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Games like Widget Inc.

If Widget Inc. is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kingdom Inc., SimPocalypse and Sixty Four — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming personality and quirks, chill and contemplative. 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.

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About Widget Inc.: A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.

2024StrategyIndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Leaping Turtle
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Addictive dopamine hit of progressionCharming personality and quirksChill optimization gameplay for under 5ChillContemplativeRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Widget Inc. 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.

  1. Kingdom Inc.

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    A minimalist factory / city builder. Design your workflow by harvesting resources, building equipment, outfitting your adventurers, and sending them on dangerous missions. Recover lost territory and unravel the plot that threatens to destroy your kingdom!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. SimPocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Shares prestige system and a tense mood with Widget Inc..

    Second-strongest match for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sixty Four

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory building, optimization, indie and a tense mood with Widget Inc..

    Third-strongest match for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Upload Labs

    WHY THIS

    Shares optimization, automation, automation and a relaxing mood with Widget Inc..

    Ranked #4 for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Widget Inc..

    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

    2025SimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Microcivilization

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Widget Inc..

    Ranked #5 for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

    2026StrategyIndie17.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Military Incremental Complex

    WHY THIS

    Shares prestige system, automation, simulation and a chill mood with Widget Inc..

    Ranked #6 for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.

    2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Beltmatic

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory building, resource management, factory builder and a chill mood with Widget Inc..

    Ranked #7 for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Moose Miners

    WHY THIS

    Shares automation, idle progression, indie and a chill mood with Widget Inc..

    Ranked #8 for Widget Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Widget Inc. at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Widget Inc..

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Widget Inc..

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Widget Inc..

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Widget Inc..

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Widget Inc..

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Widget Inc..

    Priced ~80% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Widget Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Widget Inc..

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Widget Inc..

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Widget Inc..

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Widget Inc..

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Widget Inc.

Does Widget Inc. run on Steam Deck?
Widget Inc. 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 Widget Inc. cost?
Widget Inc. is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Widget Inc.?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Widget Inc. are Kingdom Inc., SimPocalypse, Sixty Four.
Who developed Widget Inc.?
Widget Inc. was developed by Leaping Turtle.

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 Widget Inc..

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