Games Like To The Core

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

Why similar: Clicker 44%, Mining 31.2% ★, Idler 12.2%, 2D 5.1%, Casual 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similarly satisfying, physics-based incremental loop where you manage a population to mine resources and upgrade your capabilities.

SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.

Why similar: Clicker 59.2%, Casual 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Indie 4.9%, Space 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the space-themed, clicker-based progression style while adding a quirky narrative and a great soundtrack.

Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.

Why similar: Clicker 47%, Arcade 17.6%, Idler 10.1%, Casual 8%, 2D 7%

Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the space-mining theme of To The Core while adding roguelite elements to the destruction mechanics.

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: Clicker 46.9%, Idler 15.8%, Casual 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly blends mining-style progression with incremental mechanics and satisfying character upgrades.

Mine, fight monsters, upgrade your gear, obtain rare items, unlock new powers and mine some more in the massive follow-up to the popular title "Haste-Miner 2". Eternamine offers a casual yet engaging gameplay experience, expand your mining empire and discover the secrets that lie beneath the earth.

Why similar: Mining 31% ★, Clicker 30.8%, Casual 9.4%, Arcade 9.2%, Procedural Generation 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the mining and arcade-style resource collection that makes To The Core so engaging.

Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!

Why similar: Clicker 56.1%, Idler 16.4%, Casual 10.8%, 2D 7%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive, satisfying scale of incremental growth that appeals to the same audience looking for constant upgrades.

Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.

Why similar: Mining 36% ★, Clicker 34.3%, Idler 9.6%, Destruction 6.2%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific satisfaction of underground mining and management within an incremental framework.

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: Clicker 55.8%, Procedural Generation 18.2%, Idler 9.8%, Casual 8.3%, 2D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the automation and resource-management side of incremental play, allowing for complex production chains.

An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.

Why similar: Clicker 55.6%, Idler 15.7%, 2D 8.9%, Space 7%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the space exploration and automation themes, providing a grand scale for your incremental growth.

The game is an light-hearted version of an arcade space shooter but has substantial depth regarding the mechanics. If you like to tinker around and optimize stuff - This is the game for you.

Why similar: Arcade 38.5%, Casual 18.7%, 2D 18.1%, Stylized 14.9%, Space 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines mining and resource management with deep customization of your mining equipment, similar to upgrading gear in To The Core.

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: Clicker 65.9%, Idler 14.9%, Casual 8.6%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard of the genre, it offers the most refined and addictive incremental loop available on Steam.

Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!

Why similar: Clicker 57.3%, Idler 18.6%, Casual 17.5%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, thoughtful incremental experience centered on resource management and building up your power from nothing.

Deep Space Cache is a short & simple semi-idle bullet heaven incremental asteroid miner game.

Why similar: Clicker 24.6%, Casual 15.4%, Destruction 14.7%, Arcade 10.2%, Idler 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It maintains the space-exploration aesthetic while focusing on strategy and incremental resource gathering.

Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.

Why similar: Mining 61.8% ★, Procedural Generation 25.8%, 2D 7.9%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the industrial and economic side of mining, providing a management-heavy incremental experience.

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: Clicker 63.1%, Idler 14.7%, Casual 12.6%, 2D 6.1%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines colony-building with incremental mechanics, offering a different but complementary take on resource management.

An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.

Why similar: Clicker 64.7%, Idler 14.1%, Casual 9.9%, 2D 6.9%, Retro 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the strategic management of resources to fuel a central system, mirroring the upgrade-focused loop of the seed game.

Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.

Why similar: Clicker 40.4%, Mining 30.6% ★, Casual 13.4%, Idler 10.4%, 2D 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It uses physics-based interactions to drive its incremental progression, offering a unique feel similar to To The Core.

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: Clicker 47.8%, Mining 26.3% ★, Idler 12.1%, 2D 7.3%, Casual 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a grid-based strategy approach to incremental play, rewarding efficient building and resource allocation.

Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

Why similar: Clicker 48.4%, Arcade 15%, Idler 12.4%, Casual 10%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of strategy and incremental mechanics that rewards players for breaking down nodes and upgrading their efficiency.

Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Why similar: Clicker 55.3%, Idler 23.7%, Casual 10.7%, Space 4.5%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a deep, mathematically satisfying incremental game that offers a massive amount of content for players who love optimizing numbers.

Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.

Why similar: Clicker 35.7%, Destruction 11.6%, Arcade 11.4%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Retro 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a retro-styled, casual incremental experience that focuses on building and upgrading a transport network.

Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.

Why similar: Mining 43.8% ★, Idler 24.7%, Casual 11%, 2D 7.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a massive, deep, and long-term incremental experience that rewards careful planning and resource management.

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: Clicker 64.2%, Idler 11.6%, Casual 8.3%, 2D 7.8%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This classic title provides a straightforward and highly polished clicker experience that focuses on constant combat and upgrade cycles.

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: Clicker 30.5%, Mining 19.4% ★, Arcade 15.5%, Idler 10.6%, Casual 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a management-heavy incremental experience that focuses on optimizing systems and resource flow.

Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.

Why similar: Clicker 32%, Mining 28% ★, Arcade 13.6%, Casual 11%, Idler 7.8%

A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

Why similar: Clicker 42%, Mining 17.9% ★, Arcade 9.5%, Casual 9.4%, Idler 8.8%

In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.

Why similar: Clicker 60.9%, Idler 16.3%, 2D 9.4%, Casual 8%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more casual, it offers a very satisfying, visual-heavy collection loop that rewards constant interaction.

Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!

Why similar: Clicker 36.7%, Mining 31.4% ★, Idler 9.9%, Arcade 7.8%, Casual 7.2%

Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

Why similar: Clicker 37.3%, Mining 34.5% ★, Idler 10%, Casual 7.5%, Retro 5.6%

Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

Why similar: Clicker 55%, Idler 14.7%, Casual 10.3%, 2D 9.8%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic incremental game that focuses on the satisfaction of scaling up an economy through constant upgrades.

Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.

Why similar: Mining 32.8% ★, Clicker 28.7%, Destruction 9.4%, Arcade 8.6%, Idler 7.3%

Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!

Why similar: Clicker 45.8%, Arcade 20.3%, Casual 10.6%, 2D 9.8%, Space 5.5%

Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!

Why similar: Clicker 59.7%, Idler 15.3%, Casual 11.6%, 2D 8.5%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the production and crafting of resources, providing a satisfying sense of progression through automation.

An incremental mining adventure where you must dig into the earth to recover essence for your sacred Evertree. Mine, drill, and blast your way to the deepest depths, discovering rare artifacts and recruiting more kin to your cause along the way. Dig. Upgrade. Repeat.

Why similar: Mining 39.8% ★, Clicker 39.3%, Idler 10.6%, Casual 6.5%, Indie 2.7%

Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.

Why similar: Clicker 68.1%, Idler 18%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%

A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Why similar: Clicker 49.5%, Arcade 17.1%, Casual 11.2%, Idler 10.9%, 2D 7.7%

Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

Why similar: Clicker 47.7%, Arcade 14%, Idler 12.4%, Casual 10.4%, Retro 7.9%

Max Manos is an incremental destruction game where you play as a powerful hand, known as Max Manos, eliminating shapes. Chain explosive reactions, collect shards, and upgrade your abilities to destroy shapes even faster.

Why similar: Clicker 43.6%, Arcade 15%, Destruction 10.6%, Idler 10.4%, Retro 7%

Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.

Why similar: Clicker 46.7%, Mining 37.6% ★, Casual 8.6%, 2D 3.5%, Indie 2.5%

Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!

Why similar: Clicker 35.3%, Mining 31.3% ★, Casual 10.1%, Idler 8.9%, Arcade 7.8%

Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.

Why similar: Clicker 50.2%, Arcade 16.9%, Idler 13.7%, Casual 9.7%, Indie 4.5%

A slow and meditative incremental idler where you manage colorful snakes. Watch them collect food, then spend the food on upgrades and abilities for your colony.

Why similar: Clicker 51.7%, Idler 15.2%, Casual 9.7%, Arcade 9.6%, 2D 5.1%

Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

Why similar: Clicker 51.6%, Arcade 17.9%, Idler 12.8%, Retro 9.2%, Casual 6.9%

Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!

Why similar: Clicker 38.4%, Mining 36.3% ★, Idler 10.8%, Casual 6%, 2D 4.7%

Click Click Dig is an idle mining game that lets you dig deep into the core of several planets. The prologue contains a unique planet, unique digger skins, and a store where you can unlock exclusive items in the main Click Click Dig game!

Why similar: Clicker 41.8%, Mining 33.6% ★, Idler 10.4%, Casual 7.8%, 2D 5.4%

A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!

Why similar: Mining 54.6% ★, Procedural Generation 28.6%, Casual 8.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%

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: Clicker 62.3%, Idler 15.8%, Arcade 9.7%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 2.5%

Snake, but with a skill tree

Why similar: Clicker 47.2%, Arcade 18.3%, Retro 12.5%, Idler 9.4%, Casual 5.8%

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: Clicker 62.6%, Idler 18.3%, 2D 8.2%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 3.5%

This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!

Why similar: Clicker 49.5%, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Idler 15.1%, Casual 8.6%, 2D 4.4%

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Procedural Generation 44.8%, Retro 17.7%, 2D 12.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Space 8.9%

A short incremental game about feeding Glonk! Make Glonk bigger, get more money, and explore the skill tree to upgrade your abilities, and get more Glonks!

Why similar: Clicker 44.2%, Arcade 17.4%, Idler 11.7%, Casual 9.8%, 2D 7.8%

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: Clicker 55.3%, Casual 17.5%, Idler 16.2%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

DigDigDrill is an underground mining and resource collecting game. Dig freely for minerals and treasures. Use the items you collect to forge your original drills in a hack-and-slash style equipment system.

Why similar: Mining 54% ★, Destruction 22.4%, Casual 7.4%, 2D 6.3%, Retro 5.3%

Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.

Why similar: Clicker 50.9%, Idler 20.1%, Casual 13.3%, 2D 6.8%, Space 6.6%

Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity?

Why similar: Clicker 56.8%, Idler 19.7%, Casual 12.1%, 2D 7.2%, Indie 2.6%

Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.

Why similar: Mining 58.5% ★, Procedural Generation 26.4%, 2D 7.8%, Space 7.3%

Become a PEGGO! Quintillionaire in this exciting pachinko incremental game.

Why similar: Clicker 50.8%, Arcade 15.1%, Idler 12.1%, Casual 11.8%, 2D 6.1%

Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

Why similar: Clicker 67.1%, Idler 20.5%, Casual 9.8%, Indie 2.6%

Ready for some chill time in space? Astrodle has you covered. Watch the numbers soar as you upgrade your ship and travel the stars. Oh, and you might just become a god.

Why similar: Clicker 52.3%, Arcade 17.1%, Idler 13%, Casual 8.6%, Space 4.4%