Trimps

In Trimps, developed by GreenSatellite and released in 2015, players gather resources like wood and food while managing a population of worker creatures called Trimps. The core loop involves sending Trimps to gather, breed more workers, and explore zones filled with enemies that must be defeated to progress. The game layers on increasingly complex systems like equipment crafting, genetic breeding, and portal-based prestige resets.

Trimps was originally released as a free browser game playable on Kongregate and its own dedicated website. It later received a Steam release that added quality-of-life features and supported continued development. The browser version remains accessible and has cultivated a dedicated community of long-term players.

When you portal in Trimps, you reset most of your progress in exchange for helium, a prestige currency that permanently boosts your Trimps' strength in future runs. Helium is used to purchase genetic upgrades that carry over between portals, creating a deep upgrade tree. The challenge lies in optimizing each run to maximize helium yield before resetting.

Unlike Cookie Clicker's relatively simple click-and-upgrade loop, Trimps emphasizes active worker management and combat progression through gated zones. Compared to Kittens Game, Trimps has a more gameified structure with enemies, equipment, and an explicit zone-based progression system. The breeding and genetics mechanic also adds a layer of optimization that most browser incremental games lack.