Games like Idlings

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

93% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Wishlist the Game"Guardians of the Sanctree: Early Birds" is the Prologue of the "Guardians of the Sanctree". If you are interested in the game, please add Guardians of the Sanctree to your wishlist on the main page to stay updated with the latest game news! Join our community Follow Our X Follow Our Reddit About the Game "Guardians of the Sanctree" is a 2D han… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guardians of the Sanctree: Early Birds.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

78% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adaptory.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

92% User Score Based on 64 reviews

In Oceaneers, a survival-crafting colony simulation game, you manage a group of stranded survivors in a flooded world where sci-fi meets palm trees. With sinking islands, and scarce resources, you’ll need to grow an island colony, recruit new survivors and protect them from dangers on both land and sea! SURVIVE ON FLOATING ISLANDSThe ocean is scattered with floating islands powered by Float-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oceaneers.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

98% User Score Based on 98 reviews

You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guardians of the Sanctree.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 51,372 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen Not Included.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 926 reviews

Dwarfs!?' offers an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulties and game modes to play around in. As the new overseer for your underground Dwarf base, your job is to manage the small colony and make it as rich as possible, before they meet their inevitable doom! To survive as long as possible, you’ll have to steer and guide your greedy little fellows to the richest p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dwarfs!?.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

84% User Score Based on 2,022 reviews

— — — — music by Dunkel If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flotsam.

Welcome Island About the GameYou've awakened. You find yourself in a mysterious world of floating islands, where the sky shimmers with an ethereal glow. The islands drift like fragmented dreams, surrounded by unfamiliar flora and an unknown ecosystem. You gradually adapt to this world's rules. You'll need to build a home and develop technology, starting from scratch—from primitive tools to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CLOUD DWELLERS.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

86% User Score Based on 2,203 reviews

Design, build and manage your magic school to explore what lies below. Study lost arcana, grow exotic plants, brew potions, and raise undead servants -- only you can prepare your fragile students to harness their Mind Over Magic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind Over Magic.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

95% User Score Based on 31,361 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 3 reviews

Can you uncover the secrets of the core and return to the world above If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Core Keeper.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 5,128 reviews

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Craft The World.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

55% User Score Based on 1,930 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 4 reviews

Hammerting is a vertical dwarven mining colony sim with RPG elements. Manage a clan of colorful dwarves, establish an epic mining operation, craft legendary swords and delve deep for greater glory, riches... and danger. With a war raging on the surface, the dwarves pledge to delve deep and, as the master craftspeople they are, produce and supply whatever is needed. From humble beginnings, you st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hammerting.

A retro ant colony sim where your ants think for themselves. Place pheromone trails and your ants dig, haul, and build on their own, following the scent to work, food, or danger. Tunnel through a fully destructible world, farm the surface, outgrow the rival ant colony, and survive the dangers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quicksant.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

84% User Score Based on 806 reviews

Odd Realm is a simulation game set in a procedurally generated, fantasy world where you foster a group of Settlers to help them build, explore, and survive... probably... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Odd Realm.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

88% User Score Based on 84 reviews

In Goblin Camp, you’re in charge of a little band of goblins who want to make a new home for themselves in the middle world. Featuring 60 unique structures, over 100 items and over 80 crafting recipes, as well as 31 unlockable technologies, Goblin Camp has a lot for you to discover! Grow your camp from a collection of shacks and lean-tos into a bustling city of stone, develop new technologie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblin Camp.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

73% User Score Based on 128 reviews

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mountaincore.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

92% User Score Based on 950 reviews

A simulation game where you build a town in the middle of the sea. Reach self-sufficiency, invite travelers to join you, then manage their needs and research new facilities to keep them happy. Build a submarine and discover islands to produce increasingly complex resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Havendock.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 24,920 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by exploration, farming and crafting games such as Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda. Gather, collect and manage resources. Craft useful items & structures. Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! Achieve anything… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forager.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

47% User Score Based on 51 reviews

Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At the start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stonedeep.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

65% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Deep within the clouds of a gas giant, supermassive creatures occupy the sky, each exhibiting an ecosystem. Exhibitors is a Factory building game with elements of farming and exploration. Exploring deep within a gas giant, you did not expect to find life beneath the clouds. Upon closer inspection super massive floating creatures called exhibitors can be observed, each holding an ecosystem upon … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exhibitors.

Might and Mandibles is a 2D ant colony sim and real-time strategy game. Command your queen and her subjects, excavate procedural subterranean chambers, assign specialized castes, and gather surface resources while defending the nest from wandering predators and coordinated raids. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Might and Mandibles.

Build an ever-growing colony of autonomous dwarves in an immense procedural world. Mine deeper, manage resources, unlock explosive weapons and industrial vehicles, and turn a tiny settlement into a screen-filling mining empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INCREMINER.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

A cozy underground colony sim where nothing can ever go wrong. You never dig, you give the orders, and the Bobbitz do the rest. Carve a home out of the dark, raise a town of little burrowers, and light the deep together. No death, no fail states. Dig at your own pace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bobbitz.

A dungeon colony sim where you play the dungeon itself: its Boss, its minions and the beasts in its caves. Dig out halls, wire deadly traps, and raid the world above for treasure. Then hold your hoard against the heroes who come to take it back. Play alone or in 2–4 player co-op. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Malignus.

DIG YOUR NEST Doots live in underground galleries that they have to dig themselves. It's the place where they store eggs, feed the larvae and grow the colony. FIND AND CULTIVATE FOOD If you expand the colony, you will soon run out of food! Cultivate your own crops to meet the needs of the colony. ACTIVATE ANCIENT ARTIFACTS You are not alone in this world, and others have walked it before you.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Glorious Colony.

