- #1 Block Factory
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
Why similar: Automation 30.3%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #2 shapez
96% 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 37.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #3 ReFactory
96% 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 27.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.5%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 12.6%
- #4 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
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: Automation 32.6%, Sandbox 14%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Crafting 10.6%
- #5 Learning Factory
94% matchVery Positive86% of 515 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #6 shapez 2 - Factory
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,303 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 33.5%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #7 Incremental Factory
94% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Automation 37.3%, Crafting 16.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.8%
- #8 Beltmatic
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,089 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 35.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #9 Little Big Workshop
92% matchVery Positive84% of 3,371 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 28.8%, Simulation 20.3%, Strategy 20%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%
- #10 Mob Factory
91% 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 40.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #11 Alchemy Factory
89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,293 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Craft your workshop as an alchemist! Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. Multiplayer Supported! Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!
Why similar: Automation 41.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 9.3%
- #12 Factory Planner
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 342 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Automation 39.7%, Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 15.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #13 Modulus: Factory Automation
88% 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 33.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%
- #14 Factorio
86% 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 44.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #15 Candy Machine
90% matchMostly Negative34% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Colossal Wreck
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 211.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Run a candy factory. Place machines and conveyors and feed them different mixtures of ingredients to create candy
Why similar: Base Building 25.6%, Sandbox 22.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Cute 8.4%
- #16 Freshly Frosted
87% matchVery Positive99% of 373 reviews2022
Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Place conveyor belts to solve puzzles in the world's most adorable donut factory!
Why similar: Automation 38.8%, Puzzle 13.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Cute 8.7%
- #17 ShapeHero Factory
84% matchVery Positive89% of 986 reviews2025
Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
Why similar: Automation 40.8%, Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 11%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #18 Assembly Line 2
86% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Assembly Line 2, you take charge of your factory, where strategic organization is key. Create intricate production lines, unlocking a plethora of blueprints to craft advanced resources. Fine-tune and upgrade machines for optimal efficiency and elevating your empire to new heights.
Why similar: Automation 50.7%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 16.3%, Crafting 10%, 2D 3.4%
- #19 Factory Town
84% 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 34.4%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Simulation 7.9%
- #20 Beltex
85% matchVery Positive86% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 8.6%
- #21 Factory Planner: First Sparks
83% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.
Why similar: Automation 23.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 19.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 8.8%
- #22 Node Math
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Automation 35.5%, Crafting 14%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #23 Kubifaktorium
82% 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 38.4%, Crafting 16.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #24 Builderment
82% 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 38.4%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 6.1%
- #25 Coin Factory
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Strategy 59.8%, Relaxing 18.9%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 6.5%, Indie 5.6%
- #26 Factory 95
78% matchNo user reviews87% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Macrobit Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build PowerPoint factories in Windows 95! Manage space, make increasingly complex slides and worry about Y2K in this challenging factory builder.
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #27 Chocolate Factory
81% 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 39.4%, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 19%, Sandbox 8.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #28 Word Factori
79% matchVery Positive85% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: Star Garden Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.
Why similar: Automation 42.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.4%
- #29 Star Birds
76% 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 40.4%, Base Building 20.8%, Crafting 16.5%, Simulation 7.6%, Colorful 6.2%
- #30 Sixty Four
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,641 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Why similar: Automation 41.3%, Crafting 16.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #31 MoteMancer
76% 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 34.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #32 Starground
77% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Automation 32.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #33 Autonauts
77% matchVery Positive90% of 4,933 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 42.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 10.9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #34 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
75% matchVery Positive85% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Crafting 14.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.7%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #35 Widget Inc.
73% matchVery Positive86% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 45.2%, Base Building 18.4%, Time Management 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #36 uFactory
74% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Lucid Silence Games
Windows · Linux
uFactory is the ultimate in finely-tuned and customizable logistics challenges. Navigate the complexities of manufacturing processes inspired by real industrial methods, but do it your way.
