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  1. Upload Labs cover art

    Upload Labs

    Also computers, programming

    Wire together window-like nodes into data pipelines that download, process and upload files, then research, hack and code your way toward stopping heat death.

    90% steam
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    START FROM 0 (Patch 1.1)Updated

    Also computers, programming

    Progress from a single bit through symbols, colors and octal in a jam incremental about the roots of coding.

    2.9★ galaxy
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    Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding)Updated

    Also programming, computers

    Mash keys to write code, then build a production grid and hire AI agents that ship projects, including while the game is closed, before prestiging.

    74% steam
    2.7★ galaxy
    50% idle
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    BitburnerUpdated

    Also programming

    A cyberpunk incremental where you write real JavaScript to hack servers and automate everything.

    95% steam
    70% idle
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    Download RAM Idle

    Also computers

    Yes, you can download more RAM. A tidy, joke-driven idler with one of Galaxy's highest ratings.

    4.7★ galaxy
    60% idle
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    Download RAM Idle 2

    Also computers

    The sequel. More RAM, more layers, same top-shelf rating.

    4.7★ galaxy
    60% idle
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    Calculator Evolution

    Also programming

    Upgrade a pocket calculator into something with far too many digits. Clever programming-flavoured progression.

    4.5★ galaxy
    55% idle
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    No Blink Allowed Prologue

    Also timers

    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
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    Antivirus PROTOCOLDormant

    Also computers

    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
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    The Farmer Was Replaced

    Also programming

    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
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    Soda Dungeon 2

    Also programming

    Staff a tavern with adventurers who crawl a dungeon for you, upgrade the whole town, and script their battle behavior with custom AI.

    94% steam
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    PomoFarm

    Also timers

    A focus timer where a duck's farm grows while you work, with 60 crops across four seasons and skills to unlock.

    97% steam
    90% idle
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    THE LONGING

    Also timers

    Wait 400 real days in an underground palace for a king to wake. The clock runs while the game is closed, so you can explore or simply leave.

    92% steam
    has ending
    70% idle
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    Stone Story RPG

    Also programming

    A hand-animated ASCII RPG that plays itself while you script its behaviour. Gorgeous and strange.

    91% steam
    15–30h ending
    50% idle
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    Check Back Reclocked

    Also timers

    A ground-up remake of Check Back with faster pacing, reworked systems and shop, and numbers that can climb far past normal limits.

    4.2★ galaxy
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    LINC

    Also computers

    Ship new Linux distro releases until the whole world has switched, in a game of about 10 to 15 minutes.

    4.2★ galaxy
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    DEFRAG

    Also computers

    Purge viruses from corrupted sectors, collect resources to strengthen and combine nodes, and try harder difficulties.

    93% steam
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    The Perfect Tower II

    Also programming

    Tower defence as an idle engine, plus factories, mining and an in-game scripting language.

    87% steam
    60% idle
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    FACEMINER

    Also computers

    A 1999 office desktop where you classify faces for a shady biometric firm, scaling hardware and reading the messages that reveal its plans.

    92% steam
  20. Check Back: The Infinite Descent cover art

    Check Back: The Infinite Descent

    Also timers

    A follow-up to Check Back that started as an April Fools 2025 joke. You make progress by leaving and returning after time has passed.

    3.9★ galaxy
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    Tab IncrementalUpdated

    Also computers

    Open and close browser tabs to earn RAM, managing memory and cache as you buy upgrades for more tabs.

    4.0★ galaxy
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    Screeps: World

    Also programming

    Run a colony in a persistent MMO by writing JavaScript that controls your units around the clock, even while you are logged off.

    87% steam
    70% idle
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    VNGI

    Also programming

    Push your version number higher on a tongue-in-cheek journey through game development.

    3.8★ galaxy
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    Botnet Clicker

    Also computers

    Type commands into a fake desktop to crack devices, run crypto miners and grow a botnet, then reset for Master Key bonuses.

    3.6★ galaxy