- #1 Veinfall
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doca
Windows
Veinfall is a 2D exploration, crafting, and factory automation game. Mine ore, gather materials, build machines, and connect production lines with conveyors. Grow a small hand-built base into your own factory as you explore deeper into the planet.
Why similar: Mining 25.2% ★, Automation 24.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Crafting 8%, Base Building 7.7%
- #2 Oreia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CRT Glow Studios
Windows
A roguelite automation miner. Every run: dig, deploy robots, lay roads, deploy buildings, expand, refine, defend - and escape before instability tears the site apart. Cargo you don't ship is cargo you lose. Permanent upgrades and new contracts wait at the Corporate Hub™. Sandbox mode included.
Why similar: Mining 25.5% ★, Automation 20.7%, Action Roguelike 10%, Resource Management 8.9%, Base Building 6.8%
- #3 BOREWORKS
96% 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 23.9%, Resource Management 14.6%, Mining 13.8% ★, Space 9.7%, Crafting 7.8%
- #4 Ship Miner
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Core Games
Windows · Linux
Action mining game with retro aesthetics and roguelike elements. Collect minerals from procedurally generated asteroids, improve your ship and survive The Anomaly, an unknown entity threatening The Galaxy. Can a simple miner stop The Anomaly and save everyone?
Why similar: Mining 30.2% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Space 12.9%, Resource Management 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #5 Infinite Space: Mining
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Taner Saydam
Windows
Build and automate your own industrial space empire. Mine asteroids, manage logistics, expand production lines with drones and conveyors, explore new sectors through wormholes, and grow your mining operation across the galaxy.
Why similar: Automation 21.2%, Mining 20.5% ★, Space 13.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #6 Industronaut
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amca Games
Windows
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Mining 21.5% ★, Resource Management 11.9%, Space 10.3%, Crafting 8.4%
- #7 Last Haul
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Eryk Włoszczyński
Windows
MINE and gather RESOURCES, Destroy waves of ENEMIES, fight BOSSES, UPGRADE YOURSELF... as a really small spaceship.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Mining 26.9% ★, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #8 Starward Era
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: QianMo Studio
Windows
Dig deep into an alien world, gather resources, explore the unknown, and build interconnected power, oxygen, and production systems. Upgrade your gear, expand your base, and automate logistics with drones as manual work gradually grows into an efficient production network.
Why similar: Mining 31.2% ★, Automation 22.9%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 8.2%, Crafting 6.7%
- #9 Space Cat Digger
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Onu Games
Windows
In Space Cat Digger, you will mine resources, build machines, upgrade your equipment, and try to get the highest score possible within a limited time. Play your own way, manage your resources, optimize, automate… while something strange begins to awaken
Why similar: Mining 25.2% ★, Automation 21%, Resource Management 11.3%, Space 10%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #10 Cobalt Miner
91% matchMixed44% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Deer StudioPub: MadOctopus
Windows
Survive in futuristic 2046 USA where a ruthless megacorporation owns your debt. Mine cobalt, automate production, craft machines, explore a dying world, and ride your electric bike across vast pixel-art wastelands. Pay what you owe… or disappear.
Why similar: Mining 27.6% ★, Automation 22.8%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 7.6%
- #11 AstroDig
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows
Mine, defend, and profit across planets. Expand your operation, survive enemy waves, and discover dangerous hidden worlds in this minimalist sci-fi strategy shooter.
Why similar: Mining 26.8% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 14.9%, Resource Management 13%, Automation 11.5%, Space 7.4%
- #12 Cartefact
89% 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 37.7%, Resource Management 17.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #13 Cosmodrill
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Morse Morse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the vastness of space, dig deep into planets to find resources, upgrade your ship and survive against alien life in this short space mining adventure! How far are you willing to travel into the dark unknown?
