- #1 Potion Pipeline
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 12.8%, Base Building 8.6%
- #2 Text Factory: Automation
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hy_studio
Windows
Text Factory: Automation is an offline, text-based factory simulation game. Build production lines, set up transportation between maps, upgrade technologies, craft weapons and armor, and defeat enemies to gather more resources and expand your factory.
Why similar: Simulation 27.7%, Sandbox 24.9%, Automation 16.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.9%
- #3 Corelink Protocol
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Corelink Studio
Windows
A peaceful 2D sandbox. Explore biomes, build bases above and below water, manage oxygen, pressure, seasons and energy. Automate conveyors, fluid systems, sensors and advanced machines. Grow crops, tame animals, create a living world driven by logic, systems and creativity — all without combat.
Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Crafting 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #4 Industrial Garbage
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LMT
Windows
Industrial Garbage is a game where combination is the key and money is your limit. You will have to manage yourself carefully and ensure that you complete orders in time, or else...
Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Simulation 19.2%, Sandbox 19.1%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #5 Lexip
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Craffel
Windows
Lexip is a cozy fantasy factory game about magic, rail logistics, and questionable sustainability. Build production chains across the overworld and underground, power machines with local magic, fulfill contracts, and keep Null pollution under control.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Simulation 19.7%, Sandbox 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Building 7.6%
- #6 Kindling Wilds: Symbiotic Wasteland
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EasyLovePub: 猫耳游戏
Windows
Ember: Symbiotic Wilderness is a 2D pixel-art co-op survival game set in a living wilderness shaped by temperature, weather, seasons, and ecology. Start with a single fire, divide the work with your team, and build a camp that can endure.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #7 Automation Station
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxbot Games
Windows
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Sandbox 18.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.1%
- #8 FACTO
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havca Games
Windows
In FACTO, become the world’s biggest factory boss! Build your factories, buy raw materials, process them and then sell them on to boost your turnover until you become a mega-corporation !
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Simulation 17.9%, Sandbox 17.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #9 The Maker Way
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brave Games Inc.
Windows
Build creative machines, rovers, drones or robots. Use them to gather resources, discover new machine parts, source energy, construct bases and battle enemy factions in a physics-based open world.
Why similar: Sandbox 19%, Automation 18.2%, Simulation 14.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.5%
- #10 Exovia
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Exovia is a physics-based mining and automation sandbox in space. Survey asteroids, engineer zero-G logistics without conveyor belts, and design complex Newtonian factories. Turn floating chaos into perfect order and experience true inner peace as you solve one satisfying problem and then the next.
Why similar: Organizing 23% ★, Automation 15.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Building 7.8%
- #11 GlowCore
88% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: CNDY StudiosPub: Nat Games
Windows · Linux
GlowCore is a singleplayer progression game focused on resource gathering and gradual world expansion. In the center of the world lies the GlowCore. The goal is to expand the world by feeding the GlowCore with wood and other resources.
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Crafting 8.4%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #12 Beltex
89% matchVery Positive86% of 233 reviews2022
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 9.1%, Base Building 8.7%
- #13 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Sandbox 23.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 7.5%
- #14 middenmoon
86% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Dorfl
Windows · Linux
That's no moon. It's a giant ball of garbage. Build a factory to excavate, wash, sort, classify and disassemble the detritus of ages past.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.8%, Simulation 18.4%, Automation 17.6%, Top-Down 13.9%, 2D 7.6%
- #15 Cartefact
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sillage Games
Windows · Mac
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 9.9%
- #16 Crystal: Automaton
85% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Balding Games
Windows
A short automation challenge aimed at everyone from beginner to veteran. Take your time to uncover the lore of an ancient civilization without any dangers. Can you find a clever way to use logistics to overcome the scarce space available?
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Sandbox 19.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Lore-Rich 9%
- #17 MudBox
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sout
Windows
A 2D sandbox game with pixel physics. Freely place sand, water, lava, creatures, and physical entities. Watch them interact via gravity, fluids, and explosions. Chop trees, build structures, design circuits, trigger massive chain reactions, or simply create your own ecosystem!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.4%, Automation 14.8%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 11%, Simulation 9.6%
- #18 Factory Magnate
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Rising TailPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
A casual factory builder for everyone. Construct production lines, complete objectives, and unlock new machines as you grow your industrial empire—no stress, no combat, just satisfying progress.
