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Games Like Factory Town Idle

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Resource Management, Simulation, Management, Indie.

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An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!

Reviews: Very Positive — 91% — of 1,227 reviews
Released: 2024-01-08
Developer: Erik Asmussen
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 13.9 hrs
Mean playtime: 72.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 80%

Overview

Factory Town Idle is a unique blend of deep automation logistics and minimalist incremental progression, perfect for players who enjoy optimizing production chains without the high-stress demands of real-time strategy. These recommendations focus on games that emphasize resource management, automation, and satisfying long-term growth loops within a spreadsheet-like or idle framework.

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  1. #1 Factory Town
    97% matchVery Positive91% of 4,454 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 23.4%, Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 18.3%, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor to the idle version, offering a more hands-on approach to the same automation and logistics mechanics.

  2. #2 Industry Idle
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,478 reviews2024
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.2 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 17.8%, Idler 15.7%, City Builder 13.4%, Incremental 12.2%, Resource Management 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the spreadsheet-style interface and complex supply chain management that makes Factory Town Idle so addictive.

  3. #3 Idle Colony
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 570 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 19.4%, Incremental 18.2%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Idler 16.2%, Management 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It shares the core focus on managing a growing population through automation and incremental resource gathering.

  4. #4 Idle Research
    95% matchVery Positive84% of 1,877 reviews2022
    Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 76.8 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 20.2%, Incremental 17.7%, Automation 17.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Minimalist 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game excels at combining automation with a clear, rewarding progression path through scientific research.

  5. #5 Orb of Creation
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,966 reviews2026
    Dev: MarpleGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 42.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Orb of Creation is a non-idle 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 44%, Resource Management 14.1%, Magic 12.4%, Idler 9.9%, Minimalist 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, thoughtful incremental experience that rewards careful resource management and strategic planning.

  6. #6 Sixty Four
    94% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,657 reviews2024
    Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 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 21.8%, Idler 15.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Crafting 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This minimalist incremental game focuses on resource extraction and automation in a highly satisfying, loop-based environment.

  7. #7 Melvor Idle
    93% matchVery Positive90% of 15,944 reviews2021
    Dev: Games by MalcsPub: Jagex Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 50.9 hrsMean: 367.6 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 35.8%, Automation 16.7%, Minimalist 9.4%, Crafting 9%, Magic 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: While RPG-focused, its deep resource management and crafting systems provide a similar sense of long-term progression.

  8. #8 Blueprint Tycoon
    92% 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 37.1%, City Builder 18.1%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 14.1%, Simulation 4.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistics and management side of production, requiring you to balance resources to keep your colony thriving.

  9. #9 Incremental Town RPG
    91% 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 17.5%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Automation 13%, City Builder 12.8%, Resource Management 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It merges town-building elements with incremental progression, creating a satisfying loop of growth and expansion.

  10. #10 CivIdle
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,064 reviews2025
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 78.3 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 24.7%, Idler 23.5%, City Builder 16.7%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 10%

    Why You'll Like It: This game applies idle mechanics to civilization building, focusing on historical progression and resource automation.

  11. #11 Kubifaktorium
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 796 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 23.1%, Automation 22%, City Builder 20.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Management 9%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines colony management with automation, allowing you to build complex production chains in a charming voxel world.

  12. #12 shapez
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,623 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.7 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 40.3%, Resource Management 21.8%, Crafting 17.3%, Management 11.4%, 2D 3.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This game strips automation down to its purest form, focusing entirely on optimizing geometric production lines.

  13. #13 Widget Inc.
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 764 reviews2024
    Dev: Leaping Turtle
    Windows
    Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 60.4 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 28.3%, Incremental 27.5%, Idler 17.5%, Resource Management 16.9%, Casual 3.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A straightforward incremental game that focuses on the automation of production lines to generate wealth.

  14. #14 Tower Wizard
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,632 reviews2025
    Dev: Barribob
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.7 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%, Idler 21.9%, Resource Management 14.8%, Magic 7.2%, Fantasy 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This game combines fantasy elements with incremental mechanics, focusing on resource management to power your wizard's tower.

  15. #15 Idle Pixel Fantasy
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 866 reviews2025
    Dev: Max Ritters
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 22.1 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 30.9%, Automation 28.6%, Idler 14%, Fantasy 8.5%, Management 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: This fantasy-themed incremental game focuses on automating resource gathering and character progression.

  16. #16 Autonauts
    88% matchVery Positive90% of 4,943 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 34.8%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 7%

    Why You'll Like It: It introduces programming-based automation to colony management, perfect for those who enjoy the logic-building aspect of factory games.

