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Games Like Factory Planner: First Sparks

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Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 122 reviews
Released: 2025-10-10
Developer: Lebleby Games
Publisher: Red Axe Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Factory Planner
    97% matchMostly Positive71% of 389 reviews2026
    Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
    Windows

    Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.

    Why similar: Solitaire 20.2%, Tabletop 13.1%, Card Game 12.6%, Automation 10.4%, Sandbox 9.2%

  2. #2 Satisfactory
    96% 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 33.5%, Sandbox 18.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 7.5%

  3. #3 Factory Outlet Simulator: Prologue
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 458 reviews2024
    Dev: PISHO
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    Factory Outlet Simulator is a very comprehensive clothes manufacturing and selling game. You can produce the products of world famous brands in your factory and sell them. Or you can expand your business and create your own brand. Use your business acumen to lead the market from zero to the top!

    Why similar: Simulation 57.7%, Automation 17%, Resource Management 12%, Management 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  4. #4 Cookard
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 2,439 reviews2024
    Dev: Panitia GameDev
    Windows · Mac

    Cookard is a cooking game where you run a restaurant by stacking cards to prepare and serve dishes to customers.

    Why similar: Card Game 20.4%, Solitaire 19.8%, Tabletop 13.1%, Automation 10.8%, Simulation 6.1%

  5. #5 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 248 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%

    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: Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 21.7%, Automation 20.6%, Management 12.5%, Casual 9.5%

  6. #6 Scrap Collector
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 128 reviews2025
    Dev: Wibert
    Windows

    Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.

    Why similar: Tabletop 31.2%, Card Game 29.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Management 10.7%, Crafting 8%

  7. #7 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
    93% matchMostly Positive77% of 506 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    This is a free version of Smart Factory Tycoon, a game inspired by Little Big Workshop introducing the first productions. Smart Factory Tycoon is a tycoon management game where you design your dream factory with robots, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!

    Why similar: Simulation 23.4%, Strategy 22.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Management 13.6%, Automation 9.3%

  8. #8 shapez
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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 26.6%, Sandbox 18.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Simulation 7.9%

  9. #9 Beer Factory - Prologue
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,021 reviews2023
    Dev: AKELPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.

    Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Simulation 26.4%, Sandbox 16%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 8%

  10. #10 ReFactory
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 reviews2022
    Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
    Windows

    Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

    Why similar: Strategy 21.8%, Simulation 21.4%, Automation 16.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Casual 9.6%

  11. #11 shapez 2 - Factory
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,091 reviews2026
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

    Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Management 9.8%

  12. #12 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Bosphorus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.

    Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 19.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 8.9%

  13. #13 Incremental Factory
    89% 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 24.5%, Simulation 17%, Sandbox 16.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Crafting 10.3%

  14. #14 Industry Idle
    88% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,484 reviews2024
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.

    Why similar: Automation 26.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Sandbox 15.5%, Management 8.4%

  15. #15 Upload Labs
    84% matchVery Positive92% of 8,354 reviews2025
    Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

    Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Simulation 31.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 9.9%, Sci-fi 5.4%

  16. #16 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows

    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: Simulation 19.9%, Automation 19.8%, Sandbox 19.4%, Strategy 18.8%, Casual 8.1%

  17. #17 Factorio
    85% 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 34.8%, Sandbox 19.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Resource Management 7.8%

  18. #18 Drink Factory Simulator - Prologue
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
    Dev: Agosto Game StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Build your own beverage empire from scratch! 🍹 Experiment with recipes, find the perfect blend, expand your factory and fulfill massive orders. Every drop is your call!

    Why similar: Simulation 49.6%, Casual 27.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Management 6.7%, Resource Management 4.7%

  19. #19 Crafting Idle Clicker
    86% matchMixed49% of 933 reviews2020
    Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!

    Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Sandbox 18.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 10.9%

  20. #20 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 703 reviews2021
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Tabletop 31.7%, Strategy 21.1%, Simulation 20.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Management 9%

  21. #21 Stacks:Space!
    83% matchVery Positive84% of 108 reviews2023
    Dev: Stacks:Engine
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Stacks:Space is a space-themed base builder card game with rogue-like elements. Buy booster packs to get new cards, discover craft recipes by stacking cards together, create structures, manufacture drones and droids, defend your base from enemies, visit distant planets, and more!

    Why similar: Card Game 43.2%, Casual 14.4%, Crafting 13%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Management 8.5%

  22. #22 A.D.D. (Anomaly Detection Department)
    81% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2026
    Dev: One More SpoonPub: Jungle Game Lab
    Windows

    A.D.D is a management simulation game where you run operations for a company investigating the Backrooms. Connect nodes, build workflows, dispatch employees, and deliver the results the company demands.

    Why similar: Card Game 28%, Tabletop 22.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 8.6%

  23. #23 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 207 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 26.4%, Simulation 14.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 10.3%

  24. #24 TCG Card Shop Simulator: Prologue
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 5,770 reviews2024
    Dev: OPNeon Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Open your local game store early with the Prologue version, which includes main gameplay of the full version, but with limited progression. Stock shelves with booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, sell cards to customer.

    Why similar: Simulation 55.1%, Management 27%, Card Game 15.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  25. #25 Car Manufacture: Prologue
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2023
    Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Build a car factory in the beginning of XX century. Discover new cars and technologies. Manage employees. Make tons of money and stay on top. Car Manufacture: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try this automotive tycoon game.

