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Games like Idle Startup
Merrill Lines · 2026 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 60 % positive of 360 reviews, as of Oct 28
Build a tech company from a one-person garage into a global empire. Train six skills, automate the grind, prestige for permanent Founder bonuses, climb the leaderboards, and chase 50+ achievements in this clean, endlessly-scaling idle game — progress rolls on even while you're away.
24 games that play like Idle Startup and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Scratch Inc., Revolution Idle and AdVenture Capitalist.
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Plays and looks like Idle Startup
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Idle Startup
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Scratch Inc.
89 % positive of 2,259
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Idler
Revolution Idle
86 % positive of 12,766
Shared: Simulation · Management · Relaxing
AdVenture Capitalist
86 % positive of 60,520
Shared: Simulation · Management · Relaxing
Startup Company
81 % positive of 5,858
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Game Dev Tycoon
95 % positive of 40,410
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Software Inc.
94 % positive of 7,625
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Industry Idle
76 % positive of 1,490
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Game Corp DX
87 % positive of 2,710
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Mad Games Tycoon
90 % positive of 3,699
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Crafting Idle Clicker
48 % positive of 941
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
PC Tycoon 2
78 % positive of 317
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
Factory Town Idle
90 % positive of 1,241
Shared: Simulation · Management · Idler
More matches
- Good Company72 % positive of 1,481Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- PC Building Empire83 % positive of 167Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- Idle Colony81 % positive of 565Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- Incredicer85 % positive of 2,475Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- Sixty Four73 % positive of 1,615Shared: Simulation · Management · Idler
- Idle Guy: Life Simulator games72 % positive of 783Shared: Simulation · Management · Idler
- Little Big Workshop84 % positive of 2,527Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- Big Ambitions92 % positive of 14,493Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- Blueprint Tycoon81 % positive of 997Shared: Simulation · Economy · Management
- Idle Research82 % positive of 1,911Shared: Simulation · Management · Relaxing
- Synergism73 % positive of 301Shared: Economy · Idler · Clicker
- Game Dev Story89 % positive of 1,464Shared: Simulation · Management · 2D Platformer
By look
Looks like Idle Startup
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Upload Labs
90 % positive of 8,910
Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG
80 % positive of 261
Life Inc.
90 % positive of 163
Football Coach: College Dynasty
95 % positive of 1,510
Wall Street Raider
93 % positive of 234
Melvor Idle
89 % positive of 14,758
Idle Awakening: Mages Path
74 % positive of 187
PC Tycoon 2
78 % positive of 317
Code: Terraform
83 % positive of 366
while True: learn()
90 % positive of 7,399
Sim Companies
78 % positive of 1,122
LORED
80 % positive of 236
More matches
- Prosperous Universe71 % positive of 1,117
- Mobiles Tycoon82 % positive of 184
- MITHOS: Game Master's TTRPG Toolkit90 % positive of 195
- FeeBay Simulator90 % positive of 181
- Pro Wrestling Sim97 % positive of 670
- Hacknet93 % positive of 16,973
- Turing Complete95 % positive of 5,744
- Antimatter Dimensions92 % positive of 4,675
- Startup Company81 % positive of 5,858
- Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue90 % positive of 1,914
- Trimps89 % positive of 1,508
- Oblivity - Find your perfect Sensitivity80 % positive of 1,461
At a glance
What games like Idle Startup have in common
- The tags they share most often with Idle Startup: Simulation (23 of 24), Management (22) and Economy (17).
- They came out between 2013 and 2026, none of them after Idle Startup (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Game Dev Tycoon (95 % positive of 40,410).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.