Games Like Sludgineers: 8 Picks for Cleaning and Incremental Fans

Sludgineers is 5–6 hours long, so most players finish it and immediately want something similar. The names that come up most are Moldwasher, Pacremental, Feed the Forest and JankyBot — plus SuperWEIRD, Moon Garden and Suncraft, which we flag as unverified. Each pick below says whether it scratches the cleaning itch or the incremental one, because almost nothing does both the way Sludgineers does.

By the same developer

JankyBot — Snickerdoodle Games

If Google offered you JankyBot when you searched Sludgineers, this is why: it is the other game by Snickerdoodle Games, the studio behind Sludgineers' code. JankyBot is a physics puzzle game where you assemble robots from blocks — wheels, rockets, pistons, springs — to solve puzzles and explore a spaceship.

It is a very different genre from Sludgineers, but it shares the design temperament: buildable systems, daily challenges, achievements, a freebuild mode and New Game+ for long-term play. If you liked Sludgineers' willingness to give you a big board and let you tinker, JankyBot is a genuine match.

If you want the cleaning half

Moldwasher

The most direct comparison to Sludgineers released in 2026. Moldwasher is a cozy arcade-style cleaning game from Rubel Games, published by Anshar Publishing, released 23 June 2026. You play a food hero diving into a mould-infested kitchen with a high-pressure spray, scrubbing food, shelves, drawers and the freezer at your own pace.

It swaps Sludgineers' incremental economy for tool variety — you switch between a flamethrower, a pickaxe and a leaf blower for different dirt types, each individually upgradeable. It reviewed extremely well: 90% positive across 687 reviews, over 45,000 copies sold, 12 languages, and — unlike Sludgineers — it is Steam Deck Verified.

Read our full Sludgineers vs Moldwasher comparison.

If you want the incremental half

Pacremental

An incremental game about opening packs, unlocking weapon cards, evolving them and automating your progress. Released in July 2026 at a launch price around $3.59. Where Sludgineers gives you a hands-on cleaning act on top of the curve, Pacremental is closer to the genre's traditional shape — the satisfaction is in the compounding and the automation, not the physical verb.

Worth knowing: like Sludgineers, its appeal lives or dies on whether watching a number get bigger is intrinsically pleasurable to you. If the Sludgineers upgrade tree was the part you loved, this is your next stop.

Feed the Forest

A free browser incremental about a snail and a worm turning a worthless desert into a value-producing forest. It shares Sludgineers' environmental framing — you are restoring a damaged place rather than conquering one — and it is free to play in a browser, which makes it a zero-risk try. Good if you liked the idea of Sludgineers more than its length.

Also frequently searched alongside Sludgineers

Google's related searches surface several other titles next to Sludgineers. In the interest of not padding this list with things we cannot verify, here is the honest status of each:

How to choose

Or replay Sludgineers properly

Genuinely worth considering. Many players finish Sludgineers having under-used the systems that make it good — buying flat suction instead of multipliers, delaying refinery automation, never leaning on drones. A second run with a better upgrade order plays noticeably differently, and there are usually a few of the 25 achievements left to mop up.

Fact-checked against the official Steam store page, the developer FAQ thread and in-game screenshots. Last verified 26 August 2026.