Games like Scrap Yard Idle
If Scrap Yard Idle is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Hundredth Gear, High Voltage and Alchemy Master — 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 Scrap Yard Idle: Build your own scrap empire in this incremental idle game. Collect, process, and automate your production chain while optimizing resources and scaling your industrial system.
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Steam players who put hours into Scrap Yard Idle 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 Hundredth Gear
WHY THIS
Top pick for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
Build the legendary Hundredth Gear, a 100-stage mechanical machine, in this first-person incremental game. Start with your own two hands, then research, upgrade and automate your growing creation as you chase the impossible: 10¹⁰⁰ rotations. What happens if you actually reach it?
High Voltage
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
High Voltage is a first-person incremental game about building your power grid. Start with a pedal-powered generator, expand with wind and solar power and keep the city supplied with electricity. Upgrade, complete contracts and see how far you can grow your network.
Alchemy Master
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
Run a Chinese xianxia alchemy chamber. Consume pills to gain Cultivation and ascend thirteen realms from Qi Refining to Dao Ancestor. Spend Spirit Stones on better alchemy rooms and furnaces, Cultivation on five talent paths, and saved pills on artifacts; reincarnate for permanent Fortune.
Little Big Workshop
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
Automation Empire
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Voxel Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Factory Town
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Scrap Yard Idle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scrap Yard Idle at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~60% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~70% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~80% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~60% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~80% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~80% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 ~60% under Scrap Yard Idle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrap Yard Idle.
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 Scrap Yard Idle.
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 Scrap Yard Idle.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Scrap Yard Idle.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Scrap Yard Idle.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Scrap Yard Idle
- How much does Scrap Yard Idle cost?
- Scrap Yard Idle is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scrap Yard Idle?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scrap Yard Idle are The Hundredth Gear, High Voltage, Alchemy Master.
- Who developed Scrap Yard Idle?
- Scrap Yard Idle was developed by David Seco and published by HeadArrow.
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 Scrap Yard Idle.
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