
A 2D side-view factory builder where every grain of dirt, every drop of water, and every wisp of steam in the world is its own simulated pixel.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Sandbox, Building, Crafting.

A 2D side-view factory builder where every grain of dirt, every drop of water, and every wisp of steam in the world is its own simulated pixel.

Text Factory: Automation
Text Factory: Automation is an offline, text-based factory simulation game. Build production lines, set up transportation between maps, upgrade technologies, craft weapons and armor, and defeat enemies to gather more resources and expand your factory.

ArkSeed Terraformery
You are the last chance for humanity, Terraform, Build, Save Humanity one pixel at a time.
Text Factory: Automation is an offline, text-based factory simulation game. Build production lines, set up transportation between maps, upgrade technologies, craft weapons and armor, and defeat enemies to gather more resources and expand your factory.
Why similar: Simulation 24.1%, Sandbox 20.4%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Automation 12.5%, Crafting 9.6%
You are the last chance for humanity, Terraform, Build, Save Humanity one pixel at a time.
Why similar: Simulation 26%, Sandbox 22.5%, Automation 15.5%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 7.3%
Lexip is a cozy fantasy factory game about magic, rail logistics, and questionable sustainability. Build production chains across the overworld and underground, power machines with local magic, fulfill contracts, and keep Null pollution under control.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Simulation 19.7%, Sandbox 16.3%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Building 7.1%
Put your creativity to the test! Use the in game tools to build a purely physics driven level. Create and Engineer your own character/object to control and use in the level. Go nuts with the many settings, object attributes & freedom to create any number of objects, events & scenarios.
Why similar: Simulation 26%, Sandbox 21.5%, Platformer 19.2%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Building 8.7%
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 25.4%, Simulation 18.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Resource Management 6%
Shape an entire grid-based world with your mouse. Gather, craft, farm, cook, tame animals, automate production, and battle powerful bosses. Every item, machine, and creature is yours to pick up, place, and combine.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Sandbox 20.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 10.5%
Domino Effect is a sandbox simulation for domino toppling. You have infinite dominoes in your hand to build whatever you want.
Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, Sandbox 25%, Immersive Sim 21%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 11.4%
A factory automation game where you build vehicle production lines to reconnect a shattered post-apocalyptic continent. Mine raw resources, research new technologies, and build vehicle supply chains — ship them out to reconnect the severed regions of Aris.
Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Sandbox 18.2%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Building 11%, Simulation 10.5%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 19.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Base Building 10%
Turn a wild pixel-art world into a living factory. Gather by hand, automate five industrial tiers, explore for powerful optional upgrades, and master belts, pipes, power grids, rovers, trains and nuclear energy—solo or in online co-op for up to 8 players.
Why similar: Simulation 25.6%, Sandbox 23.2%, Automation 16.6%, Building 8.9%, Crafting 7.2%
Construction World is a sandbox game that allows you do dig dirt and pave roads anywhere.
Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Sandbox 27.7%, Immersive Sim 25.2%, Building 13.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
Why similar: Simulation 24.1%, Sandbox 21%, Automation 14.2%, Building 13.5%, Inventory Management 10%
A sci-fi factory automation game where resources move as light instead of belts. Build production chains, expand across asteroid islands, trade your resources, research new systems, and keep your growing factory flowing under rising pressure.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Simulation 12.2%
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 23.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 17.6%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 11.4%
AI Startup Simulator is a first-person business sim about building your own AI company. Start in a cramped storefront, buy and install hardware, complete client jobs to acquire datasets, then train AI models to automate tasks and launch services as you grow into a successful AI company.
Why similar: Simulation 22.8%, Automation 21.4%, Sandbox 21%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Building 7.1%
A roguelike store simulator where you stock shelves, hire a mysterious staff, and fend off an ever-growing wave of thieving customers. No world outside. No end in sight. How long can your store survive?
Why similar: Simulation 36.3%, Sandbox 30.1%, Immersive Sim 27.3%, Physics 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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: Automation 19.5%, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Underground 9.2% ★
Away Team is a new Oxygen Not Included game. Mistakenly shipped off to an alien world, you will need to harness the environment and master temperature, pressure, chemical reactions and more in order to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.9%, Sandbox 17.7%, Automation 15.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Base Building 11.2%
Industrial Garbage is a game where combination is the key and money is your limit. You will have to manage yourself carefully and ensure that you complete orders in time, or else...
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Simulation 22.1%, Sandbox 20.5%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 6.8%
Mine Digger is a minimalist mining game where you dig deeper, uncover hidden riches, upgrade your tools, and turn a simple hole in the ground into a profitable underground empire.
Why similar: Simulation 30.7%, Sandbox 26.5%, Underground 15.1% ★, Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.2%
2.5D Falling sand game. Collect Rare Items and discover new Elements. Use Elements to make Powerful Spells. Build and Destroy at your will.
Why similar: Simulation 36.3%, Automation 27.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, 2D 6.3%
Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Automation 12%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 11.2%
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: Simulation 27%, Sandbox 24.1%, Automation 23.3%, Building 12.4%, Immersive Sim 9%
RETAILER is a simulation game where you work a growing store of your very own, without the hassle of helping hands. It's stressful, but at least you're self-employed.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.4%, Sandbox 24.3%, Simulation 16.9%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 11.3%
Elfgineer is a cozy factory game where you design the most important factory in the world, Santa's workshop. Automate toy production, craft festive contraptions and unlock new recipes, machines and technologies. Build, optimize and maximize christmas spirit before time runs out on Christmas Eve!
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Sandbox 16.9%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 9.8%
