GrindCraft
Minecraft-by-spreadsheet: grind resources, craft the tree, fight creepers, by IriySoft and Playsaurus.
by IriySoft (web) / Playsaurus (site + mobile) · 2015 · Web / Mobile
GrindCraft is the Minecraft-themed crafting idle: click to gather, assign workers to keep gathering, and climb the crafting tree from wooden pickaxe to netherite ambitions. IriySoft built the Kongregate-era original; Playsaurus (Clicker Heroes' studio) runs the official site at grindcraft.com and the mobile port, and this split attribution is recorded rather than flattened.
What the loop feels like
You punch a tree, the workers punch faster, and the crafting grid consumes it all. That's GrindCraft.
Playing it today
Free at grindcraft.com (verified 200, og captured), on CrazyGames, and on Android. Four oEmbed-verified videos including the sequel's official trailers.
The verdict
One of the best Minecraft-likes in the genre: the crafting tree gives the idle loop a shape most clickers lack, and the Remastered version keeps it current.
Gameplay videos
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