Games like Factory Town Idle
by Erik Asmussen
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!
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-10%$13.49Nightwater
3 days ago · Studio Ashty
Both: Automation · Resource Management · Incremental
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Open WorldAutomationResource ManagementIncrementalIdlerCraftingSandboxRelaxingSimulationStrategy
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Automation · Colony Sim · Resource Management
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
$4.99Background Hero
4 days ago · steev
Both: Idler · Incremental · Minimalist
Every hero starts somewhere, usually with a dull axe, an even duller pickaxe. Background Hero puts you in charge of building one from scratch, one skill at a time. Idle progression, tiered upgrades, task lists, resources, dungeon rewards -- perfect for the completionist chasing the elusive 100%
RPGIdlerCasualIncremental2DText-BasedAdventureCozyMinimalistEconomy
-15%$6.79Between Adventures IDLE
13 days ago · Loop Forge
Both: Idler · Fantasy
A visual Idle RPG where you hunt creatures for rare loot, enchant your equipment, and build your hero. Master 11 skills, trade with merchants, and progress even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Early AccessStrategyIdlerRPGLootInventory ManagementStrategy RPGMedievalMagicFantasy👍 331
-15%$5.94Moon Garden
10 days ago · Kairos Games LLC
Both: Idler · Incremental · Resource Management
A cozy incremental game about growing your way home. Strategically plant flowers, optimize machinery, and grow your tree tall enough to escape!
IdlerStrategyIncrementalResource ManagementBuildingManagementRelaxingCuteAtmosphericCasual
-20%$6.39Ascend Idle: Chronicles
3 days ago · GODev Games
Both: Idler · Incremental · Fantasy
Ascend from mortal origins to cosmic mastery in Ascend Idle: Chronicles, an immersive idle RPG. Optimize automated resource generation, unlock powerful upgrades, and master deep strategic progression through a seamless, mouse-only interface designed for pure, relaxed enjoyment.
CasualRPGAuto BattlerIdlerIncremental2DCozyEconomyFantasySci-fi
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
Both: Incremental · Idler
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
$4.99Frog It Up
4 days ago · Starfall Games
Both: Incremental · Idler
Frog It Up is an incremental clicker game where you lure frogs to a pond and help them build their own cozy little city. As the pond grows, you’ll decide which upgrades to unlock, shaping how the city expands over time and steering progress in the direction you prefer.
IncrementalIdlerCasualCuteColorfulCartoonyScore AttackEconomyManagementStrategy
-20%$3.99Vibe Lab: Idle Dev Sim
3 days ago · Green Growth Digital
Both: Idler · Resource Management
A cozy idle game about vibe-coding with AI. Hire a crew of agents, climb a five-branch upgrade tree, and dress the whole lab from 80 cosmetics across five tiers. Progress lands in minutes, not days — no subscriptions, no daily check-in. Numbers go up, vibes stay immaculate.
IdlerCasualSimulationResource ManagementPixel GraphicsRetroRobotsSingleplayerArcade2D
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: City Builder
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Resource Management
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
$14.99A Little Age
Aug 28 · Benerot
Both: Minimalist · City Builder
A cozy minimalist settlement builder about growing a network of settlements, each with its own little economy. Manage the flow of resources between them at your own pace, pause at any time, and watch a civilization emerge as your settlements work together to raise a great temple and claim the land.
RelaxingCozyCasualBuildingMinimalistCuteReal-Time with PauseProcedural GenerationCity BuilderSimulation
FreeDaily Botanica
Sep 2 · Cyvana
Both: Idler · Incremental
Daily Botanica is a relaxing desktop idler about raising mysterious plants. Pet and water each seedling, discover what makes it flourish, and arrange a living collection around your screen - even while you work, study, or step away.
Desktop CompanionCasualIdlerSimulationRelaxingIncrementalCollectathonNatureLife SimFree to Play
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
3 days ago · JOrbits Games
Both: Incremental · Idler
A short incremental siege game centered around growing and strengthening an army to defend your kingdom. Seize the crown from an endless wave of enemies for your best chance at survival!
IncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualIdlerActionHack and SlashMedievalSimulationStrategy
-10%$4.49Gridmax
3 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Colony Sim · Automation
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Base BuildingSurvivalManagementColony SimBuildingCraftingSandboxAutomationSimulation2D
-20%$3.19Fantasy Bird Woods
8 days ago · SouthBoat Games
Both: Incremental · Idler
Fantasy Bird Woods is a desktop idle game. Observe and guide mystical birds on the right side of your screen. They evolve alongside your work or study without window-switching. Enjoy light interaction and a sense of companionship during breaks with these evolving digital pets.
