- #1 Mulerun – Retro Bootlegger Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ABK
Windows
Build a fruit juice business on a tropical island while living under CIA surveillance. Farm exotic fruits, craft unique drinks, push the limits of your tracking bracelet, and grow a small survival hustle into a mysterious underground empire in this 1980s crafting and business simulation.
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Automation 13.8%, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Management 8.3%
- #2 Drug Life: Gangster Simulator
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TwoRushGames
Windows
Step into the gangster underworld: grow weed, strike dangerous deals, and battle rival gangs for control. Upgrade your rides, secure your turf, and build a criminal empire that fears no one.
Why similar: Crime 28.4%, Simulation 15.2%, Management 12%, Action 9.3%, Base Building 8.7%
- #3 Drug Dealer Schedule
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MindBrew Studio
Windows
Start from the streets and rise to the top produce, sell, and manage a growing drug empire. Expand operations, evade the law, and crush the competition. Build labs, hire dealers, and dominate the underworld. Will you rule or get rolled?
Why similar: Crime 24.1%, Automation 12%, Management 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Simulation 9.4%
- #4 Planetary Factory - An Idle Automation Game
95% 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 30%, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.2%
- #5 Dirty Business
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plan Dirty Games
Windows
Build a criminal empire from a hidden underground hangar. Produce drugs, craft weapons, print fake money, operate cartel airstrip and more. Hire workers, expand your gang, upgrade your base and take control of city distribution solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crime 22.5%, Automation 11.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Management 9.8%, Base Building 9.8%
- #6 Schedule I
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 299,833 reviews2025
Dev: TVGS
Windows
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Why similar: Crime 27.3%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Automation 10.6%, Base Building 8.1%
- #7 Crime Empire Idle
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Litwire Games
Windows · Linux
Build your criminal dynasty in a deep idle/incremental game. Run crimes, launder dirty cash, upgrade your empire, use the black market, craft weapons & gear to fight criminal opponents while you balance heat and notoriety.
Why similar: Idler 32.5%, Crime 17.4%, Automation 15.1%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 9.6%
- #8 WeedEx: Drug Express Delivery
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
Start as a street dealer and rise to criminal power — produce and distribute various illegal substances across the dark streets of Hyland Point. Expand your empire by purchasing property, growing your business, acquiring new cars, and building a powerful underground network.
Why similar: Crime 31.5%, Management 12.1%, Action 10.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Base Building 9.5%
- #9 Assembly Line 2 Mobile Version
92% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and optimize your assembly line to make the most money possible!
Why similar: Idler 31.2%, Automation 19.3%, Simulation 14.6%, Top-Down 8%, Management 6.7%
- #10 DRUG Schedule
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CrimsonRoute Games
Windows
Build your empire! Cook and make illegal drugs, expand your cartel, and outsmart rivals and law enforcement. Play solo or team up in co-op to dominate the underworld! Your empire, your rules. Rise to power! Don't get high on your own dope!
Why similar: Crime 20%, Automation 13.1%, Base Building 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Management 9.9%
- #11 Assembly Line 2
90% 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 24.6%, Idler 21.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Management 13.7%, Crafting 7%
- #12 AetherRift
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Slade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Place magical constructs around a swirling cosmic rift, chain together exotic energies, and collapse reality to grow stronger in this deep incremental game.
Why similar: Idler 33%, Automation 17.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 10.5%, Base Building 9.9%
- #13 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 33.1%, Automation 20.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Simulation 12%, Management 11.2%
- #14 Blank Slate
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OneHotChicken
Windows
From street-level scammer to an untouchable criminal — forge fake identities, run shady businesses, and build an underground empire in a city that looks the other way.
Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Management 11.3%, Automation 10.8%, Stealth 9.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #15 My Tiny Grocery Store - Desktop Idle Supermarket Game
87% matchMostly Positive79% 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 37.2%, Automation 21%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 9.9%, Building 7.2%
- #16 Die for Pay
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Woziva
Windows
Die for Pay is a CO-OP Multiplayer action crime game where you try to rise from nothing in a world where riots break out every night. Make money by day, gather your crew. By night, stand your ground with honor, or run. When the siren sounds, there's no mercy.
