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

Space Rock BreakerUpdated
Also space, short
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
SpaceplanComplete
Also short, space
A stranded ship, a potato, and a soundtrack that makes the finale land. A short, focused story idler.
91% steam1–3h ending30% idle
The Last Cat in the Universe
Also short, space
As a space station AI, sweep your cursor over debris to salvage parts and build a warm home for the last cat, in a short story meant for one or two sittings.
94% steamhas ending
Deep Space Cache
Also short, space
Shoot asteroids for resources, feed them into generators and ship augments, and reach the finish in a couple of hours.
93% steamhas ending50% idle
PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator
Also space, short
Drive a mining train by hand between stations, defend against alien insects and reinvest profits into upgrades and delivery drones, satirizing tech startups.
98% steamhas ending25% idle
Far Mining
Also space, short
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% steamhas ending
Lost in SpaceDormant
Also space, short
A stranded astronaut turns energy into matter with a 3D printer, where every click uses oxygen, racing to escape.
4.0★ galaxyhas ending
Hamstronaut
Also space, short
Spin a hamster's wheel for power, sell it, and build a rocket to fly him to a moon he thinks is cheese. A family-made jam game.
4.2★ galaxy
Dronord
Also short, space
Play as a crash-landed drone with damaged systems, mining resources and slowly repairing yourself.
3.9★ galaxy
Astrodle
Also space, short
Shoot blobs in space for Zodiac essences and upgrade your ship on a path to godhood. Both modes have a clear finish reachable in about a day of active play.
91% steamhas ending
BubbleverseDormant
Also space, short
Grow bubbles in a tiny universe, click them to collect cash, and spend it on upgrades.

MassDormant
Also space, short
Generate mass and spend it on increasingly expensive planets to build out a solar system.

Starvester
Also space, short
Send drone swarms to mine a star system and grow a factory that builds megastructures, with prestige along a roughly five hour campaign.
69% steamhas ending25% idle
PLANETS OF WARDormant
Also short, space
A 15-minute clicking adventure about fending off an alien invasion of Earth.
59% steamhas ending
Magic ArcheryUpdated
Also short
Train an elf commoner into a master archer by shooting targets, taking quests for gold and buying magic upgrades in a brief, hands-on climb with a set ending.
98% steamhas ending25% idle
Unnamed Space Idle
Also space
A ship, a sector map and a tidy prestige loop. Quietly one of Galaxy's most-played games.
92% steam4.5★ galaxy70% idle
Master Healer Kale with useless party
Also short
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% steam4.0★ galaxyhas ending
Little Dig Game
Also short
A roughly 40-minute game where you send workers onto a planet to gather resources for a company that strips worlds for profit.
4.7★ galaxy
All Hail the Orb
Also short
Click a mysterious orb for power, recruit cultists to take over the work, and explore a dungeon full of ducks in a short game meant to be finished.
93% steam4.2★ galaxyhas ending
Click and ConquerUpdated
Also short
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% steamhas ending
Ink Remnant
Also short
A short incremental where a mage starts with nothing in a magical city and researches upward, with new systems revealed as the story unfolds.
4.6★ galaxy
What Lurks Below
Also short
A 30-minute game jam incremental set in 1881, where you push deeper beneath the town of Old Gloomhollow to find what is down there.
4.6★ galaxy50% idle
ExecuteUpdated
Also short
A dark comedy on a retro Windows desktop: capture people and escalate from a guillotine to nukes until the world population hits zero.
91% steamhas ending25% idle
NodebusterComplete
Also short
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