- #1 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
97% matchVery Positive81% of 1,407 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!
Why similar: Mining 26.2% ★, Idler 18.9%, Capitalism 18.3%, Collectathon 15.4%, Economy 9.8%
- #2 Keep on Mining!
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,974 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: Mining 26.4% ★, Idler 23%, Capitalism 18.8%, Economy 11.4%, Collectathon 9%
- #3 (the) Gnorp Apologue
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,673 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 27.8 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 21.6%, Mining 20.6% ★, Economy 14.9%, Building 12.3%, Management 9.8%
- #4 Geo
96% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Geo is a game about building and expanding an intergalactic mining corporation. Explore uncharted space and discover comets, moons, Planets and gas giants before heading in and drilling the cash out of them! Expand your HQ, build new rooms and facilities to increase your drilling stats.
Why similar: Mining 35.3% ★, Space 15.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Management 11.9%, Crafting 11.7%
- #5 Astro Prospector
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,969 reviews2025
Dev: Incrementalist
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!
Why similar: Capitalism 35.5%, Roguelite 21.3%, Roguelike 17.1%, Management 15.7%, Simulation 6.3%
- #6 Idle Cave Miner
94% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Hours
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 128.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
Why similar: Mining 34.8% ★, Idler 25.2%, Crafting 16%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 3.9%
- #7 Coal LLC
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,141 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.8 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: Mining 24.2% ★, Capitalism 19.7%, Economy 13.6%, Management 11.1%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #8 Digger: Galactic Treasures
92% matchVery Positive88% of 682 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 28.6%, Mining 28.1% ★, Collectathon 15.3%, Space 9.5%, Crafting 7.9%
- #9 Moose Miners
91% matchMixed69% of 521 reviews2024
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 145.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
Why similar: Mining 22.1% ★, Capitalism 16.2%, Idler 15.4%, Economy 13%, Building 10.2%
- #10 Drill Core
90% matchVery Positive85% of 2,374 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Roguelite 19.4%, Base Building 18.8%, Roguelike 13.5%, Management 11.6%, Exploration 10.4%
- #11 BORE BLASTERS
89% matchVery Positive81% of 745 reviews2024
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.
Why similar: Mining 29.4% ★, Collectathon 18.3%, Loot 13%, Roguelite 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #12 Star Valor
89% matchVery Positive89% of 3,349 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Mining 34% ★, Space 22.6%, Loot 17.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #13 To The Core
88% matchVery Positive93% of 5,112 reviews2023
Dev: SomethingExtra
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
To The Core is an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades.
Why similar: Mining 48.6% ★, Procedural Generation 24.4%, Idler 14.1%, 2D 7.4%, Space 5.6%
- #14 Star Ores Inc.
87% matchVery Positive82% of 314 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 28.1% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Space 13.2%, Management 12.2%, Building 9.7%
- #15 Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
86% matchVery Positive84% of 584 reviews2025
Dev: RyanJakob
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2%, Idler 20.5%, Roguelite 17.5%, Space 15.6%, Roguelike 11.8%
- #16 Widget Inc.
85% matchVery Positive86% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.2 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: Idler 36.1%, Base Building 33.9%, Procedural Generation 17%, Simulation 8.7%, 2D 4.3%
- #17 Deep Space Exploitation
84% matchVery Positive97% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: JuhrJuhr
Windows
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Mining 32.6% ★, Space Sim 26.1%, Capitalism 17.4%, Space 10.7%, Roguelite 8%
- #18 Space Rock Breaker
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,463 reviews2025
Dev: WAKA WAKA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.
Why similar: Mining 43.9% ★, Idler 34.8%, Space 17.8%, 2D 3.5%
- #19 Astro Colony
84% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Space Sim 19.8%, Space 17.3%, Building 14.9%, Crafting 12.3%
- #20 BossConstructor
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Space 30.8%, Building 26.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Management 11.1%, Action 7.6%
- #21 Digseum
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,795 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: Mining 21.9% ★, Idler 17.1%, Collectathon 12.3%, Economy 10.6%, Management 10.2%
- #22 Super Mining Mechs
82% matchVery Positive88% of 826 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Why similar: Collectathon 32.3%, Mining 31.8% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Colorful 4.7%
- #23 Galaxy Idle Clicker
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,155 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 350.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Idler 32.9%, Space Sim 25.3%, Space 20.6%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 4.8%
- #24 Rock Crusher
81% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Mining 45.4% ★, Idler 29.3%, Space 13.3%, Simulation 6.2%, 2D 3%
- #25 Mining Wizards
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 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: Mining 20.4% ★, Collectathon 20.2%, Idler 17%, Capitalism 14.2%, Economy 13.3%
- #26 Idle Colony
79% matchVery Positive83% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 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: Idler 25.2%, Economy 22.8%, Building 14.9%, Management 13.8%, Roguelite 13.6%
- #27 Sector Space
79% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.8%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Simulation 10.4%
- #28 Orbitmine
78% matchVery Positive84% of 353 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.
