- #1 TowerLine
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mehmet Melih Solt
Windows
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 13.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Crafting 10.1%
- #2 shapez
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,453 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 32.6%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #3 One More Turret
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CNES Studio
Windows
One More Turret is an automation and tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Gather resources and enemy loot to construct intricate factory while defending against relentless monster waves. Can you strike the perfect balance between production and defense?
Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Crafting 7.8%
- #4 Builderment
95% matchMixed67% of 121 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 30.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 13.3%, Crafting 10.1%, City Builder 6.4%
- #5 Factorio
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 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 36.8%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 14.4%, Crafting 7.7%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #6 Outer Factory
94% 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 29.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 9.8%, Minimalist 7.5%
- #7 Mito
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Deer Games
Windows
A plant-sim automation game with resource management and roguelike progression. Build transport networks, manage resource flow, unlock mutations, and stack synergies as you spread across procedurally generated biomes.
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Resource Management 14.9%, Base Building 12%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Nature 7.2%
- #8 Plantile
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daivy
Windows · Linux
Plantile is a grid-based game about building your plant factory. Start from a single seed, expand your production overtime, and reach full automation by utilizing advanced tiles!
Why similar: Automation 34%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 15.2%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #9 Cartefact
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sillage Games
Windows · Mac
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 40.4%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 16.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 5.1%
- #10 Islandustry
91% 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 30.9%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 10%, Management 6.9%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #11 Captain of Industry
90% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 36.6%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 17.8%, Management 6.4%, Colony Sim 5.4%
- #12 Odd Realm
89% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Automation 18.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, Colony Sim 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #13 Doodle Factory
89% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Jan Francis Berdan
Windows
Welcome to Doodle Factory - your ticket to the world of factory fun! Dive into building and designing with ever-changing boards. Get creative, boost your efficiency with cool upgrades, and make each factory uniquely yours!
Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 14%, Minimalist 10.5%, City Builder 7.1%
- #14 Automation Station
88% 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 30.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Crafting 9.3%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #15 Automatica
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Dev
Windows
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 39.8%, Resource Management 17.7%, Management 11.2%, Minimalist 7.3%, Crafting 7.1%
- #16 plexum
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Jephinca
Windows
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 36.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 16.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7%
- #17 Factory Town
86% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 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!
Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 12.7%, Colony Sim 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%
- #18 Jigsaw Industry
85% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Light Game
Windows
Jigsaw Industry is a game that allows you to unleash your creativity and fully enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own factory to combine and process different shapes and colors. A fully automated and intelligent factory can be achieved through digital circuits, logic signals, and other means.
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 16.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 7%
- #19 Proto Garden
84% 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 30.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 10.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Nature 7.2%
- #20 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: weathering
Windows
从钻木取火,到飞向银河!《挂机工厂》是一款麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的流水线建设游戏。种田→畜牧→冶金→工业革命→开辟航线→电子芯片→改造星球→探索宇宙,用你的双手创造这一切!
Why similar: Automation 39.7%, Base Building 22%, Resource Management 10.4%, City Builder 7.8%, Simulation 6.1%
- #21 Factory Magnate
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Rising TailPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
A casual factory builder for everyone. Construct production lines, complete objectives, and unlock new machines as you grow your industrial empire—no stress, no combat, just satisfying progress.
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 15.5%, Management 7.5%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #22 Substructure
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dubious DesignPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 13.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Management 6.9%
- #23 Common'hood
84% matchMixed52% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Base Building 18%, Automation 17.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Colony Sim 10.1%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #24 Poop Right Now
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: 晓猫
Windows
"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 35.2%, Base Building 20.9%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #25 Beyond These Stars
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Colony Sim 10.7%, Management 7.3%
- #26 Microtopia
79% matchVery Positive87% of 928 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 23.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Colony Sim 9.7%
- #27 Pistonica
79% 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.
Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 14.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 6.3%
- #28 PoliPlanet
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 30%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #29 Infindustry
80% 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 28.3%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 13.2%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Crafting 7%
- #30 Biofactory
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bioreactor Studios
Windows
Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.
Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Management 7.3%
- #31 Potion Pipeline
77% 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 34.2%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 8.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #32 Dinky Guardians
77% matchVery Positive81% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Crafting 9.9%
- #33 GlowCore
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CNDY StudiosPub: Nat Games
Windows
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 24.5%, Resource Management 21.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Nature 7.6%
- #34 Beltmatic
76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,089 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 31.9%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 14.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #35 MoteMancer
75% matchVery Positive93% of 243 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.
Why similar: Automation 32%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Management 7%
- #36 Mob Factory
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 35.4%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 8.3%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #37 Flow Factory
74% 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 32.6%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 14.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 7%
- #38 Factory Trashcension
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Factory Trashcension
Windows
Factory Trashcension is a first-person open-world factory creation and optimization game with unlimited possibilities. Play with your friends and design efficient factories to TRASHCEND without worries and explore a v a p o r w a v e inspired universe!
Why similar: Automation 31.9%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #39 Factory Town 2: Paradise
73% 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 27.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Colony Sim 7.9%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #40 Star Birds
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,717 reviews2025
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!
Why similar: Automation 28.2%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 15.2%, Minimalist 10.7%, Crafting 8.3%
- #41 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Management 7.7%
- #42 Galaxy Scavengers
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 24.9%, Automation 15.8%, Resource Management 15.2%, Colony Sim 9.3%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #43 Dyson Sphere Program
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.1 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 36.6%, Base Building 21.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 6.6%, Building 6.1%
- #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 41%, Base Building 22.9%, Resource Management 15.6%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #45 Forge Industry
72% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows · Mac
Forge your destiny as a blacksmith! Automate your workshops, optimize your supply chain, research new materials, craft legendary weapons, and cast your place in the world.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Management 8.1%
- #46 Satisfactory
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 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 35.3%, Base Building 24.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 5.8%
- #47 Chocolate Factory
71% matchMixed56% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Management 7.7%
- #48 Left Stranded
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevBre Games
Windows · Linux
Cast into a medieval kingdom by ancient stones, you must forge, automate, and expand your workshop. Alone or in multiplayer, fulfill royal orders, harness coal, steam, electricity and uncover the secrets that could return you home.
Why similar: Automation 30%, Base Building 17.9%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Minimalist 9.5%
- #49 Microtopia: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive95% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of 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 25.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 12.1%, Colony Sim 10.1%, Crafting 8.5%
- #50 Modulus: Factory Automation
67% matchVery Positive92% of 699 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 8.3%, Crafting 7.8%
- #51 Manaftory
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiyakaru
Windows
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 46.5%, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 18.9%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #52 Untitled Automation Game
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Circuit Studio
Windows
Untitled Automation Game is a automation game blended with mech combat, story and a little bit of magic!
Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 9%, Management 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #53 Alien Planet Survival
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Base Building 21.5%, Resource Management 15.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 6%
- #54 Mini Settlers: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 13%, Minimalist 10.7%, Colony Sim 10.4%
- #55 Belts of Iron
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends
Why similar: Automation 30.4%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 10.3%, City Builder 6%
- #56 The Last Seed
67% 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 31.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Management 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.6%, Crafting 8.1%
- #57 Adaptory
65% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 13%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Procedural Generation 12.3%
- #58 Architect of Ruin
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #59 Node Math
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
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 32.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 14.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Minimalist 8.1%
- #60 Idlings
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Palatine Games
Windows · Mac
A charming idle colony sim about digging through caves, rescuing lost Idlings, and rebuilding an underground world. Think Terraria meets Lemmings, with a little Oxygen Not Included — or perhaps Rusty’s Retirement underground.
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 17.6%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Underground 9.6% ★, Procedural Generation 8.4%