Games Like Endless Engine

A management and automation game built like a tower defense: the assault is a queue of trucks, the turrets are shredders. Build an automated recycling yard, equip your drones, and swallow waves of waste that only get heavier. One jammed queue and the yard shuts down.

Why similar: Automation 29%, Time Management 17.6%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Building 8.2%

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: Automation 29.2%, Building 11.2%, Resource Management 8.9%, Base Building 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%

Factory Automation game that takes simulation to new heights! Dive into a world where you have the power to turn your small CPU factory into a world-leading factory, becoming a pillar in the global economy.

Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Resource Management 12.4%, Time Management 11%, Economy 8.6%, Simulation 8.6%

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 35.5%, Resource Management 13.9%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 10.3%

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 34%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Base Building 9%, Building 8.4%

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 35.4%, Simulation 14%, Time Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 10.1%

Run the internet your way. Build infrastructure, control traffic, stop outages, and grow a basement hosting startup into a global powerhouse.

Why similar: Time Management 23.5%, Simulation 18.5%, Resource Management 15.6%, Economy 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%

Paystreak is a top-down gold mining tycoon about running your own modern day gold rush. Take over a small claim, start by hand, and reinvest every ounce into machines, crews, and new land. Sell when the price is right and turn a struggling camp into a mining empire.

Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Time Management 20.4%, Building 11%, Resource Management 9.9%, Simulation 9.8%

In MegaFactory Tycoon, you are the manager of a fully automated factory. The factory produces consumer products that can be sold for profit on the central market. The factory is fully simulated in real-time.

Why similar: Automation 34.6%, Simulation 17%, Building 15.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Economy 8.4%

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 31.1%, Time Management 15.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 10.2%

Build a server empire from a rural farm. Place buildings and generators, rack routers and servers, cable real networks, power everything correctly, then sign clients and keep them online as you grow from a shed into a serious hosting business.

Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Time Management 20.8%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 8.9%, Economy 8.8%

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Simulation 18.9%, Building 13.3%, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 11.9%

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 29.1%, Time Management 16%, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 8.4%, Stylized 7.3%

Ten Thousand Li Wall is a city-building strategy game with automation elements where you construct and defend the Great Wall. Manage your settlements, build intricate supply chains, and ensure your people never lose faith in their wise ruler.

Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Time Management 12.9%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, Simulation 8.5%

Build, make money, create, repeat. Rejuvan is a game about making the most efficient factories on your own little island. Use everything you can think of to maximize profits and keep the narrative on track. Keep in mind that, at certain money thresholds, your experience may unexpectedly change.

Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Time Management 22.1%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Economy 8.3%

In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.

Why similar: Automation 44.1%, Building 17.7%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Resource Management 9.1%

From a single tree to an entire industry! Manage and automate your lumber business in this relaxing, yet challenging Sawmill Simulator. Start small, grow rich, dominate the market.

Why similar: Time Management 19.8%, Automation 18.7%, Resource Management 12.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Building 9.4%

A cookie factory automation puzzle where new orders force you to rework a running factory. Combine dough colors, shapes, and toppings, share limited machines and modules across production lines, and split or merge rails. One expired order ends the run. How long can you keep the ovens running?

Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Time Management 17.8%, Resource Management 13%, Building 10.4%, Logic 8.6%

A physics based sawmill simulation - tycoon where logs aren't just rigid icons, but physical objects that roll, collide, and jam. Automate complex production lines, master a dynamic market index, and turn waste into green energy.

Why similar: Automation 35.7%, Building 14.1%, Simulation 14.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Economy 10%

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 37.4%, Resource Management 16.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 9%, Economy 8.3%

Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting

Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Resource Management 15.5%, Building 14.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 7.9%

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 35.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Base Building 9%

Prodix is a 2D isometric factory automation game, where the goal is to import, export, and automate your production of many different materials and items; while also managing company relationships through contracts.

Why similar: Automation 41.6%, Simulation 17%, Time Management 11.3%, Resource Management 11%, Building 7.7%

Infinite Digital Factory is a dark neon 2D automation game where numbers power every production line. Extract values, route them through independent pipes, combine larger numbers, upgrade the central core, and expand across layers with elevators, portals, space modules, and blueprints.

Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Resource Management 15.4%, Building 13.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Base Building 9.6%

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: Automation 29.3%, Time Management 16.7%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 9%, Simulation 8.6%

Build, renovate and manage your hotel to keep your guests happy. Increase your star rating, but be careful - unhappy guests leave bad reviews and you don't want to lose your hotel!

Why similar: Time Management 24.2%, Building 15.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Base Building 9.4%

Build a medieval monastery and master deep logistics, a transport network to optimize and intricate production chains. Optimize every cart, every path and every building as your monastery prospers.

Why similar: Automation 33.1%, Resource Management 13.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 7.6%

Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!

Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Building 14.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Logic 8.4%

Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.

Why similar: Automation 39.7%, Resource Management 14.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.7%

CosmoFab is a factory-building game focused on mining, production, and automation. Mine resources and build production lines to create a fully automated industrial system. Defend your base against relentless hostile creatures, explore the planet, and complete your mission.

Why similar: Automation 40%, Resource Management 15.2%, Building 12.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Base Building 11%

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 33.4%, Building 16.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Resource Management 10.2%

Shape your garden. Shape your luck. Use flowers and filters to guide ladybugs and change their colors and numbers, then hit the slots in the black moon. Cash out before your ecosystem collapses, or risk it all for a bigger payout. Unlock permanent upgrades and grow a greater garden.

Why similar: Automation 39.5%, Resource Management 17.8%, Building 14%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 8.1%

Build cars step-by-step in a factory sim. Design vehicles, build your garage layout, hire and train workers, manage parking inventory, and sell cars through customer orders or walk-in buyers as you expand your operation.

Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Simulation 18.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Economy 10.7%, Building 10.4%

Run your own cozy patisserie and grow your fortune! Serve coffee, fresh pastries, and orange juice to customers, unlock new recipes, and decorate your patisserie to make it more charming and profitable.

Why similar: Automation 34.6%, Time Management 30.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 9.7%, Resource Management 6%

Manage your own adult supermarket! Hire staff, stock shelves with 70+ unique adult products, set prices, expand your store, and satisfy your customers’ desires. Unlock new items and create the ultimate shopping experience for adults!

Why similar: Time Management 17.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Automation 13.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Economy 11.9%

We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!

Why similar: Automation 37.1%, Building 13.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Base Building 7.7%

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: Automation 37%, Simulation 14.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Base Building 8.4%

Build a cloud provider from a garage to a hyperscaler - rack the hardware, run every cable, route the traffic, keep customers online. A first-person infrastructure sim where ports, power, fault domains, RSTP and BGP do real work, not flavour text. Readable for newcomers, honest for engineers.

Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Time Management 18.6%, Building 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Base Building 7.8%

Step into the world of industrial production and become a master in factory-building! Create efficient production lines and manage your resources. As you progress through the game, you'll need to complete challenges for a certain company in order to rank up and unlock new technologies!

Why similar: Automation 32.6%, Simulation 17.4%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 10.2%, Strategy 10%

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 31.4%, Time Management 14.1%, Resource Management 13.5%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 9.3%

Take on the role of a warehouse manager overseeing a bustling hub of automated activity. In this immersive simulator, you'll delve into the intricacies of logistics as you control robots, construct efficient road networks, and fine-tune traffic flow to optimize your warehouse operations.

Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Time Management 13.2%, Building 12.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 9%

Build and manage your own supermarket in Store Tycoon. Order products, stock shelves, hire and schedule staff, manage deliveries and expenses, and keep customers happy. Track sales, level up, unlock new products, and turn your small shop into a successful retail business.

Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Time Management 26.4%, Building 12.7%, Economy 8.9%, Simulation 7.6%

Ultimate Theater Simulator is a first-person cinema management game where you screen movies, serve snacks, hire staff, handle chaos, and grow your dream theater from the ground up.

Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Time Management 21.8%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Resource Management 9%

The company is falling apart, and you're both the HR cleaning up the mess and the CEO profiting from it. Optimize people, rebuild workflows, automate production, and watch the numbers go up.

Why similar: Time Management 26%, Automation 16.7%, Resource Management 12.9%, Logic 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%

As CEO, build a ruthless corporate empire! Solve spatial factory puzzles, master complex supply chains, and manipulate dynamic markets to maximise profit. Mobilise local workforces, fund high-tech R&D, and construct colossal megaprojects to satisfy your demanding Parent Company.

Why similar: Automation 27.4%, Resource Management 15.7%, Building 11.7%, Economy 11%, Base Building 10.1%

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 38%, Resource Management 12.4%, Minimalist 9%, Simulation 8.1%, Logic 7.9%

Survive through Lapland's frozen beauty in this Sámi-inspired survival strategy game. Don't conquer nature, listen to it. Master the seasons in a fragile ecosystem where sustainability is the only way to endure.

Why similar: Time Management 26.8%, Resource Management 17.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Survival 13.5%, Strategy 10.4%

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: Automation 35.3%, Building 20.6%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 10.2%

Dig Inc. is a game about managing your mining company. Mine for resources in a procedurally generated map, fill your increasing daily quotas, and sell ores raw, or set up production between runs to refine them for higher profits. Invest your earnings into a growing talent tree.

Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Time Management 19.4%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Economy 8.9%

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 32.1%, Resource Management 16%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Base Building 9%

Automate the ultimate Korean kitchen. Route belts, watch ingredients transform, and physically assemble each kimbap roll step by step. Discover new recipes, fulfill requests, and expand your kitchen at your own pace. No pressure, no timers, just a satisfying and unique casual factory experience.

Why similar: Automation 37.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Building 10.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 8%

Crystalia is a first-person tower defense game mixing automation, management and exploration set in a utopian sci-fi world built on crystal extraction. Dig into caves, build autonomous defense zones and uncover the history of a civilization shaped around crystals.

Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Time Management 21.7%, Resource Management 14.6%, Building 13.4%, Strategy 7.2%

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: Automation 31.3%, Building 14%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 8.6%, Simulation 7.9%

The Factory Must Grow is a 3D first-person factory builder where you mine resources, craft machines, and research tech. Begin by unlocking your first technology, then expand into a sprawling, multi-layered production empire. From small setups to massive systems, your imagination is the only limit!

Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Simulation 17.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 10.5%, Strategy 9%

Congratulations! You've been hired by an elite organization that cooks for gods. Farm, automate, and cook gourmet meals to appease divine beings.

Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Time Management 20.2%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Base Building 7.2%

A relaxing automation game where building a factory stays simple. Create production lines, connect your buildings, and unlock new technologies without worrying about ratios. Just ask yourself one question: What does this item need?

Why similar: Automation 42.7%, Building 17.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Logic 6.5%

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 35.9%, Simulation 21.4%, Building 15.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Resource Management 8%

BH Simulator is a fun and immersive airport logistics game. As a baggage hub manager, build efficient conveyor systems to sort, unload, and load luggage. Plan smart routes, avoid bottlenecks, and prove you're the boss of the baggage game. Can you turn chaos into perfect order?

Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Time Management 16.9%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Economy 9.6%

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 30.8%, Building 13.9%, Resource Management 11.1%, Simulation 9.6%, Base Building 8.5%

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 26.4%, Time Management 15.6%, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 11.4%, Base Building 8.2%