Rank 01Why this
Shares auto battle and idle progression with Idling Gears.
- $3.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2023
Games like Idling Gears
- 36 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Idling Gears also play
The closest matches to Idling Gears: Idle Biceps, Moose Miners, PegIdle, Military Incremental Complex, and Incredicer. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares idle automation and automation with Idling Gears.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
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Military Incremental Complex
Why this: Shares automation and grind based progression with Idling Gears.
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Gamblers Table
Why this: Shares automation and idle progression with Idling Gears.
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Revolution Idle
Why this: Shares idle automation and grind based progression with Idling Gears.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Idling Gears
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 4Military Incremental Complex
Shares automation and grind based progression with Idling Gears.
- 84% of 530 reviews
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Shares idle automation and grind based progression with Idling Gears.
- 86% of 6,500 reviews
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Shares grind based progression and idle progression with Idling Gears.
- 80% of 204 reviews
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Shares idle automation and idle progression with Idling Gears.
- 65% of 79 reviews
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- Released: 2023
- Developer: guilemus
- Price: $4.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 71% of 260 reviews
- Genres: Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Ascension points enable replayability
- Ascension rebirth system for permanent progression
- Creative contraption building matters
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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Why this: Shares auto battle and idle progression with Idling Gears.
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Why this: Shares idle automation with Idling Gears.
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Why this: Also Memes and Clicker, like Idling Gears.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Idling Gears at current Steam store prices.
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Why this: Shares grind based progression and auto battle with Idling Gears.
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Why this: Also Memes and Capitalism, like Idling Gears.
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Why this: Shares idle automation and auto battle with Idling Gears.
The Best Duck Clicker
Why this: Shares idle progression and meta progression with Idling Gears.
Cult Nation
Why this: Shares automation and grind based progression with Idling Gears.
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Why this: Also Clicker and Idler, like Idling Gears.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Idling Gears, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Upload Labs
Why this: Shares automation and idle progression with Idling Gears.
Unnamed Space Idle
Why this: Shares automation and auto battle with Idling Gears.
Clicker Heroes
Why this: Also Clicker and Idler, like Idling Gears.
Sakura Clicker
Why this: Also Memes and Clicker, like Idling Gears.
Lemonade Apocalypse: First Squeeze
Why this: Shares idle progression and upgrade system with Idling Gears.
Coming soon from guilemus
Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from guilemus — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.
Excalibur's Swordstone Idle Forge
Why this: Also Idler and Cartoon, like Idling Gears.
OREBELT
Why this: Also Capitalism and Idler, like Idling Gears.
More from guilemus
Other recommendable Steam games by guilemus, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blacksmith Weapon Merchant
Why this: Shares idle progression and upgrade system with Idling Gears.
Winnie-the-Pooh's book writing speedrunner
Why this: Explores casual, like Idling Gears.
Incremental Dice
Why this: Shares idle automation and automation with Idling Gears.
About Idling Gears
The closest matches to Idling Gears: Idle Biceps, Moose Miners, PegIdle, Military Incremental Complex, and Incredicer. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Idling Gears is your kind of game, the closest matches are Idle Biceps, Moose Miners and PegIdle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its ascension progression and auto battle. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Idling Gears: Click! Place gears, click! Make money, click! Place more gears, click! Make even more money, click, click and above all click!
Is Idling Gears worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 71% of 260 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 39 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 31 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Ascension points enable replayability
- Ascension rebirth system for permanent progression
- Creative contraption building matters
- Deep meta progression with multiple layers
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Devs clearly didn't actually understand torque, angular velocity, gear ratios, or practically any other mechanical principle related to gears. Several of these terms feature in the game but are just shoehorned in to pander to the…”
“A really cool concept that could have been fun, but is pretty poorly made overall. The UI is some of the worst I've seen in an idle game, very janky and tedious to use. The beginning is very click heavy and absolutely requires an auto…”
People who play it also play: Idle Biceps, Moose Miners, PegIdle
Frequently asked about Idling Gears
Can I run it?
Does Idling Gears run on Steam Deck?
Idling Gears is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Idling Gears cost?
Idling Gears is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Idling Gears?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idling Gears are Idle Biceps, Moose Miners, PegIdle.
Who developed Idling Gears?
Idling Gears was developed by guilemus.