Games like Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding)
Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) balanced. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Upload Labs
Also automation, computers, 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
Toilet Paper IdleUpdated
Also humor, automation · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Roll toilet paper with your mouse or let bathroom helpers do it, unlocking special rolls with bonuses and a skill tree of satirical upgrades.
57% steam3.7★ galaxy50% idle
Download RAM Idle
Also humor, computers · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Yes, you can download more RAM. A tidy, joke-driven idler with one of Galaxy's highest ratings.
4.7★ galaxy60% idle
AI Company SimulatorUpdated
Also ai, humor, automation
Run an AI software company: hire and upgrade AI agents, pay for model subscriptions, take on projects and trade stocks.

Download RAM Idle 2
Also humor, computers · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
The sequel. More RAM, more layers, same top-shelf rating.
4.7★ galaxy60% idle
The Perfect Tower II
Also automation, programming · Same active/idle balance (leans idle)
Tower defence as an idle engine, plus factories, mining and an in-game scripting language.
87% steam60% idle
BitburnerUpdated
Also programming, automation
A cyberpunk incremental where you write real JavaScript to hack servers and automate everything.
95% steam70% idle
Bitcoin BillionaireUpdated
Also humor, computers · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Tap to mine virtual bitcoins, invest in tech that earns while offline and travel through time.
50% idle
ExecuteUpdated
Also humor, automation
A dark comedy on a retro Windows desktop: capture people and escalate from a guillotine to nukes until the world population hits zero.
91% steamhas ending25% idle
Screeps: World
Also programming, automation
Run a colony in a persistent MMO by writing JavaScript that controls your units around the clock, even while you are logged off.
87% steam70% idle
All Hail the Orb
Also automation, humor
Click a mysterious orb for power, recruit cultists to take over the work, and explore a dungeon full of ducks in a short game meant to be finished.
93% steam4.2★ galaxyhas ending
Military Incremental ComplexDormant
Also automation, humor
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
Black Hole FishingUpdated
Also automation, humor
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
(the) Gnorp Apologue
Also automation, humor
Strike a rock for shards and hire a growing crew of gnorps to smash and haul them, stacking synergies until the numbers explode.
96% steam
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
Soda Dungeon 2
Also programming, humor
Staff a tavern with adventurers who crawl a dungeon for you, upgrade the whole town, and script their battle behavior with custom AI.
94% steam
Finn Dorset's Institute For Livestock Replication
Also automation, humor
Clone moon sheep on a dwarf planet, automate wool production and fend off hawks in a hand-drawn cartoon incremental meant to run in the background.
83% steam75% idle
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% steam4.6★ galaxy200–600h ending55% idle
Loot Box Quest
Also humor, automation
A week-long jam clicker mocking loot boxes, where you click, automate and watch deliberately silly numbers climb.
93% steam
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% steam50% idle
Soda Dungeon
Also humor · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Hire soda-fuelled adventurers from your tavern, send them into a deep dungeon on manual or auto combat, and spend loot on upgrades.
94% steam50% idle
Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up
Also humor · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Push kiwis through an upgradable delivery line, clear bottlenecks, and pick professions that favor clicking, potions or automation.
95% steam50% idle
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% steam50% idle
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% steam50% idle