- #1 Substructure
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dubious DesignPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Base Building 12.6%, City Builder 10.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #2 Factorio
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 27%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #3 Automation Station
96% 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 21.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Resource Management 8.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #4 Modulus: Factory Automation
95% matchVery Positive92% of 699 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 20%, Base Building 12.1%, City Builder 10.8%, Crafting 8%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #5 Builderment
94% matchMixed67% of 121 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 23.9%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 13.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #6 Chocolate Factory
94% matchMixed56% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.1%, City Builder 10%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #7 Factory Trashcension
93% 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 22.5%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #8 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.2%, City Builder 10.4%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #9 Factory Town 2: Paradise
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Build and automate a tropical island village at the base of a sentient volcano. Use conveyor belts, boats, trains, catapults and ziplines to produce and deliver everything your town needs!
Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Trains 13.9% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.3%
- #10 PoliPlanet
91% 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 21.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Resource Management 10.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #11 Techtonica
90% matchMixed65% of 3,202 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 11%, Crafting 8.6%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #12 Islandustry
89% 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 24.2%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 11.9%, Sandbox 9.2%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #13 Automation Empire
89% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Trains 8.8% ★, Resource Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #14 Factory on a Train
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bahrdev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mine, craft and extend your Factory on a Train! As you find more resources and unlock increasingly complex recipes, your train grows and your production increases. Choose the right cars to face the challenges of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Trains 19.3% ★, Automation 15.5%, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 10.4%
- #15 Factory Town
88% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Base Building 13.7%, City Builder 12.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #16 Pistonica
86% 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%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 11%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10%
- #17 TowerLine
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mehmet Melih Solt
Windows
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 25%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Open World 8.9%
- #18 Proto Garden
85% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: arreyne
Windows · Linux
Factory automation, but the conveyor belts are bees! Gather pollen, automate honey production, and research new flowers to create your own ecosystem from the ground up.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 11.2%, City Builder 9.2%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #19 plexum
84% 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 27.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 7.1%
- #20 FluxWerks
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Metallibitti Oy
Windows
Build, automate, and expand in a vast, ever-expanding voxel world. Harness dynamic fluids, design sprawling factory lines, and research your way from early swarm-mining to quantum computing in FluxWerks.
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Base Building 14.9%, City Builder 13.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 6.2%
- #21 shapez
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,453 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 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%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #22 Galaxy Scavengers
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Automation 11.8%, Resource Management 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, City Builder 6.9%
- #23 Satisfactory
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 19.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 10.5%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #24 Dyson Sphere Program
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 9.8%, Open World 9%, City Builder 8.6%
- #25 Krasnaya Factory
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kickback games
Windows
Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 10.6%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #26 The Maker Way
80% 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: Automation 20%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 14.4%, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #27 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: weathering
Windows
从钻木取火,到飞向银河!《挂机工厂》是一款麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的流水线建设游戏。种田→畜牧→冶金→工业革命→开辟航线→电子芯片→改造星球→探索宇宙,用你的双手创造这一切!
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Base Building 18.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Resource Management 8.2%, Simulation 7.9%
- #28 Ruin and Rebirth
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrew Teo, Adam TeoPub: AT-AT Games
Windows
Ruin and Rebirth is a fantasy open-world factory building game with creature taming and breeding. In this playable creation myth, bring life back to a surreal, shattered, post-divine apocalyptic world where the gods have died.
Why similar: Automation 22.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Trains 14.3% ★, Resource Management 10.5%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #29 ReFactory
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
Windows
Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.
Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 14.4%, City Builder 11.1%, Strategy 8.2%
- #30 ManaWeaver
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BadgerHub Studio
Windows · Mac
A fantasy open-world terraforming and crafting adventure. Survive, gather resources, and harness magic to build your home. Construct mystical machines to purify the curse and restore life to the realm. Uncover history as you reshape the world around you.
