60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Crafting, Simulation, Resource Management, Sandbox.
Stranded in the asteroid belt with a broken ship and one working drill. Repair the ship part by part, mine your way back to the stars and grow a lifeboat into an empire. Offline counts exactly like online — no timers, no microtransactions, buy once.
Weird Wormholes
Weird Wormholes is a casual game about traveling through wormholes to try and get back home. Use your ship to mine planets for resources and process these resources into components to enable your travels.
Calling Home
Calling Home is an exciting sci-fi simulation resource management game that draws heavily from games in the factory-building and exploration genres, providing a thrilling mix of building your base, researching, factory management, puzzle solving, exploration, and resource gathering.
Weird Wormholes is a casual game about traveling through wormholes to try and get back home. Use your ship to mine planets for resources and process these resources into components to enable your travels.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.5%, Idler 17.4%, Mining 16.8% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 9.7%
Calling Home is an exciting sci-fi simulation resource management game that draws heavily from games in the factory-building and exploration genres, providing a thrilling mix of building your base, researching, factory management, puzzle solving, exploration, and resource gathering.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Sandbox 12.3%, Automation 12.2%, Minimalist 8.8%, Crafting 7.7%
Connect nodes to generate, transform, and blend colors in a relaxing factory automation game. Discover new recipes, unlock powerful nodes through research, and design increasingly efficient production networks as your color factory grows.
Why similar: Idler 19.9%, Time Management 19.6%, Mining 19.3% ★, Automation 12.6%, Crafting 12%
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 32.8% ★, Space Sim 21.3%, Automation 12.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 7.4%
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: Mining 23.4% ★, Space Sim 18.3%, Automation 15.9%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 7.9%
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 23.1% ★, Space Sim 21.9%, Automation 13.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Idler 19.7%, Mining 19.1% ★, Automation 19%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 9.7%
Play as Agent 8085, the most advanced mining AI sent to asteroid 8085 Pinsky. Extract resources, upgrade your systems, and complete missions that affect the future of humanity. Your choices matter: promote unity, extinction, remain neutral. A sci-fi strategy game where your decisions have impact.
Why similar: Mining 23.9% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Automation 20%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1%, Mining 23.4% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9.2%
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: Mining 26.1% ★, Automation 17.4%, Space Sim 15.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10%
Uncover a collapsing machine of endless growth, hidden systems, and recursive resets. Generate energy, unlock expansions, recover corrupted records, and descend deeper into the Archive.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.6%, Idler 15.5%, Time Management 13%, Simulation 7.7%, Minimalist 7.2%
A simulation of rebuilding a planet after it has been almost completely destroyed. Your task is to make the earth fit for human life again. Survive, build and explore!
Why similar: Idler 19.7%, Time Management 16.4%, Automation 15.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 10.2%
Lazy Train Game is a relaxing game about building out your railway, collecting resources, crafting tracks, overcoming obstacles, and unlocking new tracks, scenarios, and engines. Set up your railway in such a way that your trains can do most of the work for you.
Why similar: Idler 21.1%, Automation 18.7%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 13%, Building 10.9%
Command a mining fleet that never clocks out. Train 7 skills, automate them with drones, trade on a player-driven market, and forge the legendary Vanguard hull — all server-side, so your fleet keeps working while you sleep. Log in to progress you actually earned.
Why similar: Idler 22.1%, Mining 21.5% ★, Space Sim 18.3%, Automation 17.5%, Crafting 13%
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 19.9%, Time Management 13%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 9.8%, Minimalist 7.8%
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% ★, Idler 19.9%, Automation 15.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 9.2%
This idle game blends card-based building, resource management, and relaxed gameplay. Expand your village, master sect skills, explore realms, and enjoy offline rewards. Effortless fun awaits—start your journey to immortality!
Why similar: Mining 24.3% ★, Idler 20.8%, Automation 19.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 8.9%
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
Why similar: Mining 23.9% ★, Space Sim 21.7%, Idler 15.3%, Time Management 11.8%, Crafting 10.6%
A space-themed incremental game where you manage planets and resources in a quest to dominate the universe with buildings and megastructures.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.8%, Mining 26.9% ★, Idler 12.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Futuristic 8.3%
Build a humble gold mining business from the ground up. Pan dirt, process ore, automate production and transform an overgrown claim into a thriving mining operation - one gold bar at a time.
