- #1 Industry Idle
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Transportation 18.8% ★, Hex Grid 18.7% ★, Automation 18.4%, City Builder 10.4%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #2 NationForge
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sakanu Games
Windows
A nation-scale city builder focused on city planning and production chains. Strategically place and develop multiple cities, shape them with synergistic policies, and use transportation and trade as supporting systems for a growing planned economy.
Why similar: Transportation 29.3% ★, Automation 24.3%, City Builder 19.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #3 Infindustry
96% 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: Transportation 23.1% ★, Automation 22.1%, City Builder 13.1%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #4 Saimai Rd
95% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: MakhamDev
Windows
Grow a city with your transport system in this minimal logistic management game!
Why similar: Transportation 20.6% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Hex Grid 19.6% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Building 8.9%
- #5 FluxWerks
94% matchNo user reviews
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 27.8%, Transportation 23.6% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Building 11.3%, Simulation 6.1%
- #6 Plan B: Terraform
93% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
Why similar: Transportation 24.6% ★, Automation 21.3%, Hex Grid 21.1% ★, Resource Management 7.9%, Building 6.5%
- #7 City Painter
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: Transportation 27.4% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #8 Truck City
92% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mikel Fernandez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.
Why similar: Transportation 26.3% ★, Automation 21.7%, City Builder 15.9%, Resource Management 8.2%, Building 8%
- #9 Monster Shopper
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheShelfman
Windows
The Monster Market is back open! Use automation to assemble monster parts into the proper monsters, and keep your customers happy. A fun, relaxing, and challenging puzzle game where you have full control over how difficult it gets.
Why similar: Transportation 34.5% ★, Automation 23.3%, Building 13.7%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 6%
- #10 It Sprawls
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kubaxent
Windows · Mac · Linux
It Sprawls is a casual city builder where you try to create the biggest city possible on a forever expanding hexagonal map - place housing, industry, and infrastructure such as railroads, to keep the expansion going for as long as possible!
Why similar: Hex Grid 37.6% ★, Transportation 31.1% ★, City Builder 24%, Building 5.3%, Casual 1.8%
- #11 Islandustry
90% 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 30.4%, City Builder 15%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 8.4%
- #12 Digit Factory
89% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Light Game
Windows
《Digit Factory》 is a game that allows you to give full play to your creativity and enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own pipeline to perform calculations on various combinations of numbers. In the endless demand, find a design that responds to changes with the same. Come , challenge your mind!
Why similar: Transportation 33.1% ★, Automation 32.3%, Building 10.1%, City Builder 7.8%, Simulation 5.7%
- #13 Builderment
89% matchMixed66% of 119 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 31.6%, City Builder 17.8%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Transportation 10.3% ★
- #14 Intergalactic Transfer Station
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Games Operators
Windows
Build & manage your Intergalactic Transfer Hub. Receive travellers and dock ships. Help passengers transfer, but also control them. Expand hub, build shops, take care of everyone's needs. Increase profits, change taxes. But beware: dangerous diseases and asteroids may alter your plans!
Why similar: Transportation 20.7% ★, Automation 20.5%, Simulation 15.2%, City Builder 14.8%, Building 10.1%
- #15 Mini Settlers: Prologue
87% matchVery Positive89% of 801 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Transportation 22.4% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Resource Management 9.1%, Simulation 7.1%
- #16 Outer Factory
86% 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 29.8%, Transportation 20.7% ★, Resource Management 10.3%, Building 9.5%, Management 9.4%
- #17 ALIGNMENT : An Engineering Odyssey
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Donsen Games
Windows
A professional-grade road design sim built on real-world maps. Recreate complex interchanges and iconic highways 1:1, engineer custom solutions with real workflows, and drive what you design. Collaborate with friends on massive infrastructure projects.
Why similar: Transportation 27.4% ★, Automation 15.4%, City Builder 14.1%, Education 14%, Building 10.6%
- #18 LandPort
86% matchMixed42% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Prairie Game
Windows · Linux
Today, the intelligent revolution is taking place. Release in the field of art and design and industry has become the focus of research in art and technology majors. The theme of the project is "Creating the future" is a response to the times when the intelligent revolution is taking place.
