Games like JAMs
by BlackSails.com
Cookie Clicker and Nodebuster play most like JAMs. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its idler and incremental; 6 came out in the last year and 18 are free or under $10. The best known is Cookie Clicker, with 88,140 Steam reviews.
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Cookie Clicker
Sep 1, 2021 · Orteil, DashNet
Both: Incremental · Idler
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.
IncrementalIdlerHorrorCasualIndiePixel GraphicsManagementEconomyCollectathonFunny👍 88,140Skyline
Feb 24, 2025 · Baknight
Both: Incremental · Psychedelic · Idler
Clicker with good music and any choice you make can change your gameplay, you also have autoplay, you don't need to use the mouse, but you lose the chance to see all the secrets in the game (you can get all the achievements with autoplay) + WOMANS + ECONOMY + WORKSHOP + CHAT + VOICE CHAT + cases
CasualIncrementalPsychedelicIdlerLGBTQ+HorrorPsychological HorrorStrategyPoint & ClickArcadeFortune Mill
Jun 2 · Lavaflame2
Both: Incremental · Idler
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👍 3,757Scritchy Scratchy
Mar 18 · Lunch Money Games
Both: Incremental · Idler
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?
IncrementalGamblingIdlerResource ManagementArcadeRogueliteSimulationRelaxingManagementEconomy👍 15,375Banana Clicker
Mar 28, 2023 · Siphon Games
Both: Idler · Incremental · Design & Illustration
A goofy idle clicker about bananas. Click it, buy upgrades from a cast of strange characters, catch slices, survive banana storms and black holes, and dress your banana in astronaut helmets and devil horns. When the run tops out, ascend and start again stronger.
IdlerIncrementalDesign & IllustrationPvECharacter Customization2DPsychological HorrorFunnyRelaxingCasualMelvor Idle
Nov 18, 2021 · Games by Malcs
Both: Idler
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.
IdlerRPGCasualIndieSingleplayerAdventure2DMiningAutomationCrafting👍 14,662Clicker Heroes
May 13, 2015 · Playsaurus
Both: Incremental · Idler
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.
IncrementalIdlerCasual2DFree to PlayManagementIndieFunnyMultiplayerStrategy👍 749This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker
Dec 11, 2025 · Mash
Both: Incremental · Idler
A unique incremental idle clicker where you flip cards to earn money, grow your hand, buy new decks, unlock powerful upgrades, discover new cards, and more. Can you defeat the Jester and escape the carnival?
IncrementalIdlerLootDeckbuildingCard GameGamblingPokerCasualComedyPixel Graphics👍 1,783Chillquarium
Sep 6, 2023 · Ben Reber
Both: Idler · Incremental
Chillquarium is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy fish and raise them in real time, then sell them to turn a profit! Customize your aquarium as you progress from a simple starter tank to your dream setup by filling your collection with rare exotic fish and ultra-rare color variants!
CollectathonCreature CollectorIdlerIncrementalCapitalismEconomyFishingCozyNatureAnimals👍 7,801Garbage Growth
Jun 23 · apepatrickdev
Both: Idler · Incremental
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👍 356CryptoClickers: Crypto Idle Game
Jun 19, 2021 · Considera Games LLC
Both: Idler · Incremental
CryptoClickers is a complex Incremental Game revolved around Cryptocurrencies that's full of unique game modes, upgrades, challenges, events, and a double layer prestige system!
Free to PlayIndieIdlerIncrementalStrategySimulationCapitalismMinimalistExperimentalEarly AccessIDLE_DIRECTIVE
Jul 28 · Kevinfu510
Both: Incremental · Idler
Idly gather and manage resources to repair what's left of a decaying world. Scavenge forgotten ruins, meet scattered survivors, and push back against the inevitable collapse. IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a grid-based inventory and resource management idle game.
IncrementalIdlerExplorationTradingCraftingSimulationLootCasualIndie2D👍 509Idle Colony
Dec 16, 2024 · Faith G.
Both: Incremental · Idler
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👍 553