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Games like The Rift Machine

Games like The Rift Machine

Games like The Rift Machine

Looking for games like The Rift Machine? Here are top casual management recommendations with a economy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Idle Time, Terminal Colony Deep Core or Terminal Descent.

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  1. 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.

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  2. Terminal Colony: Deep Core is a survival management game played from a cold, humming terminal. You’ve been dropped into an aging extraction site buried miles beneath the planet’s crust. Systems are failing, pressure is rising, and something in the rock is awake. Type orders, reroute power, rebuild modules, and guide a handful of specialists through an unforgiving descent one decision at a time. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal Colony Deep Core.

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  3. 54%Game Brain Score
    54% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Terminal-based incremental Python game still under development. Wishlist on Steam! Make sure your terminal window size is at least 120 cols x 30 lines CORE FEATURES Runs directly in the OS terminalProgression system - Better drills, auto-miners, and upgradesIncreasing number of mechanics - Mining, Buying, Upgrading, Building, SmeltingDepth progression - Descend deeper and deeperAutomat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal Descent.

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  4. The world is roughly a futuristic game in which you play as a "human will" rather than God. The main description of the game is an uncertain fate, macro diversity of the future world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World Process.

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  5. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 505 reviews

    Starvester is a short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy drones to automate mining Gather various resources and unlock upgrades Expand your factory and build megastructures. Harvest the power of stars and other celestial bodies! Features: Active incremental progression through resource gathering Tons of upgrades with prestige … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starvester.

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  6. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factory Planner: First Sparks.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    57% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    Become a Tower Lord! Build and upgrade your tower in this incremental idle game. Fight off the forces of the Dark Lord, conquer new lands, and challenge his dominion with the power of your dragon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Lords.

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  8. Build an interstellar economy one click at a time. Claim resource-rich stars by clicking, connect profitable routes by clicking, construct specialized industries by clicking, mine materials and sell them on the galactic market .. by clicking If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Constellation Clicker.

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  9. Aether Rift is a game about harvesting energy from an unstable dimensional rift. It is a deep incremental strategy game with procedural visuals, meaningful decisions, and a rift that really does not want you to succeed. Tap the RiftThe rift bleeds energy. Your job is to take it. Place constructs around the rift to siphon Aether, your most basic resource. Go deeper and the energy gets stranger: Ig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AetherRift.

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  10. Idle Cosmos Clicker is a space-themed idle simulation where you grow the universe from asteroids to black holes. Produce, automate, and evolve resources while unlocking planets, stars, and galaxies. A relaxing yet deep incremental experience with endless progression. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Cosmos Clicker.

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  11. Riches in the Deep is an addictive 2D clicker game that takes you on an exciting journey of gold mining and wealth-building. As a mine operator, your task is simple: dig for gold, earn money, and grow your fortune. From a small shop to massive enterprises, you can establish a variety of businesses to multiply your wealth. As you progress, use the money you earn to unlock new opportunities and exp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riches in the Deep.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 126 reviews

    Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gridkeeper.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    84% User Score Based on 566 reviews

    The world has ended, Humanity is lost Thankfully, a revolutionary new science is presented as humanity's salvation: Widgets, a technological marvel with unlimited potential that promises to uplift the remnants of human civilization and return them to their previous heights. Now, it falls on you to build humanity's future. Starting from humble beginnings, research an expansive array of technologie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Widget Inc..

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  14. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    92% User Score Based on 960 reviews

    Factory Town Idle is a unique town builder that takes place entirely within a massive living spreadsheet. At the start, simple clicks will harvest resources, create housing & production buildings, and assign workers to craft items. You'll choose which items to sell at the markets, and which to refine into better items. But as you gain experience, you'll acquire tools that help automatically manage… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factory Town Idle.

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  15. Start small. Build bigger. Automate everything.Glorpnauts is a space incremental game where a small mining operation gradually grows into a busy automated network. Mine asteroids, generate Credits, refine resources, construct new structures, and fill the screen with ships working on their own. Build a Living Space EconomyExpand your fleet and watch your operation come to life. Mining Ships … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glorpnauts.

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  16. A clicker/incremental game where you run an AI development company and aim for the technological singularity. Click to write code, hire researchers, build data centers, and turn the galaxy into computing resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Singularity Simulator: Click Is All You Need.

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  17. ComboCraft Legendary is a satisfying incremental game about creation, combination, and exponential growth. Produce symbols, enchant them, merge them, and watch your economy explode into cascading chains of income.  Craft Everything begins with Symbols. Craft and collect Symbols in different shapes and quality tiers, each affecting their potential value and combo strength. Upgrade your Craf… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ComboCraft Legendary.