Why similar: Mining 28.9% ★, Resource Management 15.3%, Space 15.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Combat 9.5%
- #14 Flow Factory
89% 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 28%, Mining 21.9% ★, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 10%, Base Building 8.9%
- #15 Star Crafter
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 24.8% ★, Automation 18.5%, Space 12.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Crafting 9.6%
- #16 Duck the Miner
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Atlas Brightway
Windows
Your ultimate goal was to achieve the dream of living on Mars, but the journey didn't go as planned. After a rough ride that left your engine destroyed, you are now stranded on space and must mine asteroids to repair your ship to try finish the voyage.
Why similar: Mining 38.5% ★, Resource Management 16.9%, Space 15.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #17 Star Ores Inc.
86% matchVery Positive82% of 341 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 27.7% ★, Space 14.7%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #18 MineEngineer
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MoonBuninni
Windows · Mac
Build physics-driven ships and automated factories block by block in a 2D space survival sandbox. Mine planets and asteroids, program machines, explore a hostile universe and survive solo or with friends.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Mining 20.2% ★, Space 13.2%, Resource Management 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%
- #19 Oreborn
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gurbdev
Windows · Mac
Explore, mine, and fight your way through the galaxy in this 2D space mining adventure! Unearth the relics of ancient civilizations and face the horrors that linger beneath alien worlds.
Why similar: Mining 25.7% ★, Action Roguelike 16%, Space 12.1%, Roguelite 10.7%, Crafting 8%
- #20 Exovia
82% 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: Mining 22.8% ★, Automation 20%, Space 10.5%, Resource Management 10.5%, Crafting 7.7%
- #21 Far Flight
84% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Franteous Games
Windows
Far Flight is a rogue-lite top-down space shooter where you shape your own way to shoot all the bad guys.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.9%, Action Roguelike 20.7%, Roguelite 12%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #22 Kardaviik
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kardaviik is a 3D factory automation game set in a voxel asteroid belt. Your mission: harness energy, ascend the Kardashev Scale, and save Earth. Conquer the expansive procedurally generated belt by harvesting resources and extracting fuel, and build your ultimate space factory!
Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Space 18%, Resource Management 15.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9%
- #23 UNIT 42: Adrift in Space
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: AwitaGames
Windows · Linux
An incremental journey through space. Manage your ship's capsules, choose your path through the stars, and watch your crew and automation do the rest.
Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Space 18.5%, Resource Management 17%, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 9.6%
- #24 GeoDepths
83% matchVery Positive87% of 308 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 30.6% ★, Automation 21.5%, Resource Management 16.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 8.8%
- #25 Bouncekraft
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Plots Games
Windows · Mac
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Mining 33.9% ★, Automation 19.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Simulation 8%, Space 7.6%
- #26 Planet Gemini
79% matchPositive90% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: decidonePub: Planet Gemini
Windows
Planet Gemini is a factory-building and tower defense game. After crash-landing on two planets during an interdimensional journey, fend off waves of enemies and research a portal to survive.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Mining 23.9% ★, Space 11.7%, Resource Management 11%, Crafting 8.8%
- #27 ASTERSTEAD
80% 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 40.2%, Resource Management 18.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Management 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #28 One Time In Space
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elanetic
Windows · Mac
Build and navigate your ship as it barrels through space. Machines, pipes, and wiring; all necessities to keep your ship running. Survive and explore.
Why similar: Mining 22.5% ★, Automation 22.5%, Space 12.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #29 Rogue Factory
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 167 reviews2026
Dev: curried_functor
Windows
The AUTOMATION bullet heaven! Build your custom spellcasting factory and tear through endless waves of monsters. Unlock 20+ characters and 100+ golden totems to craft broken roguelite synergies and survive the swarm! Build, automate, autocast, OBLITERATE!
