- #1 Deck of Mandate
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Sumit Katekar
Windows
A minimalist strategy game where every decision shuffles the fate of a young republic. Lead the republic through 24 turns while balancing the pillars on which the republic is founded. Survive 24 volatile turns without tipping any of your four meters into ruin — or power.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.9% ★, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Card Game 14.7%, Casual 11.6%, Political 10.5% ★
- #2 PC Building Empire
96% matchVery Positive85% of 192 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 35.8%, Idler 26.4%, Management 15.9%, Economy 10.3%, Casual 7.8%
- #3 Surviving Magic Academy as a Demon Lord
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guildmaster Rin
Windows
Live your new academy life as a reborn Demon Lord. Study, join clubs, regain power, and graduate before the False Demon Lord attacks in this node-based incremental RPG.
Why similar: Time Management 28.5%, Idler 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Text-Based 10%
- #4 King of Stocks
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: MaruMaru
Windows
Welcome to King of Stocks! This is an engaging simulated stock trading game that allows you to experience the excitement and challenges of stock market investment. You can utilize your intelligence and insight to succeed in the market.
Why similar: Idler 32.9%, Time Management 18%, Management 14.6%, Casual 12.7%, Economy 9.8%
- #5 1889 Trade
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: BlackBeakProd
Windows
1889 Trade is a resource-market trading & management game. Start with Wood and Cereals, expand into new commodities, upgrade production, and survive SHOCKS/CRASHES, fees, and taxes as prices evolve.
Why similar: Time Management 33%, Idler 24.8%, Casual 15.2%, Management 13%, Economy 6.6%
- #6 Tribute Clicker
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tirika Dev.
Windows
Your island depends on you: harvest, buy, sell, and pay tribute to the Behemoth before it destroys everything. Will you survive?
Why similar: Time Management 29.4%, Idler 26.2%, Casual 15.2%, Management 14.4%, Economy 6.8%
- #7 Any Castle
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Meowgic Studio
Windows
This is a very relaxing and minimalist idle game. However, if you want to defeat the ultimate dragon or obtain the final treasure, you will still need to invest a lot of time and have great luck! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Idler 34.3%, Time Management 30%, Casual 13.1%, Management 13%, Economy 6.7%
- #8 Legacy Looper
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomlan Game Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
An incremental, text-based strategy looper game where you defeat monsters, level up your attributes and use gold to purchase helpful items - a huge game with 88 achievements, multiple layers of content and countless accolades to acquire!
Why similar: Time Management 30.9%, Idler 26.5%, Management 18.6%, Casual 8.7%, Minimalist 5.9%
- #9 The ULTIMATE Banana Game
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Error 300
Windows · Mac · Linux
The ULTIMATE Banana Game is an idler game about... making an idler game.
Why similar: Time Management 36.6%, Strategy RPG 23.9%, Idler 13.3%, Casual 11.3%, Minimalist 8.8%
- #10 Rule1A Incremental: Idle Forum
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zachary ChampeauPub: Considera Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
An idle game about growing a forum while desperately trying to keep it under control.
Why similar: Time Management 29.1%, Idler 28.6%, Management 16%, Text-Based 8.7%, Casual 7.2%
- #11 Studio Sim
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PrattDesign
Windows
Build a film and television empire in a living entertainment industry beginning in the 1980s. Create and manage productions, cast unique talent, outmaneuver rival studios, climb the box office and grab television ratings in this immersive, old-school tycoon sim.
Why similar: Time Management 27.4%, Management 20.3%, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Economy 7.6%
- #12 Nuice Industries
89% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: CastleWind
Windows
Become a space baron in the great 22nd-century Nuice rush! Manage your cash flow, discover buried treasures, capitalize on electromagnetic storms and launch attacks at your competitors to maximize your profits in this sci-fi management game.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.5% ★, Time Management 21.7%, Idler 15.6%, Management 14.4%, Strategy RPG 11%
- #13 EmpireX - Business, Real Estate and Crime Simulator
89% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: darkwolf66
Windows
Start as a street dealer and build a global crime empire. Produce drugs, manage dealers, invest in real estate, launder money, bribe officials, and expand across borders. In EmpireX, strategy is power — and power means everything.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.9% ★, Time Management 22.2%, Idler 17.4%, Management 14.5%, Strategy RPG 11.1%
- #14 For the People
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 814 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Political Sim 31.9% ★, Time Management 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Management 13.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #15 VAL-YOU: Future Europe
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PandaBee Studios
Windows
Build a healthy democracy and shape the future of Europe in this Free Card Game. Play Cards as actions to balance the demands of Politics, Economy, Science, and Society in different political scenarios.
Why similar: Political Sim 42.8% ★, Card Game 17.7%, Political 13.7% ★, Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 5%
- #16 A Very Simple Idle Game
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: NooGames
Windows
Idle game with a twist: reward grows while you wait and resets with each purchase. 6 upgrades, 3 currencies, prestige and super upgrades. Simple but deep.
