- #1 Forager
97% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Crafting 13%, Farming Sim 11%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for players who enjoy the loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding a base in a 2D world.
- #2 Outpath
96% matchVery Positive93% of 3,103 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 14.9%, Incremental 13%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the addictive click-and-collect progression of the seed game while adding a satisfying base-building layer.
- #3 Nova Lands
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.4% ★, Automation 14%, Base Building 11.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and resource management with automation, perfect for those who want to scale up their production.
- #4 Orb of Creation
95% matchVery Positive85% of 2,201 reviews2026
Dev: MarpleGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
Why similar: Incremental 52.1%, Resource Management 17.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Idler 7.8%, Strategy 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep incremental game that focuses on magical progression and resource management, mirroring the alchemical mastery theme.
- #5 Core Keeper
94% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival-crafting game that emphasizes mining, base development, and uncovering secrets in a mysterious underground world.
- #6 Sixty Four
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,665 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Why similar: Incremental 22.1%, Automation 19%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Idler 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An elegant incremental game that focuses on resource extraction and automation with a minimalist, relaxing aesthetic.
- #7 Click Mage
92% matchVery Positive92% of 2,575 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Incremental 25.3%, Resource Management 19.2%, Crafting 16.6%, Relaxing 10.5%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on incremental growth and magical resource management.
- #8 Craftopia
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,210 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Crafting 22.3%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a massive sandbox experience where you can automate farming and crafting in a vibrant, open-world setting.
- #9 Factory Town Idle
91% 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 21%, Automation 20%, Idler 16.1%, Resource Management 15.8%, Crafting 15%
Why You'll Like It: This provides a streamlined, idle-focused approach to the automation and base-building mechanics found in the seed game.
- #10 Magic Research 2
91% matchVery Positive93% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: Maticolotto
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 73.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.
Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Idler 19.5%, Incremental 19.1%, Crafting 15.8%, RPG 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: An in-depth incremental game centered on magic, research, and automation that rewards long-term planning.
- #11 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
90% matchVery Positive93% of 44,514 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 23.9%, Farming Sim 14.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Life Sim 11.3%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the alchemical crafting fantasy through a unique, tactile brewing system and resource management.
- #12 Tower Wizard
89% 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 39.4%, Idler 15.6%, Resource Management 15.4%, Building 9.1%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying incremental loop centered on building and managing a magical tower.
- #13 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,645 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.6% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Life Sim 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the relaxing side of base-building and resource management in a charming, post-apocalyptic setting.
- #14 Littlewood
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,824 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 16.7%, Crafting 14.9%, Farming Sim 14.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, relaxing game that focuses on building a town and managing resources after the world has already been saved.
- #15 Widget Inc.
86% 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 22.9%, Automation 21.2%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 14.4%, Idler 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pure incremental automation game that allows you to scale production to massive levels.
- #16 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
85% matchVery Positive86% of 447 reviews2026
Dev: Orca Point Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tiny Biomes is a relaxing idle game where animals peacefully produce resources and you gather wood in a calm harvesting zone. Build small biomes, earn gold, and enjoy steady progression without pressure, timers, or stress. Play at your own pace and unwind.
Why similar: Incremental 21.4%, Idler 17.5%, Automation 12.9%, Relaxing 10.2%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, idle-focused game that emphasizes building small, self-sustaining ecosystems.
- #17 Dragon Forge
88% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful dragon & automate massive factories! Dragon Forge is an incremental base building adventure game. Uncurse & explore a huge fantasy world full of quests. Gather resources & craft upgrades to become unstoppable! Discover over 100 fables of ancient wisdom at the Dragon Forge.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.1% ★, Automation 13.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and base-building with a heavy emphasis on automation and progression through a fantasy world.
- #18 Mob Factory
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique take on automation that uses tower defense mechanics to gather resources from spawning enemies.
- #19 Mining Wizards
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: TMA Forge
Windows
Mining Wizards is an incremental mining game. Mine minerals, gather materials, upgrade a massive skill tree, level up, unlock talents, discover artifacts, and attract artifact visitors!
Why similar: Incremental 26%, Automation 25.2%, Idler 19.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Relaxing 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the collectathon genre with incremental strategy and a magical theme.
