- #1 Incremental Factory
97% matchMixed67% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 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 27.1%, Crafting 13.8%, Idler 13.4%, Mining 12.3% ★, Sandbox 10.9%
- #2 Widget Inc.
96% matchVery Positive85% of 779 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 28.7%, Incremental 23.2%, Time Management 16.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Idler 9.7%
- #3 FluxWerks
96% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Metallibitti Oy
Windows
Every block of this planet is real, including fluids! Dig it, flood it, process it. FluxWerks is a factory automation game on a fully destructible voxel world with physical fluid and heat simulation. Dig anywhere, automate everything, and survey a world that was supposed to be empty.
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Transportation 22.8% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 9%
- #4 Starvester
95% matchMixed70% of 810 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Incremental 19%, Mining 17.2% ★, Idler 13%, Management 8.4%
- #5 Nightwater
94% matchVery Positive86% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ashty
Windows
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.
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Incremental 14%, Crafting 10.1%, Idler 9.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #6 Idle Deepcore
94% matchVery Positive86% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: Bluehood Games
Windows
Idle Deepcore is an incremental mining game where you dig ever deeper, smelt ore into ingots, upgrade your pickaxe and machines, and grow several mines in parallel to build a vast underground industry.
Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Incremental 21.4%, Mining 20.5% ★, Idler 14.8%, Crafting 7%
- #7 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
92% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
Why similar: Programming 33.2% ★, Automation 23.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 10.5%
- #8 Sixty Four
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,665 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Incremental 23.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Idler 10.8%, Management 10.6%
- #9 Upload Labs
91% matchVery Positive92% of 8,641 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 21.6 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 24.2%, Programming 22.6% ★, Incremental 12%, Idler 11.1%, Time Management 9.8%
- #10 Realindustry
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: AssemblyPrime
Windows · Mac
Hyper-realistic industrial simulation: 236 materials, 354 science-based processes. From stone to a Hyperdrive Engine — with real chemistry and deep automation. Your factory grows. Someone notices. Every decision is logged. Welcome, Director.
Why similar: Science 29.7%, Automation 28.4%, Incremental 16.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Management 4.8%
- #11 Color Factory
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AIRang Studio
Windows
Connect nodes to generate, transform, and blend colors in a relaxing factory automation game. Discover new recipes, unlock powerful nodes through research, and design increasingly efficient production networks as your color factory grows.
Why similar: Time Management 19.8%, Automation 14.9%, Incremental 14.3%, Idler 11.1%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #12 Grid Tweaker
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Payne Robinson
Windows · Mac
This strategic incremental deck-builder lets you construct your Grid, bribe your way up, and tweak the system before it tweaks you.
Why similar: Programming 18.6% ★, Automation 15.7%, Time Management 13%, Incremental 11.2%, Mining 11.1% ★
- #13 Desynced
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,067 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: Programming 33.9% ★, Automation 25%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Management 9.4%
- #14 Node Factory
87% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Kabreet Games
Windows · Linux
Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.
Why similar: Programming 20.5% ★, Automation 15.7%, Incremental 15.5%, Time Management 11.3%, Idler 10.5%
- #15 Roody:2d
89% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: redinator2000
Windows
Use simple machines to build complex assembly lines and automate increasingly advanced blocks. Weld together blocks and move them as one unit for vehicles, elevators, or mining machines.
Why similar: Programming 23.1% ★, Automation 18.4%, Transportation 15.1% ★, Mining 9.9% ★, Sandbox 8.6%
- #16 Snacktorio
86% matchVery Positive92% of 239 reviews2026
Dev: ellraiserPub: TNgineers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Science 16.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Management 11%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #17 MineMogul
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 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 28.6%, Mining 18.7% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #18 Outpath
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,137 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Incremental 15.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Base Building 12.1%
- #19 Stella Astrum
84% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Death Knight Studios LLC
Windows
Stella Astrum is a whimsical factory game where you manage elemental resources to form Stars, Planets, and more. Use your skills to unlock upgradable factories, nurture colorful celestial bodies, and shape an expansive galaxy. Sit back, relax, and amplify the universe beyond its artistic limits!
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Incremental 14.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #20 AetherRift
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Slade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Place magical constructs around a swirling cosmic rift, chain together exotic energies, and collapse reality to grow stronger in this deep incremental game.
