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Games like The Perfect Tower II

The Perfect Tower II leans idle, never really ends. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Bitburner cover art

    BitburnerUpdated

    Also programming, automation · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    A cyberpunk incremental where you write real JavaScript to hack servers and automate everything.

    95% steam
    70% idle
  2. Screeps: World cover art

    Screeps: World

    Also programming, automation · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)

    Run a colony in a persistent MMO by writing JavaScript that controls your units around the clock, even while you are logged off.

    87% steam
    70% idle
  3. Stone Story RPG cover art

    Stone Story RPG

    Also programming · Same active/idle balance (balanced) · Built on Unity

    A hand-animated ASCII RPG that plays itself while you script its behaviour. Gorgeous and strange.

    91% steam
    15–30h ending
    50% idle
  4. Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) cover art

    Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding)Updated

    Also programming, automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Mash keys to write code, then build a production grid and hire AI agents that ship projects, including while the game is closed, before prestiging.

    74% steam
    2.7★ galaxy
    50% idle
  5. NGU Idle cover art

    NGU Idle

    Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Built on Unity

    Joke-dense RPG idler with dozens of interlocking systems. Beating a boss is the easy part; allocating energy is the game.

    96% steam
    65% idle
  6. The Farmer Was Replaced cover art

    The Farmer Was Replaced

    Also programming, automation

    Write Python-like scripts for a drone that farms for you, then spend the harvest on new tech that opens tougher automation puzzles.

    97% steam
  7. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms cover art

    Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

    Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Built on Unity

    Dungeons & Dragons formation-building idler. Heavy on events and collection.

    77% steam
    60% idle
  8. Upload Labs cover art

    Upload Labs

    Also automation, programming

    Wire together window-like nodes into data pipelines that download, process and upload files, then research, hack and code your way toward stopping heat death.

    90% steam
  9. Incremental Adventures cover art

    Incremental Adventures

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

    Heroes fight on their own in automated turn-based combat while you tune the automation and push toward double-exponent numbers through stacked prestiges.

    78% steam
    70% idle
  10. Idle Monster TD cover art

    Idle Monster TD

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

    Place elemental monsters on the map to hold off endless robot waves, combining their abilities and upgrading stats between fights.

    72% steam
    70% idle
  11. Cell to Singularity cover art

    Cell to Singularity

    Same active/idle balance (leans idle) · Built on Unity

    Evolve life from a single cell to a technological singularity, with a surprising amount of real science in the tooltips.

    89% steam
    70% idle
  12. Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPG cover art

    Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPGUpdated

    Also tower defense

    An endless tower defense where you recruit and place fantasy heroes against infinite waves, and they keep fighting and collecting rewards while the game is closed.

    82% steam
    75% idle
  13. Code: Terraform cover art

    Code: Terraform

    Also programming, automation

    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.

    83% steam

  14. TrimpsDormant

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Breed an army of trimps, push through zones, portal back, and optimise your heirlooms for another hundred runs.

    55% idle
  15. Antimatter Dimensions cover art

    Antimatter DimensionsUpdated

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Buy dimensions that buy dimensions, then break infinity, then break reality. The reference point every numbers-go-up game is measured against, and it has a real ending.

    92% steam
    4.6★ galaxy
    200–600h ending
    55% idle
  16. Idle Monster TD: Evolved cover art

    Idle Monster TD: Evolved

    Also tower defense

    A reverse tower defense where you evolve over 150 monsters to hold a portal against endless human invaders, placing them to combine abilities.

    76% steam
    75% idle
  17. Outpath: First Journey cover art

    Outpath: First Journey

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    A free prologue to a first-person clicker where you gather, craft and automate a base, buying new islands, in either an active or idle style.

    96% steam
    50% idle
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    Idle Slayer

    Built on Unity

    A runner-platformer bolted onto an idle economy. Jump for coins when you're around; let it grind when you're not.

    84% steam
    45% idle
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    Outpath

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    A first-person clicker base builder: gather by hand, then automate production and buy more islands to expand.

    94% steam
    50% idle
  20. Clicker Heroes 2 cover art

    Clicker Heroes 2

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Click through endless zones and worlds, chain skills for DPS, and program an automator to play for you. It never ends.

    53% steam
    50% idle
  21. Plantera 2: Golden Acorn cover art

    Plantera 2: Golden Acorn

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Grow a garden around a magic oak with round helpers who harvest for you, even while the game is closed, and reach for golden acorns.

    95% steam
    50% idle
  22. Idling to Rule the Gods cover art

    Idling to Rule the Gods

    Built on Unity

    Train clones, fight gods, rebirth. An old-school Unity idler that still has a loyal crowd.

    85% steam
    75% idle
  23. Calculator Evolution cover art

    Calculator Evolution

    Also programming · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Upgrade a pocket calculator into something with far too many digits. Clever programming-flavoured progression.

    4.5★ galaxy
    55% idle
  24. Plantera cover art

    Plantera

    Also automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)

    Grow a garden of crops, trees and animals while round helpers harvest for you, and keep earning even with the game shut.

    89% steam
    50% idle