IncrementalIdler
21 games that share both with Idle Colony
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IncrementalAutomation
6 games that share both with Idle Colony
And more like Idle Colony
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of Idle Colony's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Idle Colony's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with Idle Colony stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.
Under each name, how it differs from Idle Colony: a kind of game it is that Idle Colony is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Idle Colony's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Idle Colony, and how its reviewers feel beside Idle Colony's.
The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.