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Games like Stuck In Time

Stuck In Time leans idle, finishes in about a while. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Mushies! cover art

    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.

  2. Increlution cover art

    Increlution

    Also loop, planning · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending, about 40–100h

    Live a life, die, and carry your skills into the next one. Queue-based planning with a proper story and a finish line.

    85% steam
    40–100h ending
    60% idle
  3. Creature Card Idle cover art

    Creature Card Idle

    Also planning, optimization · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Place cards on a grid so they produce resources, then spend those on booster packs. Each expansion is its own small idle game, and later ones add battles.

    71% steam
    70% idle
  4. Space Travel Idle cover art

    Space Travel Idle

    Also exploration, optimization · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Fly from Earth to distant moons and stars, researching engine tech, cutting ship weight and settling each world, with light card battles.

    63% steam
    70% idle

  5. Idle Loops

    Also loop, planning, optimization

    Plan a list of actions, run the loop, get stronger, plan a better loop. Pure optimisation; the Omsi fork is the one to play.

    35% idle
  6. Mycelium cover art

    MyceliumUpdated

    Also planning, optimization, exploration

    Spread a fungal network through forest soil, weighing nearby poor ground against distant rich deposits since resources must travel back to the core.

  7. THE LONGING cover art

    THE LONGING

    Also exploration · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending

    Wait 400 real days in an underground palace for a king to wake. The clock runs while the game is closed, so you can explore or simply leave.

    92% steam
    has ending
    70% idle
  8. Idle Flight Manager cover art

    Idle Flight ManagerUpdated

    Also planning, optimization · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Draw routes on a real world map and grow from one prop plane to a jumbo jet fleet, with flights earning offline.

    75% idle
  9. The Board is Yours cover art

    The Board is YoursUpdated

    Also optimization, planning

    Buy chess squares and pieces and position them so defended pieces boost each other's output, with prestige perks that change your strategy.

    97% steam
    4.2★ galaxy
    50% idle
  10. Your Chronicle cover art

    Your Chronicle

    Also loop · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending, about 40–100h

    Reincarnate across a long fantasy chronicle, each life unlocking the next chapter.

    80% steam
    40–100h ending
    60% idle
  11. Magic Research cover art

    Magic Research

    Also loop · Has an ending, about 30–60h

    Research spells, attune to elements, retire and start over stronger. A focused, loop-based wizard sim.

    91% steam
    30–60h ending
    55% idle
  12. Little Incrementisle cover art

    Little Incrementisle

    Also optimization, planning

    Settle one island after another, each with modifiers and a disaster, then spend prestige points on a permanent talent tree before sailing on.

    82% steam
  13. Mr.Mine cover art

    Mr.Mine

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

    Dig a mine deeper and deeper, hire miners, discover what lives at the bottom.

    92% steam
    75% idle
  14. Settlemoon cover art

    Settlemoon

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

    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% steam
    70% idle
  15. Rogue with the Dead: Idle RPG cover art

    Rogue with the Dead: Idle RPGUpdated

    Also loop · Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Has an ending

    March an army 300 miles to slay the Demon Lord; troops fight automatically, and each death resets your run but makes you stronger.

    has ending
    75% idle
  16. Coin Factory cover art

    Coin Factory

    Also planning, optimization

    Lay out factory tiles around an output tile, level them and place modifiers to find synergies, with handmade levels plus daily and nightly challenge maps.

    77% steam
  17. Territory Idle cover art

    Territory Idle

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

    Build tiles into a kingdom, choose a pantheon and a hero, then abdicate for gold to buy more land and try new strategies.

    80% steam
    70% idle
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    Incremental Factory

    Also optimization, planning

    Build out a factory across parcels and clusters, managing resource flow and reworking production chains as the operation expands.

    72% steam
  19. Tap Wizard 2 cover art

    Tap Wizard 2

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

    A wizard caught in a time loop fights waves automatically while you choose spells, perks and traits before each rewind.

    76% steam
    70% idle
  20. Endless Escalation cover art

    Endless EscalationComing soon

    Also optimization, planning

    Build defenses and specialize units against ever stronger waves, where shared upgrade costs force real trade-offs.

    3.0★ galaxy
  21. Idle Loops: Squirrel Edition cover art

    Idle Loops: Squirrel Edition

    Also loop, planning

    A reworked Idle Loops with a pet squirrel companion, new zones, new actions and a tutorial.

    4.2★ galaxy
  22. No-brainer Heroes 挂机吧！勇者 cover art

    No-brainer Heroes 挂机吧！勇者

    Also pixel art · Has an ending

    Run a pixel town, recruit from 25 heroes, pick routes across map chapters, and gather treasures to take down six dragons.

    75% steam
    has ending
    50% idle
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    Far Fishing

    Also pixel art · 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
  24. Luna's Fishing Garden cover art

    Luna's Fishing Garden

    Also pixel art · Has an ending

    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