- #1 Mindustry
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Tower Defense 25.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 17.1%, Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly combines tower defense with complex logistical automation and resource management.
- #2 Mob Factory
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 32.6%, Tower Defense 25%, Resource Management 16.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on automating the collection and processing of resources to fuel a growing tower defense base.
- #3 Tower Factory
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 14.4%, Roguelike 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends tower defense with factory automation, requiring players to build supply chains to fuel their defenses.
- #4 Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
95% matchVery Positive91% of 4,062 reviews2021
Dev: Prineside
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Relaxing 13.1%, Minimalist 12.3%, Colorful 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep, research-based progression and massive scale that mirrors the incremental nature of the seed game.
- #5 Industry Idle
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Idler 19.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 14.5%, Clicker 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the resource management and economic simulation aspects of incremental gaming.
- #6 Rogue Tower
94% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51%, Roguelike 15%, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Minimalist 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It adds a roguelike layer to tower defense, offering procedural challenges that require constant strategic adaptation.
- #7 Factorio
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 44.2%, Base Building 25%, Resource Management 20.4%, Strategy 5.1%, Management 5%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for automation, it provides the ultimate experience in building complex, self-sustaining systems.
- #8 Vectorio
93% matchVery Positive81% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Tower Defense 20.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 13.2%, Management 6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on base building and automation within a tower defense framework.
- #9 shapez
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 41.9%, Base Building 22.3%, Resource Management 20.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It strips automation down to its core, focusing on the satisfying process of optimizing production lines.
- #10 Idle Research
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,828 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Idler 24.2%, Automation 23.5%, Clicker 14.5%, Resource Management 14%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished incremental experience centered around resource gathering and scientific research.
- #11 Satisfactory
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 45.9%, Base Building 31.2%, Resource Management 19.2%, Strategy 3.5%, Indie 0.1%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the automation genre into a 3D space, allowing for massive, complex factory construction.
- #12 Idle Tower Defense
90% matchMixed54% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: ZNZ Games
Windows
Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Idler 27.2%, Clicker 18.9%, Minimalist 7.2%, Colorful 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist approach to the genre that focuses on passive growth and tower upgrades.
- #13 This Isn't Just Tower Defense
89% matchMixed61% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Pri Games
Windows
Defend your base with placeable towers that can be upgraded endlessly. Automate your production and make sure there's enough power to keep everything running.
Why similar: Voxel 23.2% ★, Tower Defense 19.3%, Idler 16%, Automation 15.9%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the casual yet addictive nature of combining tower defense with incremental upgrades.
- #14 Dyson Sphere Program
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 43.9%, Base Building 25.5%, Resource Management 18.2%, Management 7.5%, Strategy 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game scales the automation experience to a galactic level, perfect for players who love watching systems grow.
- #15 Antimatter Dimensions
86% matchVery Positive92% of 4,261 reviews2022
Dev: Hevipelle
Windows · Mac
Median: 27.3 hrsMean: 219.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
Why similar: Idler 47.5%, Clicker 19.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Automation 10.1%, Resource Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is a quintessential incremental game that excels at providing deep, long-term progression loops.
- #16 Cookie Clicker
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 89,166 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.4 hrsMean: 370.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Why similar: Idler 37.7%, Clicker 29.2%, Resource Management 14.1%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive incremental game that established the satisfying loop of exponential growth.
- #17 Gods Of Defense
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Blue Math
Windows
Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.4%, Voxel 19.3% ★, Roguelike 15.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It incorporates roguelike elements into tower defense, ensuring every run feels fresh and strategic.
- #18 Realm Grinder
86% matchVery Positive87% of 7,357 reviews2017
Dev: Divine GamesPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 131.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Why similar: Clicker 43.3%, Idler 27.2%, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides immense depth through its faction-based progression systems and complex strategic choices.
- #19 Incremental Epic Hero 2
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,622 reviews2025
Dev: HapiwakuPub: Idle System, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 190.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Idler 27%, Character Customization 13.6%, Roguelike 11.1%, Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends traditional incremental mechanics with RPG progression for a highly addictive gameplay loop.
- #20 Tower Wizard
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,855 reviews2025
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Why similar: Idler 33.5%, Resource Management 23.8%, Clicker 23.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Colorful 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on fantasy-themed tower defense with deep incremental upgrade paths.
- #21 Idle Colony
82% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Automation 30.3%, Idler 22.4%, Clicker 16.8%, Resource Management 9.3%, Management 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and automation of a growing colony, emphasizing resource efficiency.
- #22 Autonauts
83% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 34.5%, Programming 30.3% ★, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 10%, Management 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces programming-based automation, allowing players to build a colony run by self-sufficient robots.
