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How To Grow a Black Hole

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2026

Should you play it?

How To Grow a Black Hole is about... well... how to grow a black hole. Manage your black hole, feed it to gain mass, and prevent catastrophic collapses. Compete globally or against your friends to achieve the biggest black hole. Maybe you'll be #1.

What works
  • Engaging and strategic idle gameplay
  • Beautiful and stimulating visuals
  • Active developer support and updates
  • Offline progress and automation
  • Competitive leaderboards
Things to keep in mind
  • Performance issues on some systems
  • Confusing ui and upgrade descriptions
  • Forced collapse mechanic can frustrate
  • Some players accuse ai use (disputed)
  • Limited social or cooperative features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • Turbo Pug DX

  • Razortron 2000

  • Watermelon Game

  • Terroir

  • Gambonanza

  • Orbt XL

  • Bejeweled® 3

  • Gooba Ball
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Terroir

  • The Solitaire Conspiracy

  • Ding Dong XL
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

How To Grow a Black Hole: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Survival, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Survival, Competition.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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    "Players can choose how and when to invest, upgrade, and reset, with some strategic planning especially in events."

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    "Players make strategic decisions about managing black hole growth and stability, balancing upgrades and automation."

  • Competence

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    "Players engage in learning and mastering complex but subtle mechanics, with progression tied to strategic placement and resource management."

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    "Players engage in managing complex mechanics and balancing growth versus collapse, requiring skill and understanding."

  • Competition

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    "Online leaderboards and score chasing encourage comparison with others, but gameplay is mostly solo."

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  • Continuation

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  • Cooperation

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    "Gameplay is primarily single-player with no evidence of cooperative mechanics."

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  • Creativity

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    "Some customization of builds and strategies, but limited variety and linear upgrade paths."

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    "Some customization of black hole skins and upgrade paths, but mostly structured incremental progression."

  • Domination

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    "No evidence of exerting control over others; interactions are individual and non-confrontational."

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  • Escapism

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    "Players use the game as a relaxing, long-term distraction with immersive space strategy and progression."

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  • Expectation

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    "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment rather than obligation or external pressure."

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  • Experimenting

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    "Players try different upgrade combinations, weapons, and exploration routes; some experimentation with strategies."

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  • Exploration

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    "Limited physical exploration; focus is on managing known environments rather than discovering new areas."

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  • Expression

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  • Fantasy

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    "Imaginative setting of orbiting planets and black holes with fictional mechanics."

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  • Fellowship

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    "Minimal social interaction; community exists but gameplay is solo-focused."

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  • Growth

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    "Strong emphasis on learning game mechanics, improving strategies, and unlocking upgrades for personal development."

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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    "Designed as an idle game with offline progress and background play."

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  • Intimacy

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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  • Relaxation

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  • Sensation

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  • Status

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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    "Requires planning and balancing multiple resources and upgrades to avoid failure and optimize progress."

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  • Thrill

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    "Some tension and challenge in combat, but overall pacing is moderate and not intensely suspenseful."

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  • Value

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  • Violence

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  • Survival

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    "Players must avoid destruction and manage resources to survive and expand."

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Last update: 06/07/2026