- #1 (the) Gnorp Apologue
97% matchVery Positive95% of 9,815 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 27.6 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 43.7%, Idler 22.2%, Building 10.5%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of incremental progression and resource management that mirrors the satisfying loop of scaling production.
- #2 Factory Town Idle
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 72.6 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: Incremental 22.8%, Idler 19.5%, Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 17.9%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of automation and incremental growth within a management-heavy framework.
- #3 Industry Idle
95% 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: Incremental 19.7%, Idler 19.3%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 12%, Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep automation and management experience that rewards players for optimizing their production chains.
- #4 SimPocalypse
96% 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 19%, Idler 16.3%, Colony Sim 15%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a complex post-apocalyptic simulation where you manage resources and automate survival in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #5 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
94% matchVery Positive89% of 3,133 reviews2025
Dev: AarimousPub: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 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 20.2%, Strategy 5%, Resource Management 5%, Management 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the thematic focus on feeding a central void while managing incremental growth.
- #6 Widget Inc.
93% 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: Incremental 40.6%, Idler 19.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Simulation 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes automation and resource management, challenging players to scale their production efficiently.
- #7 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
94% 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.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Incremental 29.1%, Idler 11%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building and incremental mechanics into a persistent, low-stress simulation experience.
- #8 Dwarf Eats Mountain
92% 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: Incremental 27.7%, Idler 23%, Building 11%, Base Building 9.2%, Resource Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features mining and incremental mechanics with a focus on resource management and base expansion.
- #9 Blueprint Tycoon
91% 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 39.4%, City Builder 19.2%, Management 18.5%, Resource Management 8%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on logistics and management, perfect for those who enjoy the building aspects of the seed game.
- #10 Territory Idle
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,709 reviews2019
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 173.6 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: Incremental 49%, Idler 39.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Indie 1.8%, Pixel Graphics 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused incremental game that emphasizes expansion and management of resources.
- #11 Idle Research
90% 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: Incremental 35%, Idler 30.3%, Management 10.9%, Resource Management 9.1%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a complex automation system that allows for significant scaling and progression through research.
- #12 Idle Iktah
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: Grounded Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 74.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 44%, Idler 38.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Simulation 6.4%, Indie 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management and incremental progression in a way that feels rewarding and structured.
- #13 SPACEPLAN
89% matchVery Positive91% of 3,396 reviews2017
Dev: Jake HollandsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 10.9 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 79.4%, Idler 15.5%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven incremental game that uses a unique theme to frame its resource-gathering mechanics.
- #14 Plantera
88% matchVery Positive89% of 5,906 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 40.1%, Idler 33%, Building 18.5%, 2D 4%, Simulation 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a relaxing building and idler experience that focuses on expanding your garden and managing production.
- #15 Trimps
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,464 reviews2022
Dev: Greensatellite
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 386.8 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 47.2%, Management 17.2%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Incremental 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy-heavy incremental game that requires careful resource management and planning.
- #16 Cookie Clicker
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 91,738 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.2 hrsMean: 372.7 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 25.6%, Management 8.1%, Building 6.6%, Resource Management 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational incremental game that defined the genre's focus on exponential growth and automation.
- #17 Merchant
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 602 reviews2018
Dev: Retora Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Merchant blends traditional RPG systems and tycoon style mechanics. No gems, no consumables, all purchases are DLC! Great for second screen gaming! Merchant reimagines the classic RPG experience from the perspective of a Merchant. Hire Heroes and Crafters to do your bidding for you.
Why similar: Incremental 47.6%, Management 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game where you oversee production and trade, providing a similar feel to the economic side of the seed game.
- #18 Idle Slayer
86% matchVery Positive85% of 10,621 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Leban
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 104.4 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 45.5%, Idler 40.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 3.2%, Strategy 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a fast-paced incremental loop with exploration and management elements that keep the player engaged.
- #19 Antimatter Dimensions
84% matchVery Positive92% of 4,432 reviews2022
Dev: Hevipelle
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.3 hrsMean: 220.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
Why similar: Idler 74%, Strategy 14.2%, Resource Management 8%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, complex incremental experience that rewards strategic planning and long-term management.
- #20 AdVenture Capitalist
84% matchVery Positive88% of 60,245 reviews2015
Dev: Hyper Hippo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
Why similar: Incremental 38%, Idler 33.3%, Management 17.5%, Simulation 6.5%, 2D 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential incremental game that focuses on scaling production and maximizing profit margins.
- #21 NGU IDLE
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,831 reviews2019
Dev: 4G
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 636.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Why similar: Incremental 51.2%, Idler 41.2%, Simulation 4.4%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy incremental game that features deep character and resource management systems.
- #22 Synergism
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 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 52.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Incremental 13.3%, Resource Management 7.4%, 2D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly complex incremental game that focuses on balancing multiple systems to achieve exponential growth.
- #23 Tower Wizard
79% 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 47.5%, Idler 20.8%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 7.5%, Strategy 4.3%
- #24 Idle Wizard
82% 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: Incremental 39.4%, Idler 38.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Simulation 3.6%, 2D 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines complex strategy and incremental mechanics to offer a deep and rewarding progression system.