Why similar: Automation 39.7%, Strategy 25.1%, Simulation 21.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Indie 4.1%
- #37 Factory Engineer
79% matchMixed46% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Automation 25.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Base Building 14.5%
- #38 AutoForge
73% matchVery Positive87% of 457 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 17.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 9%
- #39 Automation Empire
75% 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 38.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #40 Final Factory
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 303 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 37.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 16.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #41 Little Rocket Lab
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,252 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Automation 45%, Crafting 21.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Cute 5.4%, Colorful 3.5%
- #42 Industrial Petting
74% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Another Yeti
Windows · Mac
Industrial Petting is a cozy factory game about building an adoption empire of adorable pets! Play with friends or solo. Build happy pet pipelines, explore and farm an alien island, and fulfill adoption contracts from across the galaxy!
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Crafting 16.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #43 Chocolate Factory Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of your automaton assistant Nougat.
Why similar: Simulation 27.7%, Family Friendly 16.6%, Cute 15.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Funny 13.1%
- #44 Chipmatic
70% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Molter
Windows · Linux
Chipmatic is an incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot on a mission to reach Earth’s core. Explore underground, find buried blueprints, research technologies and upgrade yourself to create the best (and only) factory on Earth!
Why similar: Automation 44.9%, Crafting 16.7%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Futuristic 5.4%
- #45 Satisfactory
66% 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 41.7%, Base Building 22.7%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Strategy 3.8%
- #46 Perfume Atelier
69% matchVery Positive91% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Keep The Engine GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blend fragrances in your cozy perfume atelier! 🌸 Craft unique scents by mixing essences, design beautiful bottles, and try to sell your creations to curious customers. Decorate your workshop, unlock new recipes, and grow your reputation in the art of fragrance.
Why similar: Crafting 26.4%, Simulation 15%, Wholesome 14.3% ★, Strategy 12%, Funny 7.8%
- #47 Food Factory
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Mosqi Games
Windows
Food Factory is a game in which players can produce food using various machines, starting by collecting basic products.
Why similar: Automation 42.5%, Crafting 19.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Colorful 4.1%
- #48 Idle Grid
71% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Lake Country Games
Windows
Build and optimize your industrial empire in this grid-based idle game. Place factories, power plants, and research labs strategically to maximize efficiency through adjacency bonuses. Upgrade your buildings, manage power consumption, and watch your profits soar while you're away.
Why similar: Automation 40%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 12%, Time Management 11.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #49 Production Line : Car factory simulation
71% matchVery Positive82% of 3,473 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 37.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 11.7%
- #50 Smart Factory Tycoon
72% matchMixed61% of 869 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Automation 22.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 13.5%
- #51 Idle Colony
68% matchVery Positive83% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Automation 52.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Funny 7.9%, Cute 6.7%
- #52 The Artisan of Glimmith
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,452 reviews2026
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Artisan of Glimmith is a cozy, relaxing puzzle game about coloring stained glass and restoring the artworks of a kingdom above the clouds. Explore a world of handcrafted puzzles designed with intent, where simple rules lead to delightful surprises.
Why similar: Level Editor 31.3%, Puzzle 20.5%, Strategy 18.4%, Wholesome 8.9% ★, Colorful 7.5%
- #53 Autonauts vs Piratebots
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 517 reviews2022
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.
Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10%
- #54 PC Building Empire
67% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Crafting 44.6%, Time Management 35.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Relaxing 4.4%, Indie 2.7%
- #55 FOUNDRY
67% matchVery Positive81% of 3,779 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 34.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 9.7%
- #56 Factory Balls
70% matchVery Positive99% of 149 reviews2019
Dev: Bart Bonte
Windows
You might think that working on the assembly line is tedious work, but not if you're manufacturing Factory Balls! Your job in this logic puzzle game is to custom craft each ball to a specific order. You've got all the tools you need to fulfill each order... except the instruction manual.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, Colorful 15.2%, Family Friendly 13.4%, 2D 13.1%, Indie 8.9%
- #57 Good Company
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Automation 34.4%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Strategy 10.2%
- #58 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Effortlessly build and automate intricate railroads and deliver goods to meet the demands of a dynamic world! Make clever use of signals and signposts to avoid traffic jams, and watch your villages blossom into bustling towns in this cozy take on the train tycoon genre.
Why similar: Automation 43.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Cute 6.7%
- #59 Microtopia
65% matchVery Positive87% of 928 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Automation 32.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #60 Crafting Town
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Crafting 33.4%, Base Building 20.8%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 10%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%