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Games like Nodebuster

Nodebuster active, finishes in about 3–6h. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. FEED THE AI cover art

    FEED THE AI

    Also active, short, upgrade tree · Same active/idle balance (active) · Has an ending, about 3–9h

    A short, very active incremental about an AI you feed with data. Shape it into a Protector, Rational or Tyrant; each ending makes the next run stronger.

    90% steam
    3–9h ending
    0% idle
  2. Journey to Incrementalia cover art

    Journey to Incrementalia

    Also active, upgrade tree, short · Has an ending

    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
  3. Breakfront cover art

    Breakfront

    Also short, active, upgrade tree · Has an ending

    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★ galaxy
    has ending
    25% idle
  4. Magic Archery cover art

    Magic ArcheryUpdated

    Also short, active · Has an ending

    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% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  5. PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator cover art

    PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

    Also active, short · Has an ending

    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
  6. Execute cover art

    ExecuteDormant

    Also short, active · Has an ending

    A dark comedy on a retro Windows desktop: capture people and escalate from a guillotine to nukes until the world population hits zero.

    91% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  7. Unfair Flips cover art

    Unfair Flips

    Also short, active · Has an ending

    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% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  8. Sir, We Have an Orc Problem cover art

    Sir, We Have an Orc ProblemUpdated

    Also roguelite, 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
  9. Outhold cover art

    OutholdDormant

    Also upgrade tree, roguelite, short

    A short tower defense run-based game where you spend collected resources in a large refundable skill tree between attempts.

    4.4★ galaxy
  10. The Big Suck cover art

    The Big Suck

    Also active, roguelite, upgrade tree

    You are the tornado. Tear through farms and towns, cash in every wreck and spend it on a bigger, nastier storm.

  11. The MachinEGG cover art

    The MachinEGGUpdated

    Also short, active · Has an ending

    Raise chickens, sell their eggs and automate the farm in a relaxed clicker that takes around 20 to 25 minutes to finish.

    4.2★ galaxy
    has ending
    25% idle
  12. Far Fishing cover art

    Far Fishing

    Also short, upgrade tree · Has an ending

    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
  13. Master Healer Kale with useless party cover art

    Master Healer Kale with useless party

    Also short, upgrade tree · Has an ending

    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
  14. Click and Conquer cover art

    Click and ConquerUpdated

    Also short, upgrade tree · Has an ending

    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
  15. Far Mining cover art

    Far Mining

    Also short, upgrade tree · Has an ending

    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
  16. Cheese, Please! cover art

    Cheese, Please!Updated

    Also roguelite, upgrade tree, 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
  17. Lyca cover art

    Lyca

    Also short, upgrade tree · Has an ending

    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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Space Rock Breaker cover art

    Space Rock BreakerUpdated

    Also 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
  21. Chef Knight cover art

    Chef Knight

    Also roguelite, upgrade tree

    Fight through dungeons for monster ingredients, cook them into dishes to sell to adventurers, and upgrade combat and cooking between runs.

    95% steam
  22. Rock Bottom cover art

    Rock BottomUpdated

    Also roguelite, 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
  23. 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
  24. Keep on Mining! cover art

    Keep on Mining!Updated

    Also upgrade tree, short

    Sweep your cursor over rocks to break them, smelt ores into bars and spend them in a large skill tree, with talent cards and an automatic mine for idle gains.

    91% steam
    50% idle