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Games Like Idle Miner Tycoon: 6 Idle Tycoons to Play in 2026

ONI Games · Published September 25, 2026

Idle tycoon games on Android for Idle Miner Tycoon fans: factories, banks, supermarkets and a robot factory, with how each one makes money.

Idle Miner Tycoon by Kolibri Games is one of the most downloaded idle games ever, with more than 100 million installs on Google Play. Hire managers, upgrade shafts, and watch the gold pile up while you are away. If you want that same feeling in a new setting, these idle tycoon games are the ones to try.

Disclosure: we make Idle AI Factory, one of the games below. Every other fact comes from the games' Google Play pages in September 2026.

What makes a good idle tycoon

Managers or automation, so the business runs without you
Clear upgrade choices with visible results
Offline earnings that make coming back feel good
A setting you enjoy looking at, because you will look at it a lot

1. Idle AI Factory: Robot Tycoon (our game)

Run a factory full of cheerful robots. You hire robots, automate every production line and grow from a small AI lab to a base on the Moon, and the coins keep rolling in while you are away. If you like Idle Miner Tycoon's managers and shafts, the production lines will feel right at home. Free, with ads and optional in-app purchases. More about Idle AI Factory.

2. Idle Factory Tycoon

From the same studio as Idle Miner Tycoon, Kolibri Games: build a factory empire and upgrade every machine and worker on the line. The closest thing to Idle Miner Tycoon in a new setting. 4.6 stars and more than 10 million downloads. Free, with ads and in-app purchases.

3. Idle Bank Tycoon

Also from Kolibri Games: run a bank, upgrade it step by step and grow it into a money empire. 4.6 stars and more than 10 million downloads. Free, with ads and in-app purchases.

4. AdVenture Capitalist

The classic by Hyper Hippo that made the business idle game popular. Start with a lemonade stand, hire managers, and grow an empire across absurd industries. 4.5 stars and more than 10 million downloads. Free, with ads and in-app purchases.

5. Egg, Inc.

A chicken farm that ends in space. Egg, Inc. by Auxbrain is not a classic tycoon, but it scratches the same itch of building something that grows on its own, and it is one of the most polished idle games on Android. 4.7 stars and more than 10 million downloads. Free, with ads and in-app purchases.

6. Idle Supermarket Tycoon

Codigames' supermarket tycoon: grow a small shop into a big supermarket, one upgrade at a time. 4.1 stars and more than 10 million downloads. Free, with ads and in-app purchases.

What is the best game like Idle Miner Tycoon?

For the closest match, Idle Factory Tycoon and Idle Bank Tycoon come from the same studio. For something with a different flavor, try Idle AI Factory's robot production lines or the classic AdVenture Capitalist.

Do idle tycoon games work offline?

Idle tycoons usually keep earning while the game is closed and pay you when you come back. Idle AI Factory keeps producing while you are away. Whether a game can be played without an internet connection depends on the game, so check its listing.