Games like Slime Must Grow
by Dandy Gaming
Nodebuster and Shelldiver play most like Slime Must Grow. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its incremental and idler; 13 came out in the last year and 18 are free or under $10. The best known is Shelldiver, with 17,002 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
Shelldiver
Nov 16, 2025 · Gagonfe
Both: Incremental · Arcade · Idler
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
IncrementalCasualResource ManagementManagementArcadeIdlerRelaxingSimulation2DColorful👍 17,002Scritchy Scratchy
Mar 18 · Lunch Money Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Arcade
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👍 15,375FEED THE AI
Aug 24 · Weird Kid Games
Both: Incremental · Relaxing · Idler
Feed the AI. Collect data. Unlock upgrades. Watch the algorithm grow beyond your control. An active incremental where you feed an evolving AI with data and shape what it becomes. Will it save the world... or take it over?
IncrementalCasualSimulationRelaxingStrategyIdlerArcadeChoose Your Own AdventureMultiple EndingsDark👍 567Space Rock Breaker
Dec 19, 2025 · WAKA WAKA
Both: Incremental · Arcade · Top-Down
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👍 4,694You Know The Drill
Jun 4 · ludokai
Both: Incremental · Idler · Relaxing
You Know The Drill is a relaxing incremental mining game about digging underground to harvest ores. Collect resources and use them to upgrade your drill and go even deeper!
IncrementalMiningCasualRoguelikeIdlerRelaxingRetroSimulationRobotsArcade👍 1,029Garbage Growth
Jun 23 · apepatrickdev
Both: Idler · Incremental · Relaxing
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👍 356Cult of the Yellow King
Dec 12, 2025 · Metaphor Games, Newmind Interactive
Both: Incremental · Idler · Relaxing
A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.
CasualIncrementalIdlerStrategyRelaxingIndieSimulation2DSingleplayerResource Management👍 123Fortune 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👍 3,757IDLE: Intergalactic Defense League Exterminators
Jul 3 · PolyB Games
Both: Incremental · Relaxing · Idler
An incremental game about blasting bugs, collecting guts, upgrading a base, and blasting more bugs!
SimulationCasualIncrementalRelaxingIdlerSingleplayerManagementSci-fiBase BuildingResource Management
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