Games like The Completionist: 1980-1989
by Frosty Pop
AdVenture Capitalist and Fortune Mill play most like The Completionist: 1980-1989. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its idler and incremental; 6 came out in the last year and 17 are free or under $10. The best known is Cookie Clicker, with 88,140 Steam reviews.
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Fortune Mill
Jun 2 · Lavaflame2
Both: Incremental · Idler · Automation
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 Colony
Dec 16, 2024 · Faith G.
Both: Incremental · Automation · 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👍 553Cookie Clicker
Sep 1, 2021 · Orteil, DashNet
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
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👍 88,140Travel Agency Simulator
Sep 24 · World of Travel
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
Build a global travel empire through idle-clicker management, then step inside your agency in an interactive 3D office minigame. Sell and upgrade travel products, hire managers, automate profits, serve customers, customize your office, and prestige for permanent boosts.
Early AccessIncrementalIdlerManagementSimulationEconomyResource ManagementAutomationTime ManagementCapitalismFACEMINER
Feb 27, 2025 · Wristwork
Both: Incremental · Retro · Idler
Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.
Incremental1990'sSimulationRetroDystopian IdlerPoint & ClickAtmosphericPixel GraphicsStory Rich👍 1,519Galactic Overthrow
May 4 · Ace High Arcade
Both: Incremental · Idler · Capitalism
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 ManagementPC Tycoon 2
Mar 28, 2024 · Insignis Games
Both: Economy · Idler · Capitalism
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
EconomyTime ManagementIdlerSandboxArtificial IntelligenceCapitalismManagementStrategyGame DevelopmentPvE👍 319Scritchy Scratchy
Mar 18 · Lunch Money Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
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👍 15,375Revolution Idle
May 1, 2025 · Oni Gaming, Nu Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Automation
Revolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.
IncrementalIdlerFree to PlayCasualSimulationAutomationMinimalist2DIndieManagementFactory Town Idle
Jan 8, 2024 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Idler · Incremental · Automation
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
CasualIdlerIncrementalMinimalist2DResource ManagementFantasyCity BuilderAutomationColony Sim👍 1,235Business Tycoon Billionaire
Jul 5, 2018 · Dusty Rocket Games
Both: Incremental · Economy · Capitalism
Welcome to the world of Business Tycoon Billionaire, become an Billionaire by managing your businesses. Expand your empire and give your economy a boost with specialized managers that will automate the workflow of your businesses!
IncrementalEconomyCapitalismTime ManagementSimulationIdlerStrategy2DLore-RichRelaxingGarbage Growth
Jun 23 · apepatrickdev
Both: Idler · Incremental · Automation
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👍 356Taskbar Armory
11 days ago · Recoil Mojo
Both: Idler · Incremental · Automation
Your workday. Their adventure. A free cozy idle game that lives on your taskbar. Run a dwarven forge while you work or browse—mine ore, craft weapons, decorate your shop, and send heroes on expeditions for gems, relics and rare loot.
IdlerRPGIncrementalStrategyAutomationCraftingEconomyCasualSimulationManagement
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Game Dev Tycoon
Aug 29, 2013 · Greenheart Games 💚
Both: Management · Economy
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
ManagementSimulationIndieStrategyCasualSingleplayerEconomy2DModdableAddictive👍 40,330