Games like Idlenetics
If Idlenetics is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fantasy Blacksmith Simulator, Harvest Village and Imagine Earth — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Idlenetics: Exciting idle tycoon game that immerses you in a beautiful medieval world. The game features a hex-based map that is divided into different zones, each of which is unlocked as the player progresses through the game.
Players who liked Idlenetics also play
Steam players who put hours into Idlenetics also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Fantasy Blacksmith Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlenetics.
Become a Master Blacksmith in this cozy fantasy simulator. Restore and upgrade your workshop, forge magical weapons and armor, craft jewelry, and enchant powerful gear. Meet magical creatures and mysterious figures as you enjoy a relaxing crafting experience, solo or with friends in co-op.
Harvest Village
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
Harvest Village is a resource gathering and crafting paradise. It is a mini city building game where we process resources and try to craft the most valuable items and complete various quests. Upgrade your buildings and become the best miner, cook and toolmaker.
Imagine Earth
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
United Penguin Kingdom
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Let Them Trade
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Planet Zoo
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Idlenetics.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Two Point Museum
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Ranked #8 for Idlenetics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Idlenetics at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idlenetics.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idlenetics.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idlenetics.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlenetics.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Idlenetics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlenetics.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idlenetics.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlenetics.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlenetics.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Idlenetics
- How much does Idlenetics cost?
- Idlenetics is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Idlenetics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idlenetics are Fantasy Blacksmith Simulator, Harvest Village, Imagine Earth.
- Who developed Idlenetics?
- Idlenetics was developed by ZorKI.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Idlenetics.
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