60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Automation, Sandbox, Simulation, Singleplayer.
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?
Idle interstellar Factory 2
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.
2D Factory
Turn a wild pixel-art world into a living factory. Gather by hand, automate five industrial tiers, explore for powerful optional upgrades, and master belts, pipes, power grids, rovers, trains and nuclear energy—solo or in online co-op for up to 8 players.
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 36.9%, Crafting 20.6%, Sandbox 20.2%, Strategy 7.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%
Turn a wild pixel-art world into a living factory. Gather by hand, automate five industrial tiers, explore for powerful optional upgrades, and master belts, pipes, power grids, rovers, trains and nuclear energy—solo or in online co-op for up to 8 players.
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Sandbox 19.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
Descend to the center of the Earth and survive beneath toxic skies. Watch out for the creatures. Manage your air, water, and food. Build vehicles to dig deeper. Grow potatoes, gather resources, and design robots to defend and automate your world — the control is in your hands.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.9%, Dystopian 13.1%, Automation 12.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Minimalist 8.9%
A conveyor-based production and logistics sandbox including smart machines, node based conveyor belts, logic and recipe based item generation and powerful design time construction. Create and connect Miners, Splitters, Factories, Containers, Vaults and more...
Why similar: Automation 41.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Logic 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Minimalist 8.1%
That's no moon. It's a giant ball of garbage. Build a factory to excavate, wash, sort, classify and disassemble the detritus of ages past.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Automation 23.5%, Top-Down 15.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%, 2D 7%
Calling Home is an exciting sci-fi simulation resource management game that draws heavily from games in the factory-building and exploration genres, providing a thrilling mix of building your base, researching, factory management, puzzle solving, exploration, and resource gathering.
Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Sandbox 18%, Crafting 10.2%, Minimalist 9.5%, Strategy 8.6%
‘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 20.6%, Sandbox 19.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Crafting 11%, Minimalist 9.2%
Build, automate, and defend humanity's last factory on a dying industrial planet. Chain production lines, survive AUTON raids and dust storms, research lost technology, and uncover what silenced every factory before yours.
Why similar: Automation 34.1%, Crafting 18.7%, Dystopian 11.6%, Sandbox 6.7%, Futuristic 5.5%
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 33.1%, Sandbox 21.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Logic 8.5%
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 28.9%, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 17.2%, Top-Down 8.7%, Minimalist 8.3%
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 43.5%, Crafting 23.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Exploration 5.9%
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 40.7%, Crafting 22.4%, Sandbox 16.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 6%
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 37.6%, Sandbox 17.1%, Crafting 15.2%, Logic 12.4%, Strategy 6.8%
Turn a peaceful forest into a bustling production hub. Build factories, automate crafting, run your own shop, and fulfill the needs of a diverse community as you research new technologies and expand your growing business.
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Crafting 17.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Top-Down 7.6%, Strategy 6.8%
A unique take on factory building — design and optimize flowing 3D systems where routing and space are your most valuable resources. Start with guided challenges, then expand into an endless sandbox focused on efficiency, scale, and layout mastery.
Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Minimalist 9.5%, Futuristic 8.8%
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 35.5%, Sandbox 22.6%, Crafting 19.7%, Minimalist 7.4%, Logic 6.5%
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 37.3%, Crafting 19.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Strategy 11%, Futuristic 5.9%
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Sandbox 18.3%, Crafting 17%, Logic 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%
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 43.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Minimalist 7.1%, Logic 5.7%
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 36.8%, Sandbox 27.9%, Strategy 19.5%, Top-Down 14.8%, Singleplayer 1%
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 31.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Logic 8.6%, Futuristic 8.1%
A peaceful 2D sandbox. Explore biomes, build bases above and below water, manage oxygen, pressure, seasons and energy. Automate conveyors, fluid systems, sensors and advanced machines. Grow crops, tame animals, create a living world driven by logic, systems and creativity, all without any fighting.
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Sandbox 23.3%, Crafting 16.2%, Logic 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6%
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 37%, Sandbox 20.9%, Minimalist 11%, Logic 10.1%, Strategy 7.5%
"Poop Right Now" is a puzzle game. Players play the role of "Courier" who have just entered the industry here to transport "Poop" to the right place. Please carefully arrange the transportation route to ensure that the "Poop" can be transported safely and accurately to its destination.
Why similar: Automation 37.7%, Crafting 19.1%, Sandbox 18.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Minimalist 5%
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 42.7%, Sandbox 16%, Crafting 10.8%, Minimalist 8.9%, Simulation 7.6%
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 36.8%, Sandbox 18%, Strategy 14.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Simulation 5.8%
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 39.8%, Sandbox 18.1%, Crafting 17.9%, Minimalist 5.9%, Top-Down 4.6%
Humanity needs out. Genterra Corporation requires an Architect. From a remote terminal on Earth, deploy automated factories across four planets, each with its own resources, to build the rescue rocket. ARIA will guide you. Productivity is mandatory.
