- #1 shapez
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,744 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 29.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 5.1%
- #2 FACTO
96% 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 33%, Resource Management 16.1%, Sandbox 14.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #3 Automation Station
96% 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 27%, Sandbox 16.2%, Resource Management 11.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 7.6%
- #4 Jigsaw Industry
95% 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 31.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Resource Management 15.1%, Logic 10.8%, Crafting 9.3%
- #5 TowerLine
94% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Melih Solt
Windows · Mac
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Resource Management 13.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Procedural Generation 7%
- #6 Automatica
94% 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 35.8%, Resource Management 16.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 7.9%, Management 7.1%
- #7 Gobs & Gears
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOBLINTEK
Windows · Mac
The Gob King wants his bomb. A big one. He wants it NOW. Reconstruct a lost factory in the Fog, route resources, and put the Gobs to work to build the BIG BOOM before he loses what's left of his patience.
Why similar: Automation 26%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 11%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 7.1%
- #8 Plantile
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daivy
Windows · Linux
Plantile is a grid-based game about building your plant factory. Start from a single seed, expand your production overtime, and reach full automation by utilizing advanced tiles!
Why similar: Automation 31.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Resource Management 15%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 5.4%
- #9 Builderment
91% matchMixed67% of 126 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 29.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 12%, Logic 7.5%
- #10 Factorio
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 232,802 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.2 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 36.5%, Resource Management 15.2%, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 6.8%
- #11 Far Out
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bekardo
Windows
Explore procedurally generated worlds, discover unique, randomly generated resources, create tools and machines in a free-form crafting system and progress from sticks and stones to space rockets in a sandbox loop of discovering and inventing
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Sandbox 21.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Building 6.9%
- #12 Idle interstellar Factory 2
90% 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 38.3%, Sandbox 22.5%, Crafting 15.6%, Resource Management 12.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #13 Cartefact
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sillage Games
Windows · Mac
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.
Why similar: Automation 39.3%, Resource Management 16.8%, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Base Building 5.9%
- #14 Block Factory
88% 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 25.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Logic 8.8%
- #15 Laptop Architect
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Anlak
Windows
Design laptops from the PCB up and build a global tech empire! Balance complex heat and power mechanics, manage your corporate budget, and conquer international markets. Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate Laptop Architect?
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Logic 12.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #16 MoteMancer
86% matchVery Positive92% of 253 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 28.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 6.3%
- #17 Modulus: Factory Automation
85% matchVery Positive91% of 826 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 26.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Resource Management 10.8%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 7.8%
- #18 Flow Factory
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smuie
Windows
Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Sandbox 16%, Resource Management 14.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Logic 7.6%
- #19 Mob Factory
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.6 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 32.2%, Resource Management 14.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 7.7%
- #20 BOREWORKS
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hello Egg
Windows
A chill, top down automation game about mining asteroids down to the core. Build bots. Figure out logistics. Automate yourself out of a job.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Resource Management 16%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 7.1%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #21 Pistonica
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica invites you into a calm, open world where steam and machines meet. In this first-person steam automation game, you build and automate a refined factory, explore an island, research tech, and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 33.9%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9%
- #22 Proto Garden
82% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: arreyne
Windows · Linux
Factory automation, but the conveyor belts are bees! Gather pollen, automate honey production, and research new flowers to create your own ecosystem from the ground up.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Logic 11%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #23 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 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 31.2%, Sandbox 22.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Crafting 9%, Logic 8.3%
- #24 Fields of Fortune
81% matchPositive92% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: UC Studios
Windows
Leave the everyday stress behind and start a new, relaxed life on a peaceful island. Build structures and craft new items, manually or with automation. The choice is yours. This is your island.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 10.3%, Inventory Management 7.7%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
- #25 Fabricatio
81% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Kysix Software
Windows
Build efficient production lines, automate resource transport, and master complex logistics in a 2D factory-building experience focused purely on automation.
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Resource Management 13.6%, Logic 9%, Crafting 7.2%, Base Building 7.1%
- #26 Fakutori
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antoine LatourPub: Mythwright
Windows
Fakutori is a laid-back automation game with a lot more going on beneath the surface. Combine elements, build sprawling production lines, and chase down the Legendary Blocks that only the most dedicated builders ever find. All at your own pace.
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Sandbox 18.8%, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 9%
- #27 Potion Pipeline
79% 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 32%, Sandbox 16.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 8.1%
- #28 plexum
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Jephinca
Windows
A third-person automation game driven by narrative progression. Build elaborate machines that feed an interplanetary network as you move from planet to planet.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Resource Management 16.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.1%
- #29 Outer Factory
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows · Mac
Outer Factory is a peaceful, minimalist factory simulation where you build and automate factories across planets and asteroids. Create complex production networks with simplified building mechanics. Become an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 30%, Sandbox 17.8%, Resource Management 14.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 6.2%
- #30 Factory Magnate
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Rising TailPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
A casual factory builder for everyone. Construct production lines, complete objectives, and unlock new machines as you grow your industrial empire—no stress, no combat, just satisfying progress.
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Sandbox 15.6%, Resource Management 15.6%, Building 8%, Base Building 6.1%
- #31 Beltmatic
78% matchVery Positive94% of 2,195 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 5.5%
- #32 Mito
77% 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 36.8%, Resource Management 16.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 8.7%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #33 Factoriant
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marudice
Windows
Factoriant is a factory builder where you construct an underground ant factory. As a queen ant, dig tunnels, carry food, and hatch worker ants to automate your production. Defend your nest from threats like birds and humans, and build a subterranean ant colony.