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Resource Management 15.7%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 8.6%, Base Building 6.7%
- #30 Offworlders: Galactic Ventures
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snowchimp Interactive
Windows
Top-down space trading and combat on a working frontier. Run cargo, hunt salvage, fight pirates, and build a corporation that survives twenty cycles of pressure from the Cryos Foundation, the Frontier Allegiance, and the Sable Syndicate.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Mining 24.1% ★, Space 11.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #31 CosmoFab
77% 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 38.1%, Resource Management 17.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 11.3%, Space 9.8%
- #32 Incandescent X
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Stephen Crabb
Windows
Protect your ship against wave after wave of brightly coloured enemies in this fast paced arcade inspired shooter. Use your abilities to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.2%, Action Roguelike 21.8%, Space 15.6%, Combat 7.3%, Action 6.7%
- #33 Trash Force
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Pin Studio
Windows
Blast aliens, dodge space junk, and collect trash in this chaotic roguelite twin-stick shooter. Upgrade your gear, fight alien bosses, and save Earth. One asteroid at a time...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.3%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 10.9%, Space 9.4%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #34 Drain the Galaxy
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oil Studio
Windows
An idle miner at galactic scale. Drop thousands of dwarves onto a planet and watch it disappear. No fail states, no lost progress, no rush - just automated mining, upgrades and numbers that always climb
Why similar: Mining 27.4% ★, Automation 20.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #35 Starground
76% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Mining 28.9% ★, Automation 22.2%, Resource Management 11.3%, Space 10.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #36 The Ignition Protocol
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SuperKitowiec
Windows
The Ignition Protocol is a slow-paced, top-down incremental asteroid-mining game. Fly your ship in zero-g, mine and tow asteroids, transport resources, automate your base, and ignite a new star - the last light in a fading universe.
Why similar: Mining 30.8% ★, Automation 25.2%, Space 16.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Simulation 5.8%
- #37 Starlab
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Next Star Over
Windows · Linux
Fly from planet to planet, build automated bases, and take on alien swarms on foot or in vehicles. Master your ship’s momentum in a seamless 2D solar system.
Why similar: Mining 21.1% ★, Automation 20.9%, Space 12.3%, Resource Management 10.9%, Crafting 8.3%
- #38 Starvester
72% matchMixed70% of 810 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!
Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Automation 26.6%, Resource Management 15.1%, Space 11.4%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #39 Astrocraft
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flowcraft GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Open your own shop on a space station: stock the shelves, serve space travelers, and grow from a lone miner into a space tycoon. Mine asteroids, craft goods in your machines, hire a crew of robots, found outposts, and take to the stars in your own ship, solo or in co-op for up to four players.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Mining 20% ★, Space 13.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Base Building 8.3%
- #40 Sanguinite
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Goldshoe Games
Windows · Linux
Sanguinite is a lunar-lander-meets-twin-stick-shooter action game with elements of resource management and exploration. Equip your remote drones and explore the dangerous surface of distant worlds. Bring resources and artifacts back to your ship. Investigate the origin of the aliens you encounter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.6%, Resource Management 14.7%, Space 13.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Futuristic 7.9%
- #41 Long Rescue
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel OctopusPub: MadOctopus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Long Rescue is a Survival Roguelite where you battle waves of enemies across multiple worlds in pursuit of the villain who stole your dog. Build and customize your character with crazy ability combinations to grow into a powerful force capable of defeating your nemesis. Will you rescue your dog?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.4%, Action Roguelike 19.8%, Roguelite 11.1%, Space 8.5%, Shooter 6.7%
- #42 Legacy Miner
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mastic Games
Windows · Mac
A 2D mining game about digging your way off a dead planet. Drill deep for rare ores, dodge lava and gas pockets, upgrade your rig, then pool your haul with friends to smelt bars, craft parts, and build the rocket that gets your crew home. Solo or 1–16 players.
Why similar: Mining 42.5% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Exploration 11.6%
- #43 Atom By Atom
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inner Core Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a factory around a black hole. Extract elements, route atoms through Matter Tubes, bond them using valence-driven chemistry, and scale precise molecular production lines atom by atom.