Journey on the back of the space whale Kewa, building a city for your people as you travel across the galaxy seeking purpose and answers, and developing deep relationships with the universe around you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond These Stars.

Humans are extinct, and Goblins proudly stand at the top of the food chain! Take over a mine, expand your surface base, and automate logistics. Manage workers, trade, avoid cave-ins and lava, and above all – try to endure your father's constant grumbling! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dust & Diamonds.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Wreckborn is a combination of survival, base building, exploration, and combat in space. This single-player science fiction game offers gameplay in a procedurally generated open world full of asteroids, wrecks, and clashes with space pirates. Your goal is to survive, develop your colony, and build infrastructure in the unforgiving cosmos. Step by step, reclaim control over the system that space… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wreckborn.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 4,294 reviews

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game with survival and rogue-like elements. Build a village on the back of a giant, wandering creature, farm crops and forage resources to keep your villagers alive and form a symbiotic relationship with your giant host to survive together in a hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wandering Village.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

74% User Score Based on 47 reviews

2D top down view open world sandbox survival farming game. Survive, adventure, hunt, gather resources, craft, build, farm, fish, trade, become an adventurer, complete various tasks and explore this fantasy world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Border Town.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 9,078 reviews

Embark on a space journey with your patched-together crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haven.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

67% User Score Based on 296 reviews

TFM: The First Men is a strategy simulation enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat. Inspired by the creation stories, Knights and Merchants, and Rimworld. Build your settlement with the help of various paths and crafts. Use countless traits, items, and skills to make the first men in your image. Raise and train children and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TFM: The First Men.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

95% User Score Based on 311 reviews

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MicroTown.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, optimization

93% User Score Based on 1,649 reviews

Build and manage an awesome space colony! A real city builder for Android! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Final Earth 2.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 389 reviews

Nova Lands: Emilia's Mission is a prologue chapter of the main game, Nova Lands. Learn your way around the planet you've landed on, build your base, and automate it with your helpful bots! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Lands: Emilia's Mission.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

89% User Score Based on 122 reviews

The year 3020. Be the first to meet all aliens from all over the galaxy. Check alien species and their galactic papers, manage your space station, and, please, try not to unleash a galactic war... near Earth. — Your favorite Spherical Corp. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galaxy Pass Station.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization

79% User Score Based on 370 reviews

A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't get lost.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

52% User Score Based on 29 reviews

A Planet of Mine is a mini procedural 4X. Starting from a single and unique planet, survive, gather and combine resources, develop your technologies and start the conquest of space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Planet of Mine.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

You were a space explorer employed by the emperor to research uncharted regions of the empire. Sadly, while orbiting a seemingly barren planet, you were ambushed. You soon find yourself landed and trapped on this planet. In order to escape, you must defend yourself and extract, explore, and build your way out. Be careful, as there may be both friends and foes around you, as well as anomalies to ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Barren Objective.

Nestled at your screen’s edge, a tranquil idle world unfurls as you go about your day. Plant gorgeous trees, look after adorable animals, and mingle with merry goblins - your forest keeps blooming in the background. Get in the grove with Twiggle’s Grove! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twiggle's Grove.

Somewhere across the multiverse, people are wasting their lives playing idle games. Their lost moments condense into Chronum — crystallized time — and you're going to harvest every last drop of it. Idle Time is a factory-building incremental game where you extract, transport, and process Chronum to fuel a time machine built by Bill Tyme, an eccentric physicist with a fractured timeline and ques… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Time.

Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gateworlds.

Gameplay Features– Single-player 2D pixel-art farming and life-sim RPG – Grow crops, raise animals, and expand your medieval farmstead – Gather materials, craft tools, and upgrade workstations – Explore procedurally generated caves, mines, and strongholds for rare resources – Help your town heal and grow through quests and relationships – Experience day–night cycles, weather, and seasonal eve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdom of Hope.

Everybody's Stranger is a cozy, story-rich fantasy tavern RPG where you aren't the hero. Everybody else is. Run an inn for adventurers, get pulled into their quests, and uncover the mystery of your forgotten past. Oh, and there are teleporting chickens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everybody's Stranger.

From one egg to an unstoppable swarm. Manage your ant colony to accumulate maximum resources in this super idle, drawn entirely by hand. Buy ants -> get food -> buy more ants -> get more food -> ... Build your ant colony and watch it thrive! Hatch eggs, grow your swarm, and upgrade your terrarium to boost production. Unlock powerful bonuses, prestige for permanent upgrades… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idleant - an idle game about ant.

Mine resources, build a factory, hire goblins, launch a space rocket. A short and satisfying factory builder about turning a one-goblin operation into a sprawling industrial empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quest Industries.

A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Colony.

Green Again is a relaxing colony simulation game. Help a tribe of little plant people reclaim their planet taken over by defective robots. Build, decorate, and expand your settlement. Grow crops for your citizens, explore the unknown, and return the land to its former green state! This page has been retired but you can download the latest demo and wishlist the game on Steam! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Green Again.

The Ant Game is a real-time colony sim with no floating cursor and no god's-eye view. You live in the dirt as a single ant while a whole colony runs around you: foraging by scent, digging its own nest, raising brood, and fighting beetles, spiders and rival colonies for the same patch of meadow. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ant Game.

37%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

56% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening is a sci-fi idle progression game where you rebuild a shattered colony ship, restore lost systems, automate production, and uncover the mystery hidden within the Ark’s damaged memory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening.