- #1 Little Big Workshop
97% matchVery Positive84% of 3,399 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 23%, Management 20.5%, Resource Management 15.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Building 13.7%
- #2 Industrix
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: iyox Studios
Windows · Linux
Step into the world of industrial production and become a master in factory-building! Create efficient production lines and manage your resources. As you progress through the game, you'll need to complete challenges for a certain company in order to rank up and unlock new technologies!
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Management 20%, Resource Management 16.4%, Simulation 12.1%, Building 9.9%
- #3 Factorization
96% 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 44.1%, Building 18.1%, Resource Management 11.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 9.4%
- #4 Timberline Factory
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: El Grande Games
Windows
A physics based sawmill simulation - tycoon where logs aren't just rigid icons, but physical objects that roll, collide, and jam. Automate complex production lines, master a dynamic market index, and turn waste into green energy.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Resource Management 14.8%, Building 14.1%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 10.1%
- #5 Car Factory Tycoon
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Jomica
Windows · Mac
Build cars step-by-step in a factory sim. Design vehicles, build your garage layout, hire and train workers, manage parking inventory, and sell cars through customer orders or walk-in buyers as you expand your operation.
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Management 26.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Building 10.2%
- #6 Genterra
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: The Bunker Studios
Windows
Humanity needs out. Genterra Corporation requires an Architect. From a remote terminal on Earth, deploy automated factories across four planets, each with its own resources, to build the rescue rocket. ARIA will guide you. Productivity is mandatory.
Why similar: Automation 32.6%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Management 11.5%
- #7 Mito
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Deer Games
Windows
A plant-sim automation game with resource management and roguelike progression. Build transport networks, manage resource flow, unlock mutations, and stack synergies as you spread across procedurally generated biomes.
Why similar: Automation 37.3%, Resource Management 17.8%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 9.5%
- #8 MegaFactory Tycoon
92% 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 36.2%, Building 16.2%, Management 14%, Simulation 13%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #9 Log Drop
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Who Nose Studios
Windows · Mac
A physics sandbox with one noble goal: get more logs into the core than physically reasonable. Chop the trees, build the contraption, then unleash a wave of logs for combo-fueled cash. Kick back and let it flow, or engineer the perfect cascade. Your sandbox, your rules.
Why similar: Automation 32.7%, Physics 15.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Building 13.8%, Simulation 8%
- #10 Prodix
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tyler CritchlowPub: Brody Critchlow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prodix is a 2D isometric factory automation game, where the goal is to import, export, and automate your production of many different materials and items; while also managing company relationships through contracts.
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Management 20.5%, Resource Management 13.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Building 7.9%
- #11 Assembly Line 2 Mobile Version
90% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and optimize your assembly line to make the most money possible!
Why similar: Automation 35.5%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #12 Automatica
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Dev
Windows
Automatica is a 2D automation and management game inspired by titles like Factorio and Shapez, but with a twist on the traditional conveyor belt system. Connecting buildings is now as easy as dragging them inside each other
Why similar: Automation 41.3%, Management 23.1%, Resource Management 21%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 3.9%
- #13 Potion Pipeline
89% 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 33.9%, Building 17%, Strategy 13%, Resource Management 12.7%, Management 12.4%
- #14 FACTO
88% 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 41.1%, Resource Management 21.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 8.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #15 ChromaFlow
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RVLWorks
Windows · Linux
Build a factory powered by color. Extract red, green, and blue, route them through conveyor networks, and mix them into an expanding spectrum. Fulfil requests for the Chroma Core, unlock new technology, and optimize every production line.
Why similar: Automation 37.9%, Resource Management 19.5%, Management 12.9%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #16 Food Facility
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Lemo-Logic Studios
Windows
Food Facility is a 2D factory automation game where you design and build complex production lines to create delicious food, sell your goods, and grow your business empire!
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Strategy 19.1%, Management 18.6%, Building 14.8%, Simulation 13.1%
- #17 Phantasm Cube
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HAEMOSU
Windows
Automate production lines to generate cubes, manage resource conversions, maintain crucial buffs, and build your ultimate production line.
Why similar: Automation 50.8%, Resource Management 17.3%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 2.9%
- #18 We Need More Steam!
86% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 38.5%, Management 21.7%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #19 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting
Why similar: Automation 24.6%, Resource Management 20.2%, Management 19.8%, Building 16.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #20 Chocolatio
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RawEgg
Windows
Create and build your own automated chocolate factory. Freely design and expand your factories to deliver a huge variety of chocolate themed resources.
Why similar: Automation 44.8%, Resource Management 20.2%, Management 18.4%, Strategy 13.3%, 2D 2.8%
- #21 Planetary Factory - An Idle Automation Game
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadJones
Windows
Grow your planetary empire from a small base to a massive production powerhouse in Planetary Factory. Balance inputs and outputs to maximize profits and minimize waste, research advanced technologies, and build a formidable military to conquer hostile planets.
Why similar: Automation 35.5%, Management 17%, Resource Management 16%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #22 Factory Magnate
81% 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 34.7%, Resource Management 18.7%, Management 15.8%, Building 14%, Simulation 7.4%
- #23 Captain of Industry
82% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 40.7%, Resource Management 22.2%, Management 14.1%, Building 10%, Simulation 6.2%
- #24 The Hundredth Gear
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Cloud Games
Windows
Build the legendary Hundredth Gear, a 100-stage mechanical machine, in this first-person incremental game. Start with your own two hands, then research, upgrade and automate your growing creation as you chase the impossible: 10¹⁰⁰ rotations. What happens if you actually reach it?
Why similar: Automation 32.3%, Resource Management 16.2%, Management 13.7%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%
- #25 Factorwave
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 41.1%, Resource Management 17.9%, Management 14.4%, Building 13.8%, Simulation 7.1%
- #26 Auto Factory
83% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Architect Studios
Windows
Build and run your own automated factory to turn materials into a range of products!
Why similar: Automation 40.5%, Building 21.4%, Simulation 19.7%, Physics 17.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #27 plexum
79% matchNo user reviews2026
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 39%, Resource Management 20.2%, Building 15.9%, Management 10%, Simulation 7.4%
- #28 Corposlop
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andreasintech
Windows
Corposlop is an automation game that lives on your desktop. Harvesting resources using bureaucracy, and refine it into components to feed the corporate machine. Make advanced factories and efficient pipelines to make the most out the limited land you have.
Why similar: Automation 39.8%, Management 18.7%, Resource Management 16.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Building 8.1%
- #29 10000 Pizzas Please
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team K6Pub: Hatch Up
Windows
Build and program a pizza factory to feed an endless swarm of hungry aliens! Automate machines, write production logic, fine-tune your conveyor belts, and engineer the perfect production line in a chaotic cooking-and-automation sim.
Why similar: Automation 35.8%, Resource Management 19.1%, Management 16%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #30 Scrap Yard Idle
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: David SecoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Build your own scrap empire in this incremental idle game. Collect, process, and automate your production chain while optimizing resources and scaling your industrial system.
Why similar: Automation 32.6%, Resource Management 21.9%, Management 21.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #31 CosmoFab
76% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: StrabSphace
Windows
CosmoFab is a factory-building game focused on mining, production, and automation. Mine resources and build production lines to create a fully automated industrial system. Defend your base against relentless hostile creatures, explore the planet, and complete your mission.
Why similar: Automation 43.5%, Resource Management 20.2%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #32 BOREWORKS
76% matchNo user reviews
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 33.2%, Resource Management 20.2%, Management 18.6%, Building 13%, Simulation 7.4%
- #33 Assembly Line 2
75% matchMixed66% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Assembly Line 2, you take charge of your factory, where strategic organization is key. Create intricate production lines, unlocking a plethora of blueprints to craft advanced resources. Fine-tune and upgrade machines for optimal efficiency and elevating your empire to new heights.
Why similar: Automation 47.3%, Management 23%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12.3%, 2D 3.4%
- #34 My Tiny Grocery Store - Desktop Idle Supermarket Game
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
My Tiny Grocery Store is an idle shopping simulator located in the bottom right corner of your screen that allows you to manage your store while also completing other tasks! Design your store, arrange your shelves, and enjoy earning money.
Why similar: Automation 38.2%, Management 15.7%, Building 11.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #35 ASTERSTEAD
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUMICROFT
Windows
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the surface.
Why similar: Automation 46.9%, Resource Management 21.8%, Management 19.3%, Simulation 8.1%, 2D 2.2%
- #36 Stella Astrum
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Death Knight Studios LLC
Windows
Stella Astrum is a whimsical factory game where you manage elemental resources to form Stars, Planets, and more. Use your skills to unlock upgradable factories, nurture colorful celestial bodies, and shape an expansive galaxy. Sit back, relax, and amplify the universe beyond its artistic limits!
Why similar: Automation 38.9%, Resource Management 19%, Management 12.9%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 8.6%
- #37 Production Line : Car factory simulation
77% matchVery Positive82% of 3,484 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Management 25.2%, Resource Management 14.6%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 7.8%
- #38 Astral Enterprises
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cosmic Fin Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As CEO, build a ruthless corporate empire! Solve spatial factory puzzles, master complex supply chains, and manipulate dynamic markets to maximise profit. Mobilise local workforces, fund high-tech R&D, and construct colossal megaprojects to satisfy your demanding Parent Company.
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Management 23.3%, Resource Management 20.7%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 7.4%
- #39 Let Them Fall
75% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Building 15.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 10.8%
- #40 Factory Engineer
78% matchMixed45% of 134 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: Automation 23%, Building 17.6%, Management 15.3%, Resource Management 14.5%, Simulation 13.8%
- #41 Solarise
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: adhd sloth
Windows
A short and sweet game that aims to be a love letter to solar panel production and the crisis of the modern century for Europe as it grapples with reindustrialisation. Manage your factory, power needs, politics, and just ordinary people, in order to lower costs and outcompete your global rivals.
Why similar: Automation 43.3%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 13.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 7.9%
- #42 Return to Planet Zoveka
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Invantage Studios
Windows
A physics-driven 2D incremental space-mining sim. Help a family herd cosmic dust, automate production, unlock research, and turn a single inherited station into a vast operation. Enjoy a relaxing, colourful journey to heal Zoveka.
Why similar: Automation 32.5%, Resource Management 20%, Management 13.4%, Physics 12.9%, Simulation 9.2%
- #43 Subway Builder
70% matchMixed60% of 422 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: Management 19.7%, Automation 16.1%, Building 15.8%, Resource Management 15.7%, Strategy 13.3%
- #44 Resources Assemble!
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lasarevs
Windows · Linux
Build, automate, and expand your factory. Mine resources, craft components, and evolve your systems toward full autonomy and interplanetary production
Why similar: Automation 38.4%, Management 18.6%, Resource Management 16.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 9.9%
- #45 Bake It Tight
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cabbi Games
Windows · Mac
A cookie factory automation puzzle where new orders force you to rework a running factory. Combine dough colors, shapes, and toppings, share limited machines and modules across production lines, and split or merge rails. One expired order ends the run. How long can you keep the ovens running?
Why similar: Automation 36%, Resource Management 18.3%, Management 17.2%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #46 Fruit Factory
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: The Indie Accord
Windows · Mac
A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!
Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Management 16.8%, Resource Management 14.7%, Building 13.5%, Physics 11.7%
- #47 Flow Factory
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smuie
Windows
Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.
Why similar: Automation 35.6%, Resource Management 18.5%, Building 12.8%, Physics 11.8%, Management 9%
- #48 Hue Factory
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Tree Games
Windows
A colorful, minimalist automation game. Place machines, mix colors, and manage the flow of an evolving factory. Listen to the hum of the machines and watch the colors blend while keeping your lines efficient.
Why similar: Automation 41.2%, Management 23.7%, Resource Management 16.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 6.4%
- #49 Infinite Number Factory
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 41.9%, Resource Management 21.3%, Building 15.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%
- #50 Attrition Line
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Attrition Line
Windows · Linux
A factory game about building an army. Mine, smelt, and manufacture soldiers on an assembly line, then send them to fight a swarm that grows every hour. The more you automate, the bigger your army. Fall behind and the line breaks.
Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Resource Management 20.1%, Management 19.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 5.9%
- #51 Beer Factory - Prologue
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,022 reviews2023
Dev: AKELPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.
Why similar: Automation 37.3%, Resource Management 21.1%, Management 18.5%, Physics 11%, Simulation 10.6%
- #52 Islandustry
68% 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 36.2%, Management 16%, Building 14.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Strategy 9.3%
- #53 the Cellarer
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quiescent Works
Windows
Build a medieval monastery and master deep logistics, a transport network to optimize and intricate production chains. Optimize every cart, every path and every building as your monastery prospers.
Why similar: Automation 37.3%, Resource Management 18%, Management 17.8%, Building 8.8%, Simulation 8.2%
- #54 MineMogul
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Automation 33.4%, Management 14.8%, Building 13.8%, Resource Management 12.8%, Physics 12.1%
- #55 Cursor Kingdom
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oba Games
Windows
Create an army of cursor clones by recording your actions. Automate resource gathering, production, and defense while your kingdom grows on its own.
Why similar: Automation 42.6%, Management 19.2%, Building 14%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%
- #56 Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator
66% matchMixed62% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Step into the grit of the early 20th-century oil boom. Build your drilling empire from the dirt up chop timber, maintain rusty machinery, and manage a rugged crew. Strike black gold, overcome ruthless crises, and turn raw earth into an unimaginable fortune. The rush begins now.
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Resource Management 20.1%, Management 17.4%, Building 16%, Simulation 8.6%
- #57 Scraplings
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ikioda
Windows
A 2D side-view recycling and automation game set above an infinite trash sea. Salvage waste left behind from the Lost Century, process it through advanced production lines, and grow your factory to keep it afloat in this harsh ecosystem while paying your rent on time.
Why similar: Automation 41.2%, Resource Management 18.5%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 11.5%, Building 7.2%
- #58 Meister
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: OOJJRS
Windows
Collects resources, makes products, get money, and repair a time machine.
Why similar: Automation 37.5%, Management 21.8%, Resource Management 19.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #59 Laplana
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laplana Games
Windows
Laplana is a strategy simulation game on an alien world. Domesticate different organisms and combine them to build complex biological production chains. Evolve them to unlock new abilities. Adapt to a changing environment and defend your structures against the chaos of this world.
Why similar: Automation 38.4%, Building 22.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.4%
- #60 Endless Engine
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wizard Hat Studio
Windows
A roguelike where you build a factory — not a character.
Why similar: Automation 39.5%, Resource Management 17.8%, Building 14%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 8.1%