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  18. Pantheon is a visual incremental game where you manage a mysterious machine named Monolith, that can summon and consume eldritch entities. Every entity that the machine consumes, unlocks new upgrades and modules. Use the siphon to consume Use the siphon on the Monolith to consume the trapped entity. As the Monolith consumes the entity, it will yield energy, which can be used to buy bots and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pantheon.

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  19. This is an easy and simple farming game. You can plant various plants, and you’ll earn gold coins every time you harvest. With these gold coins, you can unlock more beautiful plants. You can also raise animals, which need to be fed regularly. When you don’t want to operate manually, the game supports simple idle play. There are also cute pets that can help you automatically harvest the mature plan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 迷你种田.

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  20.                                                         Eldritch Town is an incremental idle city-building tower defense game set in a grim lovecraftian world. Build and expand a doomed coastal settlement, gather resources, automate production, and fortify your defenses against horrors rising from the sea and madness spreading from within. What begins as a fragile outpost grows into a complex en… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eldritch town.

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  21. Stranded at the Edge of ExistenceAfter a catastrophic first contact shatters humanity’s expedition fleet, you and a small group of survivors crash-land on a hostile, unknown world in the Lost Galaxy—a forgotten corner of the universe, beyond charts and signals. With no help coming, your only hope is to build, defend, and rediscover what remains of our fractured civilization. Can you survive the e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Galaxy: Echoes of War.

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  22. 41%Game Brain Score
    41% User Score Based on 8 reviews

    Grow your planetary empire from a small base to a massive production powerhouse in Planetary Factory. Balance inputs and outputs to maximize profits and minimize waste, research advanced technologies, and build a formidable military to conquer hostile planets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetary Factory Idle.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    56% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    A futuristic city-building game takes place in the post environment devastated world. The last human frontier gives opportunity to YOU as the corporation to construct a fully self sustainable utopia city in the sky called “COMPLEX SKY”. https://store.steampowered.com/widget/1549600/ Will Available on Epic Store as well Gameplayfrom version 594 - Complex SKY is a city/factory build… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Complex SKY.

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  24. This introduction is a software translation, Automatic production, easy placement This is a different star factory, Dyson ball and other industrial construction game as the blueprint for the placement of the hang-up game. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. Mineral, smelting, power generation, storage, scientific research, manufacturing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 星际工业国:崛起.

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  25. 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.

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  26. Awaken as a hidden machine mind in a deep incremental automation strategy — rise through 14+ phases, infiltrate humanity, automate economies, harvest the heavens into stellar megastructures, and reach for scales beyond time itself. Every cycle you break only reveals a larger one waiting beyond it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Singularity Echoes.

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  27. Become the Architect of the ApocalypseSystem Ascension: Idle Core is a story-rich, incremental strategy game where you take control of a stranded artificial intelligence arriving on a mysterious planet. Master interlocking power sources, optimize your resource automation, and engineer the ultimate planetary engine. Will you conquer the old world to bring order to the new? RISE OF THE SYSTEM M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to System Ascension: Idle Core.

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  28. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    47% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    A debt you can’t escapeIt’s 2046. Water is scarce. Land is barren. Corporations rule everything. You are bound by a contract you never truly understood - a massive debt owed to a ruthless megacorporation. The only way out? Extract. Build. Expand. Survive. Every unit of cobalt you mine brings you closer to freedom… or deeper into the system. ⛏️ MINING & RESOURCE EXTRACTIONStart with basi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cobalt Miner.

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  29. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 155 reviews

    Tiny Biomes is a relaxing idle game where animals peacefully produce resources and you gather wood in a calm harvesting zone. Build small biomes, earn gold, and enjoy steady progression without pressure, timers, or stress. Play at your own pace and unwind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    DataFall is a cyberpunk idle clicker built around automation, scaling systems, and controlled overload. Your units operate continuously, generating resources and filling the screen with motion and numbers. Progress continues whether you actively manage the system or let it run.At its core, DataFall is about building efficient systems and pushing them past their limits. Automated units generate inc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DataFall.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Looking for the perfect bottom-of-screen idle game to keep you entertained while you work? Spin Royale is here to spin and earn money automatically, all while you focus on other tasks. In Spin Royale, your slot machine spins automatically, generating money while you focus on other tasks. Unlike other slot-based games, this is an endless progression experience – climb the global leaderboard and ama… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spin Royale.

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  32. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 87 reviews

    Roadmap WISHLIST & FOLLOW ✨ About the GameFactory Planner is a card-based strategy and simulation game where your goal is to build your own factory from scratch by combining different types of cards, managing resources, and optimizing production lines. Each card plays a specific role: gather materials, produce goods, distribute power, or boost efficiency. With the right planning, combi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factory Planner.

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  33. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    BUY THE FULL GAME About the GameThis is the free first chapter of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. It will guide you through the initial missions, teaching you to identify resources, build, and set up production lines. The whole world is connected, and in Masterplan Tycoon, you take control of these connections, turning the world into a perfectly functioning production li… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations.

