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

Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Also tower defense, roguelite, upgrade tree
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
NodebusterComplete
Also short, upgrade tree, roguelite
Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.
97% steam3–6h ending10% idle
castle idlerUpdated
Also tower defense, short, upgrade tree
A tower defense incremental without waves, where you place and upgrade towers against slimes and unlock a prestige skill tree across harder levels.
79% steam3.6★ galaxy
Samawa Idle
Also tower defense, roguelite, upgrade tree
Pick and level towers against monster hordes, shaping runs with random gear, passives and a skill tree across two prestige layers.
68% steam50% idle
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% steam4.0★ galaxyhas ending
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
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% steamhas ending
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% steam3.9★ galaxy
Zero Stress King: Idle DefenseUpdated
Also tower defense, short
A tower defense where you cannot lose: enemies charge your walls and fall into lava, and you spend the payout on defenders and a map-shaped skill tree.
87% steam3.6★ galaxy
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
Antivirus PROTOCOLDormant
Also roguelite, upgrade tree
Destroy viruses to collect code fragments, spend them in an upgrade tree for new weapons and powers, and beat each level's boss to advance.
87% steam
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
Cavern Crawler
Also roguelite, short
A short prototype where you repeatedly crawl through caverns and grow stronger between attempts; all content fits in under an hour.
4.3★ galaxy
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% steamhas ending
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
Slotcremental
Also short, upgrade tree
A short incremental where you win chips and spend them on a skill tree of upgrades.
4.3★ galaxy
World of Towers VS. Cubes
Also tower defense, upgrade tree
Build towers and walls against waves of cubes across five worlds, mining crystals and spending loot in talent and soul trees and a workshop.
4.4★ galaxy
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
Keep on Mining!Dormant
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% steam50% idle
Breakfront
Also short, upgrade tree
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
Far Mining
Also 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% steamhas ending
Abyss Manager Idle
Also tower defense, short
Assign characters to jobs, gather resources and dig deeper floors in an idle tower defense. About two hours to finish completely.
95% steamhas ending
The Fire Must Be Fed
Also upgrade tree, short
Walk the forest gathering resources to feed a strange fire, gaining fire powers from a skill tree. About 20 to 40 minutes long.
4.3★ galaxy
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% steamhas ending25% idle