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Simulation 26.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 6.6%
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 23.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.5%
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.9%, Sandbox 19.2%, Automation 18.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Building 10%
Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.
Why similar: Simulation 25.2%, Sandbox 22.8%, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Automation 9.5%, Crafting 9.1%
A physics‑based sandbox 2D adventure of survival and exploration. Gather resources to build bases, contraptions, and outposts on land or in space, but since everything keeps its mass, hauling it around requires smart planning.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Simulation 20.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Inventory Management 9.1%
Chechelevo Mainland is a procedurally generated sandbox game focused on resource gathering. Carve your path through the landscape, upgrade your robot, uncover hidden stashes, and build your own underground world, progress is saved locally, and every world is unique thanks to seed-based generation.
Why similar: Simulation 25.9%, Sandbox 23.5%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Building 7.7%, Crafting 6.7%
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 14.4%, Base Building 12.5%
A cyberpunk open world crafting simulator, immerse yourself in a neon-lit city of your own design. Vibe out while unlocking your way to a spaceport and win your freedom on the interstellar stage.
Why similar: Automation 18.1%, Immersive Sim 18%, Sandbox 17.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Crafting 11.6%
Cast into a medieval kingdom by ancient stones, you must forge, automate, and expand your workshop. Alone or in multiplayer, fulfill royal orders, harness coal, steam, electricity and uncover the secrets that could return you home.
Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Sandbox 20%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%
Build a cloud provider from a garage to a hyperscaler - rack the hardware, run every cable, route the traffic, keep customers online. A first-person infrastructure sim where ports, power, fault domains, RSTP and BGP do real work, not flavour text. Readable for newcomers, honest for engineers.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.8%, Automation 21.4%, Sandbox 20.5%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 10.3%
In this 2D fantasy game you play a role of a blacksmith who literally handcrafts weapons, shields, armor, magic staffs and many other marvellous items.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Immersive Sim 22.1%, Simulation 18%, Crafting 14.7%, Inventory Management 13.2%
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.6%, Simulation 34.3%, Building 16%, Pixel Graphics 9%, 2D 5.6%
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.8%
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 21.6%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Sandbox 14.4%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 11.4%
Factory Life is a factory simulation from a worker’s perspective, where you start alone in a small garage and grow into a modern manufacturing operation inspired by real-world production hubs. Build products, manage your team, and scale up through smart automation.
Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Sandbox 19.8%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Simulation 15.5%, Building 10.1%
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
Why similar: Automation 23.7%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.6%
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 27%, Simulation 22.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%
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 22%, Underground 14.5% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 10.8%
Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.
Why similar: Simulation 26.2%, Sandbox 23.2%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Automation 9.8%, Crafting 9.4%
Play with a variety of fireworks and even make custom ones yourself using different containers, powders and colors.
Why similar: Sandbox 36.7%, Simulation 23.8%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Physics 6.8%
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 27.2%, Simulation 22.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 8%
A young rapper ends up as a temp worker in a pharmaceutical warehouse. Repetitive work, tyrannical bosses, the police... this job doesn't go as planned.
Why similar: Simulation 26.8%, Automation 26.2%, Immersive Sim 20.7%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 7.7%
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 21.6%, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 14%, Building 12.3%, Immersive Sim 11.2%
Build and automate your own factory in Pixel Factory. Paint cubes in different colors and create unique patterns, design efficient production lines and upgrade your buildings to optimize production.
Why similar: Automation 30.5%, Simulation 19.5%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%
Outer Factory is a peaceful, minimalist factory simulation where you build and automate factories across planets and asteroids. Create complex production networks with simplified building mechanics. Become an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 23.7%, Sandbox 20.7%, Simulation 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 12.2%
Factory Trashcension is a first-person open-world factory creation and optimization game with unlimited possibilities. Play with your friends and design efficient factories to TRASHCEND without worries and explore a v a p o r w a v e inspired universe!
Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Sandbox 19.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 11.8%
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 26.8%, Sandbox 16%, Simulation 13.1%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.3%
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 25.8%, Simulation 19.6%, Building 19%, Crafting 15.7%, Base Building 12.9%
In this open-world factory sandbox you need to harness unique power waveforms to run your machines. Use everything as fuel, from plant life to fallen enemies. Explore the world to uncover new foes and resources to exploit as your empire grows.
Why similar: Automation 26%, Sandbox 16.4%, Building 14.9%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 10.5%
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, Automation 25.2%, Simulation 21.9%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 9%
Assemble vehicles on a realistic production line, from the chassis to the final assembly. Optimize your production process to work more efficiently and unlock new models.
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Simulation 17.5%, Building 17%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Base Building 13.3%
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 25%, Sandbox 18.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 12.4%
Create your own machine. Engineer it!
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Simulation 27.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Building 11.6%, Physics 7.9%
Raccoon Crafts Factory is a game about creating automated factories to produce things of increasing complexity, within an endless 2D world - Use your imagination to design factories, combine simple elements into complex structures.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Simulation 15.1%, Automation 14.3%