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  1. Space Rock Breaker cover art

    Space Rock BreakerUpdated

    Also mining, short, upgrade tree

    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
  2. Far Mining cover art

    Far Mining

    Also mining, short, upgrade tree

    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% steam
    has ending
  3. Deep Space Cache cover art

    Deep Space Cache

    Also short, mining · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Shoot asteroids for resources, feed them into generators and ship augments, and reach the finish in a couple of hours.

    93% steam
    has ending
    50% idle
  4. Keep on Mining! - Worlds cover art

    Keep on Mining! - Worlds

    Also mining, upgrade tree, cards

    A sequel mining incremental that adds many worlds bought with talent points, a 200-plus node skill tree, upgradable pickaxes and pre-session items.

    80% steam
  5. Idle Obelisk Miner cover art

    Idle Obelisk MinerUpdated

    Also mining, upgrade tree · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Mine rocks, smelt bars and climb sprawling upgrade trees to beat the obelisk, mixing hands-on mining and bombs with drones and offline gains, plus artifact prestige.

    50% idle
  6. PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator cover art

    PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

    Also mining, 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% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  7. Nodebuster cover art

    NodebusterComplete

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.

    97% steam
    3–6h ending
    10% idle
  8. Digseum cover art

    Digseum

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Dig up relics across a dozen sites and display them in your museum to fund better tools. A compact run of a few hours.

    98% steam
  9. Journey to Incrementalia cover art

    Journey to Incrementalia

    Also upgrade tree, short

    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% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  10. Far Fishing cover art

    Far Fishing

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Chase fish inside a circle from a small boat, upgrading it as you sail to the edge of the world across nine locations in about two hours.

    97% steam
    has ending
  11. Master Healer Kale with useless party cover art

    Master Healer Kale with useless party

    Also short, upgrade tree

    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% steam
    4.0★ galaxy
    has ending
  12. To The Core cover art

    To The Core

    Also mining, upgrade tree

    Fly between planets, drill for resources until fuel runs out, and buy upgrades so each dig reaches deeper than the last.

    93% steam
  13. Rock Bottom cover art

    Rock BottomUpdated

    Also mining, upgrade tree

    Swing a pickaxe through generated caves, smelt ore into bars and buy permanent skill tree upgrades to push through eight themed depths.

    94% steam
  14. Wild Growth cover art

    Wild Growth

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Click to cast heals on your Norse warband in battle, then recruit allies, test formations and explore an upgrade tree after each loss.

    84% steam
    25% idle
  15. Loot Loop cover art

    Loot LoopUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Send a party of tiny heroes into dungeon runs that last seconds, then spend the loot on a large skill tree between attempts.

    92% steam
  16. Click and Conquer cover art

    Click and ConquerUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree

    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% steam
    has ending
  17. Garbage Growth cover art

    Garbage GrowthUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Pick up trash that people throw at you, add more polluters and hire rats to automate collection. A short, crude incremental with a skill tree.

    91% steam
    3.9★ galaxy
  18. Sir, We Have an Orc Problem cover art

    Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

    Also upgrade tree, short

    A short tower defense against orc armies in the tens of thousands, where every run, won or lost, feeds a big tree of turret upgrades.

    86% steam
  19. The Greenening cover art

    The Greenening

    Also short · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Water an ash-covered planet to reveal what lies beneath, upgrade your abilities, and tend a garden aboard your spaceship in about three hours.

    96% steam
    50% idle
  20. GLONK cover art

    GLONK

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Feed a hungry creature called Glonk to earn gold, spend it in a skill tree and add more Glonks. Short, with an ominous twist to its appetite.

    89% steam
  21. Incredicer cover art

    Incredicer

    Also short, upgrade tree

    Roll dice for money, buy helper hands to automate the rolling and pour extracted dark matter into a dice skill tree.

    85% steam
  22. Galactic Mining Corp cover art

    Galactic Mining Corp

    Also mining, upgrade tree

    Drill alien planets for loot, then grow an HQ with a quirky crew, new drill parts and a large perk tree. A roguelite sequel to Geo.

    84% steam
  23. Lyca cover art

    Lyca

    Also short, upgrade tree

    A magical wolf runs across a wasteland gathering resources to buy through a large upgrade tree, bringing it back to green in a few hours.

    83% steam
    has ending
  24. Vanguard Galaxy cover art

    Vanguard Galaxy

    Also mining · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Fight, mine, salvage and trade across a procedural galaxy, played full screen or docked on your desktop with an autopilot that can run things.

    90% steam
    50% idle