Best Incremental Games on Steam
Games about steadily increasing numbers, upgrades, production, and exponential progress.
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1Cookie Clicker - An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Sep 1, 2021
In this game, you can…
- trigger a grandma apocalypse where grandmas mutate into monsters and merge with the world, then contain and repurpose the fallout.
- turn light into cookies with prisms, pull shipments from other planets, and start harvesting cookies from other dimensions.
- time golden cookie spawns so two huge buffs overlap, then ride the surge into a Legacy reset and a prestige ascension tree.
- start by clicking one cookie, then end up running farms, banks, temples, wizard towers, and portals to the Cookieverse.
- wait for a sugar lump to ripen for a day, then spend it to level buildings and unlock new upgrades and achievements.
- train a cookie dragon to hold two auras at once, then pair it with wizard-tower spells to supercharge your best buff combos.
- mutate garden plants by arranging plots in specific patterns, breeding new plants that boost your production in different ways.
2Clicker Heroes - Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
May 13, 2015
In this game, you can…
- set things up before bed, and the game keeps progressing and earning gold even while you're away or the computer is off.
- cash in an entire run by ascending, lose your progress, and come back with hero souls that make you permanently stronger.
- start hunting special bosses past zone 100 that can drop hero souls, and every tenth boss can gild a random hero for a big bonus.
- hire heroes who keep killing monsters while you stop clicking.
- hit a boss wall with a 30-second timer, then farm the previous zone until you come back strong enough to break through.
- plan whole runs around leveling ancients and outsiders, spending hero souls to specialize in huge clicks, huge idle damage, or long-lasting skills.
- trigger clickstorm to auto-fire 10 clicks per second for 30 seconds, then use that burst to punch through a boss timer.
- send mercenaries on missions to bring back rubies, then revive them all later as a long-term completion goal.
3Shakes and Fidget - Shakes & Fidget is a hilarious fantasy role-playing satire and at the same time, an award-winning RPG! Sounds crazy? With over 50 million enthusiastic players, it ranks among the most celebrated online role-playing games worldwide!
Feb 24, 2016
In this game, you can…
- build up a fortress that turns into its own progression: craft gems, train soldiers, expand storage, and defend against other players.
- drop unwanted items into an arcane toilet and have them transform into something else.
- open a fight by dropping an arcane comet, then follow up with things like poison, shield blocks, shapeshifts, undead minions, frenzy chains, or revives.
- pick between three timed quests, send your hero out, then come back later to collect gold, experience, and sometimes gear.
- keep unlocking new layers like dungeons, a fortress base, guild systems, pets, mounts, and even guard duty that earns gold while you're offline.
- challenge other players in the arena ladder, scout rivals, and decide whether to attack now or back off to prepare and climb higher.
- spin a daily wheel, snag mushrooms, and spend them to refresh your energy or skip cooldowns across adventures, dungeons, arena, and building timers.
- join a fresh server and race everyone for hall-of-fame rank as the whole world restarts the climb.
4Touhou Mystia's Izakaya - A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Oct 1, 2021
In this game, you can…
- literally sing to your food to boost it, then earn buffs like tossing orders to tables instead of walking them over.
- decode rare customers' cryptic food hints using their likes, dislikes, and past visits, then build a dish that hits multiple preference tags.
- chain rare-guest satisfactions into combo rewards that snowball into spell-card effects, bonus resources, and huge profits.
- scavenge for ingredients on a strict day schedule, where every trip, chat, or quest burns a limited time slot.
- improvise dishes by manually adding ingredients to a base recipe to give it extra tags and match someone's weird cravings.
- preload your night by choosing cookware and station setups that trade off speed, follow-up orders, and handling special guests.
- expand from a tiny food cart into a larger izakaya with more capacity and cooking space, unlocking new equipment along the way.
- befriend characters to unlock recipes and recruit them as helpers, then send them on ingredient-gathering expeditions to keep you stocked.
5Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game - Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!
Dec 4, 2020
In this game, you can…
- craft flasks out of leaves as part of your upgrade path.
- blow a leaf, convert it, then use it to fight enemies while you climb a giant tower and open an Ancient Pyramid.
- upgrade from a leaf blower to ridiculous tools like a blowfish.
