Games like Widget Inc.
Widget Inc. finishes in about a while. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Incremental Factory
Also automation, production chain, planning
Build out a factory across parcels and clusters, managing resource flow and reworking production chains as the operation expands.
72% steam
Click MageDormant
Also production chain, crafting · Has an ending
Stranded on a pixel island, click to gather and carry small amounts of resources, build processing buildings and construct a portal home.
90% steamhas ending
Dragon Forge
Also automation, crafting, production chain
Play a dragon lifting a curse by gathering and crafting, while goblin minions run an ever-growing automated city across 80 areas to explore.
50% steam
Deep Town: Mining Idle GamesDormant
Also crafting, production chain, automation
Mine resources below ground and craft them above into jewelry, chemicals, and plants, linking buildings into production chains run by bots.

Outpath: First Journey
Also automation, crafting
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% steam50% idle
Outpath
Also automation, crafting
A first-person clicker base builder: gather by hand, then automate production and buy more islands to expand.
94% steam50% idle
Beltmatic
Also production chain, automation
Mine numbers from the map and route them along belts through adders and multipliers to deliver target values to the hub.
95% steam
Asbury Pines
Also production chain, automation
Link the work of townsfolk across eras from the stone age to the far future, building automated production that uncovers a small-town murder mystery.
90% steam
Black Hole FishingUpdated
Also science, automation
Use a black hole to vacuum fish from a pond, then breed, inject traits into and research them while feeding the singularity to grow it.
89% steam
Forage Wizard
Also automation, crafting
Forage with your cursor, refine items through alchemy and build self-running machines and farms, following a branching skill tree toward a powerful artifact.
87% steam
Assembly Planter
Also automation, production chain
Grow from hand farming to automated planters, harvesters and belts, and merge whole machine setups into one compact block.
92% steam
Space industrial empire
Also production chain, automation
Lay out flat conveyor lines for mining, smelting and research, then build warships to take other planets.
87% steam70% idle
Idle DeepcoreUpdated
Also automation, 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
Beltex
Also production chain, automation
Pull numbers from a hex map, run them through math buildings, and belt the results to your core to level up and unlock more.
85% steam
Military Incremental ComplexDormant
Also production chain, automation
Start by making bullets by hand and grow into an arms giant producing tanks and nukes, playing the stock market and lobbying government.
82% steam2.7★ galaxy25% idle
Project P.I.T.T.
Also automation, production chain
As an intern, craft rubber ducks and feed them to a growing corporate pit, building physics contraptions of magnets, fans and launchers to raise throughput.
79% steam
Upload Simulator
Also automation, science
Download and upload files for credits, then upgrade hardware, research tech, automate part production, overclock, and prestige.
84% steam
Industry IdleDormant
Also production chain, automation
Build factories on generated maps, optimize production chains, trade on a player market and prestige for new maps, with offline earnings tied to company value.
77% steam75% idle
Micro Macro Farm
Also crafting, automation
Plant, harvest, and cook produce in a small garden, leveling up to unlock seeds and machines, with gnome helpers that keep things going while you do other tasks.
79% steam70% idle
Sixty Four
Also automation, production chain
Build machines that dig up cubes and spend them on stranger machines, moving from clicking toward a fully automated factory.
75% steam50% idle
Scrap Yard IdleUpdated
Also production chain, automation
Collect scrap by hand, then build crushers, separators and assemblers until the whole processing chain runs itself.

How To Grow a Black Hole
Also 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
Whimsy Bake&Craft
Also production chain, crafting
Run a whimsical island bakery by setting up automated farming, fishing and baking lines. Sell goods on a fluctuating market and decorate your home.
64% steam
Antimatter DimensionsUpdated
Also automation · Has an ending, about 200–600h
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% steam4.6★ galaxy200–600h ending55% idle