Why similar: Crime 32.9%, Action 15.4%, Simulation 15.3%, Automation 10.9%, Crafting 6.6%
- #17 Bang Business
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Centum Dev
Windows
Rise to become Blizwood’s top gun mogul — craft outrageous weapons and hustle them across the city. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, a loyal crew, and more.
Why similar: Crime 27.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Automation 13.2%, Crafting 12.4%, Management 11.2%
- #18 Crimswell
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lucapy Studio
Windows
turn a run-down bar into a full-blown criminal operation. Craft drinks unlike anything else, take shady deals, and expand with illegal properties. Survive the heat from cops and rival crews while you rule the streets of Crimswell. Play solo or with up to 8 friends.
Why similar: Crime 35.7%, Automation 16.5%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 14.4%, Driving 5.5%
- #19 Closed Circuit: Recursive Idle
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kealsoft
Windows
Start a loop, buy upgrades, and expand an ever expanding node chain in this chill incremental game.
Why similar: Idler 43.8%, Management 17.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Top-Down 13%, 2D 7.1%
- #20 The Factory
84% 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: Idler 28.2%, Automation 19.4%, Simulation 18.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 6.5%
- #21 419
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AVALON_STUDIOS
Windows
Start as a small-time filler and work your way up to kingpin. Buy CC info, print blanks, card online and launder your money through crypto. But watch out: the more you scam, the more heat you get. Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players.
Why similar: Crime 29.4%, Automation 16.9%, Management 12.6%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 11.1%
- #22 Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game
83% 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: Idler 35.7%, Automation 19.1%, Top-Down 11.4%, Simulation 11%, Base Building 5.6%
- #23 Coconut CEO Idle
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 56.4%, Management 21.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Casual 5%, Strategy 4.8%
- #24 DesktopVivarium
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: If Game
Windows
Your computer desktop will no longer be just a static background, but a living, breathing ecosphere. You’ll watch plants and animals thrive as fish swim freely across your screen. In your downtime, you can feed the creatures, clean up their waste.
Why similar: Idler 47.4%, Simulation 21.5%, Automation 14.4%, Building 10.7%, Casual 4.4%
- #25 University Tycoon - The College Management Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Robert Gould
Windows
Build and manage a University, with realistic curriculum scheduling, reputation system, and a multiple building campus
Why similar: Simulation 22.8%, Base Building 22%, Management 21.5%, Top-Down 14.5%, Building 9.2%
- #26 Timberworks
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pretoriano_devPub: Coliseum Studio
Windows
Timberworks is an incremental factory management game where you gather resources across different biomes and produce everything from planks to gears. Expand your production and sell through a vast railway network to become an industrial tycoon.
Why similar: Idler 22.6%, Automation 18.9%, Management 12.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%
- #27 Amozon Extraplanetary Colonization Program
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Misha Smirnov
Windows · Linux
AECP is a chaotic 2D roguelike factory builder inspired by games like Factorio. Build unique and wacky factories using whatever means you have available, and use your revenue to expand further!
Why similar: Idler 30.1%, Simulation 11.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Top-Down 10.1%, Management 9.1%
- #28 Palm Farm: Idle Crops
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantasy Tree
Windows
A relaxing idle desktop farming game where you grow crops, gather resources, upgrade facilities, tease little birds, earn extra coins by clicking or typing, and expand your farm at a laid-back pace.
Why similar: Idler 37.1%, Automation 19.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #29 Factory Works Idle
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EnricoBC
Windows · Linux
Factory Works Idle is a captivating incremental game that puts you in control of an ever-expanding industrial empire. Begin with humble manual labor and gradually build an automated manufacturing powerhouse that spans from primitive stone tools to futuristic singularity technology.
