- #1 Let Them Fall
97% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 33.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Sandbox 15.9%, Simulation 15.3%, Logic 10.8%
- #2 Blueprint Factory
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Smiling Panda Studios
Windows
Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.
Why similar: Automation 46.2%, Strategy 18%, Logic 15.8%, Simulation 14%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #3 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 36.3%, Sandbox 17.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Logic 11.8%
- #4 Numachina
94% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 37.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Logic 13.1%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.9%
- #5 Another Game About Automation
94% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: myownyose
Windows
Another Game About Automation is a casual factory-building where you have to generate numbers and combine them with mathematical operations. Upgrade and unlock new mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 43.8%, Logic 23%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Puzzle 2.8%
- #6 Slimy Harvest
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: plyoung
Windows
Harvest Slime Monster eggs for the Alchemists. Buy equipment to automate the process and combine Slimes into new types for more profit and to explore deeper into the dungeon.
Why similar: Automation 59.9%, Sandbox 23.1%, Simulation 13.4%, 3D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #7 Block Shop
91% matchVery Positive99% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 53.6%, Strategy 23.8%, Logic 15.1%, Puzzle 7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #8 Terraform Inc
92% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
Terraform Inc is a game to build a reliable physics-based delivery network. You will get new planets, add enhancements in transit, then deliver to buyers. Construct elaborate designs to prove your ingenuity. Choose your friends wisely, working to earn respect and unlock even further opportunities.
Why similar: Automation 38.1%, Logic 17.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 11.1%
- #9 ChromaFlow
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RVLWorks
Windows · Linux
Build a factory powered by color. Extract red, green, and blue, route them through conveyor networks, and mix them into an expanding spectrum. Fulfil requests for the Chroma Core, unlock new technology, and optimize every production line.
Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Logic 16.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #10 Iron Inc.
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Segment Games
Windows · Mac
Iron Inc is an interplanetary factory automation game where you colonize, build, and fight on planets across the galaxy while developing inter-planetary logistics systems. Create massive bases and engage in combat on the ground and in space.
Why similar: Automation 41.1%, Strategy 26%, Simulation 20.6%, Sandbox 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #11 Kaskade
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Two Times Pi
Windows
Connect an evolving delivery network in Kaskade, a minimalist strategy game. Construct intricate paths to ensure each delivery gets to the right destination. Unlock upgrades to manage the increasing complexity as your network grows. Relax to the ambient soundtrack and the satisfying puzzle vibes.
Why similar: Automation 30%, Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 13.6%, Minimalist 12.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #12 Ascend Factory
89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Matlyce Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!
Why similar: Automation 38.2%, Logic 17.8%, Strategy 12%, Sandbox 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%
- #13 Assemble Ensemble
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Jorin SalewskiPub: Die Noten
Windows
Assemble Ensemble is a music-themed factory-building game, that offers a variety of fun melodies, for you to recreate by cleverly placing machines and conveyors!
Why similar: Automation 41.8%, Strategy 28.6%, Sandbox 23.1%, 3D 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #14 Jigsaw Industry
87% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Light Game
Windows
Jigsaw Industry is a game that allows you to unleash your creativity and fully enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own factory to combine and process different shapes and colors. A fully automated and intelligent factory can be achieved through digital circuits, logic signals, and other means.
Why similar: Automation 44.4%, Logic 18.7%, Sandbox 14.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 6.9%
- #15 Hue Factory
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Tree Games
Windows
A colorful, minimalist automation game. Place machines, mix colors, and manage the flow of an evolving factory. Listen to the hum of the machines and watch the colors blend while keeping your lines efficient.
Why similar: Automation 45%, Logic 16.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Minimalist 10.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #16 Ruin Adventurer
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Finnchen123
Windows · Linux
‘Ruin Adventurer’ is an automation game with survival and programming elements. Use your robots to ensure your survival, automate resource gathering, and ultimately escape the ruins.
Why similar: Automation 25.8%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 17.7%, Sandbox 17.6%, Logic 10.6%
- #17 Coin Factory 2
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Coin Factory 2. An idle game about placing tiles strategically to make as many coins as possible. Level them up to get the numbers growing or make them evolve to adapt your play to new needs!
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Sandbox 18.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Logic 9.6%
- #18 Shape Together
84% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Blu
Windows · Mac
Shape Together is a factory-building game: lay mines, belts, and machines, automate shapes, and use them to defeat monsters and bosses. Hold back waves, grow stronger over time—solo or with friends on Steam.
Why similar: Automation 38.8%, Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Sandbox 16.5%
- #19 We Need More Steam!