- start by pushing leaves with your hands until you earn a rake.
- watch ordinary leaves mutate into gold, platinum, bismuth, and even space and void leaves.
- buy roomba-like auto blowers that clear leaves for you, then upgrade them into a little working army.
- unlock a Cheese Pub with minigames and side rooms packed with optional mechanics.
- keep discovering new areas and galaxies with new shops, collectibles, and automation that stack on top of each other.
6Mr.Mine - Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Sep 30, 2020
In this game, you can…
- meet a blueprint-selling golem vendor 50km underground.
- hit a turning point around km 300 where the mine becomes a monster-fight zone and you manually click enemies down to protect survivors.
- reach absurd depths over months of play, like pushing past the mantle and eventually drilling down into hell.
- send scientists on relic expeditions, then revive them with rare tickets if a danger roll kills them.
- send drones into timed caves for loot, spend a ticket to add 30 more minutes, then gear relics around drone fuel to squeeze in extra runs.
- click individual miners to get unique comments, including fairy-tale references and workplace-complaint jokes.
- dig up treasure chests that only stick around a few minutes, then crack them open for random drops like timelapses, scientists, and hidden upgrades before they vanish.
7Shelldiver - 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!
Nov 16, 2025
In this game, 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.
- run a jellyfish-selling business to fund upgrades, looping dive, sell, upgrade, and dive deeper again.
- chain bubble-catching with a mining beam to harvest ocean-floor scrap and rocks for parts in the same dive.
- dive through volcanic waters and crystalline caverns and haul up mushrooms, crystal rocks, and human trash for upgrades.
- reach a point where the screen is packed with projectiles and loot bursts while you blast through depths that used to stop you.
- build a branching skill tree that changes runs, like starting later zones with more resources or boosting oxygen handling and shop size.
8Scritchy Scratchy - Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
Mar 18, 2026
In this game, you can…
- go from millions to deep debt in one disastrous ticket, then take brutal high-interest loans to claw your way back.
- partially scratch a spot to peek at a modifier before deciding whether to finish the whole ticket.
- unlock gadgets and a Scratch Bot that scratches and reveals ticket rewards for you.
- wash dishes at a day job, then buy scratch cards and climb from tiny tickets to bigger, riskier ones.
- hit jackpots, super jackpots, and mega jackpots that can land on the very first scratch of a new ticket.
- reset your run for permanent upgrades, then rocket through the early game faster on the next loop.
- trigger a hidden bad ending by remaining perfectly still.
- throw losing tickets in the trash so you don't have to finish scratching them.
- upgrade luck, scratch strength, scratch area, ticket speed, and payout boosts until your whole setup becomes a tuned luck engine.
9Nodebuster - Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Aug 13, 2024
In this game, you can…
- erase the whole screen just by moving your mouse cursor.
- fill out the tech tree until your cursor becomes invincible and enemies can't hurt you anymore.
- press a final end-game research button that makes the screen wobble and glitch for a few seconds, then rolls credits mid-chaos.
- stack upgrades until lightning bolts and explosions auto-clear enemies while you just steer through the mess.
- push to a boss gate, beat the boss once to unlock the next tier, then drop down to farm and come back to smash past walls.
- unlock bolts and drones, grab focus armor, then stop fighting head-on and instead circle swarms to vacuum up resources while dodging hits.
- crank a "harder battle" replay where enemies get tougher, then rebuild from nothing to absurd power in the same levels.
10Timberman - Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid the branches. Almost 30 million players could not be wrong - featured as one of the best casual games.
Sep 18, 2015
In this game, you can…
- unlock a huge roster of characters just by hitting score thresholds and weird conditions, from ninjas to Gaben to President Obama.
- square off with up to 8 players in a Timbermill Mode brawl where speed and accuracy decide who survives.
- win a visible push-and-pull duel where your chopping meter can physically shove the other player's meter across.
- chop a tree from the left or right and switch sides to dodge branches dropping toward your head.
- race a timer that only refills when you keep chopping fast.
- push the pace into a pure reaction test where every chop makes the pressure feel faster than before.
- share one shrinking timer in multiplayer and chop faster than your opponent to keep your side alive.
- queue for online matches while still playing singleplayer, then get yanked into a duel the moment a match is found.
