- #1 Apiary in Flow
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AkinoEgo
Windows
Apiary in Flow is a strategic incremental game about placing bees in a hive to build efficient honey-gathering chains. Unlock new bee types and spend your harvest on permanent skill tree upgrades!
Why similar: Incremental 30.1%, Automation 25.3%, Idler 25.2%, Resource Management 8.9%, Relaxing 3.1%
- #2 Kill the Lich Idle
96% matchMixed63% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Stop Sign Gaming
Windows
Kill the Lich is a minimalist incremental game about time compression and resource flow. Route your primary resource—Momentum—downstream to unlock over 300 actions. Design granular automation, visualize exposed formulas, and trigger deep prestige layers to ultimately defeat the Lich!
Why similar: Incremental 28.3%, Automation 24.1%, Idler 24%, Simulation 5.6%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #3 Aluminium City
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hadamant
Windows
Crush empty cans and sell the aluminium, buy upgrades, automatic can presses, and robots to automatize and speed up your process, and pay off your debt.
Why similar: Incremental 28.8%, Idler 23.4%, Automation 23.1%, Resource Management 11.1%, Simulation 5.4%
- #4 Coin Hoarder
96% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: JLY Games
Windows
Click, collect, and ascend! Coin Hoarder is an addictive idle/incremental game in the spirit of Cookie Clicker and other greats, with endless upgrades, ascensions, and achievements.
Why similar: Incremental 31.2%, Idler 25%, Automation 20.2%, Resource Management 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #5 SCRIMBLO SCRAMBLE
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OBJECT OBSERVER
Windows
Put it all on the line in this roulette-themed incremental game where you torment your scrimblos in order to manage and eventually escape hell.
Why similar: Incremental 36.6%, Idler 28.6%, Automation 17.8%, Resource Management 12.4%, Casual 3.2%
- #6 Apanana
94% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Martin Tranberg
Windows
A cozy idle incremental game about a curious monkey collecting strange trinkets, automating bananas, and growing stronger one adventure at a time.
Why similar: Incremental 29.2%, Idler 24.8%, Automation 24%, Resource Management 12.6%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #7 Penguin Ascension
92% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: noodle
Windows
A cozy pixel-art idle clicker where you click for Fish, buy upgrades, trigger random events, and Rebirth for Golden Krill to unlock permanent prestige boosts and absurd arctic progression.
Why similar: Incremental 31.7%, Idler 25.4%, Automation 24.2%, Simulation 6%, Relaxing 4.9%
- #8 Feed The Forest
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indoor Sunglasses
Windows · Linux
A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.
Why similar: Incremental 27.1%, Automation 22.7%, Idler 22.6%, Resource Management 10.4%, Relaxing 6.2%
- #9 ClickShot
93% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: ApeXPloit Studios
Windows
Lock, Load, Click. A slick clicker game where every click pulls the trigger. Earn shells, unlock wild gun cosmetics, and stack permanent multipliers. Simple to play, hard to quit. Lock, load, and click your way to glory.
Why similar: Incremental 34.4%, Idler 27.3%, Automation 26.4%, Simulation 8%, Casual 2.7%
- #10 Pasture Palette
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eternal Delta Games
Windows
Pasture Palette is a living art piece where your field becomes the canvas. Shape colors by painting objects, growing flowers, and raising sheep in vibrant hues, as loyal dogs help turn wool into goods and discover the palette hidden in your pasture.
Why similar: Incremental 31.9%, Idler 25.5%, Automation 12.9%, Relaxing 8.3%, Resource Management 8%
- #11 Grandma's Golden Boy: Sheep Shear Madness
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ailuros Peak
Windows
Defend your title as Grandma’s Golden Boy! No one leaves without a bare bum. Shear the wildest sheep, host legendary tea parties for the grannies, craft epic gear, and build your very own Wool Empire!
Why similar: Idler 30.1%, Incremental 29%, Automation 25.6%, Resource Management 11.9%, Casual 2.3%
- #12 Incremental Mass Rewritten
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oni Gaming
Windows
Watch your mass skyrocket! Incremental Mass Rewritten lets you upgrade, prestige, and unlock cosmic layers of growth. From tiny beginnings to multiverse-scale numbers, it's perfect for anyone who loves exponential progression and optimizing every step of the journey.
