- #1 Wonderstries
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Altered Pixel Games
Windows
Harvest natural resources and build machines to rebuild society following a terrible war that left the world scarred.
Why similar: Strategy 24.6%, Sandbox 22.4%, Building 13%, Logic 10.3%, Management 7.6%
- #2 The Last Seed
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YebStudio
Windows
The Last Seed is a 2D automation strategy game where factory efficiency is hard-linked to environmental control. Construct complex logistics networks, process resource chains, and balance closed-loop humidity systems—because if the ecosystem crashes, your entire automated infrastructure halts.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.8%, Automation 13.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Building 11.8%, Management 9.3%
- #3 Potion Pipeline
96% 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: Strategy 23.7%, Building 18%, Sandbox 16.7%, Automation 15.9%, Base Building 9.8%
- #4 Holon
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: rynstick
Windows
Build factories inside factories. Extract shapes, automate production, and deliver increasingly complex designs to the Hub. Enter a Nest to build its machinery, reuse it as a single building, then fit smaller Nests inside larger ones to take your factory further. About this game
Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Building 14.6%, Automation 14.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 10.1%
- #5 shapez
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Sandbox 18.2%, Automation 18%, Strategy 11.6%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%
- #6 Islandustry
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proper Puppy
Windows
Find the best island, outbid your rivals and start exploiting it. Automate your production and watch the market to sell your goods at the right price. Use your profits to buy upgrades and make your production chain even faster.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.5%, Automation 16.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 14.6%, Base Building 10.4%
- #7 Surviving Medieval
94% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Vlasov Tower
Windows
Survival strategy with indirect control and tower defense elements. Build and manage your medieval town.
Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 16%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 9.3%
- #8 Automation Station
92% 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: Sandbox 19.4%, Building 16.1%, Automation 16.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Crafting 9.6%
- #9 Modulus: Factory Automation
91% matchVery Positive91% of 869 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 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: Sandbox 16.4%, Building 15.4%, Automation 14.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 9.8%
- #10 Factory Engineer
91% matchMixed45% of 134 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: Strategy 23.3%, Sandbox 22.1%, Building 19%, Automation 11%, Management 8.8%
- #11 Let Them Fall
90% 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: Sandbox 24.3%, Strategy 24%, Automation 17.1%, Building 16.7%, Logic 10.3%
- #12 We Need More Steam!
89% 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: Strategy 27.9%, Automation 19.4%, Building 16.7%, Management 13.2%, Logic 10.2%
- #13 Flow Factory
89% 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: Sandbox 18.1%, Automation 16.7%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Base Building 10.7%
- #14 Block Factory
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 266 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: Sandbox 16.9%, Building 15.1%, Automation 14.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Logic 11.3%
- #15 AutoForge
86% matchVery Positive87% of 467 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Sandbox 16.2%, Building 13.7%, Automation 13%, Logic 11%, Strategy 10.6%
- #16 ReFactory
87% 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: Strategy 24.7%, Automation 15.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%
- #17 Galaxy Scavengers
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Strategy 19.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 11.7%, Survival 11%
- #18 ChromaFlow
85% 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 19.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Logic 14.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%
- #19 Ascend Factory
84% 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: Building 17.5%, Automation 16.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Logic 14.5%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #20 The Resonance Initiative
84% 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: Building 19.1%, Automation 18.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Management 11.7%
- #21 Mito
83% 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: Strategy 23.3%, Automation 20.4%, Building 17.1%, Sandbox 11.7%, Base Building 7.4%
- #22 Rafting Factory
82% 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: Strategy 23.2%, Automation 21.2%, Sandbox 19%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 11.9%
- #23 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 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: Sandbox 25.2%, Strategy 20.4%, Automation 17.7%, Building 15.8%, Logic 10.6%
- #24 Proto Garden
81% 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 16.2%, Building 14.3%, Logic 14.2%, Strategy 13.6%, Sandbox 12.8%
- #25 shapez 2 - Factory
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,399 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 29.2 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 15.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Building 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 11.2%
- #26 Little Mall Tycoon
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArmBox
Windows
Let's make your dream mall! Hire great employees and train them. Sell everything that customers want. Upgrade your mall and prepare to deal with unexpected events. Be the best mall in the world.
Why similar: Strategy 37.5%, Sandbox 28.6%, Building 14.8%, Management 11.4%, 2D 7%
- #27 Rocket Automashapes
81% 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: Sandbox 16.5%, Automation 13.5%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Logic 10.6%
- #28 GridCraft
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hy_studio
Windows
Shape an entire grid-based world with your mouse. Gather, craft, farm, cook, tame animals, automate production, and battle powerful bosses. Every item, machine, and creature is yours to pick up, place, and combine.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.9%, Automation 19.2%, Building 15.9%, Crafting 14.6%, Strategy 8.8%
- #29 Stella Astrum
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Death Knight Studios LLC
Windows
Stella Astrum is a whimsical factory game where you manage elemental resources to form Stars, Planets, and more. Use your skills to unlock upgradable factories, nurture colorful celestial bodies, and shape an expansive galaxy. Sit back, relax, and amplify the universe beyond its artistic limits!
