Games like Recursive
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Samawa Idle and Tower Wizard play most like Recursive. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its incremental, idler and tower defense; 7 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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Samawa Idle
Nov 13, 2023 · Samharia Studios
Both: Incremental · Idler · Tower Defense
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.
IncrementalIdlerRogueliteAuto BattlerTower DefenseRPGRoguelikeCharacter Customization2DTop-Down👍 603Tower Wizard
Jun 19, 2025 · Barribob
Both: Incremental · Idler · Pixel Graphics
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.
IncrementalIdlerResource ManagementStrategyFantasy2DPixel GraphicsColorfulBuildingMagic👍 8,799Crown Siege
Sep 18 · JOrbits Games
Both: Incremental · Tower Defense · 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👍 317Zero Stress King: Idle Defense
Mar 30 · Pauloondra
Both: Incremental · Idler · Pixel Graphics
A short relaxing incremental game disguised as a tower defense, but enemies can’t reach your walls. Thanks to lava.
IncrementalIdlerCasualStrategy2DPixel GraphicsTower DefenseColorfulCuteResource Management👍 1,857Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
Oct 31, 2025 · Natrix
Both: Incremental · Idler · Tower Defense
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!
IncrementalStrategyCasualIdlerTower DefenseFantasyResource ManagementTop-DownPixel GraphicsDark Fantasy👍 159最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect
May 9, 2022 · 栖鸾工作室
Both: Idler · Incremental · Tower Defense
The last Practice Sectis is a ink style tower defense game. The game combines Chinese mythological novels to experience that under the invasion of the devil, only the last immortal sect left. You recruit all kinds of human to resist the devil and maintain the last immortal sect of the human race.
IdlerIncrementalCasualTower DefenseShooterStrategy RPGAuto BattlerTop-Down ShooterBullet HellCreature Collector👍 504Grow Defense
Jan 10, 2021 · SoftCowGames
Both: Idler · Tower Defense · Incremental
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!
CasualIdlerTower DefenseIndieIncrementalFree to PlayStrategyColorfulSimulationCartoonyHearth and Hamlet
Aug 19 · Phorust Studios
Both: Incremental · Idler
Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.
IncrementalCity BuilderBase BuildingCasualManagementIdlerRelaxingResource ManagementSimulationBuilding👍 2,190Journey to Incrementalia
Oct 23, 2024 · Adam Travers
Both: Incremental · Idler
Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.
IncrementalAuto BattlerStrategyIdlerRPGDark FantasyRetro2DHack and SlashLinear👍 897Outhold
Dec 12, 2025 · Tellus Games
Both: Incremental · Tower Defense
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.
IncrementalTower DefenseStrategyMinimalistManagementRelaxingCasualArcadeShooterCombat👍 1,821Idle Monster TD
Jun 20, 2021 · Swell Games LLC
Both: Tower Defense · Idler · Pixel Graphics
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.
StrategyTower DefenseIdlerPixel GraphicsFantasyCombat2DCuteResource ManagementTime ManagementIncrelution
Oct 13, 2021 · Gniller
Both: Incremental · Idler
Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts
IncrementalIdlerTime ManagementRogueliteText-BasedMinimalistPoint & ClickEarly AccessIndieStrategy RPG👍 1,238Idle Slayer
Dec 21, 2020 · Pablo Leban
Both: Idler · Incremental · Pixel Graphics
Start from nothing and grow into a legendary Slayer. Explore countless dimensions, collect souls, unlock powerful upgrades, craft powerful gear, defeat epic bosses, and enjoy a deep idle RPG with active and offline progression.
IdlerCasualIncrementalFree to PlayPixel Graphics2D Platformer2DSingleplayerExperimentalIndie👍 502
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Dragon Cliff
May 11, 2018 · Meta Interaction
Both: Idler · Incremental · Pixel Graphics
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
RPGStrategyIdlerLootIncrementalPixel GraphicsCasualAdventureManagementIndie👍 7,684
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