- #1 Industry Idle
97% 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: Automation 23.8%, Idler 18.9%, City Builder 13.8%, Building 10.9%, Economy 8.7%
- #2 Idle Colony
96% 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: Automation 24.2%, Idler 18.2%, Colony Sim 16.6%, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.3%
- #3 Crafting Idle Clicker
96% matchMixed49% of 913 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 43.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Idler 22.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 10.1%, Management 8.1%
- #4 Incremental Factory
95% matchMixed68% of 244 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 28.3%, Idler 22.5%, Building 11%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 9.2%
- #5 Paragon Pioneers
94% 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: Colony Sim 20.3%, Idler 19.4%, City Builder 16.7%, Building 12.9%, Economy 9.4%
- #6 Gridkeeper
94% 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 32.6%, Automation 24.1%, Building 21.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Cute 5.3%
- #7 Island Robot Farm
93% matchVery Positive87% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: MoraCocoPub: Wise Games
Windows
Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Idler 25.5%, Building 13%, Economy 10%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
- #8 Factory Town Idle
92% 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: Automation 23.6%, Idler 22.1%, Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 17.2%, Crafting 7.9%
- #9 Upload Labs
90% matchVery Positive92% of 7,397 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Automation 33.2%, Idler 24.9%, Time Management 13.9%, Immersive Sim 8.1%, Economy 6.8%
- #10 PC Building Empire
91% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Time Management 29.4%, Idler 28.4%, Economy 15.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Management 9.2%
- #11 Chests, City, Clicker
91% matchMixed46% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: E-Crew
Windows
The principle is simple, the more time you spend, the richer you will be, you can do nothing and get money, but the decisions you make will allow you to get even more!
Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Idler 19.7%, City Builder 16.9%, Time Management 15.4%, Building 12.6%
- #12 Assembly Line 2
89% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Assembly Line 2, you take charge of your factory, where strategic organization is key. Create intricate production lines, unlocking a plethora of blueprints to craft advanced resources. Fine-tune and upgrade machines for optimal efficiency and elevating your empire to new heights.
Why similar: Automation 44.2%, Idler 19.5%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Crafting 6.3%
- #13 Incremental Town RPG
89% 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 23.6%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Automation 19.4%, City Builder 14.8%, Building 9.4%
- #14 City idle
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 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: Colony Sim 30.1%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Building 14.2%, Economy 10.9%, Crafting 8%
- #15 3D Printer Manager
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Smushii
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start in a bedroom with one 3D printer and build a manufacturing empire! Manage filaments, upgrade machines, hire staff, and expand into a factory in this addictive idle tycoon game.
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Idler 32.9%, Time Management 13.7%, Economy 10.6%, Management 5%
- #16 Automation Empire
87% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 33.5%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, City Builder 10.6%, Economy 10.3%
- #17 Paragon Pioneers 2
85% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Idler 20%, City Builder 18.5%, Building 10.6%, Economy 5.7%
- #18 Supply Chain Idle
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 381 reviews2018
Dev: Upturn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, link and upgrade factories to produce and sell products.
Why similar: Idler 100%
- #19 Revolution Idle
82% matchVery Positive87% of 11,167 reviews2025
Dev: Oni Gaming
Windows
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 172.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.
Why similar: Automation 33.5%, Idler 29.1%, Colony Sim 22.9%, Management 10.7%, 2D 3.7%
- #20 Assembly Planter
84% matchVery Positive91% of 248 reviews2020
Dev: Timon Herzog
Windows
A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Idler 11.4%, City Builder 11%, Time Management 10.1%, Building 10%
- #21 Factory Town
83% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 24.6%, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 14.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 8.2%
- #22 IDLE BOSS RUSH
82% matchMixed67% of 792 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
Why similar: Idler 24.6%, Building 15.3%, Colony Sim 13.9%, City Builder 13.3%, Economy 10.3%
- #23 Blueprint Tycoon
84% 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 37.9%, City Builder 18%, Management 16%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #24 Idle Baker Boss
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Doopwee Games
Windows
Grow your bakery franchise and manage bakeries in this cute idle tycoon game with over 150 desserts, 100+ in game awards, daily challenges, skill tree system, events each month with unique desserts and much more...
