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

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
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
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% steam2.7★ galaxy50% idle
BitburnerUpdated
Also programming
A cyberpunk incremental where you write real JavaScript to hack servers and automate everything.
95% steam70% idle
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★ galaxy60% idle
4.7★ galaxy60% idle
Calculator Evolution
Also programming
Upgrade a pocket calculator into something with far too many digits. Clever programming-flavoured progression.
4.5★ galaxy55% idle
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
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
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
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
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% steam90% idle
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% steamhas ending70% idle
Stone Story RPG
Also programming
A hand-animated ASCII RPG that plays itself while you script its behaviour. Gorgeous and strange.
91% steam15–30h ending50% idle
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
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
DEFRAG
Also computers
Purge viruses from corrupted sectors, collect resources to strengthen and combine nodes, and try harder difficulties.
93% steam
The Perfect Tower II
Also programming
Tower defence as an idle engine, plus factories, mining and an in-game scripting language.
87% steam60% idle
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
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
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
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% steam70% idle
VNGI
Also programming
Push your version number higher on a tongue-in-cheek journey through game development.
3.8★ galaxy
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