Games like (the) Gnorp Apologue
If you like (the) Gnorp Apologue (incremental, strategy and humour), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Tower Wizard
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you fancy watching something progress through lots of upgrades, in sessions you can leave and pick up again.
Digseum
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you have a free afternoon and want a complete, calm game you can finish in one sitting.
Cookie Clicker
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want something ticking along in the background while you do something else, to check on now and then.
Keep on Mining!
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want to unwind with something relaxing and addictive that's over in a single afternoon.
Shelldiver
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want to watch numbers go up without thinking much: each dive is short and you always unlock something.
Scritchy Scratchy
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want an incremental with an ending to fill a few evenings and you feel like watching your balance skyrocket on its own.
Chef Knight
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more action
When you want an upgrade loop you can feel on every run and would like to finish a game in a couple of evenings.
Rusty's Retirement
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you're doing something else on your computer and want something progressing in the background, out of the corner of your eye.
All Hail the Orb
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want an incremental game with an ending: it lasts about six hours and there's no way to lose.
Bills Must Be Paid
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more action
When you want an active incremental for a couple of afternoons: runs are short and you always upgrade something.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About (the) Gnorp Apologue
You guide some little gnorps towards the excessive accumulation of wealth, upgrading every resource and every system until the numbers skyrocket. An incremental with strategy-game roots, strange, funny and very fond of resets.
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