  17. #17 Revolution Idle
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 11,578 reviews2025
    Dev: Oni Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 174.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 16.8%, Automation 16.6%, Idler 16%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Minimalist 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides a clean, simulation-based incremental experience that rewards long-term planning and automation.

  18. #18 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
    85% 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 22.6%, Incremental 22%, Resource Management 15.2%, Management 8.6%, Minimalist 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic fantasy setting paired with deep resource management and incremental growth systems.

  19. #19 Crafting Idle Clicker
    86% matchMixed49% of 919 reviews2020
    Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!

    Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Idler 21.3%, Incremental 20.5%, Management 9.9%, Capitalism 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the crafting and production chain aspect of incremental games.

  20. #20 Settlemoon
    83% matchVery Positive86% of 284 reviews2023
    Dev: Lepioid LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 32.9 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 24.3%, Idler 22.9%, Minimalist 13.4%, Magic 7.7%, Management 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A charming, minimalist city-builder that utilizes idle mechanics to manage the growth of your settlement.

  21. #21 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 17.5%, Idler 16.5%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Incremental 14.7%, City Builder 13.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex civilization-management experience where automation is key to surviving and expanding.

  22. #22 Idle Grid
    82% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: Lake Country Games
    Windows

    Build and optimize your industrial empire in this grid-based idle game. Place factories, power plants, and research labs strategically to maximize efficiency through adjacency bonuses. Upgrade your buildings, manage power consumption, and watch your profits soar while you're away.

    Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Idler 18.9%, Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 15%, Incremental 13.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This game uses a grid-based system to manage automation, offering a unique spatial puzzle element to the idle genre.

  23. #23 Idle Commonwealth
    81% matchMixed67% of 126 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 23.3%, Incremental 19.2%, City Builder 18.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Minimalist 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It focuses on strategic resource management and incremental growth within a colony-building framework.

  24. #24 FEED THE QUEEN
    80% matchMostly Positive70% of 513 reviews2026
    Dev: Quiétude
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Gather food to grow your colony. Evolve and upgrade specialized worker types. Discover and combine interesting synergies. Optimize your production, customize your strategy and feed the Queen ever-increasing amounts of food!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Incremental 24.5%, Idler 23.3%, Automation 10.7%, Resource Management 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It brings colony-sim mechanics into the incremental genre, requiring you to manage resources to sustain a growing hive.

  25. #25 Magic Archery
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,112 reviews2024
    Dev: Barribob
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 25.2%, Resource Management 15.4%, Magic 7.5%, Fantasy 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This game blends fantasy resource management with incremental mechanics to drive economic growth.

  26. #26 Idle Cave Miner
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 1,155 reviews2023
    Dev: Cold Hours
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 129.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 25.7%, Incremental 22.7%, Crafting 13.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 12.3%

    Why You'll Like It: This game centers on mining and resource management, providing a classic incremental loop with a focus on crafting.

  27. #27 Fill Up The Hole
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,145 reviews2025
    Dev: Fluffy Lotus
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 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 22.8%, Idler 19.5%, Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 17.9%, Management 7.9%

  28. #28 Holyday City: Reloaded
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,632 reviews2018
    Dev: Holyday Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 114.3 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 25.4%, Capitalism 20.4%, Idler 19.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A capitalism-themed incremental game that focuses on managing businesses and scaling production for profit.

  29. #29 IDLE BOSS RUSH
    78% matchMixed67% of 810 reviews2025
    Dev: Irid Games
    Windows
    Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 37.8 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 21.1%, Idler 20%, Colony Sim 12.9%, City Builder 12.7%, Resource Management 10.2%

  30. #30 Starvester
    77% matchMostly Positive70% of 734 reviews2026
    Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!

    Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Idler 21.2%, Incremental 20.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Management 8.5%

  31. #31 3D Printer Manager
    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 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 26.5%, Automation 26%, Incremental 19.6%, Point & Click 7.3%, Resource Management 6.2%

  32. #32 Incremental Factory
    77% 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 27.2%, Idler 24%, Resource Management 16.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Minimalist 7.2%

  33. #33 Skeleseller
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 401 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 33.8%, Capitalism 21.8%, Management 14.9%, Fantasy 8.2%, Casual 6.3%

  34. #34 Simultree
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 132 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 20.2%, Idler 18.4%, Incremental 17.2%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 9.6%

  35. #35 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 405 reviews2026
    Dev: Orca Point Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    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 25.8%, Incremental 21.4%, Automation 14.7%, Minimalist 10.5%, Resource Management 7.9%

  36. #36 Forage Wizard
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,220 reviews2026
    Dev: Lost Maxim
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 20.9%, Automation 20%, Idler 16.3%, Resource Management 15.8%, Crafting 14.9%

  37. #37 Click Mage
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,540 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiny Crow Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 29.5%, Resource Management 22.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Magic 10.3%, Fantasy 7.7%

  38. #38 Digseum
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,976 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 23.5%, Idler 19.7%, Minimalist 11.8%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9.9%

  39. #39 Paragon Pioneers
    75% 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 24.8%, City Builder 20.9%, Idler 20.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 9.6%

  40. #40 Midas Gold Plus - Idle Clicker
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,782 reviews2017
    Dev: Holyday Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 182.2 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 29.3%, Idler 18%, Capitalism 12.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Point & Click 7.9%

  41. #41 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
    75% matchMixed70% of 218 reviews2022
    Dev: The Evergloom Team
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.0 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.