IncrementalIdlerCreature CollectorTabletopFarming Sim2DCuteRelaxingWholesomeComic Book
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Automation
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Minimalist
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
-40%$1.79dark cultivation
13 days ago · 亦如小草
Both: Idler
*Dark Cultivation* is a dark-themed single-player loot idle RPG. Collect, identify and forge gear, mix skills, talents, gems and companions to craft your build. Climb the Void Ladder, chase faster clears, and top the leaderboards—play anytime, no party needed.
IdlerRPGLootDarkAction RPGSingleplayerCombatXianxiaDark Fantasy2D
New$2.99Mellow Flavor Alley
Yesterday · Pallang Studio
Both: Idler
A tiny food alley that sits quietly at the bottom of your screen. Customers wander in, take a seat, eat, pay up, and head back out. Get the ingredients in place and the alley runs itself — while you work, while you watch something.
CasualSimulationIdler2DCutePixel GraphicsSingleplayerCookingDesktop CompanionCozy
FreeZone Sweeper
Aug 26 · Missroot
Both: Idler · Incremental
Zone Sweeper is a fast RPG of short runs, hand-picked stats, and levels that explode in a single fight. Sweep a risk-colored zone grid, auto-battle with crits and combos, gear up across 11 slots, and research in the Lab between runs.
IdlerIncrementalRoguelitePvEAction RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGStrategy2DTop-Down
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
-25%$5.99Cloudscrapers
7 days ago · Nementic Games
Both: City Builder · Minimalist · Resource Management
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools, and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.
CasualCity BuilderRelaxingPuzzleStrategyMinimalistSimulationAtmosphericResource ManagementCozy
-10%$3.59Little Ghosties
Sep 7 · Acrylic Pixel Games
Both: Idler · Incremental
Little Ghosties is a cozy 2D idle desktop companion game where adorable ghosts live inside a terrarium on your desktop. Hatch, raise, and collect unique ghosts as they grow from eggs into fully grown adult ghosts.
Early AccessDesktop CompanionIdlerRelaxingCozyCasualUtilitiesIncrementalNatureCollectathon
FreeCozy Fishing Life
4 days ago · TINYCELL
Both: Minimalist · Resource Management
A cozy little fishing game that lives on your desktop. Adorable animals fish on your wallpaper while you work — collect 300+ fish, grow an aquarium, build your boat fleet, and relax. Idle-friendly, wholesome, always cozy.
CasualSimulation2DCuteMinimalistAnimalsFamily FriendlyResource ManagementSingleplayerCozy
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Both: Fantasy
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
-38%$4.95Dojo of a Thousand Lives
3 days ago · Retry Later
Both: Incremental · Automation · Resource Management
A martial arts incremental clicker that evolves into automation and optimization. Train your fighter, face bosses, and pass on your legacy. Across generations, develop your talents and combine upgrades to take your lineage further.
IncrementalAutomationResource ManagementMartial ArtsCasualSingleplayerArcadeLinear2DCombat
-10%$10.79Medieval Juice Crafter
6 days ago · Timeless Rush
Craft your special recipe juices and sell them in medieval villages. Expand your business with new recipes, machines, properties, and workers. Play online with your friend or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your business.
CraftingLife SimOnline Co-OpMedievalSimulationManagementNatureBase BuildingCharacter CustomizationOpen World
-30%$6.99Havelyn
3 days ago · All Loose®
Both: Colony Sim
A peaceful open world of forests, rivers and wide meadows. Set out alone or with up to 4 friends to find the place you’ll call home. Build a quiet life or grow your settlement into a thriving new civilization. The choice is yours.
AdventureSimulationFarming SimSandboxColony SimExplorationImmersive Sim3DFirst-PersonColorful
-15%$16.99TCG Card Shop Simulator
7 days ago · OPNeon Games
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerCollectathonTrading Card GameCapitalismCard GameShop KeeperTrading👍 47,485
-10%$5.39UMAN
2 days ago · Knear Dev
Both: Incremental
Welcome to UMAN - Become a cog in the machine - Work, sleep and don't ask questions - Collect your trash, hit your quota, consume, upgrade and meet your coworkers. But whatever you do... don't look into the eyes.
SimulationShooterIncremental3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkDystopian Post-apocalypticSurreal
$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533

