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  1. PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator cover art

    PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

    Also space, automation

    Drive a mining train by hand between stations, defend against alien insects and reinvest profits into upgrades and delivery drones, satirizing tech startups.

    98% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  2. Black Hole Fishing cover art

    Black Hole FishingUpdated

    Also science, automation

    Use a black hole to vacuum fish from a pond, then breed, inject traits into and research them while feeding the singularity to grow it.

    89% steam
  3. Space industrial empire cover art

    Space industrial empire

    Also space, automation

    Lay out flat conveyor lines for mining, smelting and research, then build warships to take other planets.

    87% steam
    70% idle
  4. Widget Inc. cover art

    Widget Inc.

    Also automation, science

    Craft widgets by hand, then automate and lay out a sprawling factory through twelve tech tiers on the way to building a rocket.

    87% steam
    has ending
  5. Code: Terraform cover art

    Code: Terraform

    Also automation, space

    Write Python-like scripts to run rovers, power grids, smelters and drone fleets on a frozen alien world, with your code working while you plan.

    83% steam
  6. Transport Defender cover art

    Transport Defender

    Also automation, space

    Guard a cargo ship from boarding waves with a turret and auto weapons, scripting auto upgrades and auto ascension for long idle runs.

    80% steam
    70% idle
  7. Upload Simulator cover art

    Upload Simulator

    Also automation, science

    Download and upload files for credits, then upgrade hardware, research tech, automate part production, overclock, and prestige.

    84% steam
  8. Sporbs cover art

    SporbsUpdated

    Also space, automation

    Hover over alien organisms to harvest them without clicking, feed a fuel factory, and work through a 170-node skill tree toward a ride home.

    77% steam
    4.1★ galaxy
    has ending
  9. Idle Space Raider cover art

    Idle Space Raider

    Also space, automation

    Patrol space as a station guard, mining ore and fighting in raids, then upgrade your ship and station. Toggles automate most systems, and a stargate opens a second reset tier.

    74% steam
    70% idle
  10. Starvester cover art

    Starvester

    Also space, automation

    Send drone swarms to mine a star system and grow a factory that builds megastructures, with prestige along a roughly five hour campaign.

    69% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
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    Space Travel Idle

    Also space, science

    Fly from Earth to distant moons and stars, researching engine tech, cutting ship weight and settling each world, with light card battles.

    63% steam
    70% idle
  12. Black Hole Shrinker cover art

    Black Hole Shrinker

    Also space, science

    Shrink a black hole through Hawking radiation to collect quarks.

    3.7★ galaxy

  13. IdleSpaceDormant

    Also space, automation

    A space combat idle game where you design ships and send fleets into automated battles.

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    IdleSpace 2Dormant

    Also space, automation

    The successor to IdleSpace, an idle space game of fleet building and automated battles.

  15. Orebital Dynamics cover art

    Orebital DynamicsUpdated

    Also space, automation

    Run a deep-space mining platform whose drills fire lasers at lanes of ore, upgrading and automating while hazards reshape the field.

    3.5★ galaxy
  16. Space Loop Protocol cover art

    Space Loop Protocol

    Also space, automation

    Trapped in a time loop aboard a research ship, train five stats each cycle before the oxygen runs out, then queue activities.

    3.4★ galaxy
  17. TerraGenesis - Space Settlers cover art

    TerraGenesis - Space SettlersUpdated

    Also space, science

    Terraform real and fictional planets using NASA data, building habitats and choosing among four factions.

  18. Cosmic Forge cover art

    Cosmic ForgeUpdated

    Also space, science

    Start from hydrogen atoms, research tech, mine asteroids for antimatter and find megastructures as you conquer the star map and head home.

    3.0★ galaxy
    has ending
    25% idle
  19. Bitburner cover art

    BitburnerUpdated

    Also automation

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

    95% steam
    70% idle
  20. (the) Gnorp Apologue cover art

    (the) Gnorp Apologue

    Also automation

    Strike a rock for shards and hire a growing crew of gnorps to smash and haul them, stacking synergies until the numbers explode.

    96% steam
  21. The Farmer Was Replaced cover art

    The Farmer Was Replaced

    Also automation

    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
  22. Unnamed Space Idle cover art

    Unnamed Space Idle

    Also space

    A ship, a sector map and a tidy prestige loop. Quietly one of Galaxy's most-played games.

    92% steam
    4.5★ galaxy
    70% idle
  23. Space Rock Breaker cover art

    Space Rock BreakerUpdated

    Also space

    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
  24. Antimatter Dimensions cover art

    Antimatter DimensionsUpdated

    Also automation

    Buy dimensions that buy dimensions, then break infinity, then break reality. The reference point every numbers-go-up game is measured against, and it has a real ending.

    92% steam
    4.6★ galaxy
    200–600h ending
    55% idle