- #1 (the) Gnorp Apologue
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,586 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 27.4 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: Idler 30%, Clicker 25.9%, Building 13.3%, Management 11.1%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same chaotic, physics-based resource gathering and incremental growth loop as the seed game.
- #2 Factory Town Idle
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,204 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Idler 21.3%, Colony Sim 20.4% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Clicker 18%, Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the automation and logistical management aspects of building a productive colony.
- #3 Industry Idle
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 29.1 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: Idler 20.8%, City Builder 17.1%, Clicker 15.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the supply chain and resource management mechanics found in the seed game.
- #4 SimPocalypse
96% matchMixed68% of 115 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: Idler 17.5%, Colony Sim 15.6% ★, Clicker 15.1%, City Builder 13.5%, Base Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the dystopian management theme and the deep, multi-layered incremental progression.
- #5 Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game
94% matchVery Positive94% of 26,225 reviews2020
Dev: Humble North
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 131.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!
Why similar: Idler 46.4%, Clicker 37.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D 4%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it turns a mundane task into an addictive, large-scale incremental automation experience.
- #6 Idle Colony
94% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 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: Clicker 22.1%, Colony Sim 21.6% ★, Idler 21.6%, Building 10%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a small community through incremental upgrades and automation.
- #7 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
93% matchVery Positive89% of 2,623 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.
Why similar: Clicker 35.1%, Idler 30.7%, Strategy 7.5%, Resource Management 7.3%, Management 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific thematic hook of feeding a central object to generate resources and progress.
- #8 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 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 31%, Clicker 24.2%, Idler 12.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar city-building simulation experience that runs in the background, perfect for incremental fans.
- #9 Gridkeeper
91% 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: Idler 29.7%, Clicker 28.1%, Building 16.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Resource Management 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same 2D building and strategy elements combined with incremental clicker mechanics.
- #10 Blueprint Tycoon
91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Management 18.8%, Resource Management 8.2%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeper management experience for those who enjoy the building and logistics side of the seed game.
- #11 Forager
90% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Base Building 27.5%, Building 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Resource Management 15.9%, 2D 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building and resource gathering with a highly satisfying, fast-paced progression loop.
- #12 Tower Wizard
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,855 reviews2025
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Idler 29%, Clicker 27.3%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It adds a fantasy layer to the standard clicker and resource management formula.
- #13 IDLE BOSS RUSH
89% matchMixed67% of 771 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 20.9 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: Idler 18.9%, Clicker 17.4%, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the combat and incremental strategy aspects of the genre.
- #14 Flooded
89% matchVery Positive84% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Disasters
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Colony Sim 18.4% ★, Building 11.2%, Clicker 10.5%, Management 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends city-building with time-sensitive resource management in a unique, high-stakes environment.
- #15 Digseum
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,550 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: Idler 29.4%, Clicker 26.4%, Management 14.3%, Building 8.2%, Resource Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a management-heavy simulation loop that rewards consistent clicking and expansion.
- #16 Widget Inc.
87% matchVery Positive86% of 740 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.4 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: Clicker 31.6%, Idler 23.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the automation of production lines and resource management in a casual setting.
- #17 Incremental Town RPG
86% matchMixed60% of 96 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 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.3% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Clicker 10.3%, Base Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends town-building simulation with RPG progression for a more varied experience.
- #18 Scratchers
85% matchMixed59% of 535 reviews2025
Dev: muffler
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Idler 31.6%, Clicker 30.1%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 8.2%, Resource Management 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a casual simulation experience with strong clicker and management elements.
- #19 Cookie Clicker
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 89,166 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.4 hrsMean: 370.6 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: Clicker 32.2%, Idler 30.5%, Management 9.7%, Building 7.8%, Resource Management 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential incremental game that defines the genre mechanics found in the seed game.
- #20 Realm Grinder
84% matchVery Positive87% of 7,357 reviews2017
Dev: Divine GamesPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 131.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Why similar: Clicker 34.8%, City Builder 22.3%, Idler 16.1%, Building 6.7%, Strategy 5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a vast amount of content and strategic depth for players who enjoy complex idle systems.
