- #1 Builderment
97% 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 25.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #2 Automation Station
96% 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 23.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Crafting 10.1%
- #3 MineMogul
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,767 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 22.1%, Mining 16.5% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.7%
- #4 Automation Empire
96% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 25.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%, Mining 9% ★
- #5 Modulus: Factory Automation
94% 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 22.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.3%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #6 shapez
94% 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 28.2%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 12.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #7 Infindustry
93% 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 21.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Mining 13.6% ★, Resource Management 11%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #8 Factorio
92% 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 31.7%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 9.3%
- #9 Proto Garden
91% 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 24.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Resource Management 9.4%, Logic 8.9%
- #10 Jigsaw Industry
91% 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 29.1%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 14.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 9.7%
- #11 Factor Y
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Mining 18.1% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.1%
- #12 Potion Pipeline
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 16.2%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #13 Islandustry
89% 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 25.9%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #14 Reprocessed
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Crafting 10%
- #15 Outer Factory
87% 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 25.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #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 29.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 14.4%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 9.4%
- #17 Plantile
86% 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 29.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 14.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #18 Block Factory
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 261 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 22.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 10%
- #19 Cartefact
84% 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 35.3%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 15.7%, Resource Management 15.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #20 Bouncekraft
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jordan Davis Graphics Adapter
Windows · Mac
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Mining 22.9% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Automation 17.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #21 Odd Realm
83% 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 16.2%, Mining 13.9% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 9%
- #22 Kardashev
82% 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 32.8%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #23 Substructure
81% 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 24.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #24 Hydroneer
82% matchVery Positive86% of 27,793 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Mining 20.6% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #25 Captain of Industry
81% 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 32.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 16.8%, Mining 7.5% ★, Building 7%
- #26 Incremental Factory
79% matchMixed68% of 244 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 25.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Mining 12.7% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #27 Alien Planet Survival
80% 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 29.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 9.4%
- #28 Ascend Factory
79% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Matlyce Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 11.4%, Logic 9.7%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #29 The Maker Way
78% 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 21.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 9.9%
- #30 TowerLine
78% 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 27.9%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 13.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #31 Truck City
76% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mikel Fernandez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.
Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Base Building 13%, Mining 12.8% ★, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #32 Biofactory
77% 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 26.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #33 Dyson Sphere Program
77% 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 30.2%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #34 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 26.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 13.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 10.3%
- #35 Pistonica
76% 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 31.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 10.2%
- #36 Copacetic
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BuhDan
Windows · Linux
The 3D Pipes screensaver, but a resource management game, inside of a cube, about genocide. Place factories and modules around the walls of your mind, avoiding tangles as you wire them all together. Travel across the galaxy harvesting all sentient life. Space is limited, and the only enemy is you.
Why similar: Base Building 21%, Automation 15.6%, Mining 12.2% ★, Resource Management 10.2%, Crafting 8.4%
- #37 Factory on a Train
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bahrdev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mine, craft and extend your Factory on a Train! As you find more resources and unlock increasingly complex recipes, your train grows and your production increases. Choose the right cars to face the challenges of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Mining 14.1% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #38 Roody:2d
74% matchPositive98% of 47 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: Automation 21.9%, Mining 13% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 9.3%
- #39 PoliPlanet
73% 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 25.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #40 Fractal Foundry
72% 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: Automation 25%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #41 Stationeers
74% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Automation 17.3%, Mining 14% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 8.8%, Crafting 8.4%
- #42 Krasnaya Factory
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kickback games
Windows
Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.
Why similar: Automation 26.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #43 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 29.8%, Base Building 21.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 9.6%
- #44 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
71% 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 25.1%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 9.2%
- #45 Alchemy Factory
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,293 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 32.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.4%
- #46 Techtonica
70% matchMixed65% of 3,202 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 25.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.3%
- #47 Survival Vacancy
73% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Automation 19.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Mining 11.7% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #48 Galaxy Too Far
70% matchMixed58% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: BonaDies
Windows
Another world is about to become a resource colony for your Creator. Prove your usefulness. Spread your influence across the planet. Take all resources you can reach. Build a base on the surface and in space. Сomplete the construction of an intergalactic beacon to absorb the entire planet.
Why similar: Automation 19.5%, Mining 13.3% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%
- #49 Mito
70% 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 33.8%, Resource Management 15.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 11.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #50 Rocket Automashapes
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Night Stroll Studio
Windows
Rocket Automashapes is a minimalistic automation game where shapes are produced, combined, and rocketed across the grid! Manage increasingly complex scenarios as you progress from one level to the next.
Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #51 LithoBreak
72% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Labs
Windows
LithoBreak is a survival factory-builder grounded in real physics and engineering. Build and automate a lunar colony, explore in first-person, and survive constant orbital threats – all while you Play with Science
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Mining 15.4% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 11%, Crafting 10.7%
- #52 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 27.4%, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #53 Chocolate Factory
69% 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 25%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 9.3%
- #54 Poop Right Now
67% 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 31%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #55 Exovia
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Free your mind as you mine an asteroid in zero gravity, creating floaters that drift through the oddly satisfying physics-driven supply chains YOU design to pave humanity's road to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 18.4%, Mining 16% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.3%, Crafting 8.6%
- #56 Oreguard: Mining Endeavors
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noditot
Windows · Linux
Descend into the depths, extract valuable resources, and turn them into the engine of a growing industrial operation. Build underground infrastructure and process everything on the surface to expand your production and unlock increasingly powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Mining 22.4% ★, Automation 19%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #57 FACTO
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havca Games
Windows
FACTO is a top-down factory building and business simulation game where you are the big boss. You'll have to start from scratch, build your factories and grow your business until you become one of the pillars of the global economy!
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Resource Management 17.5%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 5.5%
- #58 Beltmatic
67% 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 27.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 10.8%
- #59 Belts of Iron
67% 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 25.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #60 Starground
66% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Mining 20.6% ★, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%