Why similar: Idler 29.5%, Time Management 21.2%, Management 16.8%, Economy 10%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #17 +1x2
86% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: roflinka games
Windows
A super simple clicker game with finite goal and few hours of fun. Will you be able to complete it in time to make a refund?
Why similar: Idler 26.2%, Management 19.4%, Time Management 16.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Economy 9.5%
- #18 The Devil’s Gun Market
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Engincan Çiçek
Windows
A darkly humorous gun market simulator with RPG elements. Manage your shady arms business, verify or forge gun permits, navigate shifting laws, and make deals with rebels, the government, or even the Devil. Every choice shapes your fate in this chaotic world of war, profit, and deception.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Management 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Strategy RPG 12.1%, Economy 7.9%
- #19 Last Emperor
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puggers Games
Windows
Lead a waning Empire back to its former glory in this fictional Cold War text-based RPG. As emperor, choose who to trust and who to silence. Adapt to changing times or cling to tradition. Enact reforms to revive the economy, enforce law and order, and reinforce the Empire’s place under the Sun.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Management 14.9%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #20 Welcome to Goodland
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Big City Lab
Windows · Mac
It is a strategy/adventure game set in a small, quiet town. Survive as an ordinary salaryman under a ruthless Mexican cartel by laundering money, making tough decisions, acquiring businesses, and finding trustworthy allies. But in this cutthroat world, will you be able to keep to your humanity?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.2% ★, Time Management 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Management 12.3%, Economy 7.1%
- #21 Vote For Me
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ashenmare
Windows · Linux
A political idle game about building a campaign operation from nothing. Hire staff, manage scandals, lose elections, and spend your political captial on upgrades that make the next run faster. Climb 12 tiers of office from Dog Catcher to President. Freedonia needs a leader. You'll do.
Why similar: Idler 27.8%, Political Sim 21.9% ★, Political 20.9% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Casual 8.6%
- #22 Influence, Inc.
82% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Curious Bird
Windows · Mac
Manage a digital influence agency in this strategy-simulation game about modern-day propaganda and advertising. Manipulate social media and the mainstream news to promote celebrities, market products, and even sway elections. Research, share, leak, and target your way to influence.
Why similar: Time Management 27.7%, Political Sim 26.7% ★, Political 25.1% ★, Management 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #23 Increlution
81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,247 reviews2021
Dev: Gniller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 62.5 hrsMean: 589.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts
Why similar: Time Management 33.6%, Idler 30.4%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Text-Based 9.9%, Minimalist 6%
- #24 Last Decree
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Crown Studio
Windows
Rule a dying medieval kingdom. Draw event cards, issue royal decrees, and decide how your realm meets its end.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.8% ★, Card Game 19.1%, Management 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #25 Express Simulator
82% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Yang Sun
Windows
This is a challenging leisure strategy game. Players have to go to different places to get express delivery, and send them to different destinations to get the corresponding reward. Players need to get the required reward in a limited time.
Why similar: Time Management 45.9%, Management 23.9%, Casual 23%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 1.6%
- #26 Lords of Infinity
80% matchVery Positive95% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Why similar: Political Sim 41% ★, Management 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Casual 10.6%
- #27 IDLEPUNK - Ghost Link
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: IDLEPUNK Games
Windows
Set in the cyberpunk corpo-state of NewHaven, IDLEPUNK is a story-driven idle management RPG. Recruit and equip a crew of operatives, take on contracts across a hostile city, build your reputation, and uncover the stories behind the people working for you.
Why similar: Time Management 36.9%, Idler 27%, Strategy RPG 18%, Text-Based 6.8%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #28 Coconut CEO Idle
79% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: grantlerr
Windows
Build a coconut empire in this short incremental game! Gather coconuts, hire workers, and buy upgrades to transform your coconut startup into a coconut empire!
Why similar: Idler 49%, Management 32.6%, Casual 18.4%
- #29 I'm a King
81% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Alexandr Getmanskiy
Windows
Role-playing strategy "I'm a King". Rule the kingdom, decide the fate of people, investigate, survive during periods of dark storms. This is only a small part of what you have to do.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Management 17.5%, Strategy RPG 15.3%, Choices Matter 4.3%
- #30 President of Steel
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: volaryus
Windows
President of Steel is a choice-driven political strategy game where every decision shapes the fate of your nation. Balance power, stability, and economy while navigating political intrigue, war threats, organized crime, and personal relationships.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Management 13.3%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Economy 9.6%
- #31 Box Office Boss
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anchorhead Games
Windows
Where Hollywood Meets High Stakes: Box Office Boss is a thrilling and sometimes gut-wrenching roguelike game where you navigate the chaotic risks of making movies. Make smart bets on talent, roll with the randomness of production, and cross your fingers as you strive to become a true movie tycoon!