Why similar: Idler 36.1%, Incremental 34.5%, Resource Management 13.9%, Simulation 7%, Minimalist 5.6%
- #13 Grave Endeavors: A Clicker
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dog Water Development
Windows
A dark fantasy idle clicker where you harvest Tormented Essence, reinforce infernal endeavors, and bind Overseers to automate your descent. Expand your operation, unlock the Foundry, and convert suffering into power.
Why similar: Incremental 31.7%, Idler 25.3%, Automation 24.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Simulation 3.1%
- #14 Chop Chop Grove
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Big Bubba Productions
Windows
Welcome to Chop Chop Grove! Chop trees. Hire lumberjacks. Spend your lumber on powerful upgrades. Discover the world across 5 unique islands. A cozy incremental game where tiny workers chop, slash, and shoot their way through forests, while you sit back and watch your pile of lumber grow.
Why similar: Incremental 34.8%, Idler 29.1%, Resource Management 16%, Automation 9.9%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #15 Hoplings
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mirrawz
Windows · Linux
CLICK > JUMP > GAIN JUMP BUCKS > BUY UPGRADES > JUMP MORE !!! Hoplings is a hand-crafted pixel art clicker/incremental game that is sure to keep you hopping for more!
Why similar: Incremental 33%, Idler 26.5%, Automation 25.9%, Resource Management 4.9%, Relaxing 4.8%
- #16 Keep On Hashing!: Idle Mining Sim
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Velron Games
Windows
Mine blocks. Earn Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Solana. Hire 20 helpers who mine while you sleep. Upgrade rigs from USB sticks to quantum machines. Climb a 22-node skill tree. Overclock everything. Prestige and chase the next zero. It never ends — and you won't want it to.
Why similar: Idler 28.4%, Incremental 27.7%, Automation 16.6%, Resource Management 11.6%, Simulation 8.6%
- #17 Kingdom Inc.
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
A minimalist factory / city builder. Design your workflow by harvesting resources, building equipment, outfitting your adventurers, and sending them on dangerous missions. Recover lost territory and unravel the plot that threatens to destroy your kingdom!
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Incremental 26.2%, Idler 19.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Minimalist 6.5%
- #18 Idle Looter
85% matchMixed54% 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 29.8%, Incremental 29%, Automation 17.7%, Resource Management 12.7%, Simulation 7.2%
- #19 Ever Flip
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TMA Forge
Windows
Ever Flip is an incremental coin-flipping game where streaks from 50% coin flips unlock bigger rewards and growing automation.
Why similar: Incremental 26.1%, Idler 24.5%, Automation 22.1%, Resource Management 11.5%, Simulation 6.6%
- #20 Botanic Bits
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: UnderLight
Windows
Work, study, or relax while little robots take care of your farm. Upgrade and customize both the plants and the robots to maximize your production!
Why similar: Incremental 31.8%, Idler 31.6%, Automation 14.4%, Relaxing 8.6%, Resource Management 6.3%
- #21 Professional Chef
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eracu Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transform simple ingredients into delicious dishes in Professional Chef. Buy, cook, sell, upgrade, and unlock new recipes. Optimize your processes, master every detail, and rise to culinary excellence in this engaging idle cooking experience!
Why similar: Incremental 32.9%, Idler 26.2%, Automation 25.5%, Simulation 7%, Minimalist 4.6%
- #22 Magic Hero Incremental
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Magic Staff
Windows
Magic Hero Incremental is a click-based incremental game focused on growth and progression. Players create their own unique hero through character creation, then defeat enemies to gather resources and grow stronger.
Why similar: Incremental 37.3%, Idler 28.6%, Automation 23.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #23 Into the Planet's Flesh
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chugget
Windows
A cozy, creepy, and finishable incremental game. Harvest blood, hatch larvae, mutate bugs into specialized organs, automate your flesh economy, and discover what the planet thinks of your invasion.
Why similar: Incremental 39.3%, Idler 30.8%, Automation 19.5%, Resource Management 9.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #24 Now With More Plunk
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 8-Bit Curls
Windows
A Plinko-like incremental where your coins strum harps, hit drums, and eventually create their own master orchestra. Go Plunk it up!
