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

Mushies!FeaturedComing soon
Also pixel art
Click the big mushroom, hire worker shrooms, build houses and dig underground in a cozy pixel-art mushroom village. Over 85 upgrades and a Wisdom prestige loop.

Shark Game: New Frontiers
Also resource management · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Sharks discover the ocean, then science, then other worlds. A text-forward successor to the old Shark Game.
4.6★ galaxy55% idle
CROWNFALLUpdated
Also pixel art, resource management
Build a pixel-art kingdom, train troops and send them out to earn gold while the tab is closed, then raid friends' kingdoms peer to peer.

Cast n Chill
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
A relaxed pixel fishing game with a dog companion where you sell catches for better gear across 16 spots, and can switch to a passive mode that fishes for you.
95% steam50% idle
Kittens GameUpdated
Also resource management · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Run a civilisation of kittens from catnip fields to space elevators. Deep, slow, and endlessly spreadsheetable.
55% idle
PickCrafter
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Break blocks with a growing arsenal of pickaxes, forge gear, and prestige through ascension tiers while exploring biomes up to Mars.
86% steam50% idle
👑 Idle Calibur 👑(选王之剑)
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
A solo-developed pixel RPG with auto or manual battles, city building, hero gacha, relics, and an endless tower.
87% steam50% idleEvolveUpdated
Also resource management · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Evolve a species from primordial ooze, build a civilisation, then blow it up in a dozen different ways to start again.
60% idle
Microcivilization
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
A pixel clicker strategy where you grow a nation, research tech, weather crises that can't finish you, and equip heroes as items.
84% steam50% idle
Tap Ninja - Idle gameUpdated
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Slash incoming enemies with timed strikes, then research, grow a village that earns gold offline, ascend for permanent skills and send heroes to conquer provinces.
78% steam50% idle
No-brainer Heroes 挂机吧!勇者
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Run a pixel town, recruit from 25 heroes, pick routes across map chapters, and gather treasures to take down six dragons.
75% steamhas ending50% idle
Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
Also pixel art · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
A pixel medieval village builder that runs along the bottom of your screen. Make the big decisions or step in with your own character to chop wood, join battles and put out fires.
72% steam50% idle
Moose Miners
Also resource management · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Moose run the mine; you spend their gem profits on miners, gear, rails and grinders to reach deeper and richer layers.
69% steam50% idle
Stuck In Time
Also pixel art
Plan action lists for each time loop, let them run, and refine routes through a pixel-art world as you work toward escape.
85% steamhas ending70% idle
Space CompanyDormant
Also resource management
Mine, power, research, and expand into the stars. A classic resource-chain idler from the golden age.
70% idle
Settlemoon
Also pixel art
Build a side-scrolling fantasy town in real time, posting quests for visiting adventurers and decorating as it grows. It keeps working while the game is closed.
87% steam70% idle
Holyday City: Reloaded
Also resource management
Grow a town of shops and restaurants into a metropolis as businesses earn in the background and you reinvest in upgrades.
82% steam70% idle
All Hail the Orb
Also pixel art
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
Antimatter DimensionsUpdated
Same active/idle balance (balanced)
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% steam4.6★ galaxy200–600h ending55% idle
DodecaDragons
Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Twelve dragons, twelve colours of magic, and one of Galaxy's most-favourited games. Big numbers, handsome UI.
4.6★ galaxyhas ending55% idle
The Alterhistorian's Conquest
Also resource management
Run machines on a pannable grid, moving resources by hand between slots, to distill concepts and fluid elements into an elixir of immortality.
4.5★ galaxy
Calculator Evolution
Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Upgrade a pocket calculator into something with far too many digits. Clever programming-flavoured progression.
4.5★ galaxy55% idle
Realm Grinder
Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Pick a faction, build a kingdom, abdicate, reincarnate, ascend. Every run changes which of eleven factions is optimal.
87% steam55% idle
IDLE_DIRECTIVEUpdated
Also resource management
Manage a limited grid inventory of producers and automation items while scavenging a dying world, trading with survivors, and resetting for augments.
86% steam