Games like Idle Planets
by Eliptik
(the) Gnorp Apologue and Idle Colony play most like Idle Planets. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its incremental, idler and economy; 12 came out in the last year and 17 are free or under $10. The best known is Nodebuster, with 13,862 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
Idle Colony
Dec 16, 2024 · Faith G.
Both: Incremental · Idler · Economy
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.
IncrementalCasualAutomationStrategyIdlerEconomyManagementColony SimRogueliteBuilding👍 553Mining and Dwarves
Aug 27 · Sockhouse Studios
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.
IncrementalIdlerAutomationMiningManagementDwarvesEconomyStrategy2DCute👍 143Fortune Mill
Jun 2 · Lavaflame2
Both: Incremental · Idler · Economy
An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!
IncrementalIdlerAutomationPixel GraphicsEconomySimulationResource ManagementCasualGamblingLoot👍 3,757Galactic Overthrow
May 4 · Ace High Arcade
Both: Incremental · Idler · Economy
Build a massive galactic empire and conquer many galaxies in this incremental game of space conquest. Manage resources, expand your reach, and grow your influence with a casual spin on a 4x theme.
IncrementalIdlerSimulationCapitalismCasualPoint & Click2DEconomyManagementResource ManagementGalactic Mining Corp
May 18, 2021 · Windybeard
Both: Incremental · Economy · Space
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.
MiningIncrementalRogueliteCapitalismEconomyExplorationSpaceIdlerBuildingSpace Sim👍 869Idle Fleet
Aug 26 · Idleforge Games
Both: Idler · Incremental · Economy
Command a mining fleet that never clocks out. Train 7 skills, automate them with drones, trade on a player-driven market, and forge the legendary Vanguard hull — all server-side, so your fleet keeps working while you sleep. Log in to progress you actually earned.
IdlerIncrementalRPGAutomationCraftingCasualEconomySimulationSpaceMiningFracture Field
Apr 20 · Type Ten
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
IncrementalIdlerMiningAutomationResource ManagementCasualRelaxingBuildingSingleplayerManagement👍 1,231Swarm Idle
11 days ago · Omicra Lyrae
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
Swarm Idle is a prestige idle/incremental game where you command an alien queen and her swarm: devour 100 cities, develop eight lineages, optimize your Mutations, and progress even while offline until the whole Earth is ravaged.
Early AccessIncrementalRogueliteIdlerAuto BattlerSimulationManagementEconomyStrategyAutomationSpace Rock Breaker
Dec 19, 2025 · WAKA WAKA
Both: Incremental · Idler · Space
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.
IncrementalCasualArcadeTop-DownIdlerMiningSpaceSingleplayerShort2D👍 4,694Garbage Growth
Jun 23 · apepatrickdev
Both: Idler · Incremental · Economy
Garbage Growth is a short incremental trash game about collecting people's trash, bananas and even babies, to make money and pollute the world even more. Hire rats, grow your pollution, and make everything worse!
IdlerIncrementalAutomationCasual2DSimulationEconomyRelaxingManagementNature👍 356Pure Idle
Mar 21 · Riven Elow
Both: Idler · Incremental · Management
A meditative cosmic idle game where you harness the energy of the universe. Drag falling stars into the black hole, unlock deep technology trees, build intricate production chains, and automate your galaxy. Discover powerful synergies and watch your cosmic empire scale endlessly.
IdlerIncrementalPoint & ClickResource ManagementAutomationGod GameLogicManagementScore AttackSpaceMoose Miners
May 10, 2024 · Lingon Studios
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
IncrementalSimulationStrategyIdlerManagementMiningResource ManagementEconomyBuildingAutomation👍 521Dwarf Eats Mountain
May 18 · Green Wizard
Both: Incremental · Idler · Economy
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
IncrementalIdlerDwarvesStrategyMiningResource ManagementBuildingEconomySimulationRoguelite👍 1,143Orebits
Sep 10 · Upgraded Studio
Both: Incremental · Idler · Economy
Bounce your pickaxe and smash through asteroids in this futuristic mining incremental! Explore a roguelite tech tree, discover gravitational anomalies, and deliver resources back to Earth. Upgrade and explore space to discover what secrets it holds!
IncrementalMiningPhysicsIdlerSimulationStrategyEconomyManagementCapitalismSci-fi