Games like Idle Zombies
Idle Zombies leans active. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.
Journey to Incrementalia
Also active, combat · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
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
Time SurvivorComing soon
Also active, combat · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Survive in an arena as your life energy drains, grabbing orbs and fighting enemies, then spend resources in a four-branch skill tree after each death.
3.8★ galaxy25% idle
Tiny TowersUpdated
Also combat, active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Defend a small fortress against waves of tiny monsters in an action-focused incremental.
4.1★ galaxy25% idle
SpellforgerUpdated
Also combat, active · Same active/idle balance (active)
A fantasy RPG where you combine spells to fight monsters, unlocking progression systems between battles. Fully hands-on.
3.6★ galaxy15% idle
Magic ArcheryUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
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
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
PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
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
ExecuteUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
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
FlippantUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
An abstract active incremental that starts with a coin flip and grows to include dice, spinning wheels, catching apples and baking pies.
95% steam25% idle
Unfair Flips
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Flip a rigged coin with a 20% heads chance and upgrade the odds, aiming for ten heads in a row in a bleak far-future setting.
88% steamhas ending25% idle
Survivor Idle Run: Z-RPG GameUpdated
Also combat, horror
A survivor runs and fights zombie hordes on his own while you upgrade stats and weapons, tapping to trigger a fever mode that speeds up attacks.
Tower Defense: Lazy ApocalypseUpdated
Also horror, combat
Play a monster-slaying streamer holding off zombie waves, upgrading weapons while your hero keeps fighting when you are away.
75% idle
The Walking Dead: All-StarsUpdated
Also horror, combat
Lead Walking Dead survivors through team battles in overrun cities, with the squad fighting on while you are away.
75% idle
Idle Zombie: Survival StationUpdated
Also horror, combat
Lead the last survival station, looting weapons and pets to fight zombie waves and other players in the arena.
Time Warpers
Also combat, active
The successor to Time Clickers turns the formula into a first-person shooter with gun customization, optional permadeath and co-op.
82% steam
SludgineersUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Drive the countryside cleaning and mining pollution, refine it in your own refinery, and upgrade tools to open new areas in a hands-on incremental.
87% steam25% idle
Journey to Ascension
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
An active looping incremental in the vein of Prismatic Adventure with no idle waits and a complete story, finished in 10 to 25 hours.
4.4★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
Wild Growth
Also combat · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Click to cast heals on your Norse warband in battle, then recruit allies, test formations and explore an upgrade tree after each loss.
84% steam25% idle
Green button: Idle clickerUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Press one green button as fast as you can to earn coins, with progress kept between sessions and no end to the loop.
25% idle
The Rebirth Tree Rewritten
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
A tree game built around repeated rebirths, with almost no waiting and an estimated 5 to 12 hours to complete.
4.2★ galaxyhas ending25% idle
Untitled Dice Game
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Click to roll dice for points, where sixes grant bonus rolls that stack multiplicatively, then spend points on upgrades. Saves are manual.
4.1★ galaxy25% idle
Breakfront
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
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
Cheese, Please!Updated
Also combat, active
Steer a mouse pilot's auto-firing ship through bullet-hell runs against a cat empire, growing a skill tree and collecting cat pilots.
3.9★ galaxy
The MachinEGGUpdated
Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)
Raise chickens, sell their eggs and automate the farm in a relaxed clicker that takes around 20 to 25 minutes to finish.
4.2★ galaxyhas ending25% idle