Why similar: Automation 24.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 9.8%
- #19 The Resonance Initiative
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackfield Studios
Windows
In this open-world factory sandbox you need to harness unique power waveforms to run your machines. Use everything as fuel, from plant life to fallen enemies. Explore the world to uncover new foes and resources to exploit as your empire grows.
Why similar: Simulation 26.8%, Automation 15.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%
- #20 Rafting Factory
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kim Star Game
Windows
Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Sandbox 17.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 8.5%, Simulation 7.5%
- #21 Amicraft Factory™
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamepoc
Windows
Tiny creatures. Massive factories. Zero stress. Amicraft Factory™ is a cozy co-op automation adventure where your adorable Ami friends help you build the most beautiful production empire in the world. Build solo. Or with friends.
Why similar: Automation 27%, Sandbox 14.4%, Simulation 14.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%
- #22 Mob Factory
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 25.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Base Building 8.8%, Crafting 8%
- #23 TowerLine
79% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Melih Solt
Windows · Mac
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 26.5%, Simulation 12%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 10.6%
- #24 Islandustry
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proper Puppy
Windows
Find the best island, outbid your rivals and start exploiting it. Automate your production and watch the market to sell your goods at the right price. Use your profits to buy upgrades and make your production chain even faster.
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Sandbox 18.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Building 10.9%, Base Building 9.5%
- #25 Left Stranded
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevBre Games
Windows · Linux
Cast into a medieval kingdom by ancient stones, you must forge, automate, and expand your workshop. Alone or in multiplayer, fulfill royal orders, harness coal, steam, electricity and uncover the secrets that could return you home.
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Sandbox 19%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 10%, Simulation 9.6%
- #26 Junkman101
79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: MaryIsHere
Windows · Mac
在一个程序化生成的 2D 像素沙盒世界中探索、挖掘和建造。收集矿物并熔炼,合成物品,升级标签。挑战怪物、发现遗迹,体验自由的冒险与创造之旅。
Why similar: Simulation 29.6%, Sandbox 26.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Building 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #27 Infinite Number Factory
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Starchase Games
Windows
Infinite Digital Factory is a dark neon 2D automation game where numbers power every production line. Extract values, route them through independent pipes, combine larger numbers, upgrade the central core, and expand across layers with elevators, portals, space modules, and blueprints.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 11.9%, Base Building 9.9%
- #28 Faun Town
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: 游乐坊Pub: 2P Games
Windows
After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.
Why similar: Automation 18.7%, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 8.4%
- #29 Outpath
77% matchVery Positive93% of 3,089 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 18.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.7%
- #30 Pixel Mall
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: 方润强
Windows
Create your favorite pixel mall at will, gradually expanding the scale, trying to make the most money as you can, but also beware of those who want to trouble the mall coming. Enjoy the simplest fun in the well crafted pixel game filled with pixel customers
Why similar: Simulation 27%, Sandbox 25.7%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #31 Manaftory
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiyakaru
Windows
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Simulation 24.7%, Sandbox 16.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #32 Builderment
76% matchMixed67% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows · Mac
Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!
Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Sandbox 16%, Crafting 11%, Building 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%
- #33 Pistonica
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica invites you into a calm, open world where steam and machines meet. In this first-person steam automation game, you build and automate a refined factory, explore an island, research tech, and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 8.6%
- #34 BOREWORKS
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hello Egg
Windows
A chill, top down automation game about mining asteroids down to the core. Build bots. Figure out logistics. Automate yourself out of a job.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #35 Factory Engineer
77% matchMixed46% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Sandbox 22%, Automation 16.1%, Building 14.2%, Base Building 7.9%
- #36 Idle interstellar Factory 2
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
This is a factory game based on text and 2d drag and drop. You need to complete the process from mining resources to the final interstellar resource mining and transportation. You will continue to unlock new technologies and experience many unexpected challenges along the way.
Why similar: Automation 31.8%, Sandbox 25.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #37 Fakutori
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antoine LatourPub: Mythwright
Windows
Fakutori is a laid-back automation game with a lot more going on beneath the surface. Combine elements, build sprawling production lines, and chase down the Legendary Blocks that only the most dedicated builders ever find. All at your own pace.
