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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Automation, Simulation, Crafting.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 78% — of 23 reviews
Released: 2024-08-27
Developer: Martin Buck Software
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ursa Dev
    Windows · Linux

    Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.

    Why similar: Mining 18%, Automation 14.7%, Colony Sim 11.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 7.4%

  2. #2 Bouncekraft
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jordan Davis Graphics Adapter
    Windows · Mac

    A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.

    Why similar: Mining 27.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Automation 15.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%

  3. #3 Exovia
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows

    Free your mind as you mine an asteroid in zero gravity, creating floaters that drift through the oddly satisfying physics-driven supply chains YOU design to pave humanity's road to the stars.

    Why similar: Mining 21.8%, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 7.7%

  4. #4 The Last Starship
    95% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
    Dev: Introversion Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

    Why similar: Mining 20.9%, Automation 12.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Colony Sim 11.3%, Sandbox 9.7%

  5. #5 Space Architect
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Mining 13.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 8.4%

  6. #6 Flow Factory
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Smuie
    Windows

    Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.

    Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Mining 15.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 8.6%

  7. #7 Incremental Factory
    93% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    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 24.2%, Mining 16.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Base Building 9.2%

  8. #8 Truck City
    92% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
    Dev: Mikel Fernandez
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.

    Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Mining 16.3%, Base Building 12.4%, Colony Sim 9.4%, Sandbox 9%

  9. #9 Tempered Forge: Lands of Mine
    91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: Sticklen Games
    Windows

    Mine resources, craft tools, and battle fierce underground enemies as you explore, trade, and build your way back to the stars. Level up, upgrade your gear, and automate your processes for ultimate efficiency. Play solo or team up with a friend in this 1-2 player mining and combat adventure.

    Why similar: Mining 22.9%, Automation 18%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.7%

  10. #10 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!

    Why similar: Mining 29.5%, Automation 21%, Sandbox 12.1%, Base Building 7.1%, Building 6.9%

  11. #11 Automation Empire
    91% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 26.7%, Base Building 16.2%, Mining 12.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 8.4%

  12. #12 Potion Pipeline
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Milkbag Games
    Windows

    Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!

    Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Strategy 11.3%

  13. #13 Survival Vacancy
    89% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

    Why similar: Automation 18.6%, Colony Sim 16%, Mining 14.9%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 9.1%

  14. #14 Astro Colony
    88% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 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 23.3%, Base Building 18.1%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Space 9.8%, Sandbox 8.2%

  15. #15 Hydroneer
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
    Dev: Foulball Hangover
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!

    Why similar: Mining 27.9%, Automation 23.3%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 8.8%

  16. #16 Illuminaria
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Selva Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.

    Why similar: Mining 22.8%, Automation 18.2%, Base Building 16%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Building 9.4%

  17. #17 Outer Factory
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kescoding
    Windows

    Outer Factory is a peaceful and minimalist simulation where you design automated factories on different planets. Create complex infrastructures with simplified building mechanics. Enjoy your work as an interplanetary automation expert.

    Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 17.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 7.8%

  18. #18 MineMogul
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 24.1%, Mining 24.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.1%

  19. #19 Hammerting
    86% matchMixed57% of 2,576 reviews2021
    Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

    Why similar: Mining 21.1%, Automation 17.9%, Colony Sim 13.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 8.3%

  20. #20 Kastle Kraft
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Infinite and Unbound Studios
    Windows

    Gather, craft, and then automate resources to build fabulous Kastles. Beware the locals don't like you destroying their land. Defend your Kastles through combat and defenses. Explore the land to find additional recipes, resources, and items to help you defend and build your Kingdom!

    Why similar: Mining 24.7%, Automation 21.6%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 8.7%

  21. #21 Oreguard: Mining Endeavors
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Noditot
    Windows · Linux

    Descend into the depths, extract valuable resources, and turn them into the engine of a growing industrial operation. Build underground infrastructure and process everything on the surface to expand your production and unlock increasingly powerful upgrades.

    Why similar: Mining 29.1%, Automation 18.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.6%

  22. #22 Captain of Industry
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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 32.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Mining 10.4%, Colony Sim 8.9%, Economy 8.2%

  23. #23 Automation Station
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Boxbot Games
    Windows

    Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.

    Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 11%, Crafting 10.8%

  24. #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 26%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 8.6%

  25. #25 Factory Town 2: Paradise
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac

    Build and automate a tropical island village at the base of a sentient volcano. Use conveyor belts, boats, trains, catapults and ziplines to produce and deliver everything your town needs!

    Why similar: Automation 22.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.2%

  26. #26 Dawn Apart
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
    Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
    Windows

    Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

    Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Space 8%

  27. #27 Starground
    78% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
    Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows · Linux

    Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!

