- #1 (the) Gnorp Apologue
97% matchVery Positive95% of 9,927 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
Why similar: Incremental 43.4%, Idler 22%, Building 10.7%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 4%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the satisfying loop of managing a growing population to automate resource collection and economy building.
- #2 Factory Town Idle
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,257 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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!
Why similar: Incremental 22.6%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Idler 19.3%, City Builder 18.2%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the automation and logistics management that makes the city-building aspect of your seed game so engaging.
- #3 Idle Colony
96% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 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: Incremental 28.1%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Idler 19.1%, Building 9.6%, Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the colony-sim elements of your seed game, tasking you with managing resources and growth in a structured environment.
- #4 Cookie Clicker
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 92,765 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.7 hrsMean: 374.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 42.9%, Idler 25.5%, Management 8.1%, Building 6.7%, Resource Management 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: As the definitive incremental game, it provides the foundational experience of scaling production and automation that inspired the genre.
- #5 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
95% matchMixed69% of 219 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 29.6%, Incremental 28.8%, Idler 10.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar relaxing yet strategic city-building experience that runs in the background while you manage your growing population.
- #6 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
94% matchVery Positive89% of 3,312 reviews2025
Dev: AarimousPub: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.
Why similar: Incremental 56.5%, Idler 20%, Strategy 5.1%, Resource Management 5%, Management 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific thematic hook of feeding a central void to drive progression and economic growth.
- #7 Dwarf Eats Mountain
92% matchVery Positive81% of 1,070 reviews2026
Dev: Green Wizard
Windows · Linux
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 27.7%, Idler 22.8%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 9.3%, Resource Management 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the mining and resource-gathering focus, combined with the incremental growth mechanics you enjoy.
- #8 SPACEPLAN
93% matchVery Positive91% of 3,422 reviews2017
Dev: Jake HollandsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 79.3%, Idler 15.5%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like your seed game, it uses a quirky, thematic premise to drive a highly addictive and polished incremental progression system.
- #9 Widget Inc.
91% matchVery Positive85% of 770 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.6 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: Incremental 40.3%, Idler 19.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the industrial automation and base-building mechanics that drive the economy in your seed game.
- #10 Melvor Idle
91% matchVery Positive90% of 16,141 reviews2021
Dev: Games by MalcsPub: Jagex Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48.8 hrsMean: 362.0 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 88.9%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep, complex management systems that reward long-term planning and strategic resource allocation.
- #11 Trimps
90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,490 reviews2022
Dev: Greensatellite
Windows
Median: 15.2 hrsMean: 385.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 46.8%, Management 17.2%, Building 15.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Incremental 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the genre that blends colony management with incremental strategy, requiring you to balance population growth and resource gathering.
- #12 Realm Grinder
89% matchVery Positive87% of 7,438 reviews2017
Dev: Divine GamesPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 131.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Why similar: Incremental 42.9%, City Builder 20.1%, Idler 13.5%, Building 6%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, faction-based colony-sim experience with massive incremental depth and strategic decision-making.
- #13 IDLE BOSS RUSH
89% matchMixed67% of 829 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 23.3%, Idler 16.8%, Colony Sim 11.1%, City Builder 11%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a solid incremental base-building experience that focuses on strategy and progression.
- #14 Paperwork
87% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Broken Record Studio
Windows · Mac
Paperwork is a first-person office-building incremental game where you optimize an office to generate more and more money. Step into the office of Clarity, become a productive worker and watch profits grow.
Why similar: Incremental 31.4%, City Builder 25.5%, Idler 17.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Dystopian 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the satirical, capitalist-driven automation themes found in your seed game.
- #15 Idle Research
88% matchVery Positive84% of 1,898 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 76.3 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: Incremental 34.9%, Idler 30.2%, Management 10.9%, Resource Management 9%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the scientific and automation aspects of resource management, mirroring the 'trash-to-cash' loop of your seed game.
- #16 Hearth and Hamlet
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,503 reviews2026
Dev: Phorust StudiosPub: Runic Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.
Why similar: Incremental 25.1%, City Builder 19.5%, Idler 14.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Management 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the base-building and management aspects, requiring careful planning to grow your settlement.
