- #1 Microcivilization
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,449 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.7 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: Incremental 21.1%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Idler 10%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the blend of incremental progression and historical civilization management found in the seed game.
- #2 Foundation
96% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 42.5%, Base Building 9.2%, Management 9.1%, Economy 8.4%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more organic, relaxing approach to medieval city-building that aligns well with the chill atmosphere of the seed game.
- #3 (the) Gnorp Apologue
95% 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 37.8%, Idler 17.3%, Economy 10%, Management 9.3%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly satisfying incremental experience centered around managing a population to achieve massive economic growth.
- #4 Paragon Pioneers
96% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Idler 16.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.9%, Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at combining idle mechanics with deep colony building and resource management in a medieval setting.
- #5 Factory Town Idle
94% 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: City Builder 25.6%, Incremental 25.2%, Idler 19.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 11%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the automation and incremental growth aspects that drive the core loop of Hearth and Hamlet.
- #6 Kingdoms and Castles
94% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Management 11%, Economy 10%, Resource Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic medieval city-builder that captures the satisfaction of growing a small settlement into a fortified kingdom.
- #7 Let Them Trade
92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,176 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Base Building 14.7%, Economy 12%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the economic and trade aspects of city-building, which are key components of the seed game's progression.
- #8 Orrstead
93% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Base Building 17.5%, Management 12.9%, Building 12.4%, Resource Management 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim focuses on management and building, offering a similar sense of progression as you expand your village.
- #9 Dwarf Eats Mountain
91% 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 22.6%, Idler 16.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 9.9%, Resource Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental game that focuses on mining and resource gathering, providing a similar satisfying loop to the seed game.
- #10 Crownhold
90% matchVery Positive84% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: Tobias Mikula
Windows · Linux
Noble Rulers — grow your realm and expand your castle in this short incremental game! Manage resources, discover foreign lands and build up an army to lay siege to your enemies.
Why similar: Incremental 23.6%, Idler 17%, Resource Management 10.7%, City Builder 10.6%, Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual incremental game that captures the medieval theme and idle management style of the seed game.
- #11 Civitatem
91% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Resource Management 9%, Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that emphasizes resource management and survival, matching the thematic core of the seed game.
- #12 Timberborn
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,163 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Management 13%, Building 12.3%, Resource Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces complex resource management and vertical building mechanics that appeal to fans of deeper city-building systems.
- #13 Idle Commonwealth
89% matchMixed66% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Incremental 21.2%, City Builder 20.1%, Idler 17.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the incremental and strategy aspects of managing a growing territory.
- #14 Settlement Survival
89% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Building 14.6%, Management 14%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a robust management experience where you must balance resources and laws to keep your settlement thriving.
- #15 Clanfolk
87% matchVery Positive92% of 4,027 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Building 32.6%, Relaxing 23.9%, Simulation 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Casual 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep colony-sim that focuses on the survival and growth of a family unit, mirroring the intimate scale of a starting campfire.
- #16 Incremental Town RPG
86% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Incremental 19.2%, City Builder 15.5%, Idler 15.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends town-building with RPG elements, offering a slightly different but highly compatible progression style.
- #17 ISLANDERS
86% matchVery Positive94% of 16,781 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 52.9%, Relaxing 19.3%, Building 18.5%, Strategy 7.1%, Top-Down 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist and relaxing city-builder that focuses on the joy of placement and expansion without the stress of combat.
- #18 Tower Wizard
84% 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 43.4%, Idler 17.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 8.1%, Economy 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fantasy-themed incremental experience that focuses on resource management and strategic upgrades.
- #19 Click and Conquer
82% matchVery Positive93% of 2,085 reviews2025
Dev: SOCKHOUSE STUDIOS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 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: Incremental 35.8%, Idler 18.7%, Economy 10.8%, Resource Management 8.7%, Relaxing 8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual incremental simulation that focuses on building up your forces and resources with simple, satisfying clicks.
- #20 SimPocalypse
85% 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 19.2%, City Builder 17.2%, Idler 14.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive scale of incremental progression and automation that will appeal to fans of long-term base building.