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Incremental 17.6%, Idler 14.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Base Building 9%
- #21 Fracture Field
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,264 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Mining 22.4% ★, Incremental 20.7%, Idler 14.9%, Management 7.5%
- #22 Poop Right Now
80% 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 27.6%, Programming 23.3% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #23 Industry Idle
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,488 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.6 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 20.2%, Transportation 19.7% ★, Incremental 11.7%, Idler 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%
- #24 Idle Spiral
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,904 reviews2022
Dev: Idle System, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 117.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Incremental 21.8%, Time Management 17.5%, Idler 15.9%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #25 Infindustry
83% 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 21.7%, Transportation 20% ★, Mining 12.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #26 Outer Factory
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows · Mac
Outer Factory is a peaceful, minimalist factory simulation where you build and automate factories across planets and asteroids. Create complex production networks with simplified building mechanics. Become an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 25%, Transportation 16.7% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #27 Core Logistics
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amber Anchor Studio
Windows
Core Logistics is a management sim about growing a transport company from a single van into a network across the whole map. Choose which contracts to take, match the right trucks and licenses to each load, and chain jobs together so your trucks never drive empty. When you need to think, hit pause.
Why similar: Transportation 31.8% ★, Automation 20.6%, Time Management 18.4%, Management 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #28 Deep Space Observatory
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GetSky Games
Windows · Linux
Scan the stars, unlock technologies, automate data collection, and build an ever more efficient observatory.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Science 23%, Incremental 17.2%, Idler 11.9%, Space 9.1%
- #29 Multiply Factory
81% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Time Shrink Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Multiply Factory is a factory building game. Build your own multiple-layer factory within a 3-D space with belts, inserters, factories and stairs. Enjoy the fantasy of manufacturing.
Why similar: Programming 22.9% ★, Transportation 20.5% ★, Automation 20.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 10.3%
- #30 Chop Signal
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: qottodev
Windows
Your AI agent gets a body. A tiny pixel-art avatar on your desktop that chops wood while your assistant codes. Upgrades, a shop, rare collectibles, and full MCP control. Privacy-first: never reads your code.
Why similar: Programming 31.2% ★, Incremental 14.7%, Automation 14.4%, Idler 12.7%, Crafting 8.7%
- #31 Dodo Factory
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: BlueberryGeckoPub: Old Cake Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
An incremental game where you construct a giant meat factory to raise dodos and mass murder them (ethically). Grow your factory from a small dodo grinder to a huge processing facility as you collect meat to upgrade buildings and unlock new crazy dodo types.
Why similar: Programming 26.3% ★, Automation 17.1%, Incremental 14.1%, Idler 11%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #32 Galaxy Exodus
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Creativexec
Windows
Build your space empire across the galaxy. Conquer planets, expand your fleet, mine valuable resources, manage fuel, and upgrade your operations. Plan every move, grow faster, and complete your galactic exodus in the best time possible!
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Time Management 22.1%, Incremental 16.2%, Mining 13.2% ★, Idler 12.6%
- #33 Mine & Forge!
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Ember Works
Windows
Mine resources, forge weapons, sell them for gold, and unlock powerful skills and upgrades. Mine & Forge! is a satisfying incremental game where every upgrade helps you mine faster, forge better gear, and grow stronger.
Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Incremental 19.1%, Mining 18.5% ★, Idler 12.4%, Crafting 11.5%
- #34 Little Rocket Lab
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,324 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.1%, Science 29.3%, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Relaxing 4%
- #35 Auto-Astra
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gerrit Schimpf
Windows
Auto-Astra blends voxel-based construction with deep 4X automation. Design ships and stations, then write or use pre-made LUA scripts to automate your galactic empire. Strip asteroid belts, manage trade routes, and program tactical responses to enemy threats. Your logic, your empire.
Why similar: Programming 22.3% ★, Automation 19.6%, Mining 11.2% ★, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 9.5%
- #36 Code: Terraform
73% matchVery Positive84% of 310 reviews2026
Dev: AppsMafia
Windows · Linux
A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.
Why similar: Programming 28.6% ★, Automation 20.9%, Incremental 13%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 9.2%
- #37 Beltex
78% matchVery Positive86% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Idler 12.1%
- #38 Fractal Foundry
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Root Studio
Windows
Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.
Why similar: Programming 30.4% ★, Automation 23.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 10%, Management 9.9%
- #39 I Fetch Rocks
73% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: SarumXR
Windows
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Why similar: Programming 27.5% ★, Automation 16.9%, Science 16.7%, Mining 13.2% ★, Sandbox 10.5%
- #40 shapez 2 - Factory
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,399 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 29.2 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 25.7%, Transportation 22.5% ★, Management 11%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #41 Silicon Architect
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows · Mac
An incremental hardware engineering game with a Windows XP themed UI. Configure and optimize processor components, build your own CPU, and run automated benchmarks. Harvest telemetry and gather research funding to unlock new hardware, and scale your processing power.
