Games Like Feed the Reactor

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

Why similar: Incremental 43.7%, Idler 18.4%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly atmospheric and minimalist approach to incremental resource gathering and technological discovery.

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 38.8%, Idler 26.5%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides deep management mechanics and complex automation trees that will appeal to fans of the reactor's progression system.

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

Why similar: Idler 66.8%, Strategy 25%, Casual 7.1%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: As a cornerstone of the incremental genre, it offers the deep, satisfying mathematical progression found in the best reactor-style games.

To The Core is an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades.

Why similar: Incremental 81.8%, Idler 7.2%, Casual 5%, 2D 3.6%, Retro 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a satisfying incremental mining loop that captures the same sense of scale and progression.

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: Idler 45.4%, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Relaxing 10.1%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the automation and resource-management aspects of building complex systems from simple inputs.

An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.

Why similar: Incremental 45.2%, Idler 30.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 4.5%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the space exploration and incremental automation aspects of the seed game.

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 79%, Idler 12.2%, Casual 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a quirky space-themed narrative with clicker mechanics that feel very similar to the unfolding nature of the seed game.

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 41.5%, Idler 24%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 6.6%, Relaxing 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished incremental game that offers the same relaxing yet addictive progression loop.

Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.

Why similar: Incremental 41.2%, Idler 25.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Casual 7.5%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses physics-based incremental mechanics that feel fresh while maintaining the core clicker appeal.

Idle Atomic is an Incremental Idle RPG in a post-apocalyptic world. Level up skills, refine your salvaged materials and hunt mutant creatures to survive!

Why similar: Idler 29.7%, Auto Battler 27.7%, Incremental 23.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The post-apocalyptic and scientific theme aligns perfectly with the aesthetic and mechanical goals of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Incremental 46.6%, Idler 18.3%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a blend of strategy and simulation that feels very similar to the management style of the seed game.

Lazy Galaxy 2 is an idle/clicker game with base-building and RTS elements. Lead an evil (albeit lazy) alien race to conquer the universe! Expand your base, fight vicious foes, and conquer the galaxies. Acquire combat experience and convert into candy, the most precious alien resource!

Why similar: Incremental 29.6%, Auto Battler 23.9%, Idler 19%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends auto-battler strategy with idle mechanics, providing a similar sense of scaling power in a space setting.

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: Incremental 55.7%, Idler 21.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 5.8%, Casual 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the automation of production lines, which is a key component of the reactor's gameplay.

What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong? Save the Reactor gives you the opportunity to fully experience these emotions! This simulator is great for those who like to challenge themselves and aren't afraid of difficulties!

Why similar: Incremental 46.7%, Management 18.7%, Simulation 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific thematic focus on reactor management while adding a layer of high-stakes, time-sensitive decision making.

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 41.6%, Strategy 20.9%, Incremental 16.6%, Casual 6.5%, Hand-drawn 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game is ideal for players who want complex, multi-layered prestige systems and deep strategy.

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 30.8%, Auto Battler 30.7%, Management 13.6%, Strategy 13%, Incremental 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces strategic army management into an incremental framework, offering a deeper layer of decision-making.

The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.

Why similar: Incremental 64%, Idler 21.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Casual 3.5%, Sci-fi 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation-heavy incremental game captures the same sense of unlocking exotic technologies over time.

The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!

Why similar: Incremental 39.8%, Idler 30.5%, Strategy 13%, Management 10.2%, Relaxing 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines tower defense with complex incremental upgrades, providing a similar sense of strategic growth.

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 84.3%, Casual 8.5%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive, deep management experience that rewards long-term planning and resource optimization.

A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.

Why similar: Incremental 38.3%, Idler 24.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Relaxing 7.1%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the horror-adjacent, mysterious atmosphere that makes the seed game feel unique.

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 46.6%, Idler 34.4%, Casual 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%, Strategy 4%

Why You'll Like It: It adds action-oriented movement to the standard idle loop, keeping the gameplay feeling dynamic.

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 48.7%, Idler 23%, Management 8.6%, Horror 4.9%, Strategy 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential clicker experience that provides the foundation for the mechanics found in the seed game.

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

Why similar: Incremental 55.9%, Idler 15.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Relaxing 5.8%, Simulation 4.2%

Feed the AI. Collect data. Unlock upgrades. Watch the algorithm grow beyond your control. An active incremental where you feed an evolving AI with data and shape what it becomes. Will it save the world... or take it over?

Why similar: Incremental 40.5%, Idler 20.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Relaxing 7%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

A sci-fi idler. Upgrade your ships, get new items, and conquer the stars.

Why similar: Incremental 40.1%, Idler 30.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Casual 5.8%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the space-themed strategy and management elements of the seed game.

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 48.4%, Idler 31.6%, Relaxing 7%, Simulation 4.7%, 2D 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a more casual and relaxing take on the management and growth mechanics found in the seed game.

Project Chromata is a A sci-fi incremental in ten stages that refuses to stay one. Pull red, yellow and blue out of the void, converge them into Light, and relight a dead universe. Then it changes. An idle game with an ending, not one prestige layer remains the same forever.

