!
Why similar: Idler 20.1%, City Builder 19.7%, Automation 19.6%, Incremental 17.2%, Resource Management 13%
- #38 3D Printer Manager
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Smushii
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start in a bedroom with one 3D printer and build a manufacturing empire! Manage filaments, upgrade machines, hire staff, and expand into a factory in this addictive idle tycoon game.
Why similar: Idler 26.6%, Automation 26%, Incremental 19.8%, Point & Click 7.2%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #39 Crafting Idle Clicker
77% matchMixed49% of 913 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 43.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Idler 21.2%, Incremental 20.7%, Management 10%, Capitalism 9%
- #40 Skeleseller
71% matchVery Positive93% of 365 reviews2026
Dev: Xtonomous
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!
Why similar: Idler 34.1%, Capitalism 21.8%, Management 14.9%, Fantasy 8.1%, Casual 6.2%
- #41 Idle Commonwealth
74% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Idler 23.4%, Incremental 19.3%, City Builder 18.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Minimalist 6.9%
- #42 Idle Cave Miner
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Hours
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 128.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
Why similar: Idler 25.8%, Incremental 22.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 12.3%
- #43 Holyday City: Reloaded
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,626 reviews2018
Dev: Holyday Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 113.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, manage & grow your city in Holyday City: Reloaded! An idle clicker game where you're the business tycoon, expanding your metropolis. Master resource & time management to upgrade businesses and thrive. Experience the ultimate town builder adventure with Holyday City.
Why similar: Incremental 25.5%, Capitalism 20.3%, Idler 19.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 9.6%
- #44 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
71% matchVery Positive87% of 342 reviews2026
Dev: Orca Point Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Biomes is a relaxing idle game where animals peacefully produce resources and you gather wood in a calm harvesting zone. Build small biomes, earn gold, and enjoy steady progression without pressure, timers, or stress. Play at your own pace and unwind.
Why similar: Idler 25.7%, Incremental 21.7%, Automation 14.8%, Minimalist 10.4%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #45 Digseum
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,795 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Monthly
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!
Why similar: Incremental 23.6%, Idler 19.7%, Minimalist 11.7%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 9.9%
- #46 Village Tale
70% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 20.7 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Idler 20.7%, City Builder 19.3%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 10.6%
- #47 Click Mage
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,477 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Incremental 30.2%, Resource Management 22.4%, Crafting 15%, Magic 10.1%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #48 Simultree
70% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: PIPAPOUPub: Coduck Studio
Windows
Simultree is a short incremental game about monitoring life simulations. You're a scientist who runs life simulations in order to gain points to spend in a big skill tree.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, Idler 18.6%, Incremental 17.4%, Resource Management 10.7%, Management 9.6%
- #49 Midas Gold Plus - Idle Clicker
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,779 reviews2017
Dev: Holyday Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 181.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Discover Midas Gold Plus, an engaging idle clicker set in a mythical world! Harness King Midas' golden touch, build a legendary city, and unlock powerful champions. Master unique gameplay styles, explore pet battles, and conquer rival cities. Delve into this ancient tycoon adventure today!
Why similar: Incremental 29.7%, Idler 18%, Capitalism 12.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Point & Click 7.8%
- #50 City idle
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Colorful 5.8%
- #51 Paragon Pioneers 2
70% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 23.3%, Idler 21.9%, Management 7.2%, Fantasy 5.1%
- #52 Forage Wizard
67% matchVery Positive85% of 754 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Incremental 20.7%, Automation 19.7%, Idler 16.6%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 14.9%
- #53 Loafing Town
67% matchVery Positive86% of 533 reviews2025
Dev: GoblinZzPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 43.0 hrsMean: 103.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A relaxing and humorous idle god simulator that stays at the bottom of your screen or on a second monitor while you do other things. With physics-based dragging interactions, it feels just like playing with desk toys.
Why similar: Idler 25.7%, Incremental 21.2%, City Builder 18.8%, Automation 11.2%, Management 7%
- #54 Coin Factory
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Idler 33.2%, Capitalism 26.1%, Resource Management 16.1%, City Builder 12.8%, Casual 7.7%
- #55 Melvor Idle
66% matchVery Positive90% of 15,803 reviews2021
Dev: Games by MalcsPub: Jagex Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 51.4 hrsMean: 368.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 36%, Automation 16.9%, Minimalist 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%, Magic 6.2%
- #56 Idling Gears
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 348 reviews2023
Dev: guilemus
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Click! Place gears, click! Make money, click! Place more gears, click! Make even more money, click, click and above all click!
Why similar: Incremental 31.8%, Idler 31.8%, Resource Management 11.3%, Capitalism 9.8%, Management 7.5%
- #57 Keep on Mining!
63% matchVery Positive94% of 7,974 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 34.3%, Idler 25.8%, Capitalism 12.1%, Resource Management 9.2%, Minimalist 5.6%
- #58 Mob Factory
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 40.1%, Resource Management 21.8%, Crafting 14.3%, Management 9.2%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #59 Mini Settlers
65% matchVery Positive84% of 652 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Automation 22.3%, City Builder 18.2%, Minimalist 12.8%, Management 9.5%
- #60 Gamblers Table
64% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,335 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Automation 23.4%, Incremental 18.5%, Minimalist 12.9%, Capitalism 12.2%, Idler 11.2%