Why similar: Automation 27.4%, Idler 23.6%, Time Management 18.6%, Building 10.3%, Management 8.6%
- #25 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
79% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 40%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 12%, Time Management 11.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #26 Idle Commonwealth
80% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Idler 34.2%, City Builder 23.5%, Building 14.5%, Management 7.6%, Economy 7.3%
- #27 CivIdle
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: Automation 31.7%, Idler 27.2%, City Builder 16.3%, Building 10.5%, Management 8.8%
- #28 Idle Research
78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,854 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 77.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Idler 35.7%, Automation 34.2%, Management 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #29 Holyday City: Reloaded
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,626 reviews2018
Dev: Holyday Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 113.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, manage & grow your city in Holyday City: Reloaded! An idle clicker game where you're the business tycoon, expanding your metropolis. Master resource & time management to upgrade businesses and thrive. Experience the ultimate town builder adventure with Holyday City.
Why similar: Idler 32.8%, Time Management 25.2%, Funny 14.7%, Management 12.6%, Building 8.1%
- #30 Space industrial empire
76% matchVery Positive86% of 1,035 reviews2024
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!
Why similar: Automation 48%, Idler 30.5%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 6.4%, 2D 2%
- #31 Modulus: Factory Automation
74% matchVery Positive92% of 699 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Building 15.5%, City Builder 15.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Management 8.5%
- #32 Kubifaktorium
77% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Colony Sim 18%, City Builder 15.3%, Building 11.4%, Economy 9%
- #33 Candy Machine
81% matchMostly Negative34% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Colossal Wreck
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 211.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Run a candy factory. Place machines and conveyors and feed them different mixtures of ingredients to create candy
Why similar: Idler 28.1%, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 16.8%, Economy 15.6%, Management 10.3%
- #34 Idle Dyson Swarm
75% matchMixed61% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Blindsided Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wanted a Dyson swarm of your own? Now you can have one with just a few clicks! Manage a solar empire, produce bots which will make solar panels for you. Send your panels to the sun to generate energy and sell that energy to make money which you can spend on even more bots!
Why similar: Idler 73.5%, Strategy 19.6%, 2D 6.9%
- #35 Widget Inc.
73% 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: Automation 41.9%, Time Management 23.4%, Idler 23.3%, Top-Down 5.6%, Strategy 3.5%
- #36 Island Idle RPG
76% matchMixed66% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help provide all the equipment and weaponry needed to defeat bosses in distant Dungeons
Why similar: Idler 19.7%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Automation 17.2%, City Builder 15.2%, Building 9.2%
- #37 Coin Factory
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Idler 46%, Building 20%, City Builder 15.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #38 Dungeon Overseer
77% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 18.4%, Building 13.1%, Economy 12.2%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #39 The Perfect Tower II
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,306 reviews2025
Dev: Fire Sword Studios
Windows
The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!
Why similar: Automation 45.5%, Idler 37.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 8.2%
- #40 星际工业国:崛起
72% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: 游戏养家工作室Pub: 跪求愿望
Windows
This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!
Why similar: Automation 68%, Idler 22.8%, Strategy 5.4%, 2D 3.8%
- #41 Castle Clicker : Idle City Tycoon
75% matchMixed67% of 703 reviews2017
Dev: Autotelic Games LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 75.3 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 83% ★, Building 6.9%, City Builder 5.9%, Strategy 3.2%, 2D 0.9%
- #42 Scratch Inc.
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,726 reviews2025
Dev: Makopaz
Windows · Mac
Build an Empire, From Scratch, in this Scratch Card Idle/Incremental game.
Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Idler 30.8%, Time Management 20%, Economy 10.1%, Strategy 5.8%
- #43 Builderment
72% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows · Mac
Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, City Builder 18.9%, Building 14%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 10.7%
- #44 Idle Pixel Fantasy
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 835 reviews2025
Dev: Max Ritters
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit hard-working helpers and magical creatures that automatically collect gold and crystals. Unlock new levels, invest in stronger units, and work your way up to the powerful dragon boss at the top. A relaxing pixel-style idle clicker!