Why similar: Automation 34%, Resource Management 15.2%, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #34 2D Factory
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexandre Hamelin
Windows
Start bare-handed in a quiet forest. Chop, mine, then let machines take over: steam power, a grid you wire yourself pole by pole, trains, and finally a reactor. Five biomes, five tiers, 58 achievements. Solo or online co-op. A cosy top-down automation game.
Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Crafting 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #35 Left Stranded
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevBre Games
Windows · Linux
Cast into a medieval kingdom by ancient stones, you must forge, automate, and expand your workshop. Alone or in multiplayer, fulfill royal orders, harness coal, steam, electricity and uncover the secrets that could return you home.
Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Sandbox 18%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 8.3%, Logic 7.9%
- #36 Reprocessed
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Resource Management 14.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 7.9%
- #37 Substructure
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dubious DesignPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Sandbox 15.6%, Resource Management 13.9%, Crafting 11%, Open World 6%
- #38 Manaftory
73% 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 43.9%, Resource Management 18.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Base Building 6%
- #39 Text Factory: Automation
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hy_studio
Windows
Text Factory: Automation is an offline, text-based factory simulation game. Build production lines, set up transportation between maps, upgrade technologies, craft weapons and armor, and defeat enemies to gather more resources and expand your factory.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Automation 23%, Crafting 14.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #40 Factory Trashcension
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Factory Trashcension
Windows
Factory Trashcension is a first-person open-world factory creation and optimization game with unlimited possibilities. Play with your friends and design efficient factories to TRASHCEND without worries and explore a v a p o r w a v e inspired universe!
Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Sandbox 17%, Crafting 13%, Resource Management 11.3%, Building 7.9%
- #41 Industrial Garbage
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LMT
Windows
Industrial Garbage is a game where combination is the key and money is your limit. You will have to manage yourself carefully and ensure that you complete orders in time, or else...
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Sandbox 19.3%, Resource Management 15.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Building 7%
- #42 Untitled Automation Game
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Circuit Studio
Windows
Destroy every sentient being on a planet far, far away from Earth using automation cubes and a little magic!
Why similar: Automation 29.4%, Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 8.6%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #43 FACTORY I
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Studio H.D
Windows
FACTORY I is a minimalist automation simulator designed to deliver the pure joy of factory building through a clean, clutter-free UI. Strip away the visual noise, design flawless production lines, and challenge the limits of infinite efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 30.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Resource Management 14.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 8.2%
- #44 Constructed
71% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Gaming Project
Windows
Constructed is a factory building game, with a single goal... to automate EVERYTHING!!!
Why similar: Automation 28.8%, Sandbox 16%, Resource Management 14.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 8.1%
- #45 Satisfactory
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 276,964 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.9 hrsMean: 111.8 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 33.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Resource Management 12.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 9%
- #46 Factory Engineer
74% matchMixed46% of 133 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: Sandbox 20.7%, Automation 20.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Inventory Management 10.2%, Building 10.1%
- #47 Outpath
69% matchVery Positive93% of 3,089 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Sandbox 14.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 7.1%
- #48 Factories in Factories in Factories
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Abe Wits
Windows · Linux
Build a fractal world. Automate the automation of your automation. Put Factories in Factories in Factories.
Why similar: Automation 37.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Resource Management 8.9%, Open World 6.9%, Base Building 6.8%
- #49 Exhibitors
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Suncats
Windows · Mac
Deep within the clouds of a gas giant, supermassive creatures occupy the sky, each exhibiting an ecosystem. Exhibitors is a Factory building game with elements of farming and exploration.
Why similar: Automation 24.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Resource Management 12%, Crafting 9.5%, Agriculture 8.5% ★
- #50 Beltex
70% 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.
Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Sandbox 16.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 6.9%
- #51 One More Turret
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CNES Studio
Windows
One More Turret is an automation and tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Gather resources and enemy loot to construct intricate factory while defending against relentless monster waves. Can you strike the perfect balance between production and defense?
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #52 The Resonance Initiative
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackfield Studios
Windows
In this open-world factory sandbox you need to harness unique power waveforms to run your machines. Use everything as fuel, from plant life to fallen enemies. Explore the world to uncover new foes and resources to exploit as your empire grows.
Why similar: Automation 21.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Crafting 10.6%
- #53 Krasnaya Factory
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kickback games
Windows
Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.
Why similar: Automation 29.7%, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 12.7%, Resource Management 11%, Open World 9.1%
- #54 Rocket Automashapes
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Night Stroll Studio
Windows
Rocket Automashapes is a minimalistic automation game where shapes are produced, combined, and rocketed across the grid! Manage increasingly complex scenarios as you progress from one level to the next.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 11%, Logic 8.7%
- #55 Assembly Planter
70% matchVery Positive90% of 250 reviews2020
Dev: Timon Herzog
Windows
A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Agriculture 11.6% ★, Crafting 10.9%
- #56 ASTERSTEAD
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUMICROFT
Windows
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the surface.
Why similar: Automation 42.9%, Resource Management 18.4%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 7.6%, Management 6.3%
- #57 Final Factory
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 305 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 29.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Resource Management 13.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Inventory Management 7.7%
- #58 Nova Lands
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,496 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Sandbox 16.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 6.9%