Why similar: Idler 36.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 13.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Building 11.6%
- #30 Node Math
77% 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: Idler 30.3%, Automation 19.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%
- #31 Beltex
80% 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: Idler 24.2%, Automation 19.1%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.1%, Simulation 9.1%
- #32 Idle Lab Rats
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex BrownPub: FAFF Games
Windows
Train rats in a series of mazes and help them improve their stats. Submit rats for grant money and use it to upgrade your lab with new tools and buy new rats with powerful abilities! These new rats have such amazing potential. How smart are these rats becoming?
Why similar: Idler 36.7%, Simulation 22.2%, Automation 13.5%, Top-Down 12%, 2D 6.5%
- #33 Clickomorph
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Madrize
Windows
Hover over enemies to kill them... Until you choose an ability! Each new ability offers a new playstyle! Build a small auto clicker army, shoot your enemies as an archer, summon a Soul Reaper to assist you or even play a mini rhythm game! And more!
Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Action 21.6%, Automation 17.8%, Top-Down 9.2%, 2D 6.7%
- #34 WattWorks
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IceMan
Windows · Linux
WattWorks a chill Idle game where can build and expand your power grid. You play as the manager controlling your company by building power generators and expanding your company in your small world. To Expand further you have to sell your company and rebuild a stronger company
Why similar: Idler 36.8%, Simulation 22%, Top-Down 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 7.9%
- #35 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 38.9%, Automation 17.8%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #36 Incremental Factory
76% 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: Idler 30.4%, Automation 19.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Base Building 8.6%
- #37 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: weathering
Windows
从钻木取火,到飞向银河!《挂机工厂》是一款麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的流水线建设游戏。种田→畜牧→冶金→工业革命→开辟航线→电子芯片→改造星球→探索宇宙,用你的双手创造这一切!
Why similar: Automation 26%, Idler 19.5%, Base Building 17.6%, Simulation 17.2%, Building 7.9%
- #38 Forest Factory Simulator
73% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Samle Indie Studio
Windows
Build, automate, and thrive in Forest Factory! Chop trees, craft wooden goods, and sell them to grow your factory. Manage your depot, fulfill orders, and balance nature with machinery in a serene forest setting. Experience automation in the wild!
Why similar: Idler 23.7%, Automation 20.5%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 10%
- #39 Mashinomat
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
Build a vending machine business, deliver goods across different locations and manage your business using your vehicle.
Why similar: Idler 42.4%, Automation 24.8%, Management 16.5%, Simulation 7%, 2D 5.9%
- #40 Molo's Revenge
74% 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 58.6%, Simulation 23.9%, 2D 9.7%, Casual 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #41 Drug Dealer 2049
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nextazio972
Windows
In Drug Dealer 2049, build your cartel, manage production, negotiate with customers, and survive against the police.
Why similar: Crime 23.3%, Idler 17.4%, Automation 14.6%, Crafting 10%, Base Building 9.3%
- #42 摸鱼仙村
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 不怕虎工作室
Windows
This idle game blends card-based building, resource management, and relaxed gameplay. Expand your village, master sect skills, explore realms, and enjoy offline rewards. Effortless fun awaits—start your journey to immortality!
Why similar: Idler 31%, Automation 19.1%, Management 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Simulation 11.1%
- #43 Deficiency
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buraas Interactive
Windows
A First Person Idle Game where you are tasked with producing as much energy as possible, for your company. Generate power that you can send back to your company, and you will be rewarded with ways to create even MORE power!
Why similar: Idler 48.4%, Automation 21.9%, Simulation 19.6%, 3D 5.8%, Casual 2.9%
- #44 Lotto.exe
70% 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 50.8%, Simulation 30%, 2D 8.9%, Casual 7.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #45 Fraud Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1 Day DevelopmentPub: 1 Day Publishing
Windows
Take over the coastal town of Faircombe one scam at a time!