- #21 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
84% matchMixed69% of 219 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Incremental 25.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Idler 8.7%, Base Building 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique, unobtrusive way to manage a village while you work, fitting the casual nature of the seed game.
- #22 Digseum
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,115 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Monthly
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!
Why similar: Incremental 29.3%, Idler 16.8%, Management 11.7%, Economy 8.6%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on management and incremental growth, providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment as you build.
- #23 Tidehaven: Ale & Trade
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: Bunch'o'Nerds
Windows
Medieval sim meets smart idle play. Build and automate your tavern into a lively town. Make it yours with tons of decorations. Dig for ore, gamble, breed rare horses, or take risks with smuggling quests. Watch your little world grow and have the medieval town of your dreams!
Why similar: Idler 19.3%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 13%, Management 10.3%, Relaxing 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, medieval-themed idle game that focuses on building and trade, mirroring the seed game's core loop.
- #24 Stonehearth
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: City Builder 59.7%, Building 21.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Management 5.8%, Simulation 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It blends voxel-based building with management, offering a creative outlet for those who enjoy constructing their own kingdom.
- #25 Forage Wizard
80% matchVery Positive87% of 1,486 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Incremental 23.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Idler 12.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing simulation game that emphasizes crafting and resource gathering in a charming environment.
- #26 Fellwood
81% 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 25.3%, Idler 18%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental game that focuses on resource management and capitalism, perfect for players who enjoy optimizing their production.
- #27 Widget Inc.
79% 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 34.5%, Base Building 20.4%, Idler 15%, Resource Management 13.4%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A great choice for those who enjoy the automation and resource management aspects of the seed game.
- #28 Rise to Ruins
79% matchVery Positive88% of 7,757 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: City Builder 49%, Base Building 25.2%, Resource Management 7.2%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A village simulator that combines resource management with tower defense elements for a more active building experience.
- #29 IDLE BOSS RUSH
78% 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 21.7%, Idler 14%, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 8.6%
- #30 Farewells clicker
77% matchMixed64% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Team Square
Windows · Mac
Farewells Clicker is an addictive blend of clicker and city builder! Expand your island, develop your city, and produce resources endlessly. Upgrade your buildings and skills through a vast skill tree to progress further and further!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Incremental 24.1%, Idler 19%, Base Building 8.2%, Building 5.3%
- #31 Banished
78% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: City Builder 58.8%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 6.6%, Resource Management 6.4%, Economy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential medieval survival city-builder that challenges players to manage resources carefully to ensure growth.
- #32 Slimeward
76% matchVery Positive90% of 339 reviews2026
Dev: ByeolGamesPub: ByeolByte
Windows
Slimeward is an idle game where players build and upgrade a village, recruit heroes, and defeat Monster 'Slime' that fell in front of the house one day,
Why similar: Incremental 26.2%, City Builder 23.7%, Idler 17%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.3%
- #33 Click Mage
75% 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 40.3%, Resource Management 18.9%, Relaxing 12.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 7.2%
- #34 Fracture Field
75% 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 27.2%, Idler 20.2%, Resource Management 11.2%, Management 8.7%, Building 8.5%
- #35 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
77% 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 27.4%, Idler 19.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.1%, City Builder 7.5%
- #36 castle idler
74% matchVery Positive80% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Soy Boy Games
Windows · Mac
castle idler is a short, relaxing incremental tower defense game with no waves. upgrade towers, collect coins, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades to defend your castle.
