Single-player games like Idle Gumball Machine
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Idle Gumball Machine, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Black Hole Fishing
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Gumball Machine.
Black Hole Fishing is an absurd incremental game about catching, breeding, and perfecting SO MANY fish. Catch a fish, optimize its traits, then stock your pond with it as you pour fish and science into an endless singularity!
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Particul
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.
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Cult Nation
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
A short incremental game about sacrificing all your cult followers and collecting blood to awaken the devil.
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Tingus Goose
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
Tingus Goose is a delightfully absurd idle game where you plant seeds in patients, bounce babies for profit, and ascend through surreal worlds toward riches.
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Gamblers Table
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
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...
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Luckyest
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
A quick, incremental scratch-and-reveal game focused on compounding choices - set stakes, uncover outcomes, cash out or push for bigger multipliers, and funnel winnings into permanent upgrades that accelerate income and unlock new tools over time.
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Incredicer
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.
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Lyca
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
A small, relaxing, incremental game about restoring a barren wasteland into a lush meadow. Help the magical wolf Lyca run through the land, gather resources, and unlock a vast upgrade tree.
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Peggle Extreme
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idle Gumball Machine.
Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
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Realm Grinder
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Idle Gumball Machine.
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
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NGU IDLE
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Gumball Machine.
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!
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Nubby's Number Factory
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Idle Gumball Machine.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
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Plinbo: Roguelike Plinko
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Gumball Machine.
UPGRADE YOUR BALLS! Roguelike meets Plinko! Every choice is a strategy; every run is a unique challenge. Build your deck to tame the balls to your will. Take your chance, craft your fate, and cash in!
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Pal Pachinko
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Idle Gumball Machine.
Your job is boring. Pal Pachinko isn't. Park this idle game in the corner of your screen and watch your balls drop along with your productivity. It's the most efficient way to waste your time. Why focus on one thing when you can fail at two? It's small enough that your boss won't notice (probably).
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Pacremental
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Gumball Machine.
Pacremental is a incremental game about opening packs, unlocking weapon cards, evolve them and automating your progress. Collect rare artifacts, combine them with weapons, and push through increasingly difficult waves. Build tower your own way.
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Void Wizard
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dual-wield wands to levitate, manipulate time, conjure explosions, and use other unique abilities in this fast-paced FPS game with roguelike elements! Explore procedurally generated dungeons. Buy powerful upgrades from suspicious looking shopkeepers. Defeat the void wizard.
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Comet Rogue
Single-player alternative to Idle Gumball Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fast-paced roguelike where you mine and explore procedurally-generated asteroids. Collect unique stackable upgrades to aid you in your quest for riches! (and freedom...)