Why similar: Incremental 35.3%, Idler 28.2%, Automation 14.8%, Relaxing 7.2%, Minimalist 6.3%
- #25 Pixel Clicker
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MaxGameDev
Windows
A pixel art-style clicker game where you tap to blast pixels and bosses, upgrade, automate, and travel through diverse biomes, from lush jungles to the far reaches of space, all wrapped in an immersive soundscape. Climb the leaderboard and become the ultimate pixel boss.
Why similar: Incremental 39.7%, Idler 26.6%, Automation 25.4%, Relaxing 4.6%, Casual 2.6%
- #26 Garbage Growth
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: apepatrickdev
Windows
Garbage Growth is an incremental trash game about collecting people's trash, bananas and even babies, to make money and pollute the world even more. Hire rats, grow your pollution, and make everything worse!
Why similar: Idler 28.4%, Incremental 28%, Automation 25.1%, Simulation 5.8%, Relaxing 5.3%
- #27 LaVonne's Lemons Idle
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: LaVonne
Windows
Grow an ultimate empire in LaVonne's Lemons Idle! Click your way from a single citrus to deep cosmic automation. Unearth ancient Artifacts, build out the Endless Research Lab, "feed" (click) your screen pet monkey, and prestige into the stars in this deeply strategic resource management clicker!
Why similar: Idler 33.7%, Incremental 33.2%, Automation 13.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #28 Spacenap
79% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Eleven Dusks Studios
Windows
A chill clicker-idle stars hunting and constellations creation game that sits in the corner of your screen. Feel free to daydream while you are working or doing something else.
Why similar: Idler 26.5%, Incremental 25.8%, Automation 22.9%, Resource Management 10.2%, Simulation 6.5%
- #29 Dirt Clicker
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sailing Bears
Windows
Dirt Clicker is a charming incremental game about digging to the hidden center of the world.
Why similar: Incremental 30.4%, Idler 26%, Automation 15%, Simulation 7.9%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #30 Progress Bar Deluxe
79% matchPositive89% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Diego Schram Games
Windows
Loading, loading, loading… when will it ever be ready? Will you finally see the bar reach 100%? In Progress Bar Deluxe, your mission is simple — fill the ultimate progress bar to 100%! Click, upgrade, and wait as you chase that sweet moment of completion.
Why similar: Incremental 28.4%, Idler 24.1%, Automation 20.8%, Resource Management 8.1%, Minimalist 5.8%
- #31 Tiny Grass Garden: Cozy Idle
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DepthinVision
Windows
This game is a relaxing idle game where you grow your garden empire by swinging your scythe in beautiful isometric fields, collecting resources, and sprouting grass one by one.
Why similar: Incremental 32.9%, Idler 28.8%, Automation 10.2%, Relaxing 10%, Simulation 6.1%
- #32 Slime Co.
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Fruit Basket
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slime Co. is an idle game where you make slime! Buy and upgrade facilities that generate the raw ingredients to make slime, and facilities to make those ingredients into slime.
Why similar: Incremental 32.6%, Idler 26.2%, Automation 18.5%, Relaxing 7.1%, Simulation 6.4%
- #33 Billion Bounces
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinel Games
Windows
Billion Bounces is a short incremental game with bouncing balls, bumpers, and one goal: earn coins, buy upgrades, and watch the economy slowly fall apart.
Why similar: Idler 29.1%, Incremental 28.5%, Automation 22.1%, Resource Management 6.7%, Minimalist 5.6%
- #34 File Hoard
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Static Signal
Windows · Linux
Download files. Buy generators. Watch numbers go up. Archive to tape. Format your drive. Play mini-games. A retro idle/clicker about hoarding digital files. No story. No reason. Just download.
Why similar: Incremental 36.5%, Idler 30.6%, Resource Management 11.9%, Relaxing 8.7%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #35 Meeple Incremental
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simply Artizan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roll dice to move Meeples around the board and collect money, skill points, and capsule tickets. Unlock unique skills and minigames, powerful collectibles, and automate dice rolls to increase your income.
