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CLUSTER MINING-GAME-PLAYERS-2 · 38 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2016-07-01

Idle factory and mining games

This cluster consists of idle tycoon and simulation games focused on building and automating factories, mines, casinos, and other businesses, with mechanics like hiring managers, upgrading facilities, and offline earnings. The dated entries show a steady spread from July 2016 to February 2025, with the largest single month being September 2020 which saw two entries. Traction leaders, all at zero stars, include Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game, automation-foreman, and joyful-build-factory.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUN 2011: 1JUL 2016: 1APR 2017: 1OCT 2017: 1NOV 2017: 1APR 2018: 1APR 2019: 1JUL 2019: 1JAN 2020: 1JUN 2020: 1SEP 2020: 1MAR 2021: 1APR 2021: 1JUN 2021: 1JUL 2021: 1JAN 2022: 1AUG 2022: 1DEC 2022: 1MAR 2023: 1MAY 2023: 1FEB 2025: 1MAY 2025: 1OCT 2025: 2JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 7SEP 2026: 4OCT 2026: 2
JUN 2011OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled

Operator · 2 hobby · 1 indie · 13 commercial · 1 enterprise · 1 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01cogworks1★1 daylivehand-codedindieA cooperative pixel-art factory game where players mine, craft, and power machines using water wheels and gears.
  2. 02auth's RNG0★1 moliveopen sourceIncremental game where players roll for random rarities, sell duplicates, and buy upgrades to progress and unlock new features.
  3. 03Nightwater-Ready0★15 days—Adventure and automation game in which players gather resources, craft tools, build factories, and expand a floating island to reach a mysterious lighthouse.
  4. 0418480★8 days—hand-codedhobbyGold-rush mining game in which the player pans for gold, hires crews, manages a claim, and builds a mining company.
  5. 05automation-foreman0★1 mo—Incremental idle game about industrial automation, playable in web browser.
  6. 06M0★1 molivehobbyIdle tycoon game in which players grow a garage workshop into a billion-dollar manufacturing empire.
  7. 07Idle Miner Tycoon: Gold digger0★1 moliveenterpriseIdle tycoon game where players build and manage a mining empire, automate resource collection, and progress even while offline.
  8. 08Goblin Miner: Tycoon Game0★15 dayslivecommercialIdle mobile game in which players merge goblins, mine resources, and upgrade buildings to grow a gold-producing kingdom.
  9. 09Zen Idle: Gravity Meditation0★1 molivecommercialIdle game where players upgrade balls to earn income, unlock perks, and progress through levels.
  10. 10Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game0★1 molivecommercialIdle game where players run a lumber mill, grow timber, manage workers, and upgrade equipment to build a wood empire.
  11. 11Idle Mortician Tycoon0★1 molivecommercialMobile idle game where players manage a cemetery, upgrade buildings, and expand their funeral business.
  12. 12Pickaxe King Island0★1 molivecommercialTycoon game where players mine ore, run a farm, cook food, and expand an island kingdom.
  13. 13Tiny Tower: Tap Idle Evolution0★1 molivecommercialIdle tower-building simulation game where players construct floors, assign jobs to residents, and grow a virtual economy.
  14. 14Drill & Collect: idle mine dig0★24 dayslivecommercialIdle mining game where players dig, collect resources, sell them, and upgrade equipment to build a mining empire.
  15. 15merjantoolingcraft0★1 mo—ai-builtcommercialCrafting game where players gather resources and create tools.
  16. 16Idle Golf Tycoon Driver Clash0★2 molivecommercialIdle golf tycoon game where players build an empire by upgrading courses and drivers, collecting rewards, and competing in clash tournaments.
  17. 17Trailer Park Boys Greasy Money0★1 molivecommercialIdle mobile game based on a comedy TV show, where players manage a trailer park, hire workers, upgrade businesses,and earn cash.
  18. 18Idle Casino Manager: Tycoon!0★2 molivecommercialIdle management game that lets players build and expand a casino, add games, hire staff, and invest earnings.
  19. 19Legacy of Kings: Idle Builder0★1 molivecommercialIdle strategy mobile game in which players rebuild a kingdom after a plague, clearing toxic areas, managing resources, and growing the empire even while offline.
  20. 20Tap Tap Dig - Idle Clicker0★1 molivecommercialIdle clicker game where players tap to mine gold and gems, hire digging helpers, and upgrade equipment to reach deeper depths.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.