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what is Grind to Rust?

An open-source idle game inspired by Path of Exile featuring complex loot and a player-driven market.

Grind to Rust is a web-based incremental idle game influenced by Path of Exile, offering random loot, theorycrafting, and a player market. The game’s logic and mechanics are hand-coded despite some AI-assisted asset creation.

It sits in the Idle / Prestige / Numbers / Management / Strategy corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.