Why similar: Automation 32.3%, Resource Management 17.6%, Space 15.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.1%
- #44 Alien Planet Survival
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game
Why similar: Automation 33.2%, Resource Management 16.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Space 11%, Base Building 10.5%
- #45 Starwreck Reclaimer
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Starwreck Studio
Windows
Pilot a combat salvager into a shifting starship graveyard in this top-down twin-stick action roguelite. Battle hostile machines, manage ammunition and hull integrity, choose risky protocols, recover valuable scrap, and build powerful weapon and module combinations.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.5%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, Space 17.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Combat 4.6%
- #46 Cosmic Gold Rush
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Prospera Mentis
Windows
You’re not the ship—you’re a fragile prospector with a jetpack. Haul gold, deploy robots and defend your operation from meteor storms, aliens and pirates. Gear up between expeditions—but mine fast: a rival can take the claim while you’re still alive.
Why similar: Mining 32.9% ★, Automation 21.3%, Resource Management 15.7%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #47 VEINFORGE
69% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: LIU CHENGXI
Windows
Mine, forge, sell, and upgrade. Run an underground smithy, unlock nine resources and 43 craftable items, recruit assistants, and turn short mining runs into a working production line.
Why similar: Mining 34.7% ★, Automation 20.8%, Resource Management 18.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #48 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 37.7%, Resource Management 18%, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 7.9%
- #49 Melt Them All
71% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: coderKillo
Windows · Linux
Melt them All is action rogue-lite where you must survive as long as possible to maximizing your energy production in the process. Automate the resource collection and upgrade buildings and weapons to kill, mine and produce even more effective.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, Space 8.4%
- #50 Deepworks
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EZDev Games
Windows · Linux
Earth is gone. The fleet is hungry. Drop a Hub on a generated claim, find the seam, and let the robots dig. Every machine you build makes noise — and noise is how the machines that took the planet find you. Hold the line, launch with the take, sell it, and go deeper.
Why similar: Mining 30% ★, Automation 27.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Roguelite 7.3%
- #51 AETHUS
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,081 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Mining 25.8% ★, Automation 19.1%, Resource Management 12%, Space 11.7%, Crafting 9.6%
- #52 Divine Orbit
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jason BannPub: VibeAxis
Windows
Divine Orbit is an orbital crisis roguelite where you build a living planetary defense, manipulate the battlefield with divine powers, and survive cascading disasters that change the rules of your carefully constructed system.
Why similar: Automation 27%, Space 15.7%, Resource Management 13.9%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #53 Industrix
68% 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 32.3%, Mining 19.6% ★, Resource Management 17.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 9.5%
- #54 ASEMA
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: goblin-architecture
Windows
Automate your factory in space. Build logistic railguns to feed the production lines of your ever growing machines. Gravity disrupts your trajectories - master it. Connect your machines over the vast void. Find resource rich moons and asteroid streams to harvest and mine, but beware of the humans.
Why similar: Automation 27.6%, Space 14.7%, Resource Management 14.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 8.8%
- #55 The Last Starship
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,705 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Mining 26.9% ★, Automation 17.2%, Space 14.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Base Building 8.2%
- #56 Outworld Station
65% matchVery Positive85% of 859 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Space 17%, Resource Management 10.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 9.4%
- #57 Resourcer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Wings Ltd
Windows
Dig deep into diverse biomes, uncover ancient treasures and mine various resources. Craft new tools and build various production structures. Improve your character’s skills and unlock new features as you progress through the game. Manage the resources and create an efficient production chain.
Why similar: Mining 32.2% ★, Automation 24.4%, Resource Management 15.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Simulation 5.7%
- #58 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 37%, Resource Management 16.7%, Mining 12.5% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Crafting 9.8%
- #59 Texplore
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Dustin Garner
Windows
Dig deep, die often, come back stronger. Mine, fight, and gamble your way through roguelite runs to build the ship that blasts you off a dying Earth to richer worlds.
Why similar: Mining 37.5% ★, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 11%, Space 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #60 Factor Y
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Mining 29.6% ★, Automation 27.7%, Space 12.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%