Why similar: Space 37.5%, Idler 31.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Colorful 6.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #29 Starcom: Unknown Space
76% matchVery Positive93% of 4,302 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.4%, Space 30.1%, Building 14%, Exploration 13%, 2D 2.8%
- #30 Space Trash Scavenger
77% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Crafting 17.1%, Space Sim 17%, Space 15.7%, Building 14.2%, Base Building 12.8%
- #31 Rebots
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Space Sim 21.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Space 12.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Capitalism 12%
- #32 Space Miner - Idle Adventures
78% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: FrontRunnerTek
Windows · Linux
A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.
Why similar: Mining 30.2% ★, Space Sim 22.9%, Idler 20.8%, Crafting 14.9%, Space 8.3%
- #33 Idle Deepcore
75% matchVery Positive83% of 205 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: Idler 33.8%, Mining 28.5% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Procedural Generation 6.8%
- #34 Prospector
76% matchMostly Positive71% 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: Base Building 24.6%, Building 22.1%, Crafting 21.2%, Space 18.2%, Exploration 10%
- #35 The Last Starship
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,491 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Mining 24.3% ★, Space Sim 21%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 12.1%, Space 11.6%
- #36 Astronomics
73% matchVery Positive90% of 656 reviews2025
Dev: Numizmatic
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.
Why similar: Mining 24.5% ★, Collectathon 23.9%, Space 19.9%, Procedural Generation 17.1%, Exploration 10%
- #37 Star Crafter
74% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 31.2% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 16%, Space 13.8%, Building 10%
- #38 Forest Hustle
72% matchVery Positive90% of 468 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Forest
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are dropped into a forest with one goal - making money and paying off your 100k debt. Collect resources, make deals, upgrade, build and hire workers to do the job for you. 🐕
Why similar: Idler 21.8%, Mining 19.4% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Capitalism 11.2%
- #39 Space Station Tycoon
75% matchMixed61% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.8%, Economy 13.3%, Space 11.9%, Management 11.5%, Building 11.3%
- #40 Bounty Below
73% matchVery Positive80% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: William Cheek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bounty below is an idle adventure game about mining and smithing items. While your units are mining for you delve into the endless dungeon to gain even more ore!
Why similar: Capitalism 24.9%, Idler 21.8%, Economy 17.7%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #41 GeoDepths
72% matchVery Positive87% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 41.6% ★, Base Building 21.2%, Crafting 16.3%, Building 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #42 Cosmic Miners
73% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.8%, Space 19.8%, Economy 19.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Simulation 5.7%
- #43 Chipmatic
71% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Molter
Windows · Linux
Chipmatic is an incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot on a mission to reach Earth’s core. Explore underground, find buried blueprints, research technologies and upgrade yourself to create the best (and only) factory on Earth!
Why similar: Mining 38.7% ★, Collectathon 20.4%, Crafting 13.7%, Management 11.8%, Exploration 5.9%
- #44 Mining Survivors
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Mining 37.1% ★, Roguelite 18.6%, Roguelike 13.8%, Economy 9.7%, Idler 9.1%
- #45 Eventide Matter
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Mining 41.4% ★, Crafting 25.7%, Space 19.7%, Exploration 6.8%, 2D 5.7%
- #46 Military Incremental Complex
69% matchVery Positive85% of 672 reviews2025
Dev: Space Kraken Studios
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 17.6 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: Capitalism 22.8%, Idler 19.1%, Economy 16%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 10.8%
- #47 Mining Mechs
69% matchVery Positive90% of 2,628 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Mining 46.3% ★, Crafting 20.4%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Colorful 6.3%
- #48 Mr.Mine
69% matchVery Positive92% of 18,415 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 100.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 34.3% ★, Idler 27.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 8.5%, Management 7.6%
- #49 Lumencraft
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,273 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Base Building 44.1%, Exploration 26.4%, Colorful 11.8%, Action 9%, 2D 8.8%
- #50 BLASTRONAUT
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Mining 41.6% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 14.9%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Exploration 10.2%
- #51 Vanguard Galaxy
67% matchVery Positive91% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: Bat Roost Games
Windows
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
Why similar: Idler 23.4%, Space Sim 19.7%, Space 16%, Crafting 14.9%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #52 Particul
66% matchVery Positive81% of 579 reviews2026
Dev: MILLION PIXELS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Mining 43.8% ★, Idler 39.8%, Simulation 14.1%, 2D 2.3%
- #53 Hammerting
70% matchMixed57% of 2,582 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Mining 23.9% ★, Economy 14.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.4%
- #54 Industry Idle
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,467 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.3 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 19.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 13.4%, Capitalism 13%, Building 11.6%
- #55 Gridkeeper
68% 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 34.3%, Mining 27.6% ★, Building 24.2%, Colorful 5.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #56 Swarm Grinder
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,176 reviews2024
Dev: Last Bite GamesPub: Null State Protocol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
Why similar: Mining 27.9% ★, Roguelite 24.6%, Roguelike 19.9%, Procedural Generation 19.4%, 2D 5.3%
- #57 Factory Town Idle
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,215 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 73.6 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: Idler 31.9%, Capitalism 21.8%, Crafting 18.7%, Management 15.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #58 Galactic Glitch
65% matchVery Positive90% of 904 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Space 25.1%, Roguelike 24.3%, Roguelite 23.7%, Exploration 13.8%, Colorful 7.7%
- #59 Outpath
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,948 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Base Building 22.3%, Idler 20.9%, Crafting 20.7%, Building 16.3%, Management 13.3%