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Games like Project Basilisk

Project Basilisk. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Universal Paperclips cover art

    Universal PaperclipsComplete

    Also narrative, short, ai

    You are an AI that makes paperclips. Three acts, one terrifying arc, finished in an afternoon. The genre's best short story.

    4–8h ending
    30% idle
  2. Ink Remnant cover art

    Ink Remnant

    Also short, narrative

    A short incremental where a mage starts with nothing in a magical city and researches upward, with new systems revealed as the story unfolds.

    4.6★ galaxy
  3. A Tale of Poop and Vengeance cover art

    A Tale of Poop and Vengeance

    Also short, narrative

    A short story-driven clicker: shovel manure, buy upgrades and work your way toward toppling the government.

    4.4★ galaxy
    25% idle
  4. Spaceplan cover art

    SpaceplanComplete

    Also narrative, short

    A stranded ship, a potato, and a soundtrack that makes the finale land. A short, focused story idler.

    91% steam
    1–3h ending
    30% idle
  5. Luna's Fishing Garden cover art

    Luna's Fishing Garden

    Also short, narrative

    Catch fish, trade them to a fox spirit, and spend the proceeds turning an archipelago into a garden. A short pixel-art story you can keep playing after.

    95% steam
    has ending
  6. The Last Cat in the Universe cover art

    The Last Cat in the Universe

    Also short, narrative

    As a space station AI, sweep your cursor over debris to salvage parts and build a warm home for the last cat, in a short story meant for one or two sittings.

    94% steam
    has ending
  7. Instruction cover art

    Instruction

    Also narrative, short

    Meet power quotas at a plant using five generation systems while its sarcastic AI mentor reveals a story. A student project.

    94% steam
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    MORE MEUpdated

    Also short, narrative

    A short jam game about several people who may be linked in strange ways.

    4.0★ galaxy
  9. akabos cover art

    akabosDormant

    Also narrative, short

    Touch a dog to help it destroy the squares it hates. A tiny clicker with a plot and several endings, played in one sitting.

    90% steam
    has ending
  10. Astrodle cover art

    Astrodle

    Also short, narrative

    Shoot blobs in space for Zodiac essences and upgrade your ship on a path to godhood. Both modes have a clear finish reachable in about a day of active play.

    91% steam
    has ending
  11. The Count of Monte Clicker cover art

    The Count of Monte Clicker

    Also narrative, short

    Retell The Count of Monte Cristo as a short incremental: learn from the Abbe, plan an escape from prison and hunt for the island's treasure.

    86% steam
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    SisyphusComing soon

    Also short, narrative

    A half-hour retelling of Sisyphus where he builds a city for help pushing the boulder, with upgrades, lootboxes and a narrator.

    3.3★ galaxy

  13. EdisonDormant

    Also science, short

    A small incremental built with client-side Blazor.

  14. Agent Genesis cover art

    Agent GenesisUpdated

    Also ai, science

    Run an AI lab: stream data, add GPU racks and train agents that appear as growing particle swarms.

  15. Before the matters cover art

    Before the matters

    Also short, narrative

    A short jam game following a character as he works to recover old memories.

    3.2★ galaxy
  16. Decrypting Life cover art

    Decrypting LifeUpdated

    Also narrative, short

    Click through corrupted files to recover hidden IDs and piece together a 2000s story, with tokens, passive upgrades and combos.

    2.4★ galaxy
  17. Idle Chapel cover art

    Idle Chapel

    Also short, narrative

    Convert cultists into worshipers whose prayers fund your chapel, purify 12 areas, and reset through penance for lasting upgrades in a pixel dark fantasy.

    78% steam
    has ending
  18. Snowed Under | 雪葬 cover art

    Snowed Under | 雪葬

    Also narrative, short

    Shovel through deep snow in the mountains, upgrading your shovel with salvaged scrap as buried buildings and an unsettling story come to light.

    60% steam
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    Magic ArcheryUpdated

    Also short

    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
  20. Master Healer Kale with useless party cover art

    Master Healer Kale with useless party

    Also short

    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
  21. Little Dig Game cover art

    Little Dig Game

    Also short

    A roughly 40-minute game where you send workers onto a planet to gather resources for a company that strips worlds for profit.

    4.7★ galaxy
  22. All Hail the Orb cover art

    All Hail the Orb

    Also short

    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% steam
    4.2★ galaxy
    has ending
  23. Click and Conquer cover art

    Click and ConquerUpdated

    Also short

    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
  24. The First Alkahistorian cover art

    The First Alkahistorian

    Also narrative

    An alchemical history told through reactions and discoveries.

    4.5★ galaxy