    Why similar: Mining 26.9%, Automation 20.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.5%

  28. #28 shapez
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    Why similar: Automation 31%, Base Building 17.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 7.5%

  29. #29 Dungeon D14
    80% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
    Dev: EhtChaos
    Windows

    You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.

    Why similar: Mining 28.8%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 9.2%

  30. #30 Infindustry
    79% matchMixed57% of 42 reviews2022
    Dev: plyoung
    Windows · Linux

    A relaxing industry/factory builder where you build, manage, automate, optimize, and expand an industrial village by exploiting various resources to create items.

    Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Mining 20.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 11%, Building 8.6%

  31. #31 Islandustry
    77% 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: Automation 28%, Base Building 17.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 7.6%

  32. #32 Galaxy Too Far
    76% matchMixed58% of 11 reviews2024
    Dev: BonaDies
    Windows

    Another world is about to become a resource colony for your Creator. Prove your usefulness. Spread your influence across the planet. Take all resources you can reach. Build a base on the surface and in space. Сomplete the construction of an intergalactic beacon to absorb the entire planet.

    Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Mining 17.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 8.6%

  33. #33 Colony
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Orbit Games
    Windows · Mac

    Craft, defend, and conquer in Colony! Solo or with friends. Engage in battles against rival colonies, harness automation for efficient production, explore new islands with new resources, and master the art of survival. Don't wait, your colony needs you!

    Why similar: Mining 23%, Automation 22%, Colony Sim 17.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 9.6%

  34. #34 Builderment
    76% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2023
    Dev: Builderment LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!

    Why similar: Automation 29.1%, Base Building 18.4%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 9.5%

  35. #35 Moose Miners
    75% matchMixed68% of 514 reviews2024
    Dev: Lingon Studios
    Windows
    Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 146.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.

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  36. #36 Star Ores Inc.
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 293 reviews2025
    Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
    Windows

    Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.

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  37. #37 Pinsky Protocol
    74% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Colmillo Estelar
    Windows

    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.

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  38. #38 Vilset
    77% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
    Dev: Another Reality
    Windows

    Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.

    Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Colony Sim 20%, Base Building 17.1%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%

  39. #39 Jigsaw Industry
    73% 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.

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  40. #40 Clipper
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Adequate Games
    Windows · Linux

    An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.

    Why similar: Automation 31.8%, Colony Sim 19.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 9.9%

  41. #41 Stationeers
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

    Why similar: Mining 18.9%, Automation 17.2%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 8.7%

  42. #42 Facteroids
    72% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

    Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

    Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Mining 20.6%, Base Building 15%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Sandbox 11.3%

  43. #43 Pistonica
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Cutting Corner Games
    Windows

    Pistonica invites you into a calm, open world where steam and machines meet. In this first-person steam automation game, you build and automate a refined factory, explore an island, research tech, and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.

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  44. #44 Kardashev
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
    Windows

    Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale.

    Why similar: Automation 35.1%, Base Building 20.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Space 12.3%, Crafting 9.7%

  45. #45 We Need More Steam!
    72% 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: Automation 32.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 13%, Building 11.6%, Management 6.5%

  46. #46 The Last Seed
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: YebStudio
    Windows

    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 26.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 9%

  47. #47 Nightwater
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio Ashty
    Windows · Linux

    Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.

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  48. #48 iCorp
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Martin Souček
    Windows

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    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 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.

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  50. #50 The Crust
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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.

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  51. #51 Reprocessed
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Macrostructura
    Windows

    Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.

    Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Base Building 17.9%, Sandbox 13%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%

  52. #52 Dig a Little Deeper
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Unbound Sparks
    Windows · Mac

    Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!

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  53. #53 MoteMancer
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 236 reviews2025
    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

    An alchemical automation game of logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element offers unique tools for power, transport, and defense, rewarding adaptation and experimentation. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this Hex-Grid sandbox.

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  54. #54 AETHUS
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2026
    Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
    Windows

    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.

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  55. #55 Star Crafter
    66% matchMixed69% of 104 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.

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  56. #56 Ascend Factory
    69% matchNo user 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!

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  57. #57 Death By FrostByte
    70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
    Dev: Stormee Games
    Windows

    Build up your company to mine resources and manufacture parts, research new technologies, build up your industry with limited resources. Can you survive the harsh arctic climates of a new ice age?

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  58. #58 Modulus: Factory Automation
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
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    Build, automate, & optimize elegant production lines, in a factory made from modules you create. Whether you’re solving intricate logistics puzzles or designing aesthetically pleasing factories, Modulus is built for creative expression. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.

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  59. #59 Factory Town
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

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  60. #60 A Planet of Mine Legacy
    69% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2019
    Dev: Tuesday Quest
    Windows

    A Planet of Mine is a mini procedural 4X. Starting from a single and unique planet, survive, gather and combine resources, develop your technologies and start the conquest of space.

    Why similar: Mining 20.7%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 10%, Automation 9.9%

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