Why similar: Automation 37.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Strategy 15.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Futuristic 7.7%
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 36.7%, Crafting 20.3%, Sandbox 15.9%, Logic 9%, Top-Down 4.7%
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 40.6%, Minimalist 13.1%, Logic 11.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Strategy 7.7%
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 34.7%, Crafting 20%, Sandbox 19.2%, Minimalist 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%
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: Automation 25.1%, Sandbox 17.9%, Crafting 15.9%, Exploration 7.4%, Logic 7%
Restore life on a dying planet in this 2D automation strategy game. Build production chains, reclaim the ecosystem, and survive a hostile world with the help of The Last Seed.
Why similar: Automation 33%, Sandbox 18.5%, Crafting 14.4%, Exploration 8.6%, Strategy 8.2%
2.5D Falling sand game. Collect Rare Items and discover new Elements. Use Elements to make Powerful Spells. Build and Destroy at your will.
Why similar: Automation 43%, Crafting 24.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 7.7%
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: Automation 30.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Strategy 7.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
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 60.1%, Sandbox 31.8%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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: Automation 31.7%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 14.9%, Logic 8.7%, Futuristic 7.5%
A top-down open-world survival game, where you explore a hostile planet while trying to fix your spaceship and get back home. Fight, outwit and defeat the planet's wildlife to evolve and get stronger.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.8%, Crafting 18.2%, Aliens 14.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Exploration 9.7%
GlowCore is a singleplayer progression game focused on resource gathering and gradual world expansion. In the center of the world lies the GlowCore. The goal is to expand the world by feeding the GlowCore with wood and other resources.
Why similar: Automation 34%, Crafting 16.5%, Sandbox 14.4%, Top-Down 10.4%, Exploration 9.1%
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 45.1%, Sandbox 18.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Top-Down 8.6%, Simulation 7.3%
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 33.1%, Sandbox 19.6%, Crafting 19.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Strategy 6.9%
Idle Industries: Build, Prestige, Prosper! Unleash miners, refine resources, and construct your empire in this addictive factory-building sim. Reach new heights of wealth and prestige with doubled rewards. Original music, 5+ hours gameplay, and customization!
Why similar: Automation 35%, Crafting 17.8%, Top-Down 10.8%, Logic 9.1%, Futuristic 8.4%
An open world survival and automation game. Engineer Alpha combines an infinite editable world, building and connecting of automated machinery, and RPG style player progression.
Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Sandbox 19.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Logic 8.6%
Omni is a game that teaches you how to program.
Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Minimalist 10.1%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 35.3%, Sandbox 18.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Minimalist 8.4%, Strategy 6.7%
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 48.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Top-Down 8%
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 34.6%, Sandbox 19%, Crafting 16.9%, Minimalist 7.8%, Strategy 6.7%
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: Automation 29.5%, Sandbox 20.3%, Crafting 20.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Logic 7.8%
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 32.6%, Crafting 22.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 7.6%
VELONE is a creative automation game in which you assemble and program mechanisms to solve logic puzzles. Both relaxing and highly replayable, you save the planet VELONE by creating automated constructs that move and assemble according to your masterplan.
Why similar: Automation 36.7%, Sandbox 16%, Logic 13.1%, Futuristic 6.4%, Aliens 4.7%
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 32.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, Crafting 14.3%, Logic 8.1%, Futuristic 8%
Play as Agent 8085, the most advanced mining AI sent to asteroid 8085 Pinsky. Extract resources, upgrade your systems, and complete missions that affect the future of humanity. Your choices matter: promote unity, extinction, remain neutral. A sci-fi strategy game where your decisions have impact.
Why similar: Automation 36.2%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 14.8%, Top-Down 8.4%, Strategy 7.5%
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 45.7%, Sandbox 24%, Logic 18.8%, Simulation 7.1%, Casual 3.7%
Harvest natural resources and build machines to rebuild society following a terrible war that left the world scarred.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Strategy 16.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Top-Down 11.6%, Logic 10.9%
Travel to multiple completely unique dimensions, gather their unique natural resources, build new structures and buildings, craft high-level materials, and automate everything. In doing so, you will be able to complete your ultimate goal: constructing the "Dimensional Engine".
Why similar: Automation 34.8%, Sandbox 21.8%, Crafting 20.9%, Strategy 9%, Sci-fi 5.8%
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 40.9%, Crafting 19.2%, Sandbox 19.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Logic 5.8%
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 41.9%, Logic 13%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 5.4%
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 33.5%, Crafting 18.3%, Sandbox 15.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Top-Down 6.8%
