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Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 86 reviews
Released: 2025-09-13
Developer: Bosphorus Games
Publisher: Gamersky Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 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 29.4%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Sandbox 10.6%, Strategy 8.1%

  2. #2 shapez
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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 36.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 8%

  3. #3 ReFactory
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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 27.1%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 15.7%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 12.7%

  4. #4 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
    95% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 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 32.2%, Sandbox 14.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Crafting 10.7%

  5. #5 Learning Factory
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 523 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 27.6%, Base Building 16%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%

  6. #6 shapez 2 - Factory
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,091 reviews2026
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 29.1 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 33.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%

  7. #7 Incremental Factory
    94% matchMixed68% of 247 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 36.4%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 9.9%

  8. #8 Beltmatic
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,224 reviews2024
    Dev: Notional Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.

    Why similar: Automation 34.3%, Base Building 16%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 8.3%

  9. #9 Little Big Workshop
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 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 28.5%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 8.1%

  10. #10 Factorio
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 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 43.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 6.3%

  11. #11 Mob Factory
    90% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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 39.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 9.6%

  12. #12 Factory Planner
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 389 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 38.9%, Crafting 19%, Sandbox 15.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 6.3%

  13. #13 Alchemy Factory
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 41.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 9.4%

  14. #14 MoteMancer
    88% matchVery Positive92% of 256 reviews2025
    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

    An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.

    Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 8%

  15. #15 Modulus: Factory Automation
    86% matchVery Positive91% of 846 reviews2026
    Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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.

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  16. #16 Candy Machine
    89% matchMostly Negative34% of 50 reviews2017
    Dev: Colossal Wreck
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 220.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Run a candy factory. Place machines and conveyors and feed them different mixtures of ingredients to create candy

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    86% matchVery Positive99% of 375 reviews2022
    Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Place conveyor belts to solve puzzles in the world's most adorable donut factory!

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    83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,010 reviews2025
    Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    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.

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    84% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    84% matchVery Positive86% of 233 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.

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    Windows · Mac

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    82% matchVery Positive82% of 122 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.

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  24. #24 Node Math
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 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!

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  25. #25 Snacktorio
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 231 reviews2026
    Dev: ellraiserPub: TNgineers
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 218 reviews2024
    Dev: Lino Rabolini
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  27. #27 Builderment
    81% matchMixed68% of 128 reviews2023
    Dev: Builderment LLC
    Windows · Mac

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    79% matchVery Positive84% of 474 reviews2023
    Dev: Star Garden Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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  29. #29 Factory 95
    77% matchNo user reviews86% of 59 reviews2026
    Dev: Macrobit Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    79% matchMixed57% of 150 reviews2024
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

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    75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    73% matchVery Positive92% of 3,102 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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!

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  33. #33 Sixty Four
    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,665 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    76% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  35. #35 Kubifaktorium
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%

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  36. #36 Starground
    75% matchVery Positive82% of 191 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!

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  37. #37 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 637 reviews2024
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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.

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  38. #38 Sandustry
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
    Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    72% matchVery Positive85% of 770 reviews2024
    Dev: Leaping Turtle
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Automation 44.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Time Management 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 5.9%

  40. #40 Factory Engineer
    78% matchMixed46% of 133 reviews2017
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    73% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Lucid Silence Games
    Windows · Linux

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    72% matchVery Positive87% of 463 reviews2024
    Dev: Siege Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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.

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    74% matchMixed66% of 2,643 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  44. #44 Final Factory
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 305 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,311 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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!

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    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 479 reviews2025
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 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.

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    69% matchMixed66% of 173 reviews2026
    Dev: Molter
    Windows · Linux

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    Why similar: Automation 43.9%, Crafting 17%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10.1%, Futuristic 5.6%

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    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,116 reviews2025
    Dev: KaiPlay StudioPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows
    Median: 28.2 hrsMean: 94.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  49. #49 Food Factory
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: Mosqi Games
    Windows

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  50. #50 Satisfactory
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 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!

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    67% matchVery Positive90% of 258 reviews2026
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  52. #52 Idle Grid
    70% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Lake Country Games
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    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.

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  53. #53 Smart Factory Tycoon
    71% matchMixed60% of 927 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
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    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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!

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    70% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac

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    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,397 reviews2026
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    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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  56. #56 Idle Colony
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 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.

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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 3,483 reviews2019
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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  58. #58 PC Building Empire
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 192 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 44.8%, Time Management 35.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Relaxing 4.4%, Indie 2.7%

  59. #59 Farm Factory Simulator
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Bewolba Studios
    Windows

    Grow crops, automate production, and manage your own store. Turn fresh harvests into valuable products and create a wide range of goods. Optimize your workflow with efficient production chains and smart business decisions. Expand your facilities and build the fully automated farm-to-market business.

    Why similar: Automation 53.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Time Management 11.7%, Relaxing 3%

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