- #1 Tinkertown
96% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 9.2%
- #2 Prospector
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Automation 18%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.4%
- #3 Shards of Azuria
95% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, RPG 19.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Crafting 17.4%, Building 11.3%
- #4 Portal Factory
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MessStudio
Windows · Mac
Portal Factory is an open-world factory-building game with exploration and dungeons. You can play alone or with friends, explore the world through procedural dungeons, and uncover mysteries!
Why similar: Automation 16.7%, Sandbox 16.3%, Crafting 10%, Building 9.9%, RPG 8.6%
- #5 Squaxel
93% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Asuna Marie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover, build, destroy, take a walk on flying islands ! That's only one part from all the things that the game can give you !
Why similar: Adventure 29.9%, Sandbox 28.2%, RPG 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, 2D 7.6%
- #6 Project 5: Sightseer
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Sandbox 25.1%, Building 19.2%, Adventure 17.6%, Open World 7.2%
- #7 Faun Town
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: 游乐坊Pub: 2P Games
Windows
After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Base Building 11.7%, RPG 10.9%, Building 10.2%
- #8 shapez
90% 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 28.6%, Sandbox 17.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 8.6%
- #9 WhyImmortal
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TMM
Windows
What is Immortal is a multiplayer sandbox game with Chinese Immortal Cultivation culture. Players take on the role of a cultivator, exploring, cultivating, refining and other events, during which they will realize the true meaning of "seeking immortality", "the great way" and "longevity".
Why similar: Automation 17.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, RPG 13.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9%
- #10 Advenclave
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zemeck Studios
Windows
Join the Grand Archive in Advenclave - an open world action RPG. You are tasked with filling a magical grimoire with your own story. Learn spells, engage in thrilling combat, and work with the Head Librarian to chronicle your adventures. Explore different realms and cement your place in history!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, RPG 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 9%
- #11 Shuttle World
89% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Starry Sky Team
Windows
Shuttle World is a first person open world sandbox game, integrating exploration, construction, survival, entertainment and other elements. Players can embark on adventures alone in the game, exploring the entire vast planet! Various free gameplay, welcome to download...
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Sandbox 21%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.8%, RPG 10.5%
- #12 River Town Factory: Prologue
88% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 13.8%, RPG 13.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 8.4%
- #13 Evospace
87% matchVery Positive83% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Quantum Rivet
Windows · Mac
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Automation 19.7%, Sandbox 17.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 11.6%
- #14 WebCraft
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tofubur
Windows
Webcraft is a claw machine mixed with open world crafting game in space. Catch resources floating by, craft and expand your base from a single square!
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Sandbox 20%, RPG 15.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 6.8%
- #15 Pistonica
86% 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 29.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 9.9%
- #16 Little Rocket Lab
83% matchVery Positive90% of 1,252 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Sandbox 16.8%, RPG 15.4%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.7%
- #17 TowerLine
84% 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 26.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 12.7%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #18 Phantom
85% matchMostly Negative34% of 173 reviews2017
Dev: Phantomisreal Ltd.
Windows
Phantom is a hard sci-fi survival game. It is very different from other survival games; the player is a robot rather than human. At the same time the game has a pure physics-based construction system, which makes survival and fighting become very fun and different.
Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Sandbox 33.4%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 4.5%
- #19 Escalate
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bastion Entertainment
Windows
A system-heavy RPG sandbox with interlocking skills and progression systems. Build your island, master your abilities, and face the Observer to unlock new features that evolve your gameplay.
Why similar: Sandbox 27%, RPG 24%, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 7.7%
- #20 Hazy Hollow
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Eye Games
Windows
Dig and explore the depth of the earth. Mine and harvest miscellaneous resources. Craft better tools and weapons and expand your base ! Fight against local mobs. Unlock electricity to lighten the darker depths. Automate harvesting to reign on the underground world !
Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 10.9%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #21 Satisfactory
79% 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 27.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 11.1%
- #22 Nova Lands
81% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 24%, Sandbox 16.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 8.3%
- #23 Factorio
80% 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 32.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Crafting 10%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #24 Vitality
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manta Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s the dawn of civilization: the fight for survival is fierce, resources plentiful, and empires nothing more than begrimed huts on the brink of collapse. The world is your sandbox and you can either rise to the top or fall with the weak. Can you withstand the tests of time?
Why similar: Sandbox 24.7%, RPG 19.7%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Adventure 10.4%
- #25 Tree of Mu
79% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Squaretide Studios
Windows
Tree of Mu is a 2D procedurally generated open-world sandbox RPG that immerses you in a mystical land called Mu, once ruled by kingdoms and plagued by countless wars. But in this land, nothing lasts forever.
Why similar: RPG 29.4%, Sandbox 25.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Open World 9.3%
- #26 XenoHaven
77% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Automation 13.1%, RPG 11.1%, Building 11%
- #27 Timberquest
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Embark on an adventure in our RPG game! Explore a new, wild continent and fight to survive against environmental factors and monsters. With a heavy focus on cooperative play. Customize your character's stat-driven abilities to suit your preferred playstyle.
Why similar: RPG 27.9%, Sandbox 24.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Crafting 14%, Base Building 10.5%
- #28 Day Of The Harvesters
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Kole Productions
Windows
Become a Shi’kegnt harvester and travel to distant planets to harvest food and resources for your civilization. Rise in the ranks and become the Supreme Shi’kegnt. Stay alive at all costs. Survive, construct, harvest, and progress in this pixel art, sci-fi, survival game set in a distant future.
