- #1 Assembly Line 2 Mobile Version
97% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and optimize your assembly line to make the most money possible!
Why similar: Idler 24%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Automation 17.7%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #2 Feed The Flame
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Retnuh
Windows
Feed The Flame is a simple incremental game where you grow a flame to burn down the world. Buy better resources, unlock upgrades and employ thousands of workers to mine, chop and hunt down fuel for the flame. Easy. Satisfying. Highly addictive.
Why similar: Idler 31.5%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Automation 16.3%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #3 The Plus-One Kingdom
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YDIVA Limited
Windows
In The Plus One Kingdom, you are the ruler of a fragile, crumbling domain. Time is relentless—1 real-world second equals 1 in-game day. Seasons change every 90 seconds. Winter is approaching, and if you’re unprepared, everyone will perish.
Why similar: Idler 38.4%, Simulation 26.6%, Strategy 23.9%, Resource Management 6.6%, Indie 3%
- #4 POWERCELL
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Julian Dietz
Windows
Relax and sit back as you create mesmerizing particle reactions and become a source of infinite power.
Why similar: Idler 28.4%, Simulation 28%, Strategy 25.3%, Resource Management 6.3%, Casual 5.1%
- #5 Planetary Factory - An Idle Automation Game
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadJones
Windows
Grow your planetary empire from a small base to a massive production powerhouse in Planetary Factory. Balance inputs and outputs to maximize profits and minimize waste, research advanced technologies, and build a formidable military to conquer hostile planets.
Why similar: Idler 27.4%, Automation 19.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #6 Decay
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Racctuality
Windows
Decay is an incremental game in which you are tasked with using your trusty particle launcher to create ever-larger and more unstable atomic nuclei, witnessing longer and more complex atomic decay chains and aiming to discover all the isotopes!
Why similar: Idler 32.3%, Science 28.4%, Automation 19.4%, Simulation 17.4%, Casual 1.9%
- #7 Assembly Line 2
93% matchMixed64% of 67 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 25.9%, Simulation 23.4%, Strategy 20.1%, Idler 18.8%, Top-Down 7%
- #8 Erzperium
92% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: PhandoGames
Windows
Inspired by many automation and idle games, I wanted to create something centered around ores. With modern desktop games being so easy to run in the background, this is the perfect game to have running while working or gaming on the side.
Why similar: Idler 33%, Automation 24.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #9 Singularity Simulator: Click Is All You Need
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ota Mato
Windows
A clicker/incremental game themed around the technological singularity. Use AI to streamline AI development, build data centers and power plants, and venture into space in pursuit of even more power.
Why similar: Idler 21.9%, Automation 17.7%, Science 17.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 10.1%
- #10 idel world
91% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: 9.9 studio
Windows
《放置模拟国》是一款国家模拟类放置游戏,您可以轻松的获得各类资源,并使用获得的资源进行国家养成,最后实现统一天下的目的。
Why similar: Idler 37.1%, Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 22.9%, Resource Management 7%, 2D 5.2%
- #11 Deep Space Observatory
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GetSky Games
Windows · Mac
An atmospheric short incremental game about deep space exploration. Gather scientific data, upgrade your observatory, and collect all the discoveries!
Why similar: Idler 31%, Strategy 23%, Science 20%, Simulation 15.9%, Casual 4.6%
- #12 Volt Ventures Idle
89% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Denver
Windows
An idle game of growth and strategy. Build, upgrade, and prestige your way to limitless power.
Why similar: Idler 29.2%, Science 22.2%, Automation 19.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #13 Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening
88% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Broken Ark Studios
Windows
Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening is a sci-fi idle progression game where you rebuild a shattered colony ship, restore lost systems, automate production, and uncover the mystery hidden within the Ark’s damaged memory.
Why similar: Idler 24.2%, Simulation 22.6%, Strategy 20.5%, Top-Down 8.4%, Automation 7.8%
- #14 Resources Assemble!
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lasarevs
Windows · Linux
Build, automate, and expand your factory. Mine resources, craft components, and evolve your systems toward full autonomy and interplanetary production
Why similar: Idler 29.4%, Automation 21.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 17.2%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #15 My Tiny Grocery Store - Desktop Idle Supermarket Game
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
My Tiny Grocery Store is an idle shopping simulator located in the bottom right corner of your screen that allows you to manage your store while also completing other tasks! Design your store, arrange your shelves, and enjoy earning money.
Why similar: Idler 32%, Automation 21.4%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #16 Huebound
86% match4 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Dan Hicks
Windows
Mix light. Discover color. Idle forever. Place geometric nodes, connect them, and watch colored orbs flow through your factory. Combine primaries to create 256 named colors — each one waiting to be discovered.
