Games like Growing My Manhole
by SylverDev, Gearbyte Games
Nodebuster and A Game About Feeding A Black Hole play most like Growing My Manhole. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its incremental and idler; 12 came out in the last year and 17 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
Slime Must Grow
Mar 27 · Dandy Gaming
Both: Incremental · Relaxing · Idler
Start as a tiny slime and consume your way to the top. Spend essence on 200+ upgrades, draw cards, spin slots, be reborn for permanent boons, and grow until you face the Primordial Slime
IncrementalCasualRelaxingIndieIdlerArcadeSimulationTop-DownAbstractColorfulSpace 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👍 4,694The Greenening
May 7 · Erkberg Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Relaxing
A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
IncrementalCasualIdlerExplorationNatureRelaxingCleaningCuteCozyWholesome👍 486Shelldiver
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👍 15,375Garbage 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👍 356You 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👍 1,029Hole Is Mine
Aug 10 · Incrementalist
Both: Incremental · Idler · Arcade
Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying a divine Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'Ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'Ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!
EconomyIncrementalIndieIdlerCultArcadeRogueliteMiningCharacter CustomizationCute👍 752Fortune 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👍 3,757Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game
Jun 29, 2023 · Benjamin Staugaard
Both: Idler · Incremental · Relaxing
Vacuum Warrior is a Free to Play incremental idle game. Listen to the crisp crackle of dust and debris entering your vacuum as you vacuum ridiculous amounts of dust. Upgrade your vacuums, idle gains, and robot vacuums, earn achievements, and explore numerous locations in the Vacuum Warrior universe!
CasualIdlerIncrementalRelaxingSimulationAutomationTop-DownSingleplayerFree to Play2DCult 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👍 123
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