Why similar: Incremental 29.7%, Idler 23.5%, Management 12.4%, Resource Management 8.3%, Relaxing 7%
- #37 Realm Grinder
76% matchVery Positive87% of 7,438 reviews2017
Dev: Divine GamesPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 131.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Why similar: Incremental 40.3%, City Builder 23.9%, Idler 11.5%, Building 5.6%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #38 Tiny Isle
73% 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 23%, Idler 15%, Building 13.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Management 12.5%
- #39 Suncraft
72% 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 30.2%, Idler 13.5%, Building 13.5%, Resource Management 13.2%, Relaxing 10.5%
- #40 Outpath
73% 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: Incremental 23.2%, Base Building 20.8%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 11.5%
- #41 City Tales - Medieval Era
71% matchVery Positive90% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13.3%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10%
- #42 Idle Colony
73% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Incremental 28.4%, Idler 17.3%, Economy 13.1%, Management 11.2%, Building 9.6%
- #43 Village Tale
72% matchVery Positive83% of 321 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Idler 17.6%, Management 12.5%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #44 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
70% 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 31.7%, Idler 26%, Economy 11%, Relaxing 11%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #45 Big Golden Rock
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Andrei Ivashentsev
Windows
Big Golden Rock is a pixel incremental clicker about a huge golden rock. Gather resources, hire shooters and archers, build towers, launch rockets, summon UFOs, and unlock increasingly powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Incremental 28.4%, Idler 19.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Economy 10.3%, Management 9.7%
- #46 Castle Clicker : Idle City Tycoon
74% matchMixed67% of 706 reviews2017
Dev: Autotelic Games LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 74.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Castle Clicker is a more strategy focused clicking game that required you to think about how to manage your resources and build your city. If you're looking for a more in depth but still casual clicking game, this is for you!
Why similar: Incremental 52.5%, City Builder 17.5%, Building 11.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #47 Battle On! Hero Academy
69% matchVery Positive84% of 804 reviews2025
Dev: MMUnit
Windows
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 85.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Welcome to Battle On! Hero Academy! In this desktop idle game, you are the dean. Recruit heroes and plan their careers from swordsmen to paladins. Your heroes battle and grow. Reap the rewards, then lead your upgraded team against epic bosses. Enjoy deep strategy and satisfying idle progression!
Why similar: Idler 27.6%, City Builder 16.8%, Building 14%, Management 12.1%, Casual 7.6%
- #48 Angel Clicker
68% matchVery Positive98% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: oldflowerGames
Windows · Mac
It's Heaven vs. Hell in the annual Soul-Catching Contest...and there's an office-wide pizza party at stake! Angel Clicker is a short, relaxed incremental clicker with (optional) rhythm elements. Build quirky buildings, collect divine resources, get attacked by aliens, and... Go on a date?!
Why similar: Incremental 27.7%, Idler 20.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Economy 7.2%, Building 7%
- #49 City idle
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Building 18.2%, Economy 18.2%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Base Building 10%
- #50 Simultree
68% 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 24.4%, Idler 17.8%, Management 12.8%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #51 Industry Idle
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,484 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Incremental 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Idler 13.8%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #52 Diluvian Winds
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 9.9%, Economy 9.6%, Management 9.5%
- #53 Buttons Up!
68% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Jestercraft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Buttons Up! is a incremental button collecting game where you hoard Buttons and keep them safe from stealing intruders. Get those Buttons Up by buying buildings, using skills and by automating your income.
Why similar: Incremental 25.2%, Idler 17.2%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 9.9%
- #54 Of Life and Land
67% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 19.9%, Management 12%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #55 Kingdom: Classic
69% matchVery Positive91% of 22,696 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Base Building 21%, City Builder 20.1%, Management 12.5%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 11%
- #56 Hearthlands
71% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Economy 10.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #57 Spiritstead
67% matchVery Positive84% of 152 reviews2026
Dev: Turbo Dog Games
Windows
Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Incremental 25.6%, Management 13.2%, Building 12.7%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #58 Shelldiver
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 17,188 reviews2025
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
Why similar: Incremental 37.7%, Idler 15.3%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #59 Ink Reverie
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Ink Reverie is a casual city-building game set in a fictional historical era with art inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. As a diligent manager, you'll guide hardworking villagers to transform a remote village into a prosperous home through exploration, construction, production, and trade.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Incremental 18.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Management 9%, Simulation 7.3%
- #60 Lakeside Bar
66% matchVery Positive87% of 908 reviews2025
Dev: BITCOVER
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A cozy management sim where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are cooler than the evening breeze, and the lake reflects your perfect escape.
Why similar: Incremental 19.4%, Idler 14.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.6%, Building 9.4%