Why similar: Idler 33.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 19%, Automation 9.3%, Casual 4.1%
- #17 Fleshborn
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Castitatis Games
Windows
A short incremental game where you are tasked to clean a lab from fleshy growths using your flamethrower. Collect resources and spend them in a vast upgrade tree to unlock new abilities.
Why similar: Idler 35.4%, Simulation 17%, Strategy 14%, Science 13.1%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #18 剑武玄幻之旅
85% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: JQ Games
Windows
一款玄幻类的文字挂机冒险游戏,可放置可探索剧情,即刻进入一个系统丰富且娱乐快捷的挂机世界吧!
Why similar: Idler 39.2%, Strategy 30%, Automation 17.6%, 2D 6.3%, Casual 6%
- #19 Totally Normal Meat Co.
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zart Zurt
Windows
Raise adorable monsters and process them into profit in this dark-humored idle management sim. Designed as a desktop companion, it runs at the bottom of your screen while you work. Optimize your production line, unlock rare species, and automate your way to a morally questionable empire.
Why similar: Idler 33.8%, Automation 22.2%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 15.9%, 2D 4.4%
- #20 Ranch Mayhem - Active Idler
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Graski
Windows
Grow, process, sell and use different Crops on dozens of recipes. Get ready to strategically use items and other consumables in this 2D idle adventure.
Why similar: Idler 34.9%, Automation 21.3%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 13.6%, 2D 4.6%
- #21 Idle Time
82% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Woodland Software
Windows · Linux
Harvest crystallized time from parallel universes where people waste their lives playing idle games. Build extractors, automate logistics networks, and research new technology to fuel Bill Tyme's time machine in this factory-building incremental game.
Why similar: Idler 29.1%, Simulation 24.4%, Strategy 20.5%, Top-Down 7.1%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #22 Planet Harvester
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Otto Development
Windows · Mac
Planet Harvester is a sci-fi automation and resource management sim where you deploy autonomous drones, harvest planets, transfer resources to your mothership, buy upgrades, solve bottlenecks, and expand across the galaxy.
Why similar: Idler 28.7%, Automation 27.1%, Simulation 22%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #23 Project Chromata
81% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: ArboraeternumPub: GamezEternal
Windows
Project Chromata is a deep sci-fi incremental game about restoring the universe by mixing colors. Unlock new technologies, prestige to gain powerful permanent upgrades from a vast star chart, and master automation systems to watch the numbers soar in this satisfying and feature-rich idle experience.
Why similar: Idler 39%, Simulation 33.7%, Strategy 12.1%, 2D 6.6%, Casual 6%
- #24 Factorization
82% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 19.1%, Top-Down 12.8%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #25 The Factory
81% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Awesome Studios
Windows
The Factory is a first-person, factory sim game with machine purchasing, upgrading, and building expansion. Use income from crafted products to buy and upgrade tools and buildings. Upgrade your factory layout to gain infinite wealth while trying not to lose money from damaging products.
Why similar: Simulation 26.3%, Idler 24.5%, Strategy 22.9%, Automation 20%, Resource Management 3.7%
- #26 Lotto.exe
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ChimpWithAComputer
Windows
"99% of gamblers quit right before they hit it big. This game is for the other 1%." The ultimate test of human stubbornness. Lotto.exe isn't a "game" in the traditional sense. It is a simulation of a lottery draw designed to determine exactly how much your time is worth to you.
Why similar: Idler 42.1%, Simulation 39.9%, 2D 7.4%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #27 开家小店
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The wind blows again
Windows
You take over a new store, and as a new owner, you're going to make it your own, how are you going to run it, whether it's to make your store lively, or to make it a gathering place for specific enthusiasts, or to sell your favorite items. The decision is yours.
Why similar: Idler 46.4%, Simulation 28.6%, Strategy 11.3%, 2D 7.7%, Casual 5%
- #28 Sir, Please Don't Hit the Machine
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sharper
Windows
Sir, Please Don't Hit the Machine is an idle/incremental gambling game. Luck not going your way? Try breaking the machine. Hit it, Kick it, Tear off the reel panel. Buy upgrades, unlock skill trees, and do whatever you can to get your money back.
Why similar: Simulation 31.7%, Idler 31.3%, Strategy 28.6%, Casual 5.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #29 Roopie Clicker
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: CILINDREPub: Sith'ari Edition
Windows
Dive into the intense and stylized world of Roopie Clicker, a strategy and progression game where each click forges the destiny of a unit in the heart of a world ravaged by war.
Why similar: Simulation 32.9%, Strategy 31.3%, Idler 21.2%, Casual 5.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #30 Square Game
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joshua Sherrard
Windows · Linux
Watch the Square bounce around the screen in this idle incremental Game about squares, dots and other shapes. Upgrade, Prestige and even build a deck of awesome abilities in Square Game!