Why similar: Programming 26.1% ★, Automation 20.5%, Incremental 17.3%, Crafting 10%, Idler 10%
- #42 FLOWORKS
70% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: QUENCH FORGE
Windows
A node-graph automation × idle factory builder. Materials flow along the wires you draw and transform at each machine. Fix bottlenecks, optimize your layout, grow a trade empire, and rise to rule the robotics industry. Zero art assets — every visual and sound is generated in code.
Why similar: Automation 29.1%, Transportation 21.6% ★, Idler 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Management 7.2%
- #43 Mob Factory
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 36.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 7.6%
- #44 ComPressure
75% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 27.5% ★, Automation 20.5%, Science 18%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9.5%
- #45 Fidget Spinner RPG
72% matchVery Positive84% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Bryce Summer
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Fidget Spinner RPG is a clicker/incremental RPG game in which you craft items and level up abilities to make a fidget spinner spin at absurd, ever increasing speeds.
Why similar: Incremental 19.1%, Mining 18.4% ★, Time Management 15.2%, Crafting 14.6%, Idler 12.3%
- #46 CQ: Calling Any Station
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Arkkis
Windows · Linux
An idle/incremental game about a lone radio operator keying into a silent universe. Click or walk away, both work just as well. Build your station, log distant contacts, retune to grow stronger, and slowly decode what answers back.
Why similar: Science 26.6%, Automation 22.1%, Incremental 18.6%, Idler 15.2%, Space 9.6%
- #47 SkyRig
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Science 23%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Management 9.3%
- #48 InfraSpace
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,968 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 23.2% ★, Automation 19%, Science 15.7%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 7.6%
- #49 Kastle Kraft
69% matchNo user reviews2028
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: Automation 21.9%, Mining 16.7% ★, Time Management 15%, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 11.9%
- #50 Diggin
66% matchVery Positive81% of 668 reviews2026
Dev: Longshot Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Drill into the depths of a meteor crater in this incremental adventure. Mine ores, unlock upgrades and find the cosmic treasure that lies below! Can you uncover what happened to the Moles that came before you?
Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Mining 22.8% ★, Incremental 21.6%, Idler 13.6%, Management 12.9%
- #51 Node Math
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 90 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 30.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Idler 15%, Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 12.1%
- #52 FORK BOMB: A Programming Game
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Machines
Windows
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.
Why similar: Programming 37.5% ★, Automation 24.4%, Incremental 14.7%, Idler 8.5%, Procedural Generation 4.5%
- #53 Lifecraft
69% matchVery Positive81% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac
Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!
Why similar: Automation 23.9%, Science 21.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 10.1%
- #54 Game Dev Clicker Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows
Start as an indie dev in this clicker and improve your resources, skills and tools to create multiple titles at once, manage several studios and become a corporation that dominates the industry.
Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Automation 20.4%, Incremental 16%, Programming 15.7% ★, Idler 10.9%
- #55 A Game About Creating The Universe
65% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Dimension
Windows
An idler game where you get to build up the universe from scratch. You are a part of an advanced space civilization that builds universes.
Why similar: Science 20.4%, Automation 17.8%, Mining 15.1% ★, Incremental 14.8%, Idler 10.3%
- #56 Unregulated
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Somiaz Studios
Windows · Linux
A physics puzzle game about moving coloured boxes via conveyors to their respective coloured chutes before the end of the day! Constantly adding and removing different types of conveyors to make sure you create the most optimal routes.
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Time Management 23.5%, Transportation 23.4% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 8.7%
- #57 The Last Seed
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YebStudio
Windows
The Last Seed is a 2D automation strategy game where factory efficiency is hard-linked to environmental control. Construct complex logistics networks, process resource chains, and balance closed-loop humidity systems—because if the ecosystem crashes, your entire automated infrastructure halts.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Time Management 15.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 10.5%
- #58 Beltmatic
67% matchVery Positive95% of 2,263 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Idler 11.6%
- #59 Macaronpolis
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lemiraum
Windows
Design your own 'all-in-one' macaron factory and become the CEO of your dream bakery. Decorate recipes at your own pace, or dive deep into optimizing production and adapting to ever-changing customer demand. Start from a small shop and conquer the world as a legendary CEO!
Why similar: Transportation 24.3% ★, Automation 21.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Management 10.8%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #60 Automation Empire
71% matchMixed66% of 2,646 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 33.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Mining 10.6% ★, Crafting 9.4%