- #1 Oceaneers
97% matchVery Positive89% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Underwater 34.5% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Building 10.2%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 8.7%
- #2 The Last Caretaker
96% matchVery Positive86% of 13,056 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 13.8%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #3 Aquatico
96% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Underwater 33.7% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 8.9%, Open World 7.5%
- #4 Subnautica
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 378,847 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Underwater 39.5% ★, Open World 15%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 7.1%
- #5 Sandustry
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 12%, Building 9.9%
- #6 XenoHaven
94% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World 16.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Automation 15%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 9.6%
- #7 The Planet Crafter
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 11.8%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #8 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
92% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 8.1%
- #9 Star Crafter
91% matchMixed70% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Open World 9.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #10 FOUNDRY
91% matchVery Positive81% of 3,918 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.6%
- #11 Satisfactory
89% 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!
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 8.7%
- #12 Dyson Sphere Program
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,542 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Base Building 16%, Open World 11%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8%
- #13 Eden Crafters
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 8.5%
- #14 Prospector
87% matchMixed70% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.3%
- #15 Automation Empire
88% matchMixed66% of 2,643 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 33.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 12%, Building 10%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #16 Elsewhere
85% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, Building 8.8%
- #17 Evospace
86% matchVery Positive83% of 392 reviews2019
Dev: Quantum Rivet
Windows · Mac
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Base Building 18%, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 14%, Building 11.4%
- #18 Captain of Industry
84% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 40.3%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 14.2%, City Builder 9.8%, Building 8.5%
- #19 Skyformer
84% matchVery Positive83% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes! Play alone or up to 4 player co-op.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Base Building 16.3%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 8.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #20 Gaia
86% matchMixed59% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Eternal Stardust Studios
Windows
A sci-fi base building survival game, featuring raids, agriculture, intelligent AI, natural disasters and more.
Why similar: Underwater 26% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 11.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 9.1%
- #21 Final Factory
83% 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 28.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 8.9%
- #22 Techtonica
82% matchMixed65% of 3,253 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Base Building 13.3%, City Builder 10%, Building 9.6%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #23 Modulus: Factory Automation
81% 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 23.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, City Builder 9.6%, Building 9.3%
- #24 Space Trash Scavenger
81% matchVery Positive84% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.2%
- #25 Astro Colony
79% matchVery Positive81% of 2,699 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Open World 10.3%, Resource Management 10%, Building 9.5%
- #26 Penkura
82% matchVery Positive91% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: LionsArt
Windows
Penkura is a sci-fi base-building survival game where you construct a colony from a top-down command system, explore an alien world in first person, and use programmable bots to gather resources, build, repair, and keep your base alive.
Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Base Building 17.4%, Open World 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #27 Surviving Ceres
79% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Base Building 19.5%, Open World 18.7%, Building 15.7%, Survival 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #28 Ocean Punk
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 13.5%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #29 Omega Crafter
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Automation 29.4%, City Builder 15.7%, Open World 14.5%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #30 Subnautica 2
74% matchVery Positive91% of 126,113 reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
Why similar: Underwater 45.1% ★, Open World 14.5%, Survival 10.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #31 MineMogul
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 10.8%
- #32 The Crust
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 15.5%, City Builder 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #33 Icaria
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
Windows
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #34 Under A New Sun
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 400 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Underwater 30.9% ★, Open World 18.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #35 Outpath
76% matchVery Positive93% of 3,103 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 25.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 9.8%
- #36 Builderment
78% 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 30.4%, Base Building 16.7%, City Builder 13.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #37 TerraTech Worlds
75% matchMixed63% of 2,287 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Automation 18.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 10.7%
- #38 ASTRONEER
73% matchVery Positive92% of 139,015 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World 19.2%, Base Building 15.9%, Automation 14.4%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11%
- #39 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,709 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Open World 16.6%, Automation 14.6%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #40 Astrometica
72% matchVery Positive83% of 3,181 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Open World 19%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #41 StarRupture
70% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 15%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #42 MoteMancer
71% 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 32.5%, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 12.3%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #43 AETHUS
69% matchVery Positive95% of 2,015 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #44 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
74% matchMixed62% of 1,000 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Open World 21.8%, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 17.3%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 10.5%
- #45 GeoDepths
72% matchVery Positive87% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Automation 30.3%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #46 Life Below
70% matchVery Positive84% of 198 reviews2026
Dev: MegapopPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
Why similar: Underwater 36.7% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #47 Orebound
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 976 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Resource Management 20.1%, Open World 14.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 11.5%
- #48 Dragon Forge
73% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful dragon & automate massive factories! Dragon Forge is an incremental base building adventure game. Uncurse & explore a huge fantasy world full of quests. Gather resources & craft upgrades to become unstoppable! Discover over 100 fables of ancient wisdom at the Dragon Forge.
Why similar: Automation 23%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 8.6%
- #49 ALL WILL FALL
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,385 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 18.7%, City Builder 15.6%, Sandbox 13%, Building 8.4%
- #50 subROV : Underwater Discoveries
71% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: sqr3lab
Windows
Pilot a remotely operated submarine and explore the oceans! Defy the darkness and crushing pressure of the deeps as you chart unknown regions and study new species of ocean life.
Why similar: Underwater 46% ★, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #51 Factorio
69% 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 35.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Sandbox 10.6%, Resource Management 10.2%, Open World 7.3%
- #52 Flotsam
68% matchVery Positive81% of 4,563 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Base Building 13.8%, City Builder 12.3%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #53 Blossom: The Seed of Life
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,019 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Base Building 15%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.3%
- #54 Critter Cove
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,931 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Underwater 41.9% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Open World 16.5%, Sandbox 14.4%, Exploration 8%
- #55 SpaceCraft
66% matchMixed65% of 2,687 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Open World 15.8%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%
- #56 Microtopia
65% matchVery Positive87% of 966 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 13.5%, City Builder 12.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #57 Incremental Factory
68% 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 40.2%, Sandbox 14.4%, Resource Management 13.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 11.3%
- #58 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
65% matchVery Positive84% of 2,273 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Automation 23.7%, Building 15%, Base Building 12.4%, Open World 11.5%, City Builder 10.5%