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  1. PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator cover art

    PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

    Also active, mining · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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
  2. Crystal Evolution cover art

    Crystal EvolutionUpdated

    Also mining, active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    An active incremental about mining crystals, inspired by Synergism, Clicker Heroes and IMR.

    2.8★ galaxy
    25% idle
  3. Magic Archery cover art

    Magic ArcheryUpdated

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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
  4. Burgie's Cozy Kitchen cover art

    Burgie's Cozy Kitchen

    Also cozy, active

    Run a small burger stand on your desktop, serving picky customers when a bell rings and upgrading the kitchen. Includes a Pomodoro mode and stream chat orders.

    97% steam
    50% idle
  5. Idle Deepcore cover art

    Idle DeepcoreUpdated

    Also mining, production chain

    Mine blocks by hand, smelt ore into ingots, and grow into a network of automated mines running in parallel across claimed zones on a world map.

    85% steam
  6. Execute cover art

    ExecuteDormant

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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. Flippant cover art

    FlippantDormant

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    An abstract active incremental that starts with a coin flip and grows to include dice, spinning wheels, catching apples and baking pies.

    95% steam
    25% idle
  8. Sixty Four cover art

    Sixty Four

    Also mining, production chain

    Build machines that dig up cubes and spend them on stranger machines, moving from clicking toward a fully automated factory.

    75% steam
    50% idle
  9. Military Incremental Complex cover art

    Military Incremental ComplexDormant

    Also production chain · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    Start by making bullets by hand and grow into an arms giant producing tanks and nukes, playing the stock market and lobbying government.

    82% steam
    2.7★ galaxy
    25% idle
  10. Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite cover art

    Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite

    Also mining, active

    Pilot a ship and an automated tower through asteroid fields, shooting rocks for resources that feed an upgrade tree between runs.

    83% steam
  11. Unfair Flips cover art

    Unfair Flips

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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
  12. Journey to Incrementalia cover art

    Journey to Incrementalia

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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
  13. Village Tale cover art

    Village Tale

    Also production chain, cozy

    A village builder that lives in a corner of your screen, where you construct buildings, craft goods and fill trade orders from neighboring towns.

    81% steam
    90% idle
  14. Journey to Ascension cover art

    Journey to Ascension

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    An active looping incremental in the vein of Prismatic Adventure with no idle waits and a complete story, finished in 10 to 25 hours.

    4.4★ galaxy
    has ending
    25% idle
  15. Raccoon Valley Tycoon cover art

    Raccoon Valley Tycoon

    Also cozy, mining

    Dig up resources, vacuum up the loot and rebuild an abandoned raccoon village, hats and all.

    100% steam
    2–5h ending
    65% idle
  16. Breakfront cover art

    Breakfront

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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
  17. One Trillion Blocks cover art

    One Trillion Blocks

    Also mining, production chain

    A GMTK 2026 jam game: mine blocks and build a small factory to push the count upward.

    3.8★ galaxy
  18. Untitled Dice Game cover art

    Untitled Dice Game

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    Click to roll dice for points, where sixes grant bonus rolls that stack multiplicatively, then spend points on upgrades. Saves are manual.

    4.0★ galaxy
    25% idle
  19. The MachinEGG cover art

    The MachinEGGUpdated

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    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
  20. Shop Paws cover art

    Shop Paws

    Also active, cozy

    Run a corner shop for plush-animal customers: stock the shelves, work the till and reinvest in new corners, helpers and faster stockers.

  21. Marketfield Idle cover art

    Marketfield IdleUpdated

    Also cozy, production chain

    Grow and sell crops, cook recipes and automate production, then prestige into stronger runs with over a thousand upgrades.

    3.6★ galaxy
  22. Minutescape cover art

    Minutescape

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    Dodge bullet patterns and spend what you earn on new abilities, run after run, until you can survive five full minutes.

    78% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  23. Ensis IDLE cover art

    Ensis IDLE

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    A text-based dark fantasy incremental in early development, meant to be played actively and finished within a few weeks. Community translations included.

    3.9★ galaxy
    has ending
    25% idle
  24. Typing Incremental cover art

    Typing Incremental

    Also active · Same active/idle balance (leans active)

    Type words to earn money, buy new words, and finish lists of common English words for prestige points that speed up the next list.

    78% steam
    25% idle