Games like Buttons Up! 2
Below are 19 hand-picked alternatives to Buttons Up! 2 for fans of strategy, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Buttons Up! 2 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks, more from Jestercraft. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Buttons Up! 2: The Gnomes are back! Buttons Up! is a incremental button collecting game where you hoard Buttons and keep them safe from stealing intruders. Get those Buttons Up by buying and crafting buildings. Unlock new skills from the tech tree and automate your income!
Players who liked Buttons Up! 2 also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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WorldShaper Idle
Top pick for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Relax and build your own world! Discover new tiles by experimenting with tile placement. Use their bonuses to optimize your production, or just sit back and become ever more powerful! What will your worlds look like?
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Bit Mine Clicker
Second-strongest match for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.
Bit-Mine Clicker is an incremental mining game where you click to earn BIT, build automatic miners, upgrade your grid, react to changing market prices, and defend your base. Catch helpful bonuses, avoid dangerous traps, unlock talents, and turn a single coin into a powerful BIT empire
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The First Million
Third-strongest match for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Buttons Up! 2.
An idle deckbuilder where you constantly unlock new cards and upgrades and discover one game-breaking strategy after another to make THE FIRST MILLION — and then many more!
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Planet No More
Ranked #4 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.
Planet No More is an arcade-incremental game where you build a fleet to dynamically shatter celestials. With every weapon and fleet upgrade, you'll advance deep into the galaxy, strategically shattering planets to their cores to unlock the next celestial.
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Dwarf Eats Mountain
Ranked #5 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
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Slots & Diapers
Ranked #6 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Absurd incremental game where you turn even liquid assets into financial glory! Spin for jackpots and hire veteran gamblers to automate the madness. Use permanent upgrades and 'mishaps' to accelerate your progress! Simple. Messy. Addictive.
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Desk Space: Idle Spacefleet clicker
Ranked #7 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Grow your fleet of space ships in this incremental space game. Extract wealth from the asteroids and stations, unlock upgrades to find synergies, defend against pirates, and unlock [REDACTED]. Pin to your desktop and watch your empire grow while you do "more important" things.
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Rejected Draft
Ranked #8 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
You are a flawed doodle that was thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches, absorb their powers, and seek your ultimate revenge. Watch numbers soar in this second-screen idle battler. Massive skill tree and randomized prestige mechanic means every journey is distinct.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
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.
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Jestercraft
Other recommendable Steam games by Jestercraft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Seeker: My Shadow
Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.
Seeker: My Shadow is a VR adventure that utilizes the versatility and possibilities of VR, sending players of all ages to an immersive adventure! You control a Giant Spirit while assisting Kippo, a small and adorable Seeker, through various puzzle levels. Go solo or solve the levels in co-op mode!
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Seeker Quest: The Creature Collector
Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
Build the ultimate team by catching & hatching cute 'Seeker' creatures. Power up your collection by looting artifacts, hidden abilities and grow your village to obtain new buildings and heroes. Over 30 unique playable Seeker characters awaits! Can you 'Catch & Hatch' them all?
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Mining Grounds
Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.
A clicker where every click matters. Build chains, break limits, and automate everything. Place characters to trigger powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and scale your clicks to extreme levels. No rush. Just satisfying progression and smart strategy.
Frequently asked about Buttons Up! 2
- What games are most similar to Buttons Up! 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buttons Up! 2 are WorldShaper Idle, Bit Mine Clicker, The First Million.
- Who developed Buttons Up! 2?
- Buttons Up! 2 was developed by Jestercraft.
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 Buttons Up! 2.
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