- #23 Grow Defense
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 610 reviews2021
Dev: SoftCowGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 74.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Upgrade your Castle and Unlock new tiers of Skills and Weapons to Defend vs Monsters and Bosses across VARIOUS ZONES! Find Rare ITEMS dropped from monsters and bosses and upgrade them to their full potential! Defeat RAID Mega-Bosses to find LEGENDARY items!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Idler 34.2%, Clicker 18.5%, Strategy 6.2%, Colorful 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward incremental tower defense game that rewards constant upgrades and optimization.
- #24 EXAPUNKS
81% matchVery Positive95% of 1,852 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Why similar: Programming 58.7% ★, Automation 40.6%, Indie 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logic and programming side of automation, challenging players to solve puzzles through code.
- #25 Idle Slayer
81% matchVery Positive85% of 10,157 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Leban
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 100.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Idle Slayer is an incremental game with idle and active playstyle mechanics, medieval pixel art visuals and retro 8-bit sounds and music.
Why similar: Idler 61.6%, Clicker 32.1%, Strategy 5.6%, Indie 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines incremental progression with action-oriented gameplay for a fast-paced experience.
- #26 Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars
80% matchVery Positive82% of 494 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Idler 25.4%, Roguelike 12.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It merges tower defense with auto-battler mechanics for a unique strategic experience.
- #27 Clicker Heroes
79% matchVery Positive90% of 61,916 reviews2015
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 164.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Why similar: Idler 38.7%, Clicker 37.6%, Management 13.9%, Strategy 6.1%, Action 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the genre that focuses on hero progression and exponential damage scaling.
- #28 Trimps
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,419 reviews2022
Dev: Greensatellite
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 384.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.
Why similar: Automation 38%, Idler 36.1%, Strategy 11%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based incremental classic that offers incredibly deep strategic layers and long-term progression.
- #29 Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,068 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 169.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Endless idle tower defense game full of deep strategy and combat mechanics. Unlock and upgrade dozens of epic fantasy heroes to defeat an infinite swarm of enemy monsters. Strategize hero positions, synergies, and skills for an effective defense, then sit back and let the auto-battler do its thing!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Idler 23.5%, Clicker 13.9%, Resource Management 12.2%, Automation 9.9%
- #30 Idle Monster TD
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 841 reviews2021
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 164.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.5%, Idler 22.6%, Automation 16.9%, Resource Management 12%, Clicker 9.3%
- #31 Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Natrix
Windows
Goblin Buster is an incremental tower defense game with deep upgrade mechanics. Obliterate annoying goblins, collect materials, discover powerful relics, invest in unique buildings and spend your resources to upgrade towers and magical spells with a massive skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Idler 23.8%, Clicker 17.5%, Resource Management 15.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #32 Outhold
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,292 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Clicker 13.7%, Idler 11.9%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #33 Infiniclick
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Nacho AB
Windows
Combine, automate and upgrade programs to amass a fortune! Infiniclick is a relaxing (or not, it's up to you) incremental game in which your goal is to pay an unfair debt with Fun Corp.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Idler 26.2%, Clicker 17.4%, Automation 16.1%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #34 Incremental Town RPG
77% matchMixed60% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Idler 25.4%, Automation 21.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 15.3%, Clicker 9.9%
- #35 Tower Ball - Incremental Tower Defense
78% matchMixed62% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: WaffleStack Studio LLC
Windows
Build turrets to destroy balls & earn cash, spend it to upgrade and get stronger
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Idler 28.2%, Clicker 19.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 7.8%
- #36 Smashing Simulator Idle
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 432 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Cat
Windows · Linux
Incremental game about smashing with unfolding gameplay and two prestige layers.
Why similar: Idler 26.7%, Automation 21.7%, Clicker 18.5%, Resource Management 15%, Management 8.4%
- #37 Factory Town Idle
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,204 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Idler 24.4%, Resource Management 16.8%, Clicker 15.1%, Minimalist 6.9%
- #38 Samawa Idle
74% matchMixed66% of 590 reviews2023
Dev: Samharia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, Idler 26%, Clicker 17.8%, Character Customization 12.4%, Roguelike 10%
- #39 Project Astra Dominium
73% matchVery Positive90% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Snob Entertainment UG
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Astra Dominium is a Tower Defense game with Basebuilding and Automation elements. Build up your base to become a supply hub for Earth's desperately needed materials, gather resources while defending against an unknown alien threat and improve your tower's and AI capabilities.
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Base Building 15.9%, Programming 15.7% ★, Resource Management 12.2%
- #40 Zero Stress King: Idle Defense
71% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows
A short relaxing incremental game disguised as a tower defense, but enemies can’t reach your walls. Thanks to lava.
Why similar: Idler 28%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Clicker 20%, Resource Management 11.4%, Strategy 10.8%
- #41 Gridkeeper
72% matchMixed68% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: pixelwide
Windows
Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.
