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  1. Mushies! cover art

    Mushies!FeaturedComing soon

    Also prestige

    Click the big mushroom, hire worker shrooms, build houses and dig underground in a cozy pixel-art mushroom village. Over 85 upgrades and a Wisdom prestige loop.

  2. Click and Conquer cover art

    Click and ConquerUpdated

    Also short, prestige, upgrade tree

    Bomb a fog-covered grid to uncover enemies, invest in passive income and power across 12 maps, and prestige for permanent upgrades in a two-to-four-hour run.

    92% steam
    has ending
  3. Sir, We Have an Orc Problem cover art

    Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

    Also tower defense, upgrade tree, short

    A short tower defense against orc armies in the tens of thousands, where every run, won or lost, feeds a big tree of turret upgrades.

    86% steam
  4. Outhold cover art

    OutholdUpdated

    Also tower defense, upgrade tree, short

    A short tower defense run-based game where you spend collected resources in a large refundable skill tree between attempts.

    4.4★ galaxy
  5. Pachincro cover art

    PachincroUpdated

    Also upgrade tree, prestige, short

    Drop balls through pachinko boards to stack multipliers, fight a boss, and spend on a big skill tree across several modes with prestige.

    36% steam
    3.3★ galaxy
  6. Samawa Idle cover art

    Samawa Idle

    Also tower defense, prestige, upgrade tree

    Pick and level towers against monster hordes, shaping runs with random gear, passives and a skill tree across two prestige layers.

    68% steam
    50% idle
  7. Master Healer Kale with useless party cover art

    Master Healer Kale with useless party

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Play the healer of a hopeless party, keeping them alive with spells and a 200-node skill tree until they can face the Demon King in about four hours.

    95% steam
    4.0★ galaxy
    has ending
  8. Nodebuster cover art

    NodebusterComplete

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.

    97% steam
    3–6h ending
    10% idle
  9. Garbage Growth cover art

    Garbage GrowthUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Pick up trash that people throw at you, add more polluters and hire rats to automate collection. A short, crude incremental with a skill tree.

    91% steam
    3.9★ galaxy
  10. Zero Stress King: Idle Defense cover art

    Zero Stress King: Idle DefenseUpdated

    Also tower defense, short

    A tower defense where you cannot lose: enemies charge your walls and fall into lava, and you spend the payout on defenders and a map-shaped skill tree.

    87% steam
    3.6★ galaxy
  11. Idle Gumball Machine cover art

    Idle Gumball MachineUpdated

    Also prestige, short

    Fire gumballs into spinning gears in a plinko-style board, buy upgrades for explosive number growth, and ascend to trade everything for stronger bonuses.

    91% steam
    25% idle
  12. Digseum cover art

    Digseum

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Dig up relics across a dozen sites and display them in your museum to fund better tools. A compact run of a few hours.

    98% steam
  13. It's Fine cover art

    It's FineUpdated

    Also prestige, upgrade tree

    Survive the last 24 hours of a game dev crunch under your dog manager. Each station has its own mechanics, sleep powers a deep prestige tree, and there are alternate endings to find.

    88% steam
    has ending
  14. Space Rock Breaker cover art

    Space Rock BreakerUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Blast asteroids with guns and lasers, then drop the ore through an upgradable Plinko board for credits to spend on a large skill tree.

    96% steam
  15. Far Fishing cover art

    Far Fishing

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Chase fish inside a circle from a small boat, upgrading it as you sail to the edge of the world across nine locations in about two hours.

    97% steam
    has ending
  16. Rock Crusher cover art

    Rock CrusherDormant

    Also upgrade tree, prestige

    A rock-crushing machine stranded on an alien planet grinds boulders for materials to feed a huge skill tree. Bosses guard milestones on the way to an ending.

    84% steam
    2.8★ galaxy
    has ending
  17. Desktop Defender cover art

    Desktop Defender

    Also tower defense, prestige

    A lone tower in the corner of your screen holds off waves while you work, dropping gear to equip and resetting runs for permanent ascension upgrades.

    92% steam
    90% idle
  18. Loot Loop cover art

    Loot LoopUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Send a party of tiny heroes into dungeon runs that last seconds, then spend the loot on a large skill tree between attempts.

    92% steam
  19. Keep on Mining! cover art

    Keep on Mining!Dormant

    Also upgrade tree, short

    Sweep your cursor over rocks to break them, smelt ores into bars and spend them in a large skill tree, with talent cards and an automatic mine for idle gains.

    91% steam
    50% idle
  20. Far Mining cover art

    Far Mining

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Pilot a ship that auto-fires at nearby asteroids, then spend the haul on a large tech tree to escape deep space. A short run of about three hours.

    95% steam
    has ending
  21. Abyss Manager Idle cover art

    Abyss Manager Idle

    Also tower defense, short

    Assign characters to jobs, gather resources and dig deeper floors in an idle tower defense. About two hours to finish completely.

    95% steam
    has ending
  22. Journey to Incrementalia cover art

    Journey to Incrementalia

    Also upgrade tree, short

    A necromancer summons minions and casts spells to smash through 99 walls, exploring a big resettable skill tree on a short hands-on run.

    89% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  23. GLONK cover art

    GLONK

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Feed a hungry creature called Glonk to earn gold, spend it in a skill tree and add more Glonks. Short, with an ominous twist to its appetite.

    89% steam
  24. Smashing Simulator Idle cover art

    Smashing Simulator IdleDormant

    Also prestige, upgrade tree

    Smash everything in sight across an element tree and a second skill tree, with missions, challenges and two prestige layers.

    73% steam
    50% idle