- #17 Bills Must Be Paid
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,296 reviews2026
Dev: Rike Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!
Why similar: Incremental 38.4%, Idler 28%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 7.6%, Strategy 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the humorous, capitalism-focused theme while providing a relaxing incremental experience.
- #18 Crownhold
85% matchVery Positive84% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: Tobias Mikula
Windows · Linux
Noble Rulers — grow your realm and expand your castle in this short incremental game! Manage resources, discover foreign lands and build up an army to lay siege to your enemies.
Why similar: Incremental 31.3%, Idler 25%, City Builder 11.1%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a medieval-themed resource management experience that rewards incremental growth and strategic expansion.
- #19 Idle Slayer
86% matchVery Positive85% of 10,806 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Leban
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 106.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 44.7%, Idler 40.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 3.3%, Strategy 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced, satisfying incremental experience that keeps the player engaged through constant upgrades and unlocks.
- #20 Antimatter Dimensions
84% matchVery Positive92% of 4,534 reviews2022
Dev: Hevipelle
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.8 hrsMean: 218.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
Why similar: Idler 73.8%, Strategy 14.4%, Resource Management 8%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is a masterclass in incremental design, providing the same sense of exponential growth and strategic complexity.
- #21 Digseum
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,115 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 38%, Idler 24.2%, Management 12%, Building 7.2%, Resource Management 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the simulation and management of a growing facility, mirroring the base-building loop of your seed game.
- #22 Idle Iktah
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Grounded Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 74.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 43.9%, Idler 38.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Simulation 6.5%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on resource management and crafting, providing a grounded, satisfying progression loop similar to colony-sims.
- #23 Fortune Mill
81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,554 reviews2026
Dev: Lavaflame2
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 39.3%, Idler 30.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Management 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes automation and economy building, providing a clear path to scaling your production.
- #24 Your Chronicle
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,710 reviews2021
Dev: Samurai Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 307.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.
Why similar: Idler 53.9%, Incremental 42.4%, 2D 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends narrative-driven colony management with deep incremental mechanics, offering a more immersive experience.
- #25 Tower Wizard
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,856 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 47.2%, Idler 20.8%, Building 8.8%, Resource Management 7.5%, Strategy 4.4%
- #26 Synergism
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: PlatonicPub: PLATONIC AND KHAFRA IDLE GAMES OF SYNERGISM AND ULTIMATE PROGRESS BAR LLC
Windows · Mac
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 51.4%, Incremental 15.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Resource Management 7.1%, 2D 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is perfect for players who enjoy the mathematical and optimization-heavy side of incremental games.
- #27 Incremental Epic Hero 2
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,685 reviews2025
Dev: HapiwakuPub: Idle System, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 188.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!
Why similar: Idler 60.4%, Management 29%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim elements with RPG progression, offering a broad scope of management and growth.
- #28 Idle Wizard
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,821 reviews2019
Dev: TwoWizards
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 226.6 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 38.7%, Incremental 35.2%, Resource Management 11%, Management 8.8%, Simulation 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a complex strategy layer on top of the incremental mechanics, allowing for deep customization of your production systems.
- #29 FEED THE QUEEN
78% matchMixed70% of 575 reviews2026
Dev: Quiétude
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Incremental 32.6%, Colony Sim 27%, Idler 23.1%, Strategy 6.7%, Management 3.9%
- #30 Garbage Growth
77% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2026
Dev: apepatrickdev
Windows
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 37.2%, Idler 34.1%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 5.4%, 2D 4.1%
- #31 Plantera
79% matchVery Positive89% of 5,921 reviews2016
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 39.9%, Idler 32.9%, Building 18.9%, 2D 4%, Simulation 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, visually charming take on the incremental genre that focuses on building and maintaining a productive garden economy.
- #32 Slimeward
76% matchVery Positive90% of 339 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 27.8%, Idler 20%, City Builder 19.9%, Building 11%, Base Building 8.2%
- #33 Simultree
76% matchVery Positive86% of 144 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: Incremental 25.4%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Idler 20.6%, Management 10.6%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #34 Incremental Town RPG
77% 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: Incremental 19.4%, Idler 16.9%, Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 9.6%
- #35 Feed the Reactor
75% matchVery Positive83% of 646 reviews2026
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.