- #21 Idle Research
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,828 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 78.0 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 34%, Clicker 27.9%, Management 12%, Resource Management 10.2%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on complex automation and research trees that reward long-term planning.
- #22 Incredicer
81% matchVery Positive86% of 2,070 reviews2025
Dev: pochi
Windows
Median: 4.7 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: Idler 33.3%, Clicker 29.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Management 7.6%, Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a straightforward, satisfying clicker game that focuses on rapid growth.
- #23 Outhold
80% matchVery Positive86% of 1,292 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 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: Clicker 33.4%, Management 22.7%, Idler 21.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes tower defense with management and strategy in a minimalist 2D style.
- #24 SPACEPLAN
82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,332 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: Clicker 72.3%, Idler 20.7%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is a quirky, sci-fi incremental game that shares the same sense of humor and satisfying clicker progression.
- #25 Trimps
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,419 reviews2022
Dev: Greensatellite
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 384.6 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 50.2%, Management 18.3%, Building 15.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep strategic management and incremental growth that will appeal to fans of colony-sims.
- #26 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 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 27.4%, Clicker 25.6%, Management 10%, Resource Management 9.8%, City Builder 7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic incremental experience with a distinct fantasy aesthetic.
- #27 Feed the Greed
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 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: Idler 37.7%, Clicker 32.2%, Colony Sim 10.4% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the casual, 2D aesthetic and incremental loop of the seed game.
- #28 Idle Slayer
79% matchVery Positive85% of 10,157 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Leban
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 100.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Idle Slayer is an incremental game with idle and active playstyle mechanics, medieval pixel art visuals and retro 8-bit sounds and music.
Why similar: Idler 48.4%, Clicker 34.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, 2D 3.8%, Strategy 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines active clicking with idle progression in a way that feels very similar to the seed game's loop.
- #29 FACEMINER
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,271 reviews2025
Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Clicker 29.8%, Idler 26.8%, Dystopian 16.3%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 5.9%
- #30 Keep on Mining!
76% matchVery Positive94% of 7,558 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.6 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: Idler 40.7%, Clicker 36.2%, Resource Management 7.9%, Management 5.3%, Strategy 4%
- #31 Idle Commonwealth
78% matchMixed66% of 103 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 24.9%, Clicker 20.1%, City Builder 19.2%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a balanced mix of resource management and strategy for fans of colony-sims.
- #32 Feed the Reactor
77% matchVery Positive82% of 475 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: Clicker 34.1%, Idler 31.2%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 5.4%
- #33 Gamblers Table
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,010 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 20.5 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: Idler 34.9%, Clicker 27.4%, Management 17.8%, Resource Management 7.5%, Simulation 4.1%
- #34 Scritchy Scratchy
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,396 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Idler 32.6%, Clicker 31.5%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 12%, Simulation 5.4%
- #35 GLONK
75% matchVery Positive92% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Mistical Studios
Windows
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: Idler 35.6%, Clicker 32.1%, Management 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Simulation 5.7%
- #36 Territory Idle
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,694 reviews2019
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 173.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Strategic idle game. Develop the kingdom, then abdicate and get gold! For gold, you can buy new tiles and expand the territory.
Why similar: Idler 50.6%, Clicker 35.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Indie 2.3%, Pixel Graphics 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on territory expansion and resource management through idle mechanics.
- #37 Piñata Go Boom
74% matchVery Positive92% of 578 reviews2025
Dev: tissue inu
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.