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  42. #42 Village Tale
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 314 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl Games
    Windows
    Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 23.1 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 22.3%, Idler 20.6%, City Builder 19.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 10.6%

  43. #43 City idle
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 225 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 50.7%, Crafting 16.5%, Management 11%, Simulation 7.2%, Colorful 5.8%

  44. #44 Paragon Pioneers 2
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 59 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 27.9%, City Builder 23.5%, Idler 21.7%, Management 7.1%, Fantasy 5.2%

  45. #45 Coin Factory
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 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 32.9%, Capitalism 26.1%, Resource Management 16%, City Builder 12.9%, Casual 8%

  46. #46 Founders' Fortune
    71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5%, City Builder 26.2%, Resource Management 9.1%, Management 7.7%, Crafting 5.8%

  47. #47 Slimeward
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 287 reviews2026
    Dev: ByeolGamesPub: ByeolByte
    Windows

    Slimeward is an idle game where players build and upgrade a village, recruit heroes, and defeat Monster 'Slime' that fell in front of the house one day,

    Why similar: Incremental 25.1%, Idler 23.8%, City Builder 22.9%, Automation 17.9%, Simulation 3.6%

  48. #48 Idling Gears
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 353 reviews2023
    Dev: guilemus
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Click! Place gears, click! Make money, click! Place more gears, click! Make even more money, click, click and above all click!

    Why similar: Idler 31.8%, Incremental 31.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Capitalism 9.8%, Management 7.5%

  49. #49 Idle Wizard
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,787 reviews2019
    Dev: TwoWizards
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 227.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    RPG/Idle hybrid about becoming the most powerful wizard there is. Pick a class, get a pet, configure and improve your character in a myriad ways!

    Why similar: Idler 27.6%, Incremental 21.4%, Resource Management 16.2%, Automation 10.5%, Magic 8.5%

  50. #50 Mob Factory
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 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 39.8%, Resource Management 21.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Management 9.2%, Fantasy 7.3%

  51. #51 Moose Miners
    68% matchMixed69% of 523 reviews2024
    Dev: Lingon Studios
    Windows
    Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 146.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, Idler 16.8%, Automation 16.3%, Incremental 16.1%, Resource Management 11.2%

  52. #52 Fortune Mill
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 2,651 reviews2026
    Dev: Lavaflame2
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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

    Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Idler 22.9%, Incremental 21.9%, Resource Management 13.5%, Management 4.5%

  53. #53 MR FARMBOY
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 481 reviews2026
    Dev: mrdboy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, Automation 20.6%, Incremental 15.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, Idler 9.5%

  54. #54 Mini Settlers
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 720 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 23.1%, Automation 22.1%, City Builder 18.4%, Minimalist 12.9%, Management 9.5%

  55. #55 Gamblers Table
    65% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,525 reviews2026
    Dev: greenpixels
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    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 23.2%, Incremental 18.3%, Minimalist 13.1%, Capitalism 12.3%, Idler 11.2%

  56. #56 Idle Skilling
    68% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,372 reviews2022
    Dev: Lavaflame2
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 96.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Idle Skilling is the ultimate Idle Game with years of content! Meant to be played for 5-10 minutes a day, you gradually unlock new skills like mining, fishing, pet breeding, crusading, potion-making, lab-research, construction, and more! With new updates coming, you'll never run out of stuff to do!

    Why similar: Idler 30.1%, Incremental 24.9%, Resource Management 17.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Management 7.8%

  57. #57 Dwarf Eats Mountain
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 899 reviews2026
    Dev: Green Wizard
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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: Idler 29%, Incremental 26.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Management 9.4%, Fantasy 5.9%

  58. #58 Crafting Town
    69% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2022
    Dev: Musa GUNGOR
    Windows

    Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.

    Why similar: Crafting 24.6%, Incremental 24.4%, Resource Management 23.2%, Colony Sim 10.5%, Simulation 5.5%

  59. #59 Captain of Industry
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 34.2%, Resource Management 21.7%, Colony Sim 13.8%, City Builder 13.8%, Management 9.7%

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