Why similar: Incremental 47.4%, Idler 24.2%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 4.5%
- #36 Hole Is Mine
73% matchVery Positive91% of 672 reviews2026
Dev: Incrementalist
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 34.4%, Idler 26.3%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Management 9.1%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #37 Outhold
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,770 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 49.2%, Management 17.1%, Idler 16.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 4.6%
- #38 Gamblers Table
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,823 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 20.6 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: Incremental 43%, Idler 20.9%, Management 17.1%, Resource Management 7%, Simulation 4.1%
- #39 Trashy Cashy
74% matchNo user reviews69% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Challenging Games
Windows
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 42.5%, Idler 31.5%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 5.5%, Resource Management 4.3%
- #40 Scratchers
75% matchMixed58% of 584 reviews2025
Dev: muffler
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 41.9%, Idler 25.7%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 7.1%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #41 Fracture Field
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,187 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 33.1%, Idler 27.2%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 8.4%
- #42 Incredicer
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,377 reviews2025
Dev: pochi
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 42.7%, Idler 26.7%, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 6.2%, Strategy 5.4%
- #43 FACEMINER
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,509 reviews2025
Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.
Why similar: Incremental 36.1%, Idler 23.7%, Dystopian 15.3%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 5.4%
- #44 You Know The Drill
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,015 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 45.1%, Idler 33.5%, Simulation 6.5%, Strategy 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #45 Idle Deepcore
70% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2026
Dev: Bluehood Games
Windows
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 43.3%, Idler 34%, Simulation 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #46 Industry Idle
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,484 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Incremental 19.6%, Idler 19%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 9.8%
- #47 Keep on Mining!
68% matchVery Positive94% of 8,329 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 52.6%, Idler 30.2%, Resource Management 5.7%, Management 3.9%, Strategy 3.1%
- #48 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
72% 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: Incremental 31.4%, Idler 24.6%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 8.8%, City Builder 6.8%
- #49 Gridkeeper
71% matchMixed68% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: pixelwide
Windows
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 34.5%, Idler 26%, Building 15.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #50 Feed the Greed
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Elifam
Windows
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 38.7%, Idler 33.1%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Simulation 5.3%
- #51 Piñata Go Boom
68% matchVery Positive92% of 658 reviews2025
Dev: tissue inu
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.
Why similar: Incremental 41.1%, Idler 23.1%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 5.9%
- #52 Coal LLC
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,326 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Management 40.2%, Resource Management 15.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Simulation 9.7%
- #53 Starvester
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 31.8%, Idler 25%, Building 12.4%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #54 GLONK
67% matchVery Positive90% of 349 reviews2025
Dev: Mistical Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 40.6%, Idler 30.4%, Management 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Simulation 5.2%
- #55 Idle Commonwealth
69% matchMixed66% of 133 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: Incremental 24.8%, Idler 22.8%, City Builder 18.6%, Building 8.5%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #56 Loot Loop
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,624 reviews2026
Dev: BitBrew
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 36%, Idler 27.9%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 5.8%
- #57 Scritchy Scratchy
64% matchVery Positive94% of 15,152 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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: Incremental 46.1%, Idler 27.4%, Management 9.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Simulation 4.2%
- #58 DEFRAG
66% matchVery Positive95% of 541 reviews2025
Dev: BlueDot Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
DEFRAG is a game about cleansing corrupted sectors and refining them through optimization to build a stronger system. Collect resources, adjust configurations, and complete your build as you progress.
Why similar: Incremental 35.1%, Idler 23.7%, Management 14%, Resource Management 9.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #59 SimPocalypse
70% 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: Incremental 18.8%, Idler 16%, Colony Sim 15.1%, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 8.9%
- #60 Slots & Diapers
65% matchVery Positive89% of 517 reviews2026
Dev: Parodie GamesPub: Lazy Otter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Incremental 33.1%, Idler 26.3%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%