Why similar: Automation 45.3%, Idler 18.5%, Economy 15.4%, Management 9.1%, Arcade 8.4%
- #45 Fracture Field
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 872 reviews2026
Dev: Type-TenPub: Type Ten LLC
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Automation 34.5%, Idler 31%, Building 13.7%, Management 7.6%, Economy 7.3%
- #46 Industry Giant
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant!
Why similar: City Builder 17.4%, Time Management 16.2%, Economy 13.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 11.3%
- #47 NGU INDUSTRIES
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,577 reviews2021
Dev: 4G
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 145.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
NGU INDUSTRIES (sequel to NGU IDLE) is a Free To Play Idle game and Factory Manager! It's packed with weird humor, tons of upgrades, and many hours of content! If you want that sweet, sweet dopamine release that comes with making Numbers Go Up, NGU INDUSTRIES is your game!
Why similar: Idler 46.9%, Building 25.9%, Time Management 18.8%, Management 4.5%, 2D 3.9%
- #48 Idle Sand Castle
73% matchMostly Negative40% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Oleh Baziv
Windows
Build the castle of your dreams
Why similar: Arcade 31.2%, Economy 31%, Building 27.7%, 2D 10.1%
- #49 Captain of Industry
68% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 39%, Economy 12.3%, Colony Sim 12.2%, City Builder 11.3%, Building 11%
- #50 SimPocalypse
71% 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: Automation 21.2%, Idler 18%, Colony Sim 14.5%, City Builder 12.4%, Time Management 12.3%
- #51 Beltex
70% matchVery Positive86% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Idler 20.2%, Sandbox 14%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 8.2%
- #52 CompactO - Idle Game
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows
CompactO is an addicting idle game where you create colorful squares on a plane. Dominate the 3D Realm and infuse your planes into complex shapes to buy tons of upgrades!
Why similar: Idler 48.5%, Economy 19.6%, Management 16.1%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 5.2%
- #53 dEskape
70% matchMixed59% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows
'dEskape' is a base-building game which sits across the bottom of your desktop allowing you to work, browse, or watch something else while you play. It's idle when you like and active when you want.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Idler 23%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 15.3%, Life Sim 11.3%
- #54 Node Math
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Idler 25%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 9.1%
- #55 Realm Grinder
69% matchVery Positive87% of 7,385 reviews2017
Dev: Divine GamesPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 131.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Idler 31.6%, Building 15.7%, Strategy 10.6%, 2D 3.2%
- #56 Learning Factory
66% matchVery Positive86% of 515 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Building 16.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Economy 12.2%, Management 9%
- #57 Idle Deepcore
65% 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 46.5%, Automation 36.3%, Crafting 11.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #58 Tapple - Idle Clicker
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Zeeno
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Tapple, the idle clicker game where every tap brings you closer to an ever-growing collection of Tapples. Build your empire one tap at a time, discover unique Tapple drops, and AFK all you want!
Why similar: Automation 50.4%, Management 17.5%, Economy 17.1%, Strategy 8.7%, 2D 6.3%
- #59 Idle Expanse
70% matchMixed55% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Lyrical Games LLC
Windows
A sci-fi themed incremental game which allows you to expand your capitalistic empire across the galaxy! Hire mercenaries to pillage alien planets for resources, with the singular goal of making as much money as possible as quickly as possible! Totally not a playful commentary on real Terran society.
Why similar: Idler 53.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Management 14.7%, Funny 10.5%, 2D 6.4%
- #60 Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 888 reviews2023
Dev: Benjamin StaugaardPub: Benzoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Vacuum Warrior is a Free to Play incremental idle game. Listen to the crisp crackle of dust and debris entering your vacuum as you vacuum ridiculous amounts of dust. Upgrade your vacuums, idle gains, and robot vacuums, earn achievements, and explore numerous locations in the Vacuum Warrior universe!
Why similar: Automation 40.9%, Idler 39.1%, Top-Down 10.9%, Management 5.5%, 2D 3.6%