Why similar: RPG 26.9%, Sandbox 22.2%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 8.5%
- #29 Keplerth
75% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Building 16%, RPG 12.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Open World 9.9%
- #30 Shaper
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: 生长工作室
Windows
《Shaper》 is a sandbox building exploration game. Defeat enemies and monsters by collecting square materials to synthesize tools and equipment. Build unique buildings to survive and develop in this fantastic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.7%, Adventure 18%, Building 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Crafting 11.2%
- #31 Fronimus
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StayOnSofa
Windows
Fronimus is an automation-focused game about building factories, featuring nonlinear step by step progression
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Sandbox 19.4%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Open World 8.6%
- #32 Fields of Fortune
74% matchPositive92% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: UC Studios
Windows
Leave the everyday stress behind and start a new, relaxed life on a peaceful island. Build structures and craft new items, manually or with automation. The choice is yours. This is your island.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, RPG 15.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #33 The Last Wisper
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GabeMakeGame
Windows
You've been resurrected atop a grand pillar in an endless ocean. To leave the top you must restore its ancient magic. But before you can do that, you'll starve. Farm, craft, trade and fight your way to survival with the help of elemental creatures.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, RPG 18.8%, Automation 18.4%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 8.9%
- #34 Left Stranded
74% 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 24.3%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.3%
- #35 Huntian: StarTrace
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization—from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.4%, Automation 17.2%, RPG 15%, Adventure 13.4%, Base Building 10.3%
- #36 Yuma Nest
71% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Piokou
Windows
Destroy massive swarms of monsters to grind and grow stronger in this Open-World Sandbox RPG. Build automated systems that farm monster drops for you, defeat bosses, and descend deeper into an interconnected underworld.
Why similar: Automation 21.2%, Sandbox 16.6%, RPG 12.7%, Building 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%
- #37 Layer Land
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PUDDING Co. Ltd.
Windows
Layerland is a sandbox survival game set in a world that mirrors Earth’s terrain. Travel through gates, capture monsters as pets, and team up to battle, gather, craft, and build.
Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.4%, RPG 11.4%
- #38 Automation Station
72% 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 26.6%, Sandbox 19.8%, Building 13.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.7%
- #39 Infinite Gravity
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Gravity Wave Interactive
Windows
This is a build sandbox game We have hundreds of elements for your choice We offer a variety of materials in building their ideal architectural works for you We will also open survival mode in the future
Why similar: Sandbox 36.9%, Building 25.1%, RPG 21.4%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 2.9%
- #40 Elsewhere
70% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Automation 20%, Sandbox 17%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%
- #41 The Maker Way
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brave Games Inc.
Windows
Build creative machines, rovers, drones or robots. Use them to gather resources, discover new machine parts, source energy, construct bases and battle enemy factions in a physics-based open world.
Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 12.4%
- #42 PoliPlanet
71% 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 25.2%, Sandbox 15.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.5%
- #43 Plantile
71% 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 31%, Sandbox 18.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 8.5%
- #44 Builderment
69% 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 28.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 11.8%
- #45 Lantern Forge
70% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.6%, RPG 30.5%, Crafting 20.9%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 1.5%
- #46 Skies of Aevium
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheShelfman
Windows
A crafting automation game where you build the entire world from the ground up, while fighting the gods of Olympus, and becoming the strongest being in the universe!
Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Sandbox 20.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 9.5%, Base Building 9%
- #47 Factory Trashcension
69% 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 26.7%, Sandbox 18.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.6%
- #48 Samphi
70% matchMixed53% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Greeny Games Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Samphi is a fresh, randomly-generated, survival-RPG with a shifted focus to skills, world management, and a story mode*. Travel through broken memories of a failing relationship to try and salvage what’s left. How you play is up to you. The world is yours. Your story is waiting.
Why similar: RPG 45.8%, Sandbox 26.2%, Crafting 16.5%, 2D 7.6%, Indie 3.9%
- #49 Rebirthing
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quater Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create and explore endless worlds, fight, craft and build. Play alone or with friends. Travel the planets. Enjoy freedom, creativity and fantasy.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, RPG 22.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Crafting 10%
- #50 Layer Hunt
67% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Edvin Andersson
Windows
Layer Hunt is a singleplayer, survival sandbox game where the goal is to survive and hunt down all the bosses. To reach your goal you will have to mine, craft, build, farm, fight and explore for new abilities and resources.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.4%, RPG 13.3%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #51 Potion Pipeline
68% 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 29.1%, Sandbox 18.9%, Building 16.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #52 Mob Factory
66% 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 30.7%, Sandbox 14.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 8.7%
- #53 Kenshi
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.9%, RPG 18.8%, Open World 13.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10.8%
- #54 plexum
67% 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 32.1%, Building 15%, Base Building 14.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 10.5%
- #55 MoteMancer
65% 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 27.9%, Sandbox 18.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 11%, Building 9.7%
- #56 Framed Wings
68% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Kodama Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Framed Wings is an indie action adventure RPG inspired by a variety of games which focus their attention on combat, exploration, and puzzle solving. Prepare yourself for an action-packed adventure as you take on dungeons, complete quests, solve challenging puzzles, and slay formidable monsters.
Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Adventure 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 5.2%