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 47.1%, Strategy 23.7%, Logic 13.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Puzzle 4%
- #20 Idle interstellar Factory 2
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
This is a factory game based on text and 2d drag and drop. You need to complete the process from mining resources to the final interstellar resource mining and transportation. You will continue to unlock new technologies and experience many unexpected challenges along the way.
Why similar: Automation 53.7%, Sandbox 21.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #21 Mito
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Deer Games
Windows
A plant-sim automation game with resource management and roguelike progression. Build transport networks, manage resource flow, unlock mutations, and stack synergies as you spread across procedurally generated biomes.
Why similar: Automation 49.2%, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 14%, Sandbox 9.5%, Logic 7.4%
- #22 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
82% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Dragon Lord Studio
Windows · Linux
Programmer Dungeon is a tactical game that challenges players to use logic programming to solve puzzles and progress through each level. Collect unique skills, use visual programming to automate your character, and defeat your enemies. Plan carefully and enjoy this exciting adventure!
Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Logic 17.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 9.6%
- #23 Project Matter
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Matter Grid Studio
Windows
Project Matter is a 2D factory automation game about turning raw inputs into an ever-expanding production web. Place buildings on an infinite grid, draw connections between them, and research new processing chains, waste recovery loops, and advanced materials.
Why similar: Automation 55.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Minimalist 12.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #24 Kimbap Factory
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Remi Song
Windows · Mac
Automate the ultimate Korean kitchen. Route belts, watch ingredients transform, and physically assemble each kimbap roll step by step. Discover new recipes, fulfill requests, and expand your kitchen at your own pace. No pressure, no timers, just a satisfying and unique casual factory experience.
Why similar: Automation 46.8%, Simulation 14.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Logic 9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #25 Eat Me Alive
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: FrederickVBPub: Garbage Game
Windows
In dependency of where in the body you are positioned, you get different boni. In general you will get Bone, Blood and Tissue with which you can create more bugs. In addition to that you will be able to research different bug types which have boni themself.
Why similar: Automation 51.1%, Simulation 17.7%, Sandbox 14%, Strategy 8.1%, Minimalist 7.9%
- #26 Worderia
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sergei Chemodanov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Worderia is a cozy factory-automation game about letters. Mine glyphs, process them with casers, stylers, and painters, transport them along conveyor belts, and deliver them to the Hub, where they're assembled into the target word.
Why similar: Strategy 20.7%, Automation 18.4%, Simulation 17.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Logic 12.3%
- #27 Automatica
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Dev
Windows
Automatica is a 2D automation and management game inspired by titles like Factorio and Shapez, but with a twist on the traditional conveyor belt system. Connecting buildings is now as easy as dragging them inside each other
Why similar: Automation 53.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Logic 9%, Strategy 7%
- #28 Omni
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JackHasaKeyboard
Linux
Omni is a game that teaches you how to program.
Why similar: Automation 26%, Sandbox 17.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 13%, Logic 9.3%
- #29 FACTO
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havca Games
Windows
In FACTO, become the world’s biggest factory boss! Build your factories, buy raw materials, process them and then sell them on to boost your turnover until you become a mega-corporation !
Why similar: Automation 52.5%, Sandbox 15.9%, Simulation 15%, Strategy 13.1%, Immersive Sim 3%
- #30 Bleentoro
77% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Simple logic game about abstract minimalist factories
Why similar: Automation 38.5%, Simulation 23.1%, Logic 17.1%, Minimalist 13%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #31 Chocolatio
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RawEgg
Windows
Create and build your own automated chocolate factory. Freely design and expand your factories to deliver a huge variety of chocolate themed resources.
Why similar: Automation 55.9%, Strategy 22.6%, Logic 20.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #32 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 35.5%, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 19%, Logic 16.7%, Puzzle 4.3%
- #33 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
75% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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.
Why similar: Automation 47.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #34 Fractal.OS
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Laprida Studios
Windows
Fractal.OS insists you play tic-tac-toe. Again. And again. Build an automated board factory, earn resources, unlock rules, and bend thousands of random matches toward a single impossible task: lose 10,000 times in a row. The system appreciates your compliance.
Why similar: Automation 41.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Logic 10.1%
- #35 Code Lab(代码实验室)
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Ardyn
Windows
Programming for unmanned vehicle to realize automatic operation
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 21.7%, Sandbox 20.5%, 3D 4.8%
- #36 Potion Pipeline
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 45.7%, Strategy 23.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #37 Digit Factory
74% 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: Automation 46.5%, Logic 16.7%, Minimalist 11.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.6%
- #38 Node Math
72% 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!
Why similar: Automation 42%, Sandbox 16.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Logic 9.3%
- #39 COLD AISLE: Data Center Tycoon
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velmirestudios
Windows
Build your own data center business from an empty industrial hall. Order hardware, install servers and GPUs, connect power and networking, manage cooling and capacity, and grow from your first rack into a market-leading company.