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Sandbox 15.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10.7%
- #30 Lifecraft
78% matchVery Positive81% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac
Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.3%, Building 15.8%, Automation 15.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Crafting 10.1%
- #31 Jigsaw Industry
78% 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 19.8%, Sandbox 19.5%, Logic 15.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Base Building 12.6%
- #32 Gridmax
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.8%, Building 16.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Automation 12.7%, Management 12%
- #33 Scraplings
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ikioda
Windows
A 2D side-view recycling and automation game set above an infinite trash sea. Salvage waste left behind from the Lost Century, process it through advanced production lines, and grow your factory to keep it afloat in this harsh ecosystem while paying your rent on time.
Why similar: Strategy 21.7%, Automation 20%, Sandbox 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10%, Base Building 9.9%
- #34 Away Team
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
Away Team is a new Oxygen Not Included game. Mistakenly shipped off to an alien world, you will need to harness the environment and master temperature, pressure, chemical reactions and more in order to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Sandbox 19%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Automation 12.4%, Base Building 11.1%
- #35 Builderment
75% matchMixed68% of 128 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 18.3%, Sandbox 17.1%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%
- #36 Laptop Architect
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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: Building 18.3%, Logic 16.8%, Automation 13.2%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%
- #37 Outer Factory
74% 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: Sandbox 20.7%, Automation 17.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.5%
- #38 Laplana
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laplana Games
Windows
Laplana is a strategy simulation game on an alien world. Domesticate different organisms and combine them to build complex biological production chains. Evolve them to unlock new abilities. Adapt to a changing environment and defend your structures against the chaos of this world.
Why similar: Building 25.4%, Strategy 23.4%, Automation 18.8%, Crafting 14.7%, Base Building 11.8%
- #39 Total Factory
75% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Total Craft Games
Windows
You are a robot with unrealistically advanced artificial intelligence on a previously unknown planet, people created you for one single purpose - to ensure the automatic production of the necessary resources and their dispatch. It would seem that what could go wrong?
Why similar: Sandbox 18.7%, Building 16.5%, Automation 12.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 11.7%
- #40 One More Turret
73% 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 16.7%, Strategy 15.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 13.4%, Base Building 11.1%
- #41 Construction Company Tycoon
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: KokoGamesPub: Tycoon Managers
Windows
Build your own construction company from the ground up! Take on contracts, hire workers, buy powerful equipment, manage your finances, and grow from a small contractor into a construction empire.
Why similar: Strategy 38.1%, Sandbox 27.4%, Building 17.3%, Management 9.8%, 2D 6.7%
- #42 Reprocessed
72% 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: Sandbox 19.3%, Building 16.1%, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%
- #43 Numachina
71% 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: Sandbox 23.4%, Automation 19.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Logic 12.3%, Building 12.3%
- #44 Jaden Industries: Cozy Automation Puzzler
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pushka Studios
Windows
Jaden Industries is a relaxing factory-building puzzle game about managing compact crafting chains across floating islands. As an expedition engineer, you’ll explore a peaceful Archipelago, configure production flows, refine resources, and achieve perfect efficiency.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Building 18.3%, Automation 14.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Crafting 11.6%
- #45 Clogwork
71% 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: Sandbox 15.2%, Automation 15.1%, Building 15%, Logic 10.6%, Strategy 9.8%
- #46 Tile Blocks
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fivi Games
Windows
Challenge your ingenuity to win! Your mission is to use objects from your inventory to guide Clampy to its destination.
Why similar: Building 27.8%, Strategy 27.1%, Sandbox 26.3%, Logic 12.3%, 2D 4.8%
- #47 Substructure
70% 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: Sandbox 18.3%, Automation 16.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 10.6%
- #48 Chocolatio
69% 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: Strategy 27.8%, Automation 24.1%, Logic 16.6%, Management 12%, Base Building 8.1%
- #49 Little Big Workshop
70% matchVery Positive84% of 3,399 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
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: Strategy 27.9%, Building 18.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, Management 14.7%, Automation 13.6%
- #50 Build Battle
67% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Guy Games
Windows
Build Battle is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer strategy game where every tile matters. Strip the earth for resources, construct heavily armored bases, and manually aim massive artillery to wipe your friends off a fully destructible map.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Building 17.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Base Building 9.3%
- #51 Fractal Foundry
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Root Studio
Windows
Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.4%, Automation 16.1%, Building 15.5%, Strategy 13.2%, Management 11.3%
- #52 The Kingdom of God
69% matchMixed68% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: 明枭网络
Windows · Mac
The Kingdom of God: Creation is an independent game integrating territory management, resource management, strategic chess and exploration. As a new God, players develop their own country in the dangerous universe and eventually become the king of the new generation of gods.
Why similar: Strategy 52.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.1%, Management 7.3%, Indie 6.3%
- #53 Factor Y
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, Automation 15.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Building 13.1%, Base Building 10.4%
- #54 Odd Realm
66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.5%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 12%, Automation 11.2%, Management 10.1%
- #55 Plantile
67% 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 20.8%, Sandbox 20.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%
- #56 Factory Magnate
66% 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: Sandbox 18.8%, Automation 18.8%, Building 17.1%, Strategy 15.2%, Base Building 12.3%
- #57 Left Stranded
67% 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: Sandbox 21.5%, Building 17.5%, Automation 16.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Logic 10.6%
- #58 Alchemy Factory
63% matchVery Positive88% of 2,896 reviews2026
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Start small, team up with friends, and automate production with conveyor belts, pipes, and magical devices. Stock your shop with potions, jewelry, and relics, complete commissions, and build an alchemy empire! Alchemy Factory 1.0 is out now with the Wagon Logistics System and revamped shopkeeping.
Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Sandbox 20.9%, Building 18.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Crafting 10.5%