Why similar: Transportation 29.3% ★, Automation 18.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Education 16.6%, Management 8.1%
- #19 Scorchlands
84% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.2% ★, Automation 19.4%, City Builder 14.1%, Resource Management 9.6%, Management 7.4%
- #20 Modulus: Factory Automation
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Build, automate, & optimize elegant production lines, in a factory made from modules you create. Whether you’re solving intricate logistics puzzles or designing aesthetically pleasing factories, Modulus is built for creative expression. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #21 Cities in Motion 2
84% matchMixed58% of 2,494 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: Transportation 43.6% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #22 Baklava Simulator2
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Diony Station
Windows
In Baklava Simulator 2, you're in control of your baklava shop. Upgrade, create delightful treats, and serve customers strategically. With customizable features, security, and entertainment, this game is where flavor meets management. Dive into Baklava Simulator 2 and build your baklava empire! 🌟🥮
Why similar: Transportation 29.4% ★, Automation 22.2%, Education 19.6%, Building 11.6%, Survival 11.1%
- #23 Technicity: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive83% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 23.4%, City Builder 19.7%, Transportation 16.4% ★, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #24 Greedy Little Kingdoms
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather timber, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfill demands from frogs, plague doctors, and swamp dragons. Explore the hex map, survive the King's moods, and find the artefacts that break your economy wide open. Repeat.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, City Builder 20.1%, Hex Grid 15% ★, Building 12.5%, Management 8.3%
- #25 Energy Manager
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Create, manage and grow your energy empire and network in this energy simulator tycoon. Energy Manager is among the most realistic of the strategy genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
Why similar: Transportation 19.6% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Automation 14.1%, Building 9.5%
- #26 Rail Route
79% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!
Why similar: Transportation 21.2% ★, Automation 18.7%, City Builder 14.2%, Building 11.1%, Management 8.5%
- #27 Airport CEO
80% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Transportation 21.4% ★, Automation 18.5%, City Builder 11.5%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #28 Factory Town
79% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 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 27.2%, Transportation 17.2% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 8.6%
- #29 shapez 2
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Transportation 27.3% ★, Management 11.2%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #30 Country Architect
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: purple_mimosaPub: Tribesylvania Studios
Windows · Linux
Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.
Why similar: Transportation 20.4% ★, City Builder 20.3%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 8.9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #31 InfraSpace
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 27.5% ★, Automation 21.6%, City Builder 16.1%, Building 9.3%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #32 Deep Space Directive
76% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Resource management without micro-management! Build, defend, and optimize your ever-growing industrial colony in a dynamic hex-tile world. Buy low, sell high to expand and upgrade your base. Even your enemies are a resource to be exploited. Profit waits for no one!
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Hex Grid 26.1% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 8.7%
- #33 Block King Demands Red Squares
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parrexion Games
Windows
Automate a network of towns producing the required shapes for the ever fickle Block King while keeping the citizens happy. Remember, if you fail, you will get fired.
Why similar: Transportation 35.5% ★, Automation 28.5%, Building 10.9%, Management 7.4%, Sandbox 7%
- #34 Doodle Factory
76% matchPositive96% of 26 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 30.3%, City Builder 20%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #35 Techtonica
75% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 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 31.7%, City Builder 16.4%, Building 13.4%, Resource Management 9.5%, Management 8%
- #36 MoteMancer
74% matchVery Positive94% of 236 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 31.7%, Hex Grid 22.3% ★, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 9.5%, Management 8.5%
- #37 Unregulated
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Somiaz Studios
Windows · Linux
A physics puzzle game about moving coloured boxes via conveyors to their respective coloured chutes before the end of the day! Constantly adding and removing different types of conveyors to make sure you create the most optimal routes.
Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Transportation 28.6% ★, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Management 8.8%
- #38 Ridiculous Shipping
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowfriend
Windows · Linux
Ridiculous Shipping is an arcade management sim about running a chaotic sea port. Unload ships and get every container to its destination using cranes, drones, trucks, and ridiculous buildings like shark-filled aquariums.
Why similar: Transportation 30.7% ★, Automation 27.6%, City Builder 21.3%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 4.5%
- #39 Tiny Road Interchanges
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: threekittensgame
Windows
Create tiny road interchanges as a traffic engineer. Be as creative as possible, simulate the traffic flow and create efficient interchanges.
Why similar: Transportation 40.7% ★, Automation 19.1%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Building 5.9%
- #40 Sebil Engineering
73% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: FrogStore
Windows · Mac
Sebil Engineering is a game about fixing roads. Use your wrench and hammer to engineer the perfect traffic jam. Play in overhead view or first person in this realistic Civil Engineering simulator.