Why similar: Idler 27.9%, Automation 21%, Clicker 19.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Resource Management 8%
- #42 DEFRAG
70% matchVery Positive95% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: BlueDot Studio
Windows
DEFRAG is a game about cleansing corrupted sectors and refining them through optimization to build a stronger system. Collect resources, adjust configurations, and complete your build as you progress.
Why similar: Idler 27%, Resource Management 20.5%, Clicker 13.6%, Management 10.5%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #43 Block Tower TD
72% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 8.4%
- #44 Future Fortune
74% matchMixed49% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Type TenPub: Type Ten Studios
Windows
Future Fortune is an incremental/idle game featuring big numbers, a multi-layer prestige system, a milestone reward system, multiple upgrade shops, and much more!
Why similar: Idler 29.9%, Automation 29.5%, Clicker 18.6%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #45 Last Hit Titan
70% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Summonings systems
Windows
Strategically place turrets and build defenses to maximize your firepower against colossal Titans! Experiment with different setups, optimize your battlefield, and take down legendary creatures with the most efficient tactics. Every decision counts in this unique tower defense experience!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.9%, Idler 23.7%, Clicker 15%, Base Building 14.3%, Automation 11.7%
- #46 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Luminosity Interactive
Windows
Feudal Fantasy is a short active incremental game in which you rebuild a town once lost to tragedy as its lord, by managing upgrades, new buildings and recruiting the wisdom of fantasy races.
Why similar: Idler 31%, Resource Management 21.5%, Clicker 21.2%, Management 8%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #47 Critter Clicker
73% matchMixed57% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: TimeWastingGames
Windows
Casual farming simulator with unique, flexible gameplay. Autoclicker is built-in and free. Gather resources, upgrade critters and buildings, sell your farm when you want a bigger one and never stop expanding.
Why similar: Idler 33.3%, Clicker 20%, Automation 19.7%, Resource Management 17.7%, Strategy 8.9%
- #48 Widget Inc.
69% matchVery Positive86% of 740 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Idler 16.9%, Clicker 16.8%, Resource Management 16.6%, Base Building 15.3%
- #49 Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game
70% matchVery Positive81% of 854 reviews2023
Dev: Benjamin StaugaardPub: Benzoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 100.9 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 35.2%, Automation 21.3%, Clicker 21.1%, Resource Management 8.9%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #50 Refence
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Muurou Tech
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies from the Demon Realm who are trying to attack your castle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Idler 24.8%, Clicker 16.4%, Roguelike 10.6%, Management 7.3%
- #51 Arrow Spire: Tower Defense
69% matchNo user reviews64% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Kettle Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelite tower defense where every defeat makes you stronger. Spend gold on powerful temporary boosts, invest gems in permanent upgrades, and push your tower higher each attempt as you fight to survive all 100 waves.
Why similar: Idler 37.1%, Tower Defense 33.3%, Clicker 21.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Indie 0.3%
- #52 Tangy TD
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.6%, Roguelike 19.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Colorful 7.1%, Action 6.7%
- #53 Color Defense
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: BUG DUCK GAMES
Windows
Color Defense is an idle/clicker game with a tower defense theme. You can choose between different towers and upgrades to survive as long as you can.....
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Strategy 27.8%, Clicker 19.4%, Minimalist 8.2%, Relaxing 8%
- #54 Crystal Guardians TD
68% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.1%, Voxel 29.7% ★, Base Building 12%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 7.9%
- #55 Tempest Tower
67% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Half Past Yellow
Windows
Tempest Tower is an action packed tower defense platformer where you must brawl with incoming hordes of Creepers while herding the local critters to safety. Build, fight, upgrade, overcome.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.6%, Base Building 24.2%, Resource Management 22.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Colorful 4.5%
- #56 Shelldiver
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 11,669 reviews2025
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
Why similar: Idler 29.1%, Resource Management 22.5%, Clicker 13.6%, Management 11.3%, Relaxing 8.9%
- #57 Abyss Manager Idle
65% matchVery Positive97% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: D4 Laboratory
Windows
This is a short idle tower defense game that players can complete to 100% in 2 hours.Abyss Manager is an idle tower defense game where players need to assign jobs to various characters, collect resources, recruit and train characters, and excavate more floors to unlock further mechanics.
Why similar: Idler 36.4%, Tower Defense 36.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Indie 0.3%
- #58 Loopstructor
66% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Automation 24.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Roguelike 12%, Strategy 8.8%
- #59 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
65% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, Idler 23.9%, Clicker 15.8%, Resource Management 7.7%, Strategy 7.6%
- #60 Incremental Factory
67% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Idler 24.1%, Resource Management 17.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Strategy 6.7%