- #25 Clicker Heroes
81% matchVery Positive90% of 62,079 reviews2015
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Why similar: Incremental 48.9%, Idler 26.1%, Management 13.5%, 2D 3.7%, Strategy 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic idler that focuses on progression through management and strategic upgrades.
- #26 IDLE BOSS RUSH
81% 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 23.6%, Idler 17%, Colony Sim 11%, City Builder 10.8%, Building 9.2%
- #27 Idle Colony
80% 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: Incremental 28.4%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Idler 19.3%, Building 9.4%, Management 8.8%
- #28 Slimeward
78% 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 28.2%, Idler 20.3%, City Builder 19.5%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 8.1%
- #29 FEED THE QUEEN
79% 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: Incremental 33%, Colony Sim 25.6%, Idler 23.9%, Strategy 6.7%, Management 4%
- #30 Simultree
78% 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: Incremental 25.6%, Colony Sim 22.8%, Idler 20.8%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #31 Paperwork
77% matchVery Positive96% of 81 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 31.8%, City Builder 25.1%, Idler 17.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Dystopian 6.2%
- #32 Loot Loop
75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,171 reviews2026
Dev: BitBrew
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 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 42.1%, Idler 27.2%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 5.5%, Strategy 4.6%
- #33 Feed the Reactor
76% matchVery Positive81% of 541 reviews2026
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 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 47.3%, Idler 24.9%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 4.4%
- #34 Garbage Growth
75% matchVery Positive91% of 178 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 37.3%, Idler 34.2%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 5.2%, Resource Management 4.1%
- #35 Digseum
73% 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 38.1%, Idler 24.3%, Management 12%, Building 7.1%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #36 Scratchers
76% matchMixed58% of 575 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 42%, Idler 25.8%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 7%, Resource Management 5%
- #37 Outhold
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,624 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 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 48.9%, Management 17.2%, Idler 16.7%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 4.6%
- #38 Gamblers Table
74% 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: Incremental 43.2%, Idler 20%, Management 17.3%, Resource Management 7.2%, Simulation 4.1%
- #39 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: Idler 18.3%, Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 13.5%, Incremental 13%, Base Building 10%
- #40 Fracture Field
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,014 reviews2026
Dev: Type-TenPub: Type Ten LLC
Windows
Median: 22.2 hrsMean: 36.3 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 33.2%, Idler 27.4%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Management 8.3%
- #41 Fortune Mill
72% 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: Incremental 38.5%, Idler 30.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Management 5.9%
- #42 Incredicer
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,294 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: Incremental 42.8%, Idler 26.8%, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 6.1%, Strategy 5.3%
- #43 FACEMINER
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,419 reviews2025
Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 17.4 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 36.4%, Idler 23.9%, Dystopian 14.9%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 5.4%
- #44 Gridkeeper
72% 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 34.7%, Idler 26.3%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 3.9%
- #45 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
73% 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 31.6%, Idler 24.8%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 8.9%, City Builder 6.6%
- #46 Trashy Cashy
71% matchNo user reviews67% of 103 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 42.6%, Idler 31.7%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 5.5%, Resource Management 4.3%
- #47 Coal LLC
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,212 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 19.2 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 40.4%, Resource Management 15.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Simulation 9.7%
- #48 Idle Deepcore
70% matchVery Positive85% of 269 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 38.9%, Idler 34.1%, Simulation 11%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #49 Keep on Mining!
68% matchVery Positive94% of 8,155 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 52.7%, Idler 30.2%, Resource Management 5.7%, Management 3.9%, Strategy 3%
- #50 GLONK
69% matchVery Positive91% of 328 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: Incremental 40.7%, Idler 30.6%, Management 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Simulation 5.2%
- #51 Feed the Greed
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 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 38.9%, Idler 33.4%, Colony Sim 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Simulation 5.3%
- #52 Piñata Go Boom
68% matchVery Positive92% of 639 reviews2025
Dev: tissue inu
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.5 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: Incremental 41.3%, Idler 23.3%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 5.8%
- #53 You Know The Drill
67% matchVery Positive94% of 759 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 33.7%, Simulation 6.5%, Strategy 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #54 Starvester
69% 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: Incremental 31.9%, Idler 25.1%, Building 12.2%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9%
- #55 Scritchy Scratchy
66% matchVery Positive94% of 12,925 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.1 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 46.7%, Idler 26.8%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 8.6%, Simulation 4.1%
- #56 Nodebuster
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 13,887 reviews2024
Dev: Goblobin
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Why similar: Incremental 49.1%, Idler 24.4%, Management 10.3%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #57 Idle Commonwealth
70% 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: Incremental 25%, Idler 23.1%, City Builder 18.3%, Building 8.3%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #58 DEFRAG
67% matchVery Positive95% of 497 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 24%, Management 13.9%, Resource Management 9.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #59 A Game About Digging A Hole™
65% matchVery Positive89% of 19,626 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 79%, Singleplayer 21%
- #60 Slots & Diapers
66% matchVery Positive90% of 423 reviews2026
Dev: Parodie GamesPub: Lazy Otter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 33.3%, Idler 26.4%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%