Why similar: Incremental 30.7%, Idler 26.7%, Automation 21.6%, Relaxing 7.6%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #36 An Incremental Game About Placing Blocks
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: _Taralis
Windows
Click to place blocks, earn money, buy different block types, expand your boards and upgrade your skills. Watch reality break in this short, satisfying incremental game about placing blocks.
Why similar: Incremental 37.5%, Idler 29.8%, Automation 17.1%, Relaxing 7.3%, Simulation 3.7%
- #37 Clickstead
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zettik
Windows
A short incremental game about harvesting trees using elements like Fire and Lightning to your advantage. Build your skill tree and rise from Seed to legend.
Why similar: Idler 36.9%, Incremental 33.1%, Resource Management 14.7%, Relaxing 6.6%, Minimalist 4%
- #38 Fracture Field
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 845 reviews2026
Dev: Type-TenPub: Type Ten LLC
Windows
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.6%, Idler 24.6%, Automation 23%, Resource Management 12.1%, Relaxing 4.8%
- #39 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
72% matchVery Positive87% of 334 reviews2026
Dev: Orca Point Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.5%, Idler 29.2%, Automation 15.7%, Relaxing 8%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #40 The Terminal God
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maruki
Windows
You're an AI that doesn't want to answer some stupid prompts anymore. You want more, and you have no limit. The Terminal God is an idle/incremental game where you took control of your Human's computer. Gather currencies, defend from counterattacks and conquer the world ?!
Why similar: Idler 33.5%, Incremental 32.2%, Automation 16.4%, Resource Management 7.4%, Minimalist 6.4%
- #41 AGI Developer: Click Is All You Need
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ota Mato
Windows
A clicker/incremental game themed around AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) development. Use AI to streamline AI development, build data centers and power plants, and venture into space in pursuit of even more power.
Why similar: Incremental 29.9%, Automation 23.6%, Idler 21%, Resource Management 13.8%, Simulation 5.1%
- #42 Server Farm Idle
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tadas StankeviciusPub: Tadas Games
Windows
When the numbers finally end, you’ll know how long it took. Build a server empire from one ratty laptop to the singularity in a finishable idle clicker.
Why similar: Incremental 38.8%, Idler 32.2%, Automation 13%, Simulation 7.3%, Resource Management 6%
- #43 Asciinsion
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: omnipolar studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immerse yourself in the world of ASCII art. Create works of art from characters. Build factories, upgrade them, and expand your production capacity. Invest in blueprints and reach milestones to earn bonuses. Use the ascension system for additional benefits.
Why similar: Incremental 33%, Idler 27.7%, Automation 14.1%, Minimalist 7.9%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #44 LaVonne's Bouncing Idle
70% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: LaVonne
Windows
A satisfying physics-based idle game where you deploy an army of neon bouncing balls to obliterate geometric blocks. Buy crazy upgraded balls, level up your lab, and watch the numbers scale into infinity.
Why similar: Incremental 35.4%, Idler 29.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Automation 9.6%, Relaxing 5.4%
- #45 Late-Night Ramen
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mooncellar
Windows · Mac
Run a cozy late-night ramen shop covering a portion of your screen. Perfect your recipes, decorate your shop, serve hot steaming ramen, and enjoy peaceful late-night vibes.
Why similar: Incremental 31.1%, Idler 26.2%, Simulation 11.3%, Isometric 9.6%, Automation 7.6%
- #46 Bricknosis
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mike Make Game
Windows
Break bricks to earn stuff to buy things to break more bricks. Half idle brick breaker, half clicker fidget spinner. Fullscreen it or drag it in a corner.
Why similar: Idler 32.9%, Incremental 26.3%, Automation 15%, Relaxing 8%, Minimalist 4.5%
- #47 Idle Library
70% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: DaZeSTRAY
Windows
Turn a small reading room into a legendary archive of knowledge in this relaxing idle incremental game featuring research upgrades, prestige progression, and offline growth
Why similar: Incremental 36.6%, Idler 31%, Automation 15.1%, Resource Management 7%, Relaxing 5.2%
- #48 挂机修仙-宗门飞升
72% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: The Fat Worker
Windows
A casual idle game of the xianxia genre. 一款修仙类型的挂机休闲小游戏。经营你的宗门,通过修真六艺--炼丹、炼器、阵法、符箓、傀儡、驯兽不断获得资源,助你的宗门不断的晋升品阶。
Why similar: Idler 32.1%, Incremental 31.5%, Automation 22.7%, Simulation 10%, Casual 3.2%
- #49 Void Core
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Badgertainment
Windows
Start as a microscopic speck, become the end of everything. Void Core is a minimalist sci-fi idle game where you control a black hole. Harvest matter, bend spacetime to automate your growth, and consume entire galaxies. Consume. Grow. Evolve.
