- #1 Block Factory
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 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 30.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #2 shapez
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 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 37.6%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, 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 28.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 12.6%
- #4 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 73 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 33%, Sandbox 13.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%
- #5 Factorio
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 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 44.6%, Base Building 19.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 6.2%
- #6 Learning Factory
94% matchVery Positive86% of 511 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 28.8%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #7 Incremental Factory
93% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 37.7%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Strategy 9.8%
- #8 Beltmatic
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,009 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 35.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #9 Little Big Workshop
92% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Simulation 20.3%, Strategy 20%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 7.7%
- #10 shapez 2
89% 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 34.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 8%
- #11 Mob Factory
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 41%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #12 Alchemy Factory
88% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.8 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 41.5%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 9.4%
- #13 Factory Planner
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 319 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 40.1%, Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 15%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 6.2%
- #14 Candy Machine
90% matchMostly Negative34% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Colossal Wreck
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 206.4 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 22.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Cute 8.4%
- #15 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 39.2%, Puzzle 13%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Cute 8.7%
- #16 Assembly Line 2
86% matchMixed66% of 65 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 51%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 16.2%, Crafting 9.9%, 2D 3.4%
- #17 ShapeHero Factory
84% matchVery Positive89% of 972 reviews2025
Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 41.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 7.8%
- #18 Factory Town
85% 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 34.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Simulation 7.8%
- #19 Beltex
86% 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 35.1%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.6%, Strategy 8.5%
- #20 Factory Planner: First Sparks
83% matchVery Positive86% of 104 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 24%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 19%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 8.8%
- #21 Kubifaktorium
84% matchVery Positive81% of 786 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 38.8%, Crafting 16.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Sandbox 7%
- #22 Node Math
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 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 35.9%, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 8.8%
- #23 Builderment
82% 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 38.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 6.1%
- #24 Coin Factory
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 59.7%, Relaxing 18.9%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 6.5%, Indie 5.6%
- #25 Chocolate Factory
81% matchMixed54% of 139 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 39.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 18.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Simulation 6.9%
- #26 Word Factori
80% matchVery Positive84% of 447 reviews2023
Dev: Star Garden Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 43.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.4%
- #27 Star Birds
77% matchVery Positive93% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 40.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Colorful 6.1%
- #28 Sixty Four
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,629 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Crafting 16.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #29 Starground
78% matchVery Positive82% of 187 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 33.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #30 MoteMancer
77% 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 34.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 8.1%
- #31 Autonauts
78% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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 43%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 11.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #32 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
76% matchVery Positive85% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 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 31.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #33 Tower Factory
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Automation 41%, Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 17.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 8.1%
- #34 uFactory
75% 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 40.1%, Strategy 25%, Simulation 21.2%, Puzzle 8.6%, Indie 4.1%
- #35 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 25.6%, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 17.1%, Sandbox 15%, Base Building 14.4%
- #36 AutoForge
73% matchVery Positive88% of 450 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 37.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 8.9%
- #37 Little Rocket Lab
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.0 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 45.5%, Crafting 21.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Cute 5.4%, Colorful 3.4%
- #38 Final Factory
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 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 37.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 16.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #39 Automation Empire
76% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 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 38.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #40 Widget Inc.
72% matchVery Positive86% of 740 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.4 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 46%, Base Building 18%, Time Management 10.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 5.7%
- #41 Industrial Petting
75% 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 37.2%, Crafting 16%, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 12.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #42 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 38.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 11.7%
- #43 Perfume Atelier
70% matchVery Positive90% of 170 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 26.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Wholesome 14.1% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Funny 7.8%
- #44 Satisfactory
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 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 42.1%, Base Building 22.5%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 10%, Strategy 3.8%
- #45 Chocolate Factory Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 450 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 16.5%, Crafting 15.6%, Cute 15.6%, Funny 13.1%
- #46 Idle Colony
70% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 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 53%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Funny 7.8%, Cute 6.6%
- #47 Food Factory
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 61 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 42.9%, Crafting 19.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Sandbox 11%, Colorful 4.1%
- #48 Autonauts vs Piratebots
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 514 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 36.8%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 12.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 9.9%
- #49 Smart Factory Tycoon
72% matchMixed61% of 822 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Automation 22.4%, Base Building 22.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 13.5%
- #50 FOUNDRY
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 34.7%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 16.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Strategy 9.7%
- #51 Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 865 reviews2025
Dev: KaiPlay StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 24.8 hrsMean: 85.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Strategy 24.4%, Simulation 21.9%, Base Building 12.1%, 2D 3.8%
- #52 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 44.5%, Time Management 35.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Relaxing 4.4%, Indie 2.7%
- #53 The Artisan of Glimmith
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 658 reviews2026
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 31.6%, Puzzle 19.6%, Strategy 19%, Wholesome 9% ★, Colorful 7.4%
- #54 Factory Balls
70% matchVery Positive99% of 148 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 38.7%, Colorful 15.3%, Family Friendly 13.4%, 2D 13.2%, Indie 9%
- #55 Good Company
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 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 34.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Strategy 10.2%
- #56 Microtopia
66% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 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 33.1%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Futuristic 9%
- #57 Reefland
68% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: UnSweet
Windows
Reefland - is a colorful city-building simulator with a relaxing atmosphere, where you are up to paint the island by placing buildings.
Why similar: Strategy 21.7%, Puzzle 21.5%, Cute 12.5%, Family Friendly 11.8%, Colorful 11.2%
- #58 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 20.7%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 10%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #59 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 331 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 44.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Cute 6.7%