Why similar: Time Management 47.5%, Management 26.3%, Casual 12%, Minimalist 5.4%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #32 StateOS: The Political Sandbox
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ReallyBadGames
Windows
The political sandbox game where you build a career from the city council to the presidency. Authentic electoral systems, government departments, pass legislation, and a unique news landscape. Create custom scenarios, parties, and politicians in this data-driven democracy simulator.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.9% ★, Strategy RPG 20.3%, Management 16.9%, Political 10.3% ★, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #33 Number Factory
76% matchMixed42% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Alerot
Windows
Build the ultimate number production empire! Automate generators, unlock powerful upgrades, and prestige for permanent bonuses. Compete on global leaderboards and watch your numbers grow to infinity in this addictive idle incremental game.
Why similar: Idler 35.1%, Time Management 20.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Casual 10.9%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #34 Space Manifest
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiarty
Windows
In a shared star system, a small new bank struggles strategically to rise and outmaneuver its rivals.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.4% ★, Time Management 24.1%, Strategy RPG 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Management 8.1%
- #35 A Game About Having A Job
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FlaotSoft Ltd.
Windows
The money management simulation where you work, trade, bank, and gamble in a procedurally generated world. Browse the job market, gain skills through employment, buy stocks, trade options, place risky bets, and hit it big in a world that's different every time you play.
Why similar: Time Management 37.6%, Idler 25.7%, Management 13.7%, Economy 8.1%, Casual 6.3%
- #36 Timeline Keepers
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Two Pixels
Windows
Manage heroes across the timeline while you do other things in this idle game that sits at the corner of the screen.
Why similar: Idler 50.6%, Management 25.5%, Casual 21.2%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #37 Julie's Sweets
76% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: ZeroBit GamesPub: Ocean Media LLC
Windows
Julie's Sweets is story driven time management game featuring 60 story and 18 pure challenge levels. Delicious donuts, cupcakes and pies - make them quick and time flys.
Why similar: Time Management 64.4%, Casual 35.6%
- #38 Feodika
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gemenot Digital
Windows
Live your own story in a world of the early Middle Ages! Lead a dynasty, expand your domain, help your subjects, and don’t forget to leave an heir! Thy Kingdom Come!
Why similar: Political Sim 37.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Strategy RPG 14.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 7%
- #39 第一次挂机
72% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 游道参玄
Windows
Defeat monsters in dungeons for XP and materials. Level up to craft better gear and enchantments using skill points and materials. Challenge bosses for rare gem drops. Socket gems into equipment to boost power.
Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Strategy RPG 25.2%, Text-Based 14.6%, Casual 11.8%, Minimalist 6.1%
- #40 Agent Team Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: NerdyBird StudiosPub: NerdyBird Studios
Windows
Build a team of Elite Secret Agents, and send them on dangerous missions around the globe.
Why similar: Time Management 29.1%, Idler 23.3%, Management 17.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Card Game 11.3%
- #41 校长模拟器
74% matchVery Negative15% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: 校长模拟器
Windows
校长模拟器是一款开罗式玩法的休闲类模拟经营游戏。在游戏中玩家将以高中校长的身份管理整个学校,充分调动学校的资源,完成上级布置的任务。将学校建立成为全国一流的高中。
Why similar: Political Sim 39% ★, Time Management 29.8%, Management 20.7%, Resource Management 6.1%, Casual 4.1%
- #42 H.A.M. – Hamster Automated Mining
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BadElephant Studio
Windows
An idle clicker-management hybrid: Exploit your hamsters (yes, humanely, of course) to mine Bitecoins for you. But watch out — they have needs. SO send them to the spa or get some burgers at the inbuild diner and don’t let them unionize!
Why similar: Idler 41.9%, Management 25.8%, Casual 15.6%, Economy 11.9%, 2D 2.9%
- #43 Project City
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: TheDiamondMurder
Windows
In this game, you get to choose whether you want to run a legal business or construct your illegal empire.
Why similar: Time Management 31.8%, Idler 28.1%, Casual 15%, Management 10.4%, Economy 8%
- #44 Little Renters
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JnB
Windows
Take on the challenge of managing these Little Renters and their needs. Keep them happy with the right decoration and set your rent prices to maximize profits! Stay alert as Thieves, Squatters, Fires, Sick Renters and Broken Decorations can cause you to Fail!
Why similar: Time Management 32.8%, Idler 25.5%, Management 16.9%, Economy 10.1%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #45 Mr. Billion: Idle Rich Tycoon
69% matchMixed59% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: U MasterPub: GES ONLINE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Windows
Mr. Billion is an idle life and economic simulator where you’ll rise from a homeless nobody to a wealthy tycoon! Make smart choices, climb the career ladder, and build your luxury life. Tap your way to billions and live like a true money king!