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Sandbox 20.6%, Simulation 15.2%, Building 13%, Crafting 9.9%
- #38 Beltmatic
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,195 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 24%, Sandbox 18.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%
- #39 Nova Lands
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,496 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Sandbox 16.9%, Base Building 8.9%, Crafting 8%, Building 7.7%
- #40 Alchemy Factory
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,470 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Craft your workshop as an alchemist! Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. Multiplayer Supported! Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!
Why similar: Automation 28.8%, Sandbox 19.2%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Crafting 9.5%
- #41 Natura: Reborn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stargazing Games
Windows
Natura: Reborn is a top-down sandbox adventure where nature and creatures have fused. Explore, survive, and fight through an overgrown fantasy world.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Building 10.6%, Top-Down 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #42 Factorization
73% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 35.3%, Simulation 21%, Building 16.6%, Top-Down 10.8%, 2D 5.8%
- #43 PoliPlanet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 10%, Simulation 9.5%
- #44 Factory Trashcension
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Factory Trashcension
Windows
Factory Trashcension is a first-person open-world factory creation and optimization game with unlimited possibilities. Play with your friends and design efficient factories to TRASHCEND without worries and explore a v a p o r w a v e inspired universe!
Why similar: Automation 23.9%, Sandbox 18.5%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 9.8%
- #45 Shuttle World
71% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Starry Sky Team
Windows
Shuttle World is a first person open world sandbox game, integrating exploration, construction, survival, entertainment and other elements. Players can embark on adventures alone in the game, exploring the entire vast planet! Various free gameplay, welcome to download...
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Sandbox 22.4%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Base Building 9.9%
- #46 Mystic Tesserae
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: UmadYsot
Windows
2.5D Falling sand game. Collect Rare Items and discover new Elements. Use Elements to make Powerful Spells. Build and Destroy at your will.
Why similar: Simulation 34.9%, Automation 30%, Crafting 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 7.7%
- #47 Blossom
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminae Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a quest of growth and exploration in a beautifully handcrafted open world. Explore the lands and discover their forgotten history. Are you ready to automate and expand your beautiful flora against the vile Corruption?
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Sandbox 21.8%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Exploration 10.6%
- #48 Purplis Sandbox
71% matchMixed66% of 211 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGOLITEPub: DRAGOLITE STUDIO
Windows
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.3%, Simulation 32.1%, Building 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, 2D 6.7%
- #49 plexum
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Jephinca
Windows
A third-person automation game driven by narrative progression. Build elaborate machines that feed an interplanetary network as you move from planet to planet.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 9.7%
- #50 shapez
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,744 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 27.8%, Sandbox 19.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 8.4%
- #51 Final Factory
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.6%
- #52 MoteMancer
66% matchVery Positive92% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Sandbox 17.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%
- #53 KAIWorld
72% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: kjkjkAIStudio
Windows
KAIWorld is a simple world that you can place or remove object to build your own world. You can scavenge some stuff and craft with machine in order to reach higher tier.
Why similar: Simulation 32.5%, Sandbox 31%, Building 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, 2D 7.1%
- #54 Gobs & Gears
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOBLINTEK
Windows · Mac
The Gob King wants his bomb. A big one. He wants it NOW. Reconstruct a lost factory in the Fog, route resources, and put the Gobs to work to build the BIG BOOM before he loses what's left of his patience.
Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.7%
- #55 StoneSpace
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrBPW
Windows
As the lone survivor of an ill-fated starship, embark on the ultimate crafting project: build a vessel from scratch and return to Earth. Explore, gather resources, erect a base, and master hundreds of recipes – from flint tools to nuclear reactors - on a voyage through the entire history of science.
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #56 The Last Factory
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Jitkem TienngamPub: Hello World Labs
Windows · Mac
Build, automate, and defend humanity's last factory on a dying industrial planet. Chain production lines, survive AUTON raids and dust storms, research lost technology, and uncover what silenced every factory before yours.
Why similar: Automation 27%, Simulation 18.1%, Building 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 9.4%
- #57 MegaFactory Tycoon
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Brian Strack JensenPub: goto64 Games
Windows · Mac
In MegaFactory Tycoon, you are the manager of a fully automated factory. The factory produces consumer products that can be sold for profit on the central market. The factory is fully simulated in real-time.
Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Simulation 25.7%, Building 14.9%, Top-Down 6.9%, 2D 5.4%
- #58 Outer Factory
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows · Mac
Outer Factory is a peaceful, minimalist factory simulation where you build and automate factories across planets and asteroids. Create complex production networks with simplified building mechanics. Become an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 10.1%