Why similar: Clicker 30.5%, Idler 28.1%, Management 15.6%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #38 DEFRAG
73% matchVery Positive95% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: BlueDot Studio
Windows
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: Idler 30.1%, Clicker 20.7%, Management 16.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 5.3%
- #39 Coal LLC
73% matchVery Positive92% of 944 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 41%, Resource Management 15.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Simulation 9.6%
- #40 Outpath
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Idler 23.1%, Base Building 19.6%, Building 14%, Management 12%, Resource Management 10%
- #41 A Game About Digging A Hole™
71% matchVery Positive90% of 19,048 reviews2025
Dev: DoubleBeePub: rokaplay select
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
Why similar: Simulation 78.9%, Singleplayer 21.1%
- #42 refarm
72% matchVery Positive87% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: otterhands
Windows
The ocean took it all… now take it back! In this short semi-idle island builder you’ll resurface fertile farmland - tile by tile. As you plant, harvest and expand you’ll obtain helping hands and discover what else lies below the surface.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Clicker 19.7%, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #43 Particul
71% matchVery Positive82% of 438 reviews2026
Dev: MILLION PIXELS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Idler 38.5%, Clicker 35.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Strategy 4.1%
- #44 Click and Conquer
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,912 reviews2025
Dev: SOCKHOUSE STUDIOS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Idler 35%, Clicker 32.3%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #45 Click Mage
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,408 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Clicker 46.2%, Resource Management 18.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Building 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #46 Crowded Blue Dot
75% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Management 11%, Building 9.3%
- #47 Microcivilization
69% matchVery Positive80% of 1,364 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: Clicker 20.6%, City Builder 18.1%, Idler 15.3%, Base Building 14%, Building 9.4%
- #48 Deep Space Cache
69% matchVery Positive92% of 858 reviews2024
Dev: Monu
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Deep Space Cache is a short & simple semi-idle bullet heaven incremental asteroid miner game.
Why similar: Idler 41.8%, Clicker 24%, Strategy 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Indie 5.4%
- #49 Assembly Planter
72% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2020
Dev: Timon Herzog
Windows
A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Idler 18.7%, Base Building 17.7%, Building 13.4%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #50 Ratopia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 13.5%, Management 9.9%
- #51 Upload Simulator
71% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2022
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 48.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A incremental game about downloading files, uploading, and upgrading your setup. This is the official PC version of Upload Simulator.
Why similar: Idler 42.1%, Clicker 33.5%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 6.6%, Resource Management 4.4%
- #52 Smash Hit Museum
68% matchVery Positive86% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: InIt Games
Windows
Smash stones. Collect artifacts. Build the world’s most profitable museum. A short clicker game set in the archeology room of a museum. Build up your collection and Upgrade until you break it.
Why similar: Idler 38%, Clicker 34.3%, Management 19.4%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #53 Rock Crusher
68% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Idler 41%, Clicker 38.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%, 2D 3.4%
- #54 Upload Simulator Silicon
70% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Upload Simulator Silicon is an incremental game about uploading, making money, hacking, and ascending as a powerful entity that controls the very laws of the universe using powerful technologies you discover throught your journey.
Why similar: Idler 38.5%, Clicker 36.9%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 5.7%, 2D 4.3%
- #55 The Final Earth 2
68% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 12.2%, Management 11.3%
- #56 Tower Lords
69% matchMixed47% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Final Arcade
Windows
Become a Tower Lord! Build and upgrade your tower in this incremental idle game. Fight off the forces of the Dark Lord, conquer new lands, and challenge his dominion with the power of your dragon.
Why similar: Idler 26.7%, Clicker 24.4%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 7.3%
- #57 Nodebuster
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,575 reviews2024
Dev: Goblobin
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Why similar: Idler 33.6%, Clicker 31.4%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 6.1%
- #58 Dice People
66% matchVery Positive92% of 571 reviews2025
Dev: Mateusk2m
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dice People is an incremental game about rolling dice, creating a mass of units, smashing enemies, and gathering resources to get upgrades in a big skilltree.
Why similar: Idler 58.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Management 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D 7.1%
- #59 Luckyest
66% matchVery Positive80% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Mobmonks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A quick, incremental scratch-and-reveal game focused on compounding choices - set stakes, uncover outcomes, cash out or push for bigger multipliers, and funnel winnings into permanent upgrades that accelerate income and unlock new tools over time.
Why similar: Idler 29.3%, Clicker 28.4%, Building 12.4%, Management 7.4%, Strategy 6.7%
- #60 Military Incremental Complex
65% matchVery Positive85% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: Space Kraken Studios
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
Why similar: Idler 32.6%, Clicker 27.9%, Management 13.8%, Building 8.3%, Resource Management 7.9%