Why similar: Automation 18.2%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #31 Dragon Forge
78% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful dragon & automate massive factories! Dragon Forge is an incremental base building adventure game. Uncurse & explore a huge fantasy world full of quests. Gather resources & craft upgrades to become unstoppable! Discover over 100 fables of ancient wisdom at the Dragon Forge.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Open World 9%, Crafting 7.9%
- #32 Junk Rise
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bario
Windows
Build your recycling empire from junk! Collect, process, and craft valuable products in a chill, satisfying simulator where garbage becomes gold ♻️ .
Why similar: Base Building 19%, Automation 15.4%, City Builder 12.6%, Open World 10%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #33 Alien Planet Survival
77% 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 27.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Resource Management 11.6%, Open World 10%
- #34 Potion Pipeline
75% 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 27%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #35 Mob Factory
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 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 27.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 9.9%
- #36 MoteMancer
73% matchVery Positive93% of 243 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element offers unique tools for power, transport, and defense, rewarding adaptation and experimentation. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this Hex-Grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #37 Cartefact
74% 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 34.5%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 17%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #38 Flow Factory
74% 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 25.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #39 Shuttle World
75% 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 25.4%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.6%
- #40 Reprocessed
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #41 Deep Crafter
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deep Crafter StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Open World 11.4%, City Builder 9.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #42 Kardashev
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows
Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale.
Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #43 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,228 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Automation 18.3%, Trains 15.1% ★, Base Building 11.2%, City Builder 10.5%, Building 8.3%
- #44 Biofactory
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bioreactor Studios
Windows
Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #45 Outer Factory
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows
Outer Factory is a peaceful and minimalist simulation where you design automated factories on different planets. Create complex infrastructures with simplified building mechanics. Enjoy your work as an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 25.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 13.5%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #46 Polylithic
71% matchMixed68% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 10.4%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #47 Candy Factory TD
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Automation 23%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Resource Management 10.9%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #48 Pathless Woods
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #49 GlowCore
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CNDY StudiosPub: Nat Games
Windows
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 20.2%, Resource Management 17.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #50 Kubifaktorium
70% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Trains 16.4% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%
- #51 Beyond These Stars
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Automation 17.1%, City Builder 15%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 10.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #52 Technicity: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive83% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Free Prologue to Technicity, a first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, use vehicles to travel in cities that you or your friends create in solo or co-op.
Why similar: Automation 20.2%, City Builder 16.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 9.7%
- #53 Doodle Factory
68% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Jan Francis Berdan
Windows
Welcome to Doodle Factory - your ticket to the world of factory fun! Dive into building and designing with ever-changing boards. Get creative, boost your efficiency with cool upgrades, and make each factory uniquely yours!
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Base Building 16.9%, City Builder 16.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #54 The Last Resourcer
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MechaWing Lab
Windows
Survive a hostile world with your droid. Build your base, automate with robots, and manage the energy that keeps you alive. Beware. The tech you rely on may save your life – or destroy it.
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Open World 8.9%
- #55 Constructed
68% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Gaming Project
Windows
Constructed is a factory building game, with a single goal... to automate EVERYTHING!!!
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #56 Star Birds
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,717 reviews2025
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%, City Builder 9.9%
- #57 Timberflow: Sawmill Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HatchStudio
Windows
From a single tree to an entire industry! Manage and automate your lumber business in this relaxing, yet challenging Sawmill Simulator. Start small, grow rich, dominate the market.
Why similar: Automation 16.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 12%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #58 Untitled Automation Game
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Circuit Studio
Windows
Untitled Automation Game is a automation game blended with mech combat, story and a little bit of magic!
Why similar: Automation 25.5%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Management 7.8%
- #59 Infindustry
69% matchMixed57% of 42 reviews2022
Dev: plyoung
Windows · Linux
A relaxing industry/factory builder where you build, manage, automate, optimize, and expand an industrial village by exploiting various resources to create items.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 12.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #60 Captain of Industry
67% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 32.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 15.9%, City Builder 9.1%, Management 6.2%