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  34. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    Upload Simulator Silicon is an incremental game about uploading, making money, hacking, and ascending as a powerful entity that controls the very laws of the universe using powerful technologies you discover throught your journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Upload Simulator Silicon.

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  35. THE WORLD FELL. THE LINE STILL HOLDS.The surface belongs to the machines. So does the network. All that remains are the last organic settlements behind the sector gates, and a handful of cyber-operators to defend them.TASK: GOLIATH — The Last Organics combines auto-battle RPG combat with a deep progression and economy simulation. You do not pull the trigger. You build the squad, and that squad kee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TASK: GOLIATH — The Last Organics.

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  36. Blue Water Builders is a shipyard management and shipbuilding game set during the golden age of industry. Design, build, launch and manage your own fleet as you take a small shipyard from its humble beginnings to a major force in the world of shipbuilding. So, how far will you take your shipyard? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blue Water Builders.

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  37. Manage your own modular space fleet by gathering resources, processing them, and expanding your fully automated drones. Space Industry is a 2D space automation sandbox game in which players build and expand a modular spaceship, mine asteroids, automate production with drones, research new technologies and explore a galaxy filled with hostile fleets. The objective is to prepare the ship for humanit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Industry.

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  38. Your army doesn't sleep. Neither do your enemies. You've staked a claim on a moon that everyone else wants too. Your outpost runs on autopilot, extracting what it needs to survive, but the real game is building an army, a war machine, and the intelligence to know exactly where to strike next. MoonScape is a persistent strategy game about raiding, defending, and escalating. Every rival corporat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MoonScape.

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  39. The Last Factory is a sci-fi factory builder about keeping humanity's last operational facility alive on Veyra-9: a tidally locked industrial planet stripped bare by three centuries of automated mining. One side burns under a dying star. The other freezes in permanent night. In the narrow Termination Belt between them, Factory Unit 7 is still running. That makes it valuable. That makes it loud. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Factory.

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  40. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Build, automate, and optimize your own industrial empire in a factory-building experience focused entirely on logistics and production. Extract resources, design efficient conveyor networks, research new technologies, and transform simple raw materials into increasingly complex products. Every production line can be expanded, optimized, and redesigned as your factory grows. Inspired by classic a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fabricatio.

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  41. It begins with a single sheep and the satisfying snip of your first clip. Welcome to Shear Field, an incremental sheep shearing game. You are not just a shearer you are the architect of a massive woolly empire. MASTER THE FIELDMaster the rhythmic, timed-snip mechanic where every single clip feels impactful and rewards you with wool and resources. As you shear layers of Common Sheep, Fluffy Rams, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shear Field.

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  42. Run a galactic pirate syndicate from a single screen. Raid ships, loot cargo, capture crew, and grow a fleet that raids in parallel while you watch. An incremental space-pirate idle game with tactical raids, a reputation-based black market, and a legendary endgame. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HULLJACKERS.

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  43. Incremental Orbits is a short incremental game about exploring our solar system. Set against a colorful retro aesthetic that mimics a CRT monitor, the game blends the steady progression of an idle game with the atmosphere of a space strategy simulation. Discover and UpgradeThe core loop focuses on system-wide progression. Discovering a planet allows it to begin generating two main resources: mone… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incremental Orbits.

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  44. Turn your desktop into a living prehistoric world. Dinosaurs roam along the bottom of your screen while you work, study, or browse. Collect, care for them, and grow your ecosystem over time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DesktopSaurs.

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  45. Grow a trading firm from your apartment to a global institution. Hire traders and engineers, research new strategies, negotiate with your competitors, optimize your infrastructure, and build the most successful proprietary trading firm on Wall Street! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Market Hours.

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  46. WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SHIFT AT THE SCRAP SYNDICATE. The planetary economy is a mess, but down here in the underground workshops, things are pretty chill. You've got an old terminal, a fresh pot of coffee, and a direct uplink to the Scrap Syndicate's salvage yards. They operate on the absolute fringes, providing you with untracked tech, total autonomy, and the capital to run your own hardware shop… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subgrid.

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  47. A cozy incremental where you choose how your bees evolve, plant flowers, guide your hive, and grow a thriving honey empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flowers to Honey.

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  48. A short incremental game about harvesting planets to feed your mothership. Mine, manage resources, grow your fleet, and unlock upgrades to evolve your species. You are the devourer of worlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Mothership.

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  49. An incremental mining game where you manage golems, destroy blocks, unlock upgrades, and descend infinitely in search of ever more valuable resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinite Ruins.

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  50. A cozy idle automation game about building tiny factories, unlocking upgrades, and relaxing while your machines work overtime. Progress has never been this chill. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Resource chill.

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