- #20 Autonauts
84% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 14%, Farming Sim 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a complex yet rewarding automation system where you teach robots to perform your farming and crafting tasks.
- #21 Alchemy Factory
82% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Craft your workshop as an alchemist! Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. Multiplayer Supported! Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the industrialization of alchemy, perfect for players who enjoy the automation aspect of the seed game.
- #22 Mushroom Clicker
81% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Wizard Shrimp Games
Windows
An Idle Incremental Clicker game with cosy magical vibes. You are the newest Mushroom Wizard Initiate 🧙♂️ Cast spells 🪄 harvest mushrooms 🍄 and level up to become more powerful! Hire little creatures 🐿️ to help you harvest and unlock different types of shrooms and skills!
Why similar: Incremental 34.8%, Idler 23.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Resource Management 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A nature-themed incremental game that provides a relaxing experience through simple, satisfying clicks.
- #23 Incremental Factory
82% matchMixed68% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Resource Management 12.2%, Idler 12.1%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the automation and resource-management aspects of the genre.
- #24 Critter Clicker
84% matchMixed57% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: TimeWastingGames
Windows
Casual farming simulator with unique, flexible gameplay. Autoclicker is built-in and free. Gather resources, upgrade critters and buildings, sell your farm when you want a bigger one and never stop expanding.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19%, Incremental 18.3%, Idler 15%, Resource Management 11.4%, Automation 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual incremental game that features farming and creature collection elements.
- #25 Stardew Valley
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,074 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.9 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.4%, Life Sim 16.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Relaxing 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for relaxing farming and resource management with a strong emphasis on community and progression.
- #26 MR FARMBOY
79% matchVery Positive85% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: mrdboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.2%, Automation 16.9%, Incremental 14.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A farming-focused incremental game that introduces colony management and automation.
- #27 Sandustry
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Automation 13.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #28 Aground
81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,018 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A progression-heavy survival game that starts with simple crafting and expands into complex technology and magic.
- #29 Suncraft
77% matchVery Positive93% of 522 reviews2026
Dev: Spicy Tuna Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Another sun-filled day begins in this cozy pixel-art adventure. Gather, craft, upgrade, and help the villagers revive the land. Can you rebuild the grand Sunspire and bring the village back to its golden days?
Why similar: Incremental 14.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Automation 10.1%, Farming Sim 9.2%
- #30 Faun Town
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: 游乐坊Pub: 2P Games
Windows
After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.
Why similar: Farming Sim 14.2%, Automation 14.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Resource Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox base-builder that incorporates automation and exploration in a fantasy setting.
- #31 Chop Chains
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: Blasted Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Chop Chains is a relaxing incremental game where you chop, gather, and upgrade to become the ultimate lumberjack through trees, axes, and skills.
Why similar: Idler 25.1%, Crafting 18.9%, Relaxing 14.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, 2D idle game that focuses on the rhythmic gathering of resources.
- #32 Slime Rancher
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 156,628 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Sandbox 53.9%, Simulation 24.2%, Casual 13%, Singleplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration and collection of resources in a vibrant world, with a strong base-management component.
- #33 Alchemist's Garden
76% matchVery Positive94% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Lumis Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Alchemist's Garden is a cozy and relaxing incremental crafting game. Forage to uncover hidden ingredients across mystical lands. Experiment with them at your crucible to discover potions and items, stock your shop's shelves, and watch your potion shop grow!
Why similar: Incremental 22.2%, Crafting 16.9%, Idler 16.1%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #34 Hearth and Hamlet
75% 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 23.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Idler 12.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 9.4%
- #35 Outpath: First Journey
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,694 reviews2022
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.5% ★, Farming Sim 11.4%, Automation 10.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Incremental 10.3%
- #36 Idle Awakening: Mages Path
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Matter Gaming
Windows
Embark on a journey of a fledgling mage. Start with nothing. Improve yourself, develop your skills through a vast tree, unlock upgrades, learn spells, gather resources, and craft unique items. Your progress never stops – it continues even while you're offline.
Why similar: Idler 19.8%, Sandbox 17%, Automation 12.1%, Resource Management 12%, Life Sim 10.6%
- #37 Incremental Town RPG
76% 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 14.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Idler 11.5%, Farming Sim 10.8%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #38 IDLE BOSS RUSH
74% 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 22.4%, Idler 14.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 11%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #39 Fellwood
73% matchMixed66% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Allerton Apps
Windows · Mac
Build a wild fantasy lumber empire that bombards a forest across the valley with axes, ballistas, cannons, and magic. Harvest flying logs, stack absurd upgrades, and automate your way to unstoppable woodcutting power.
