Games like Cheese, Please!
Cheese, Please!. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

NodebusterComplete
Also active, upgrade tree, roguelite
Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.
97% steam3–6h ending10% idle
Antivirus PROTOCOLDormant
Also roguelite, upgrade tree, combat
Destroy viruses to collect code fragments, spend them in an upgrade tree for new weapons and powers, and beat each level's boss to advance.
87% steam
Journey to Incrementalia
Also active, upgrade tree, combat
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% steamhas ending25% idle
Deep Catch
Also active, upgrade tree, collection
Steer your hook past the fish on the way down, catch them on the way up, then sell the haul for a longer line, a bigger hook and better prices.

The Big Suck
Also active, roguelite, upgrade tree
You are the tornado. Tear through farms and towns, cash in every wreck and spend it on a bigger, nastier storm.

IGNOBLE
Also roguelite, combat, upgrade tree
Timed runs where you slaughter enemies for blood and bones, then spend the haul on a growing skill tree and a deck of ability cards.
83% steam
HordesUpdated
Also roguelite, combat, active
A pixel-art survivor game where level-ups draw playing-card upgrades, bosses open an escape sequence, and banked loot funds permanent upgrades.
2.4★ galaxy
Pray & Slay
Also active, combat, upgrade tree
Slay monsters with holy spells in short runs, throw darts to multiply your gold, then corrupt your spells into stronger dark forms.

Rock BottomUpdated
Also roguelite, upgrade tree
Swing a pickaxe through generated caves, smelt ore into bars and buy permanent skill tree upgrades to push through eight themed depths.
94% steam
FEED THE AI
Also active, upgrade tree
A short, very active incremental about an AI you feed with data. Shape it into a Protector, Rational or Tyrant; each ending makes the next run stronger.
90% steam3–9h ending0% idle
Booster Pack HeroesUpdated
Also collection, combat
Open booster packs to pull foil heroes and use them to defend a tower from endless monsters across several realms.
4.6★ galaxy
Just Click The ButtonDormant
Also active, combat
Clicking a button grows it into an arena shooter where you pick abilities. Try for one of four endings, or keep going indefinitely.
90% steamhas ending
Digseum
Also upgrade tree, collection
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
absorber
Also combat, upgrade tree
An idle RPG where you take the abilities of beaten enemies, build through skill trees, and prestige to grow stronger.
4.4★ galaxy
No Blink Allowed Prologue
Also upgrade tree, active
Stop a clock as near zero as you can to earn shards for a large skill tree, while glitches and hidden timers get in the way.
4.6★ galaxy
OutholdDormant
Also upgrade tree, roguelite
A short tower defense run-based game where you spend collected resources in a large refundable skill tree between attempts.
4.4★ galaxy
Chef Knight
Also roguelite, upgrade tree
Fight through dungeons for monster ingredients, cook them into dishes to sell to adventurers, and upgrade combat and cooking between runs.
95% steam
Breakfront
Also active, upgrade tree
Bouncing balls chip away at enemy tiles; spend captured points on a branching tree for more, faster and special balls, then beat the boss.
4.3★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
Ancient Russian Life Simulator
Also combat, upgrade tree
A meme-heavy clicker where ancient warriors fight lizards, learn absurd techniques from a skill tree and sacrifice their foes for blessings.
95% steam
DEFRAG
Also combat, upgrade tree
Purge viruses from corrupted sectors, collect resources to strengthen and combine nodes, and try harder difficulties.
93% steam
Dice People
Also upgrade tree, combat
Roll dice that turn into fighting units, beat enemies for money and XP, and spend it in a large skill tree on luck, damage and more dice.
94% steam
Zad ArcheryUpdated
Also combat, upgrade tree
An archer clears waves of target monsters for loot, then grows through a big skill tree, five jobs, bow crafting and a mining system that reshapes skills.
74% steam
Sir, We Have an Orc ProblemUpdated
Also roguelite, upgrade tree
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
👑 Idle Calibur 👑(选王之剑)
Also collection, roguelite
A solo-developed pixel RPG with auto or manual battles, city building, hero gacha, relics, and an endless tower.
87% steam50% idle