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Games like The Near Future: Incremental

The Near Future: Incremental. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Galactic Idle cover art

    Galactic Idle

    Also space, automation, civilization

    Grow one planet into a space empire: research tech, raise fleets and conquer 20 worlds, with battles auto-resolved or fought squad by squad.

  2. How To Grow a Black Hole cover art

    How To Grow a Black Hole

    Also space, science, automation

    Feed a black hole to gain mass, research automation and avoid collapses, comparing its size against real objects and global leaderboards.

    67% steam
  3. PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator cover art

    PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

    Also space, automation

    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
  4. Sporbs cover art

    SporbsUpdated

    Also space, automation

    Hover over alien organisms to harvest them without clicking, feed a fuel factory, and work through a 170-node skill tree toward a ride home.

    77% steam
    4.1★ galaxy
    has ending
  5. Space industrial empire cover art

    Space industrial empire

    Also space, automation

    Lay out flat conveyor lines for mining, smelting and research, then build warships to take other planets.

    87% steam
    70% idle
  6. Widget Inc. cover art

    Widget Inc.

    Also automation, science

    Craft widgets by hand, then automate and lay out a sprawling factory through twelve tech tiers on the way to building a rocket.

    87% steam
    has ending
  7. Black Hole Shrinker cover art

    Black Hole Shrinker

    Also space, science

    Shrink a black hole through Hawking radiation to collect quarks.

    3.7★ galaxy
  8. 8Compute cover art

    8Compute

    Also civilization, automation

    Grow one GPU into an AI civilization: sell inference, build data centers and steer toward one of twelve futures, then start a new timeline.

    has ending
  9. Constellation Clicker cover art

    Constellation ClickerComing soon

    Also space, automation

    Click to claim stars, link them with trade routes and grow a galactic economy, with 12 upgradeable Clankers to automate the clicks.

    50% idle
  10. Orbit Foundry cover art

    Orbit FoundryComing soon

    Also space, automation

    Grow one extractor into an orbital factory: place machines beside the right neighbors, time reactor pulses for bursts, and Reforge for permanent upgrades until you light a new star.

    has ending

  11. IdleSpaceDormant

    Also space, automation

    A space combat idle game where you design ships and send fleets into automated battles.

  12. IdleSpace 2 cover art

    IdleSpace 2Dormant

    Also space, automation

    The successor to IdleSpace, an idle space game of fleet building and automated battles.

  13. Orebital Dynamics cover art

    Orebital DynamicsUpdated

    Also space, automation

    Run a deep-space mining platform whose drills fire lasers at lanes of ore, upgrading and automating while hazards reshape the field.

    3.4★ galaxy
  14. Code: Terraform cover art

    Code: Terraform

    Also automation, space

    Write Python-like scripts to run rovers, power grids, smelters and drone fleets on a frozen alien world, with your code working while you plan.

    84% steam
  15. Space Loop Protocol cover art

    Space Loop Protocol

    Also space, automation

    Trapped in a time loop aboard a research ship, train five stats each cycle before the oxygen runs out, then queue activities.

    3.4★ galaxy
  16. Kardashev Incremental cover art

    Kardashev IncrementalDormant

    Also civilization, science

    Climb the Kardashev scale by gathering, building and researching technologies to raise your civilisation level.

  17. Transport Defender cover art

    Transport Defender

    Also automation, space

    Guard a cargo ship from boarding waves with a turret and auto weapons, scripting auto upgrades and auto ascension for long idle runs.

    80% steam
    70% idle
  18. Upload Simulator cover art

    Upload Simulator

    Also automation, science

    Download and upload files for credits, then upgrade hardware, research tech, automate part production, overclock, and prestige.

    84% steam
  19. Cosmic Forge cover art

    Cosmic ForgeUpdated

    Also space, science

    Start from hydrogen atoms, research tech, mine asteroids for antimatter and find megastructures as you conquer the star map and head home.

    3.0★ galaxy
    has ending
    25% idle
  20. Idle Space Raider cover art

    Idle Space Raider

    Also space, automation

    Patrol space as a station guard, mining ore and fighting in raids, then upgrade your ship and station. Toggles automate most systems, and a stargate opens a second reset tier.

    74% steam
    70% idle
  21. Starvester cover art

    Starvester

    Also space, automation

    Send drone swarms to mine a star system and grow a factory that builds megastructures, with prestige along a roughly five hour campaign.

    69% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  22. SimPocalypse cover art

    SimPocalypse

    Also civilization, automation

    Grow a post-apocalyptic settlement into a global empire, managing citizens, a large research tree, and a supply-driven market, with game speed and task automation.

    68% steam
  23. TerraGenesis - Space Settlers cover art

    TerraGenesis - Space SettlersUpdated

    Also space, science

    Terraform real and fictional planets using NASA data, building habitats and choosing among four factions.

  24. Age of Clicks cover art

    Age of Clicks

    Also civilization, automation

    A clicker take on grand strategy: build factories and armies, invade neighbors and paint the world map in your colors.

    67% steam