Why similar: Transportation 30.8% ★, Education 20.2%, City Builder 18.6%, Destruction 12.5%, Building 12.1%
- #41 Production Line : Car factory simulation
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 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 26.1%, Management 14.8%, Building 12.3%, City Builder 10.4%, Education 10%
- #42 Train Valley World
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Why similar: Transportation 33.5% ★, Automation 20%, City Builder 13.5%, Resource Management 8.5%, Management 7.4%
- #43 Tiny Train Tycoon
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2D is enough
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a toy railway from limited pieces, launch trains, and solve logistical challenges. Tackle economic puzzles or relax in sandbox mode — the choice is yours.
Why similar: Transportation 33.1% ★, Automation 21.4%, Building 12.5%, Resource Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #44 Traffic Brains 2
72% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Short Story Games
Windows · Mac
Fix urban traffic issues by placing road signs and programming traffic light patterns. Create green lanes, and divert traffic!
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Automation 23.8%, Transportation 22.3% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Building 10.1%
- #45 Revive & Prosper
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Mystiqular
Windows
A complex but not difficult voxel automation game with belts, trains, teleports, and even catapults for transport. Achieve efficiency through smart water control. Play with or without enemies. Produce materials and fuel for a spaceship. Deal with the toxic side effects. Can you Revive & Prosper?
Why similar: Automation 22.8%, Transportation 20.8% ★, Building 11.1%, City Builder 10.9%, Survival 10.5%
- #46 Cities: Skylines II
70% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Transportation 17.6% ★, Building 15.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 10.1%
- #47 MegaFactory Tycoon
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Brian Strack JensenPub: goto64 Games
Windows
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 37.9%, Building 16.8%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #48 Substructure
71% 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 30.1%, City Builder 15.9%, Resource Management 10.8%, Survival 10.3%, Building 9.4%
- #49 Isoforge
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MaixenStudiosPub: Endothermic Entertainment
Windows
Build your dream city on a vast island in Isoforge! Unlock new buildings every in-game day, each influencing others in unique ways. Recruit soldiers to defend against invasions, manage upgrades, and tackle dynamic events like unlocks and challenges. Can you create the ultimate city?
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Management 8.9%
- #50 The Ten Thousand Li Wall
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three-headed Giant
Windows
Ten Thousand Li Wall is a city-building strategy game with automation elements where you construct and defend the Great Wall. Manage your settlements, build intricate supply chains, and ensure your people never lose faith in their wise ruler.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, City Builder 17.6%, Survival 12.1%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #51 Train World
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.
Why similar: Transportation 30.1% ★, Automation 15.8%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, City Builder 8.5%
- #52 MiniTrans
68% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: DD Metaverse
Windows
MiniTrans is a city building and traffic simulation game. Players independently build main cities and satellite cities, develop metropolitan areas and city clusters, and build various transportation facilities between urban areas to transport commuters to earn taxes.
Why similar: Transportation 36.6% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Building 13.1%, Management 8.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #53 Numachina
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 35.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10%, Transportation 9.5% ★, Simulation 9.3%
- #54 Midas
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Null and Void Studios
Windows
Midas is a relaxing strategy game about cards, automation, and gold. Place buildings, create explosive production lines, and drown your kingdom in glittering riches.
Why similar: Automation 34.5%, Hex Grid 28.9% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Resource Management 7.8%, Top-Down 3.6%
- #55 Voxel Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Why similar: Transportation 34.9% ★, Automation 17.4%, Management 10.1%, City Builder 9%, Building 8.9%
- #56 Stoplights
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wicked Blobfish
Windows
Stoplights is a strategy simulation game about creating an efficient train network to support the growing needs of your cities. Make connections by building rails, control train routes with traffic signals to get essential resources where they need to be - in time.
Why similar: Transportation 35% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Hex Grid 9% ★
- #57 Factory Life
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
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 29.1%, Education 17.6%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #58 Captain of Industry
67% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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 39.6%, Resource Management 14.9%, City Builder 11.1%, Transportation 9.6% ★, Building 9.1%
- #59 Tilnize
66% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: masasgames
Windows
A puzzle game where you build sorting lines to correctly sort tiles as they move along the conveyor. The challenge is how you use a limited set of devices!
Why similar: Transportation 41.1% ★, Automation 33%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 6%, Minimalist 3.1%
- #60 Beyond These Stars
66% 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 21.6%, City Builder 19%, Building 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 10.1%