Why similar: Strategy 34.2%, Simulation 31.2%, Sandbox 26.8%, 3D 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #40 Assembly Line 2
73% matchMixed65% of 67 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 59.4%, Strategy 21%, Simulation 19.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #41 Automation Station
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxbot Games
Windows
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 43.2%, Sandbox 17.6%, Logic 11.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 10.1%
- #42 ZIRQUITZ
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Surrogate of Sorrow
Windows · Linux
ZIRQUITZ is a chill yet deep graph-building game. Build and optimize an evolving graph of nodes to produce “Work,” your resource for upgrades and expansion. Discover synergy, power up your network, and unlock endless potential!
Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Logic 12.3%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #43 Factorization
73% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 63.6%, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 17.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #44 Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory
71% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Linux
An automation puzzle game in the spirit of The Incredible Machine to stretch your brain without the stress. Build chocolate-making contraptions out of conveyors, cannons and simple parts, then optimise them until they run themselves.
Why similar: Automation 43.9%, Logic 18.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8%
- #45 Gun Shop 3
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mall Ninja Studio, LLC
Windows
Do you like guns? Many people sure do! Gun Shop 3 is a real-time storefront simulator with a sprinkling of first person shooter mechanics on top. Choose your location, design your store, stock the shelves, and then flip that sign to “open for business”!
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Strategy 25.7%, Simulation 19.3%, Sandbox 18.7%, 3D 4.7%
- #46 Crystal: Automaton
69% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Balding Games
Windows
A short automation challenge aimed at everyone from beginner to veteran. Take your time to uncover the lore of an ancient civilization without any dangers. Can you find a clever way to use logistics to overcome the scarce space available?
Why similar: Automation 41.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Logic 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Minimalist 8.1%
- #47 Cable Clutter
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: FancyFennec
Windows
Cable Clutter is a puzzle game where objects can be connected to each other to change their behaviour. Puzzles can be solved by pressing buttons, automation, and some head scratching.
Why similar: Automation 57.3%, Logic 22.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, 3D 8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #48 Rafting Factory
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kim Star Game
Windows
Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.
Why similar: Automation 55.4%, Strategy 21.2%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #49 Block Factory
68% 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 38.6%, Logic 16.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 10.1%
- #50 Tiny Industry
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loominest
Windows
Un jeu d’automatisation relaxant où construire une usine reste simple. Créez des lignes de production, connectez vos bâtiments et débloquez de nouvelles technologies sans vous soucier des ratios. Posez-vous simplement une question : de quoi cet objet a-t-il besoin ?
Why similar: Automation 56.3%, Simulation 17.9%, Logic 15%, Minimalist 6.5%, Puzzle 3.8%
- #51 Clogwork
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Odd Sprout Games
Windows
CLOGWORK is a factory-automation game where you turn random pieces into final shapes. Build conveyor belts, glue, cut and rotate parts, wire logic signals, and send the finished shape to the hub to fulfil ever-changing orders.
Why similar: Automation 47.5%, Sandbox 22.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Logic 11.2%, Minimalist 7.4%
- #52 Modulus: Factory Automation
66% 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.
Why similar: Automation 40.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Logic 12.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 10.4%
- #53 Manaftory
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiyakaru
Windows
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 63.5%, Simulation 20.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #54 Endless Engine
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wizard Hat Studio
Windows
A roguelike where you build a factory — not a character.
Why similar: Automation 49.1%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Logic 10.7%, Minimalist 6.8%
- #55 Fruit Factory
69% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: The Indie Accord
Windows · Mac
A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!
Why similar: Automation 39.8%, Sandbox 18.3%, Logic 13.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 8%
- #56 Alchemy Factory
64% 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 53.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Logic 3.7%
- #57 Lexip
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Craffel
Windows
Lexip is a cozy fantasy factory game about magic, rail logistics, and questionable sustainability. Build production chains across the overworld and underground, power machines with local magic, fulfill contracts, and keep Null pollution under control.
Why similar: Automation 56.7%, Simulation 17.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Immersive Sim 8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #58 Automate!
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Altar Lab
Windows
As the CEO and factory manager, strive for efficiency by installing and upgrading a variety of equipment! Optimize equipment placement, make improvements, and unlock new equipment to experience the endless potential of automation!
Why similar: Automation 62.4%, Strategy 28.5%, Third Person 8.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #59 DomiNOo
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Elijah Anadon
Windows
Unleash your creativity and explore endless possibilities in our immersive sandbox game! Knock down dominos, play with different toys, and customize your world. With multiplayer mode and sharing features, the fun never ends.
Why similar: Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 21.1%, Sandbox 19.6%, Logic 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%