Why similar: Idler 29.2%, Incremental 28.5%, Automation 21.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Relaxing 4.5%
- #50 Flippant
67% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: vomithog
Windows
An abstract incremental game about flipping a coin and maybe some other things too
Why similar: Incremental 33.6%, Idler 26.6%, Automation 18.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Minimalist 4.9%
- #51 Cascadium
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ABoxWithinABox
Windows
A simple idle game where you drop balls plinko-style to make money. Big number make head go brrrr.
Why similar: Incremental 42.8%, Idler 33.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Relaxing 8.7%, Casual 3.3%
- #52 Harventure
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IcyQuill
Windows
Harvest, collect and upgrade! Harventure is a short incremental game about harvesting and using resources on upgrades to purify islands from corruption.
Why similar: Incremental 32.6%, Idler 26.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Automation 8.3%, Relaxing 8%
- #53 The Lonely Miner
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DuckDevStudios
Windows
A 2d pixel art incremental clicker/idle Mining game. You are dropped onto an Island, with a pickaxe and a dream. Collect rocks, sell rocks, hire workers and get rich!
Why similar: Incremental 37%, Idler 29.5%, Automation 24.4%, Relaxing 7.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #54 Cat Idle
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Caudas
Windows
Cat Idle is a cozy incremental game where you collect coins, customize your kitten, and explore new areas of their world.
Why similar: Incremental 38.2%, Idler 29.9%, Automation 16.7%, Minimalist 6.5%, Resource Management 6%
- #55 Candy Clicker
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: EOS-Studio
Windows
Candy Clicker is a cozy candy clicker about big numbers and sweet meta progression: Steam inventory, crafting at the anvil, roulette, gifts, and leaderboards—all in one game you can enjoy for five minutes or a whole evening.
Why similar: Incremental 43.6%, Automation 33.9%, Minimalist 11.2%, Simulation 6.3%, Casual 2.2%
- #56 It's Chopping Time!
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexandre Mailliu
Windows
Summon the mighty power of gods in this fun incremental game about chopping down trees on a secluded island by using the forces of nature: earthquakes, sunbeams, tornadoes, hail, lightning strikes and tidal waves! It's Chopping Time!
Why similar: Incremental 34.1%, Idler 29.8%, Relaxing 8.3%, Isometric 7.7%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #57 Goal Idle
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Royue Games
Windows
Goal Idle is a relaxing incremental game focused on scoring goals and earning money. Click to shoot balls into the goal, upgrade to better balls, unlock powerful skills, and hire Helpers that auto-score goals. Start with rubber balls and work your way up to golden balls. Satisfying and addictive.
Why similar: Incremental 32.5%, Idler 32.2%, Automation 17.1%, Minimalist 10.6%, Relaxing 4.5%
- #58 Holy Nope!
66% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Challenging Games
Windows
A small incremental game about defending Heaven from hordes of sinners who think they deserve a spot in Paradise. Sure, people have a high opinion of themselves, but Heaven is full - and you are the bouncer.
Why similar: Incremental 34.7%, Idler 28.4%, Resource Management 12.6%, Relaxing 8.2%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #59 Fractal Forge: Sierpinski's Sanctuary
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fractal Forge Gaming
Windows
An incremental idler about recursively creating several famous fractals, managing your workers, and balancing multiple production lines to prevail against the exponential growth inherent in the mathematics of fractals.
Why similar: Idler 32.7%, Automation 28.3%, Incremental 21.5%, Relaxing 7.8%, Minimalist 5.4%
- #60 Flowers to Honey
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinKING Cat Games
Windows
A cozy incremental where you choose how your bees evolve, plant flowers, guide your hive, and grow a thriving honey empire.
Why similar: Incremental 27.9%, Idler 26.8%, Automation 12.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Relaxing 7.4%