Why similar: Mining 42.8% ★, Crafting 15.7%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 10.6%
Ever wanted to manage & build your own crypto empire? Trade crypto and invest into new properties to expand your business.
Why similar: Mining 18.1% ★, Idler 15.8%, Time Management 13.4%, Automation 10.5%, Sandbox 10.5%
LithoBreak is an Early Access industrial survival game rebuilding toward one moon-site loop: boot up the console, build the first site, and help shape a science-driven survival sim.Play with Science
Why similar: Mining 23.3% ★, Space Sim 19.1%, Automation 16.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
Why similar: Space Sim 31%, Mining 22.4% ★, Time Management 15.1%, Diplomacy 14.9% ★, Sandbox 6.9%
Turns raw rock into valuable minerals and jewelry grade gemstones through a hands on production chain. Mine ore, crush it into fragments, refine it, and scale your operation with better machines and smarter workflow. Optimize every stage of the pipeline to maximize efficiency, quality, and profit.
Why similar: Mining 22.9% ★, Time Management 17.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Automation 14.1%, Simulation 11.4%
After a mysterious accident you are left are stranded, floating through space on a piece of a space station. Craft supplies and Hubs to expand what is now your home. But be warned space is a dangerous places where one mistake can mean certain death. Can you defy the odds and survive in space?
Why similar: Space Sim 32.7%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 9.8%, Futuristic 8.7%
Grow your rocket startup from a humble launchpad to sprawling colonies on Mars and beyond! Secure government contracts, launch massive satellite constellations, build space stations, terraform Mars with nuclear blasts, and mine vital resources to fuel your expansion!
Why similar: Mining 25.5% ★, Space Sim 24.2%, Automation 14.8%, Time Management 10.9%, Minimalist 5.9%
Descend into endless layers of resource-rich caves, mine valuable ore, expand your operation with autonomous drones, and unlock increasingly powerful upgrades to push how deep you can go in this minimalistic pixel-art idle/incremental indie game
Why similar: Mining 38.4% ★, Idler 26.7%, Automation 10.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Minimalist 6.8%
Take control of The System. Master multiple interlocking power sources to build a singular, planetary engine in this narrative idle game. Features a fully voiced story, minimalist UI, and cross-platform play. The old world must fall for The System to rise.
Why similar: Idler 22.8%, Space Sim 22.6%, Automation 18.4%, Time Management 9.7%, Minimalist 7.5%
Dig the earth, collect ores and sell them to upgrade your equipment. Explore a mysterious depths. And the deeper you go… the more you realize something ancient has been waiting for you down there, in the dark, for a very long time.
Why similar: Idler 30.2%, Mining 29.3% ★, Exploration 9.9%, Casual 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
An open world survival and automation game. Engineer Alpha combines an infinite editable world, building and connecting of automated machinery, and RPG style player progression.
Why similar: Mining 20.3% ★, Automation 17.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 9.8%
Your computer desktop will no longer be just a static background, but a living, breathing ecosphere. You’ll watch plants and animals thrive as fish swim freely across your screen. In your downtime, you can feed the creatures, clean up their waste.
Why similar: Idler 34.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Automation 15.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Building 13%
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Why similar: Automation 18.6%, Mining 17.6% ★, Idler 17.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
Project SWARM: Drone Space Exploration Program. Real-Time Space Simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.1%, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Futuristic 7.3%
A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.
Why similar: Mining 27.7% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Idler 17.3%, Automation 16.7%, Crafting 12.5%
A story-driven incremental game with idle and auto-battler mechanics, inspired by Factorio logistics, Path of Exile itemization, and Eve Online's economy
Why similar: Mining 23.6% ★, Space Sim 18.8%, Idler 14.7%, Automation 12.6%, Time Management 11.2%
Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.7%, Mining 16.7% ★, Automation 14.7%, Crafting 10%, Building 8.5%
Mine ores on your taskbar, craft equipment, and trade the materials you collect on the Steam Community Market in this idle mining game.
Why similar: Mining 36.8% ★, Idler 24.9%, Crafting 15.5%, Time Management 12%, Simulation 6.7%
A little robot digs to repair her world. Dig, build, discover and mend in a chill, stop-motion world.
Why similar: Mining 24.5% ★, Automation 15.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Futuristic 10.4%, Building 8.9%
A first person building game where every problem is solved with pipes.