Why similar: Idler 46.1%, Simulation 42.7%, 2D 7.9%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #31 Idle Looter
77% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: CryCauseDry
Windows
Slay endless monsters for legendary loot. Master deep crafting and prestige systems to grow infinitely. Collect an army of companions and conquer the unknown. Do you have what it takes to become a hero?
Why similar: Idler 34.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 16%, Automation 14.8%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #32 Quantum Break
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: morbo
Windows
A casual, incremental game about quantum physics. Break stuff, collect resources and deposit them for more than 300 upgrades! Build a quantum computer, achieve quantum tunneling and potentially save the cats in a box, just don't look inside of it!
Why similar: Idler 50.2%, Strategy 35.4%, 2D 7.6%, Casual 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #33 Legend of Idle
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ActiveDev
Windows
In this incremental game, you must rebuild your kingdom! Gather resources, construct numerous buildings, and set out to conquer everything with your army! A game in the style of the SNES!
Why similar: Idler 29.1%, Simulation 28%, Strategy 24.5%, Top-Down 8.3%, 2D 4.2%
- #34 I Am Not A Robot
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Nilapos
Windows
A short, incremental game where you solve Captchas and get a bot to automate this process.
Why similar: Idler 34.3%, Simulation 33.9%, Automation 17.2%, Casual 6.1%, 2D 6%
- #35 Idle Dyson Swarm
74% matchMixed61% of 82 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 38.3%, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Sci-fi 6%, Resource Management 5%
- #36 Sushi Dojo
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JOrbits Games
Windows · Mac
In this cozy management sim, you get to run your own sushi train restaurant! Cook delicious meals, serve hungry customers, and grow your business with automation, decorations, and the help of a cat chef and robot assistants.
Why similar: Simulation 26.6%, Strategy 22.2%, Idler 22.2%, Automation 17.7%, Casual 4%
- #37 Monster Flipper
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NovaScreen
Windows
Monster Flipper is a short incremental game where you buy and level monsters, smash them with a giant hammer for gold, and unlock swords and artifacts to automate your progress.
Why similar: Idler 33.2%, Automation 18%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #38 Genterra
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: The Bunker Studios
Windows
Humanity needs out. Genterra Corporation requires an Architect. From a remote terminal on Earth, deploy automated factories across four planets, each with its own resources, to build the rescue rocket. ARIA will guide you. Productivity is mandatory.
Why similar: Simulation 31.1%, Strategy 26.9%, Automation 22.5%, 2D 6.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #39 From atom to modern
74% matchMixed57% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: Yamate
Windows
From the manufacture of monoatomic hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine and neon, to the creation of the earth, from apes to Homo erectus, to nuclear weapons, rockets, to artificial intelligence, to exploring the universe.
Why similar: Idler 25.1%, Science 23.1%, Automation 15.5%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 7.5%
- #40 Minecremental
72% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Jamoss
Windows
Minecremental is a top-down pixel art idle incremental game about mining. Dig ores, earn gold, hire NPC workers, and unlock upgrades to build your mining empire. When progress slows, prestige for permanent bonuses and push even deeper. One more upgrade. One more prestige. Just one more...
Why similar: Idler 39.6%, Simulation 25.9%, Strategy 20.3%, Top-Down 7.8%, 2D 5%
- #41 Molo's Revenge
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: MelonStudios
Windows · Mac
Molo's Revenge is the incremental journey of a mole dragon to avenge his village by doing the thing he does best: Digging.
Why similar: Idler 50.2%, Simulation 32.9%, 2D 8.3%, Casual 5.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #42 Flourish
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: FireOwl Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your rhythm in the cycle of the garden: prune to gather, water to renew, and trade your clippings for deep-rooted progression.
Why similar: Idler 41.7%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Top-Down 11.9%, 2D 5.2%
- #43 Axomorph Idle
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AxoZap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axomorph Idle, an idle biogentics game about evolving an axolotl from a cell to an ultimate axolotl form. Journey through an idle adventure through growth, evolve, rebirth, and ascension stages. If you love numbers, or axolotls, this game might be it for you. Try it out today for free!
Why similar: Idler 40.2%, Simulation 29.1%, Science 20%, Casual 4.5%, 2D 4.1%
- #44 The Endless Village
71% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: R.J. Brontsema
Windows
Automate your growth, uncover a gorgeous city, and chase the ultimate metric: Liveliness. This cozy idle clicker lets you unlock passive income boosts and powerful minigames to rapidly scale your empire. Attract every unique citizen and claim your spot on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Idler 42.4%, Simulation 29%, Strategy 18.9%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 3.5%
- #45 FLOWORKS
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QUENCH FORGE
Windows
A node-graph automation × idle factory builder. Materials flow along the wires you draw and transform at each machine. Fix bottlenecks, optimize your layout, grow a trade empire, and rise to rule the robotics industry. Zero art assets — every visual and sound is generated in code.
