Games Like Idle Research

Idle Research

Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.

★ INCREMENTAL FACTORY ★ FLIPPANT ★ SCRATCH INC. ★ TRIMPS ★ SHELLDIVER ★ MASTER HEALER KALE WITH USELESS PARTY ★ BILLS MUST BE PAID ★ PICKCRAFTER ★ YOUR CHRONICLE ★ TINY PASTURE ★ UPLOAD LABS ★ CORNERPOND ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Incremental Factory

67% 👍 OF 249
About This Game

Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!

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Trimps

90% 👍 OF 1.5K
About This Game

A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Breed and Equip Trimps
  • …Automate Trimp Jobs
  • …Send Trimps to Battle
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Shelldiver

99% 👍 OF 18K
About This Game

Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …shoot bubbles to herd and capture jellyfish, including electric ones and mutant blends that explode if they reach you.
  • …recruit starfish and seahorses that shoot for you, so runs get increasingly automated while you focus on pushing deeper.
  • …get upgrades that transform your tools and even send you back to earlier zones where you're wildly overpowered.
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Master Healer Kale with useless party

96% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

A short incremental game where you play as a Healer in a party. Your main job is to keep your party alive. Upgrade 200+ skills in a skill tree, from healing to party damage. Designed to be completed in around 4 hours.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Heal the Sleepy Tank
  • …Time Mana-Limited Spells
  • …Build Party Synergies
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Bills Must Be Paid

97% 👍 OF 12K
About This Game

You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …crack a solvable piggy shuffle pattern and follow the money to cash out huge.
  • …go bankrupt, then spend legacy points on permanent rings and bracelets that visibly appear on your hand.
  • …call Toni to cover a bill you can't pay, then keep the run going anyway.
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PickCrafter

86% 👍 OF 7.2K
About This Game

Conquer PickCrafter, the hit indie idle game! Break blocks, forge equipment, and collect powerful Pickaxes. Prestige to legendary tiers with the new Ascension Skill Tree. Discover biomes and battle epic bosses. Make meaningful choices and invent complex builds in this addictive endless adventure!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Smash Blocks
  • …Forge Pickaxes
  • …Explore New Biomes
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Your Chronicle

80% 👍 OF 2.7K
About This Game

"Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shape Story Branches
  • …Summon Battle Monsters
  • …Equip Your Party
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Tiny Pasture

92% 👍 OF 8.6K
About This Game

Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …put up a mystery curtain, pick two adult animals, and get newborns while the parents vanish from the pasture afterward.
  • …drag your cursor around and have every animal swarm after it like tiny desk pets on a leash.
  • …dock a live pasture above your taskbar, resize or make it transparent, and keep a strip of animals running around while you work.
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Upload Labs

92% 👍 OF 8.6K
About This Game

A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

Player reviews say you can…

  • …start by downloading a tiny text file, then scale up to building quantum computer chips
  • …mine premium Tokens with GPU work, or breach banks by hacking for +20 Tokens per level
  • …feed downloaded files into an AI, evolve it into a bigger money engine, and push toward Artificial General Intelligence
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Cornerpond

97% 👍 OF 2.8K
About This Game

A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …haul up a 2,000‑pound beluga whale with a fishing rod and a worm, then sell it seconds later on an illegal whale‑meat market.
  • …stack rain with Legendary consumables to cut bite times by 80%, gain 60% XP, and boost shiny odds 8x in one burst.
  • …keep it running in a tiny always-on-top window while you work, then tap rare fish on a second monitor or drawing tablet when they appear.