    Why similar: Simulation 24.7%, Strategy 23.2%, Sandbox 20.7%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 7.2%

  26. #26 Figure Shop Simulator: Prologue
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 100 reviews2025
    Dev: Gnome Games
    Windows

    In this free version of the game, manage your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your warehouse, complete collections, follow trends, and grow your business!

    Why similar: Simulation 26.6%, Casual 21%, Automation 15.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 7.9%

  27. #27 Microtopia: Prologue
    78% matchVery Positive95% of 129 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 21.6%, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Crafting 9.4%

  28. #28 Food Processing Simulator
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 335 reviews2026
    Dev: Bewolba Studios
    Windows

    Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

    Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Sandbox 24.3%, Simulation 23.2%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 6.7%

  29. #29 Block Factory
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 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.

    Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Management 9.2%

  30. #30 Little Big Workshop
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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

    Why similar: Simulation 28%, Strategy 24%, Automation 14%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 9.5%

  31. #31 Stacklands
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,157 reviews2022
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    Why similar: Card Game 26.5%, Solitaire 20.7%, Tabletop 15.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 8.4%

  32. #32 MineMogul
    72% 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 24.7%, Sandbox 15.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Crafting 8.9%

  33. #33 Factory Engineer
    80% matchMixed46% of 133 reviews2017
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.

    Why similar: Simulation 26.1%, Strategy 23.3%, Sandbox 18.4%, Automation 13.3%, Management 6.7%

  34. #34 Alchemy Factory
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

    Why similar: Automation 28.8%, Sandbox 19.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Crafting 9.1%

  35. #35 Green New Deal Simulator
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 115 reviews2023
    Dev: Molleindustria
    Windows · Mac

    Achieve zero emissions and full employment in this casual card-driven game.

    Why similar: Card Game 37.2%, Simulation 21%, Casual 12.7%, Management 7.9%, Cute 7.9%

  36. #36 Sandustry
    71% 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 22%, Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Crafting 10.4%

  37. #37 Final Factory
    75% 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 22.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Crafting 9.3%

  38. #38 MoteMancer
    73% 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 24.4%, Sandbox 18.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Crafting 8.6%

  39. #39 Candy Machine
    79% matchMostly Negative34% of 50 reviews2017
    Dev: Colossal Wreck
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 220.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Run a candy factory. Place machines and conveyors and feed them different mixtures of ingredients to create candy

    Why similar: Sandbox 24.5%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 12%, Casual 9.3%

  40. #40 Builderment
    75% 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 25.8%, Sandbox 16.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Strategy 9.5%

  41. #41 Modulus: Factory Automation
    71% 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 21.1%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Management 8.7%

  42. #42 Factory Town
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 25%, Sandbox 19.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Crafting 10.1%

  43. #43 Mini Settlers: Prologue
    71% 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.

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  44. #44 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
    69% 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!

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  45. #45 Supercar Collection Simulator: Prologue
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2025
    Dev: Kiki Games
    Windows

    Start your own toy car store! Open surprise boxes, expand your collection and start selling. A world of speed awaits you in your shop!

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  46. #46 Star Birds
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,102 reviews2025
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 27.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 11%, Crafting 10.3%, Strategy 9.9%

  47. #47 Idle Research
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,898 reviews2022
    Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 76.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.

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  48. #48 Center Station Simulator
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 575 reviews2024
    Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
    Windows

    Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...

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  49. #49 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
    Dev: Evil Goose Games
    Windows

    Welcome to Inn Tycoon: Prologue! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!

    Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 19.1%, Management 11.9%, Casual 10.6%

  50. #50 Techtonica
    68% 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 21.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Exploration 7.3%

  51. #51 Paper Kingdom
    68% matchMixed59% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: obece
    Windows

    Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.

    Why similar: Solitaire 23%, Card Game 21.4%, Tabletop 18%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 7.4%

  52. #52 Learning Factory
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 523 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.

    Why similar: Automation 21%, Sandbox 17.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Management 10%

  53. #53 Cardeneer
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2023
    Dev: Nordic Softworks
    Windows

    Create your own card game or dive straight into playing a variety of community-made games! The goal is to have the best editor for creating card games.

    Why similar: Card Game 45.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 13%, 2D 4.4%

  54. #54 Farlight Explorers
    72% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

    Why similar: Sandbox 33.9%, Strategy 27.1%, Simulation 25.5%, Indie 7.1%, Crafting 6.4%

  55. #55 Table Battle Simulator
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2026
    Dev: Kiki Games
    Windows

    Ready to build your own figure empire? Open surprise boxes, collect rare warriors, and manage your shop. Set up your table, master strategic tabletop battles, and become the city's ultimate collector!

    Why similar: Tabletop 30.1%, Card Game 25.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 9.4%

  56. #56 Rise of Humanity: Prologue
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2021
    Dev: Cybernetic Walrus
    Windows

    Experience the first events taking place in Rise of Humanity – a game that uniquely fuses turn-based strategy & deck-building. Build decks for each hero, collect, upgrade & merge powerful cards, and plan your strategy wisely to save humankind from the machines!

    Why similar: Tabletop 35.7%, Card Game 32.6%, Strategy 18.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Colorful 5.1%

  57. #57 3D Printer Manager
    65% matchMostly Positive75% of 83 reviews2026
    Dev: Smushii
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Start in a bedroom with one 3D printer and build a manufacturing empire! Manage filaments, upgrade machines, hire staff, and expand into a factory in this addictive idle tycoon game.

    Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Casual 11.4%, Management 10.3%

  58. #58 FOUNDRY
    65% 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 20.9%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 14.7%, Crafting 9.6%

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