Why similar: Political Sim 27.8% ★, Idler 25.5%, Management 18.6%, Casual 6.6%, Choices Matter 6%
- #46 Idle Energy
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow Games Software
Windows
A small game about pushing the world forward, one crank at a time. Sell energy at the Market, build power plants, and climb from a manual workshop through eight eras to star-spanning cosmic civilization. Offline. No microtransactions or ads.
Why similar: Idler 35.6%, Time Management 25%, Casual 12.9%, Management 11.8%, Economy 7.1%
- #47 Federica's Baking
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Federici Games
Windows
Focus with Federica and help her do her part for her family too. Earn coins by focusing on your tasks and spend them to buy the ingredients Federica needs to bake and complete her orders, chat with her during breaks, but let her spend time with her brother too!
Why similar: Time Management 44.2%, Idler 32.3%, Text-Based 7.6%, Casual 7.6%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #48 HR.SOS
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
The company is falling apart, and you're both the HR cleaning up the mess and the CEO profiting from it. Optimize people, rebuild workflows, automate production, and watch the numbers go up.
Why similar: Time Management 36.6%, Idler 28.8%, Management 10.2%, Economy 10.1%, Casual 7.9%
- #49 Isles of Silence
68% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely Frontier Studio
Windows
An Incremental Management game about hunting increasingly fearsome monsters, using their materials to grow stronger and build a colony of survivors, each with their own unique mechanics. Expand further into the Isles of Silence and uncover the mystery of the events that led to your world's calamity.
Why similar: Time Management 27.5%, Idler 21.2%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Management 15%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #50 Heroic Wars
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: LodisGame
Windows
"Heroic Wars" is an idle game about summoning heroes and battling enemies.
Why similar: Idler 39.8%, Card Game 33.2%, Casual 14.6%, Resource Management 5.4%, 2D 4.6%
- #51 Pacifish
68% matchVery Positive84% of 702 reviews2022
Dev: Conifer Studios
Windows
Pacifish is an incremental fishing management game with several mechanics to interact with and improve. It can be played both idly, or more actively to progress faster.
Why similar: Idler 42%, Time Management 31.9%, Casual 14.5%, Resource Management 8.4%, 2D 2.7%
- #52 Throne of Decisions
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Five Punch Studio
Windows
Throne of Decisions is a medieval card-based strategy game where every choice shapes the future. As King, you must maintain the balance of power by approving or rejecting the petitions of your subjects. Determine the fate of your people and lead your kingdom to glory or ruin.
Why similar: Political Sim 38% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Card Game 17%, Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #53 Roller Coaster Looper
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Earlio Games
Windows · Mac
A roguelite idle-like roller coaster sim where you draft track segments, recruit riders, and combo card upgrades between rounds, then watch the thrill scores spiral gloriously out of control. Physics optional.
Why similar: Idler 25.5%, Time Management 25.2%, Card Game 20.5%, Casual 12.5%, Management 5.7%
- #54 OddCrops
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: ElJoka
Windows
OddCrops is a cozy farming game where you can discover new plant species, manage nutrients, survive changing weather, and protect your garden from pests and decay
Why similar: Time Management 31.7%, Idler 28%, Casual 15.3%, Management 11.7%, Economy 7%
- #55 Clout Chaser
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Dimension
Windows
Clout Chaser is an idler/incremental game where you chase fame.
Why similar: Idler 24.7%, Time Management 14.7%, Management 13.1%, Economy 10.1%, Strategy RPG 9.7%
- #56 Supermarket Simulator: Idle Tycoon Clicker
65% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ArPeaKK Games
Windows
Start with a small market and build a huge supermarket empire! In Supermarket Simulator: Idle Tycoon Clicker, fill your shelves, satisfy your customers, make upgrades, increase your income, and grow your store. Click, manage, earn, and reach the top!
Why similar: Idler 31.4%, Time Management 21.6%, Management 12.3%, Casual 11.5%, Economy 10.2%
- #57 Desktop Mochipal
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 菠RO_PineapRO
Windows
Desktop Mochipal is a cozy desktop pet sim. Customize your unique mochi companion from 18 part slots or import your own. Pet, feed, watch it explore and bring gifts. Every interaction shapes its mood and affection. Supports both cloud APIs and local models for conversations
Why similar: Time Management 39.5%, Idler 28.9%, Management 21.1%, Casual 7.5%, 2D 2.4%
- #58 StimDock
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShadowPane
Windows
Tiny games and mini-simulations that live on your desktop. Interact with them whenever you like, tweak how they behave, or let them run in the background while you work or play.
Why similar: Time Management 41.6%, Idler 27.9%, Management 15.3%, Casual 8.4%, Minimalist 3.5%