Games like Idle Colony
If Idle Colony is your kind of game, the closest matches are (the) Gnorp Apologue, Clicky Coven and Moose Miners — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and funny. 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 Idle Colony: A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Players who liked Idle Colony also play
Steam players who put hours into Idle Colony 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.
(the) Gnorp Apologue
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a funny mood with Idle Colony.
Top pick for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
Clicky Coven
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Idle Colony.
Clicky Coven is an incremental game about building a witch coven. Assign witches to gather ingredients, brew potions, and sell them to earn gold. Spend gold to get more witches and pick from upgrades to enhance them. Use prestige upgrades to strategize on how you want your coven to become rich.
Moose Miners
WHY THIS
Shares automation, idle progression, whimsical and a chill mood with Idle Colony.
Third-strongest match for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
Rusty's Retirement
WHY THIS
Shares automation, idle progression, cozy and a chill mood with Idle Colony.
Ranked #4 for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
IDLE BOSS RUSH
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, resource management, casual and a chill mood with Idle Colony.
Ranked #5 for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Idle Colony.
Ranked #6 for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Deliver more and more kiwis to satiate the kings' hunger - sacrifice their pulp and transcend beyond your fruital form!
Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
WHY THIS
Shares automation and a chill mood with Idle Colony.
Ranked #7 for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
Gamblers Table
WHY THIS
Shares automation, idle progression, cozy and a chill mood with Idle Colony.
Ranked #8 for Idle Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Idle Colony at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
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 ~83% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Idle Colony.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Idle Colony on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Idle Colony.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Colony.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
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?
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 Simulation with Idle Colony.
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 Idle Colony.
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.
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 Idle Colony.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Faith G.
Other recommendable Steam games by Faith G., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Breakthrough
WHY THIS
Another title from Faith G., the studio behind Idle Colony.
Breakthrough is an hardcore roguelike-shooter with high risk/rewards mechanics. Help Clunky see the sunset behind the mountain by fighting tireless monsters. Both balanced and very difficult, Breakthrough will conquer the heart of thoses seeking a great challenge.
Duck's Despair
WHY THIS
Another title from Faith G., the studio behind Idle Colony. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
Embark on a brutally hard platforming journey as a desperate Duck who cannot fly. Will you make the pain your friend or give up on your dreams ?
Human: Profit
WHY THIS
Another title from Faith G., the studio behind Idle Colony. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
An accurate depiction of our world, baked into a short, classic incremental game. Take over Grandpa's farm, rebuild the town, and do whatever it takes to succeed. Also rabbits.
Frequently asked about Idle Colony
- Does Idle Colony run on Steam Deck?
- Idle Colony 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 Idle Colony cost?
- Idle Colony is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Idle Colony?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idle Colony are (the) Gnorp Apologue, Clicky Coven, Moose Miners.
- Who developed Idle Colony?
- Idle Colony was developed by Faith G..
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 Idle Colony.
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