Why similar: Crime 26.3%, Automation 14.2%, Idler 11.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 10.3%
- #46 Stolen Legacy Rise of The Fallen
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Mojkaw
Windows
Stolen Legacy!! Click, hustle, invest. From nobody to legend!
Why similar: Idler 32.1%, Crime 28.7%, Simulation 14.6%, Management 8.2%, Automation 7.1%
- #47 Square Game
70% 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 55.5%, Simulation 31.9%, 2D 9.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #48 Upgrade! Inc.
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: rexty
Windows · Linux
Upgrade! Inc. is a satisfying text-based idle game about unlock and upgrade a series of production lines, hire employeesa nd researching for powerful bonuses. Simple, cozy, addictive, and endlessly engaging. Start your empire today!
Why similar: Idler 41.5%, Simulation 17.3%, Crafting 13.5%, Automation 13.5%, Management 8.6%
- #49 Lazy Train Game
67% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Game Warden Games
Windows · Linux
Lazy Train Game is a relaxing game about building out your railway, collecting resources, crafting tracks, overcoming obstacles, and unlocking new tracks, scenarios, and engines. Set up your railway in such a way that your trains can do most of the work for you.
Why similar: Idler 32.4%, Automation 19.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Management 11.7%, Building 9.9%
- #50 Drug Lord Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,669 reviews2024
Dev: Duhndal
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.
Why similar: Crime 29.6%, Management 11.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Simulation 10.3%
- #51 The Plus-One Kingdom
68% 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 53.3%, Simulation 23%, Base Building 13.4%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #52 GunOre
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Smooby, LLC
Windows
In GunOre, your gun is your ultimate tool - use it for movement, collecting resources, purchasing upgrades, robots, and defending your mine! Automate your operations and build your defenses as you master the art of movement. Have a cozy time in this active idler mining ore and fighting monsters!
Why similar: Idler 45.8%, Action 23.4%, Automation 15.7%, 2D 8.2%, Casual 5.5%
- #53 Potion Pipeline
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Simulation 14.1%, Building 12.7%, Management 9.4%
- #54 Nodes
72% matchMixed61% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: Damaged Axons
Windows
Node production simulator. Purchase nodes to produce resources, so you can advance in the technology tree and build yourself a large production line. This game will satisfy your need for incremental simulators with the large amount of content.
Why similar: Idler 27.2%, Simulation 22.6%, Management 18%, Automation 14.8%, Crafting 8.5%
- #55 I Am Not A Robot
66% 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 41.6%, Simulation 25.5%, Automation 17.6%, 2D 7.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #56 Fellwood
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Allerton Apps
Windows · Mac
Build a wild fantasy lumber empire that bombards a forest across the valley with axes, ballistas, cannons, and magic. Harvest flying logs, stack absurd upgrades, and automate your way to unstoppable woodcutting power.
Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 9.1%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 7.7%
- #57 Rocket Automashapes
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Night Stroll Studio
Windows
Rocket Automashapes is a minimalistic automation game where shapes are produced, combined, and rocketed across the grid! Manage increasingly complex scenarios as you progress from one level to the next.
Why similar: Idler 19.9%, Automation 16.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Management 10.9%
- #58 Endless TD
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UnlockedSoftware
Windows
A simple yet unending tower defense game with a mix of idling and incremental progress. Tons of upgrades to purchase and endless progress to achieve.
Why similar: Idler 47.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Action 13.1%, Top-Down 12.6%, 3D 8%
- #59 Volt Ventures Idle
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Denver
Windows
An idle game of growth and strategy. Build, upgrade, and prestige your way to limitless power.
Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Automation 21.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Building 11.1%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #60 Drug Lord Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sicarius
Windows
Production, dealing, and most importantly, raking in the big money. Drug Lord Simulator puts you in the front-row seat to a drug deal gone bad. With everything lost, you now have to make your way back to the top, starting with virtually nothing. That is, of course, if you survive the climb.
Why similar: Crime 31%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 11.2%