Why similar: Space Sim 38%, Sandbox 17.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 8.7%, Futuristic 8%
Terminal Descent is a terminal-based mining incremental game. Upgrade drills, automate operations, smelt metals, and descend deeper. ASCII graphics with active/idle hybrid gameplay in your terminal.
Why similar: Mining 28.3% ★, Idler 21.7%, Automation 15.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 11.6%
A unique take on factory building — design and optimize flowing 3D systems where routing and space are your most valuable resources. Start with guided challenges, then expand into an endless sandbox focused on efficiency, scale, and layout mastery.
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Time Management 14.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Futuristic 11.2%, Building 10.7%
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Mining 37.2% ★, Automation 19.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%
Explore a forgotten archipelago of floating islands. Gather resources, build and automate production, and link islands into a thriving trade network — until the sky belongs to you.
Why similar: Mining 27.2% ★, Automation 18.6%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Simulation 7.6%
A short cinematic survival experience where you attempt to survive on a failing satellite. Worry about all the survival essentials along with a ever growing blackhole named Ebon Void pulling lethal debris your way.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.2%, Time Management 14.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 7.1%
Start as a microscopic speck, become the end of everything. Void Core is a minimalist sci-fi idle game where you control a black hole. Harvest matter, bend spacetime to automate your growth, and consume entire galaxies. Consume. Grow. Evolve.
Why similar: Idler 27.6%, Space Sim 23.7%, Automation 18.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Simulation 6.4%
Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.7%, Mining 20.6% ★, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 8.5%
Mine, merge, and automate! Combine ores into valuable resources, build compact production chains, unlock powerful machinery, and expand your cave into a bustling mining factory.
Why similar: Idler 29.4%, Mining 25.8% ★, Automation 18.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 8.1%
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9%, Mining 25.3% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 9.1%
Gather, craft, and then automate resources to build fabulous Kastles. Beware the locals don't like you destroying their land. Defend your Kastles through combat and defenses. Explore the land to find additional recipes, resources, and items to help you defend and build your Kingdom!
Why similar: Mining 31% ★, Automation 18.3%, Crafting 14.7%, Time Management 14.6%, Sandbox 9.5%
Embark on an epic space adventure in AstroMiner, where you must build a base, overcome challenges, and construct a space ship to return home from the asteroid belt.
Why similar: Mining 29.8% ★, Space Sim 28.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Exploration 6.8%, Crafting 6.2%
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 29.3% ★, Space Sim 26.9%, Automation 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 10.1%
Yaminer is a 2D voxel-pixel clicker about mining deeper, forging powerful pickaxes, unlocking ores, and optimizing gear builds through customizable helmets, armors, and skill trees. Explore worlds, unlock ores, get stronger and mine as much as you want.
Why similar: Mining 35.4% ★, Idler 24.4%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 6.7%
Click Click Dig is an idle mining game that lets you dig deep into the core of several planets. The prologue contains a unique planet, unique digger skins, and a store where you can unlock exclusive items in the main Click Click Dig game!
Why similar: Mining 39% ★, Idler 29.3%, Crafting 18%, Simulation 8.3%, Casual 5.3%
Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Automation 13.1%, Simulation 13%, Building 10.6%
A sandbox survival game, set on life-sized voxel planets with realistic physics with the possibility to shape your own building blocks. From your custom made furniture, walls to vehicle parts. You shape the blocks which can then be used to build buildings, spacecraft and aircraft.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9%, Mining 20.9% ★, Automation 13.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 10.2%
Craft, defend, and conquer in Colony! Solo or with friends. Engage in battles against rival colonies, harness automation for efficient production, explore new islands with new resources, and master the art of survival. Don't wait, your colony needs you!
Why similar: Mining 28% ★, Automation 18.1%, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Crafting 13%, Minimalist 6.9%
Lead an expedition into an unexplored solar system. Build rockets, aircraft, and other vehicles, discover new worlds, gather resources, complete missions, unlock technology, and grow a colony of tiny purple Klorps in this spaceflight sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.9%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 9.6%
Stripped of your physical form on a mystical island, your only way out is to work with its cryptic guardian. Is the island guiding you home, or does it have other plans? Master mana, craft or repair arcane works, and forge a connection with the island to reclaim yourself and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Mining 25.8% ★, Automation 17.5%, Cozy 16.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 10.2%
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
Why similar: Mining 38.7% ★, Idler 24.4%, Automation 20.6%, Building 8.5%, Simulation 4.3%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 37.6% ★, Idler 27.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 6.4%