Why similar: Idler 46.1%, Simulation 21%, Casual 13.5%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic simulation that focuses on incremental growth and visual progression.

A incremental game about downloading files, uploading, and upgrading your setup. This is the official PC version of Upload Simulator.

Why similar: Incremental 43.5%, Idler 31.3%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 7.4%, Relaxing 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar sci-fi theme and clicker-based progression system focused on digital resource management.

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: Incremental 44.3%, Idler 24.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Management 5%, Relaxing 4.7%

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: Incremental 37.2%, Idler 23.1%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 5.4%

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 39.4%, Idler 23.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Management 5.7%, Simulation 5.7%

Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.

Why similar: Incremental 45.4%, Idler 19.5%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 10.1%, 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 47.3%, Idler 21.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 5.8%, Relaxing 5.8%

A short active incremental game. Send skeleton villagers with sacrificial offerings to a growing space rift. Feed the rift in exchange for essence, unlock different offerings and their upgrades - all for the sake of more essence.

Why similar: Incremental 38.9%, Idler 26.3%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Relaxing 6.2%, Simulation 6%

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 41%, Idler 26.7%, Management 9.8%, Relaxing 5.2%, Strategy 4.7%

An incremental mining game, where you mine through massive blocks using guns, fire, lasers and nuclear missiles. Discover new ores, unlock new worlds and weapons as you progress through the upgrades tree and become the ultimate Artillery Miner!

Why similar: Incremental 38.4%, Idler 21.6%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Simulation 5.5%

Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.

Why similar: Incremental 40%, Auto Battler 24.3%, Idler 17.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Relaxing 2.5%

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: Incremental 45.3%, Idler 17.9%, Management 16.7%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 4.7%

Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.

Why similar: Incremental 41.1%, Idler 24.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Relaxing 3.7%, 2D 3.4%

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 47.8%, Management 15.2%, Idler 14.8%, Relaxing 9.1%, Simulation 5.3%

Idle Deepcore is an incremental mining game where you dig ever deeper, smelt ore into ingots, upgrade your pickaxe and machines, and grow several mines in parallel to build a vast underground industry.

Why similar: Incremental 48.9%, Idler 30.7%, Simulation 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, 2D 3.2%

Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.

Why similar: Incremental 44.1%, Idler 26.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 7.4%, Casual 4.1%

Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.

Why similar: Incremental 33.4%, Idler 23.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Casual 6%

A short incremental game about splitting atoms and triggering exponentially growing chain reactions.

Why similar: Incremental 44.4%, Idler 18.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 8.9%, Relaxing 8.5%

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: Incremental 44.9%, Idler 27.1%, Simulation 6.3%, Management 6.3%, Relaxing 5.5%

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 40.5%, Idler 23.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Relaxing 7.3%, Simulation 6.6%

Xenosensory is a short incremental game with horror themes. Use your cursor to bust Xenos and save convicts then spend your research points on skill tree upgrades, actions, gadgets, and uncover the true horrifying nature of this space station nightmare.

Why similar: Incremental 35.9%, Idler 20.8%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 5.6%

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 44.6%, Management 14.6%, Idler 11.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Relaxing 6.7%

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: Incremental 42.6%, Idler 22.9%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 4.8%

An abstract incremental game about flipping a coin and maybe some other things too

Why similar: Incremental 36.9%, Idler 21.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%

All Hail The Orb is a short, quirky pixel-art incremental game about powering a mysterious orb, summoning cultists, exploring a dungeon and slowly unlocking automation as devotion builds. The tone is light-hearted and a little silly with no fail states, relaxed pacing, and yes...many, many ducks.

Why similar: Incremental 46.2%, Idler 24.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Relaxing 6.9%, Casual 3.8%

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: Incremental 34%, Idler 21.8%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.2%

How To Grow a Black Hole is about... well... how to grow a black hole. Manage your black hole, feed it to gain mass, and prevent catastrophic collapses. Compete globally or against your friends to achieve the biggest black hole. Maybe you'll be #1.

Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Incremental 23.6%, Simulation 15.9%, Casual 10.5%, Management 6.1%

A cozy, chaotic idle-incremental clicker about growing a civilisation of tiny creatures called Pibbles in a giant tree, set in a post-human world.

Why similar: Incremental 36%, Idler 25.2%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 7.3%

Dig for ore, discover new resources, smelt ingots, and unlock hundreds of upgrades in this fantasy mining idle game. Mine faster, dig deeper, and watch your progress grow.

Why similar: Incremental 30%, Auto Battler 27%, Idler 17.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Management 4.2%

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

Why similar: Incremental 39.5%, Idler 17.6%, Management 12%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 6.4%

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 41.4%, Idler 19.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Relaxing 8.3%, Simulation 8.2%

A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.

Why similar: Incremental 39.3%, Idler 24.3%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Relaxing 7%

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

Why similar: Incremental 37.4%, Idler 31.2%, Management 13%, Simulation 11.1%, Relaxing 2.9%

Idly gather and manage resources to repair what's left of a decaying world. Scavenge forgotten ruins, meet scattered survivors, and push back against the inevitable collapse. IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a grid-based inventory and resource management idle game.

Why similar: Incremental 50.1%, Idler 32%, Simulation 7.4%, Casual 3.7%, 2D 2.3%