Why similar: Idler 24%, Automation 22.9%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 10%
- #46 How To Grow a Black Hole
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Desolation Digital
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
How To Grow a Black Hole is about... well... how to grow a black hole. Manage your black hole, feed it to gain mass, and prevent catastrophic collapses. Compete globally or against your friends to achieve the biggest black hole. Maybe you'll be #1.
Why similar: Idler 36%, Simulation 28.7%, Automation 15.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Casual 5.3%
- #47 Trader Ascent
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Sole Luna Studio
Windows
Build your financial empire through options trading and real estate investing. Compete against rival funds, manage risk and stress, and rise from nothing to financial dominance.
Why similar: Simulation 47.7%, Strategy 40.5%, 2D 8%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #48 HUNGER
71% matchMostly Negative32% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Black Smerch
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
HUNGER — a survival game about a soldier on an unexplored island. There are settlers there, but their civilization is on the brink of extinction: a pandemic, chaos, cannibals. The shamans are trying to create a cure, but to no avail. There is no salvation — madness has consumed the island.
Why similar: Simulation 46.2%, Strategy 42.5%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 5.7%
- #49 PlayIndex
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breaker Game Studios
Windows
PlayIndex is a casual idle trading game where video games become the market. Buy low, sell high, track player count trends, and compete on the global leaderboard as game values rise and fall every 10 minutes.
Why similar: Idler 42.3%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 17.7%, Resource Management 7.4%, 2D 5.9%
- #50 The First Thrust of God
70% matchVery Negative5% of 64 reviews2018
Dev: SUNYU
Windows · Mac
Now, you are God, and you bring the first thrust of God.
Why similar: Simulation 32.5%, Strategy 30.9%, Science 27.2%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 3.9%
- #51 Unclaimed World
70% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.
Why similar: Simulation 46.2%, Strategy 39.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Indie 4.5%
- #52 Remote Life Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dyvoker
Windows
Work remotely, build skills, earn money, and upgrade your life. Become a professional remote worker in this life simulation game!
Why similar: Simulation 32.3%, Strategy 27.9%, Idler 27.5%, Resource Management 6.2%, 2D 4.3%
- #53 Craft Elements
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: PolincGames
Windows
Craft Elements is a first person minecraft-esque journey into the nuclear reactor design, periodic table and vaporwave world. It is a unique, simple and atmospheric sandbox puzzle game with a focus on complex simulation and calculations.
Why similar: Simulation 42%, Strategy 38.5%, Procedural Generation 6.4%, Resource Management 5.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #54 Airport Simulator 2019
68% matchMostly Negative29% of 153 reviews2018
Dev: KittehfacePub: Toplitz
Windows
Airport Simulator 2019 places you as the manager of a major international airport. Your duties range from planning and allocating personnel to procuring and maintaining a vehicle fleet, facility maintenance and handling ever larger aircraft from a variety of airlines.
Why similar: Simulation 53.6%, Strategy 46.4%
- #55 EEP Train Simulator Mission
68% matchNegative19% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Windows
Are you ready for a job in the railways industrie?EEP TS Mission is a true innovation. For the first time in the history of EEP, the world's most successful railway simulation , you have the opportunity to take on complex tasks in the railway industrie inmidst realistic scenarios.And there's plenty of work to do.
Why similar: Simulation 53.5%, Strategy 46.5%
- #56 Soviet Monsters: Ekranoplans
67% matchMostly Negative38% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: santasco.comPub: IV Productions
Windows
You are in charge of the day to day running of the Ekranoplan program. Manage resources and staff to keep your craft operational. When a mission arrives from on high you must be ready to face the challenge and pilot your Ekranoplan / command the crew to a successful and glorious outcome!
Why similar: Simulation 54.1%, Strategy 45.9%
- #57 Carpe Deal 'Em
67% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: DDD Wares
Windows · Linux
Carpe Deal 'Em is a life simulator / card game hybrid, with elements from the visual novel / CYOA genres.
Why similar: Simulation 52.5%, Strategy 47.5%
- #58 Ironclads 2: War of the Pacific
67% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2016
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Create your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, struggle for dominance over the seas! Command a battle formation and experience the power of iron and steam!
Why similar: Simulation 52.4%, Strategy 47.6%
- #59 Nightclub Emporium
67% matchNegative7% of 15 reviews2015
Dev: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Start your own enterprising odyssey and turn night into day as the boss of your very own Nightclub Emporium!
Why similar: Simulation 54.4%, Strategy 45.6%
- #60 Traffic Giant
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 170 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Traffic Giant is an amazing simulation game that brings public transport on the right track.
Why similar: Simulation 52.4%, Strategy 47.6%