Why similar: Incremental 19%, Automation 15.2%, Idler 13.5%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 9.3%
- #40 Cultivation Idle
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: 老鱼工作室
Windows
A casual cultivation-themed incremental idle RPG. Start as a Qi Refining cultivator, auto-train, idle, break through realms, explore maps and dungeons, defeat monsters, collect gear, skills, materials, pills, spirit stones and pets, farm, fish, chop wood, mine, cook, forge, and plan long-term growth
Why similar: Incremental 20.8%, Automation 20.1%, Idler 18.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Life Sim 6.9%
- #41 Fracture Field
71% 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 20.8%, Automation 19.9%, Idler 15.5%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 8.1%
- #42 Agrivore: Incremental Farming
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 509 reviews2026
Dev: vertyPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
🥕🥔🌽👑 Feed the King! Agrivore is an incremental farming idle game where you equip magical farming gear, harvest crops, unlock new equipment, and create hyper combos in your skill tree. Harvest the most crops to feed them to your gluttonous King.
Why similar: Incremental 35.4%, Idler 24.4%, Relaxing 14.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.7%
- #43 Prospector
72% matchMixed70% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Automation 13.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #44 Dwarf Eats Mountain
70% 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 22.5%, Idler 16.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 11.2%
- #45 AutoForge
72% matchVery Positive87% of 463 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 16.1%, Resource Management 14.6%, Sandbox 13.8%
- #46 FEED THE QUEEN
71% 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 32.8%, Idler 21%, Automation 13.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #47 Skillwood
69% matchVery Positive92% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: sshulin
Windows · Mac
Skillwood is a relaxing woodcutter simulator inspired by survival simulators and incremental games. Chop wood, mine stone, trade with NPCs, upgrade forests, unlock new trees or new areas and prestige to do even better next run.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 10.9%, Resource Management 10.8%, Relaxing 9.9%
- #48 MoteMancer
70% matchVery Positive92% of 256 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #49 Monsters Idle RPG
73% matchMixed64% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monsters Idle RPG is a cozy and relaxing idle game where you collect monsters, deploy them in battles, gather resources, and sell them to earn profits! Explore Arcanium as you advance from a basic starter monster to your favorite companion by expanding your collection.
Why similar: Incremental 16%, Automation 13.3%, Idler 12.3%, Farming Sim 12.2%, Crafting 9.1%
- #50 Simultree
67% 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 25.3%, Idler 18.5%, Resource Management 15.7%, Relaxing 10.4%, Simulation 9.8%
- #51 Atrio: The Dark Wild
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 606 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Automation 15.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 9.3%
- #52 Magic Archery
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,328 reviews2024
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Why similar: Incremental 35.2%, Idler 21.7%, Resource Management 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Simulation 5%
- #53 (the) Gnorp Apologue
66% 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 40.4%, Idler 18.5%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 8.5%, Strategy 6%
- #54 Crafting Town
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Crafting 18%, Life Sim 14.8%, Incremental 13.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Base Building 11.8%
- #55 Tiny Isle
66% matchVery Positive91% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
Windows
Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.
Why similar: Incremental 18.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Building 13.3%, Idler 11.8%, Farming Sim 10.1%
- #56 Miniland Adventure
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 332 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9.4%
- #57 Idle Deepcore
65% 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 24.6%, Automation 24.3%, Idler 17.4%, Crafting 8.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #58 Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,820 reviews2022
Dev: Dimitri Kipper
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 43.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deliver more and more kiwis to satiate the kings' hunger - sacrifice their pulp and transcend beyond your fruital form!
Why similar: Incremental 25.5%, Idler 18.1%, Life Sim 12.8%, Building 12.7%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #59 Idle Colony
65% 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 24.5%, Automation 23.1%, Idler 14.9%, Building 10.2%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #60 Particul
63% matchVery Positive80% of 759 reviews2026
Dev: MILLION PIXELS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 27.4%, Idler 19.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Automation 12.1%, Casual 8.3%