Games like AI Lab
AI Lab. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.
Shark Game: New Frontiers
Also resource management
Sharks discover the ocean, then science, then other worlds. A text-forward successor to the old Shark Game.
4.6★ galaxy55% idle
LORED
Also resource management
A pixel-art resource web where every resource-generator is a little character. Deep and dense.
4.4★ galaxy55% idle
The Alterhistorian's Conquest
Also resource management
Run machines on a pannable grid, moving resources by hand between slots, to distill concepts and fluid elements into an elixir of immortality.
4.5★ galaxy
IDLE_DIRECTIVEUpdated
Also resource management
Manage a limited grid inventory of producers and automation items while scavenging a dying world, trading with survivors, and resetting for augments.
86% steam
The Farmer Was Replaced
Also educational
Write Python-like scripts for a drone that farms for you, then spend the harvest on new tech that opens tougher automation puzzles.
97% steam
Cell to Singularity
Also educational
Evolve life from a single cell to a technological singularity, with a surprising amount of real science in the tooltips.
89% steam70% idle
Unnamed Fantasy Waiting Game
Also resource management
Wake alone in a magic-ruined world and stretch scarce resources while waiting, reading and uncovering what happened.
4.5★ galaxy
Idle Lab Rats
Also resource management
Buy rats, train them in mazes and with lab equipment, and submit the best ones for grant money to expand your lab.
4.3★ galaxy
Factory Town Idle
Also resource management
A town builder run from menus: assign workers, craft and sell goods, research upgrades, and expand into new biomes.
91% steam
Lumberite-Prologue (Valehands)
Also resource management
Direct two workers who chop and haul wood to an altar each day, upgrading them and the forest to earn a magic pickaxe. A demo for Valehands.
4.4★ galaxy
SCP Idle: SECURE. CONTAIN. PROGRESS. Demo
Also resource management
Run an SCP facility: upgrade containment, unlock new SCPs, earn science from experiments and hire scientists before a breach.
4.3★ galaxy
Forest Hustle
Also resource management
Dropped in a forest with a 100k debt, chop wood, mine stone, trade and hire dog workers until you pay it off.
90% steamhas ending
Boba Simulator : Idle Shop Management
Also resource management
Run a bubble tea shop by tuning recipes to shifting customer tastes, stocking ingredients, hiring staff and opening branches.
88% steam
Snail Facts!
Also educational
Learn facts about snails, then help them conquer the world in a 15-minute incremental.
3.8★ galaxy
SSOMMORPGUpdated
Also resource management
Lead a raiding guild in a fictional MMORPG: manage members, farm gear and race to be first on the server to down every boss.
3.8★ galaxy
Universal PaperclipsComplete
Also ai
You are an AI that makes paperclips. Three acts, one terrifying arc, finished in an afternoon. The genre's best short story.
4–8h ending30% idle
Kittens GameUpdated
Also resource management
Run a civilisation of kittens from catnip fields to space elevators. Deep, slow, and endlessly spreadsheetable.
55% idle
Space CompanyDormant
Also resource management
Mine, power, research, and expand into the stars. A classic resource-chain idler from the golden age.
70% idleEvolveUpdated
Also resource management
Evolve a species from primordial ooze, build a civilisation, then blow it up in a dozen different ways to start again.
60% idle
Fracture Field Demo
Also resource management
Demo of a quarry mining incremental with timed swings, bombs to clear limited space, layered rock types, and a drone hub with its own upgrades.
3.5★ galaxy
Particle ClickerDormant
Also educational
Run a physics lab and work through the history of high energy particle physics by clicking to collect data.
1255: Rise of TeutonicsDormant
Also resource management
A small medieval town builder with RPG mechanics, written in vanilla JavaScript.
NucleogenesisDormant
Also educational
A chemistry idle game where you create elements and isotopes through nuclear and chemical reactions.
CityClickerDormant
Also resource management
Grow a city by balancing residential, commercial and industrial zones and their tax rates.