- #1 Space industrial empire
97% matchVery Positive86% of 1,038 reviews2024
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!
Why similar: Automation 35.7%, Space 17.6%, Space Sim 11.9%, Loot 9.7%, Idler 9%
- #2 Dyson Sphere Program
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,085 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.3 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 52%, Space 25.8%, Space Sim 17.5%, Strategy 2.4%, Indie 1%
- #3 Space Miner - Idle Adventures
96% matchMixed46% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: FrontRunnerTek
Windows · Linux
A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.
Why similar: Automation 37.3%, Space Sim 30.3%, Idler 11.7%, Space 11.1%, Casual 4.6%
- #4 Starvester
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 734 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.1 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 50.5%, Space 18.6%, Idler 17%, Casual 5.3%, Strategy 5.3%
- #5 Scratch Inc.
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,937 reviews2025
Dev: Makopaz
Windows · Mac
Build an Empire, From Scratch, in this Scratch Card Idle/Incremental game.
Why similar: Automation 50.4%, Idler 19.6%, Space 15.6%, Strategy 5.2%, Casual 4.9%
- #6 Idle Space Navy
94% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Phoenix Aura
Windows · Mac
A sci-fi idler. Upgrade your ships, get new items, and conquer the stars.
Why similar: Idler 34.8%, Space 29.3%, Casual 13.9%, Strategy 13.8%, 2D 6.5%
- #7 Industry Idle
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,478 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 69.5%, Idler 21.9%, Strategy 6.4%, 2D 2.2%
- #8 Orbitmine
91% matchVery Positive82% of 441 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.
Why similar: Automation 35.3%, Space 32.4%, Idler 12.1%, Casual 6.3%, Strategy 5.5%
- #9 Revolution Idle
90% matchVery Positive87% of 11,578 reviews2025
Dev: Oni Gaming
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 174.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Revolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.
Why similar: Automation 59.1%, Idler 20.4%, Casual 7.2%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 4.7%
- #10 Crafting Idle Clicker
92% matchMixed49% of 919 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 56.8%, Idler 19.6%, Casual 7.2%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 6.2%
- #11 Space Travel Idle
91% matchMixed63% of 541 reviews2020
Dev: Ayatsuji_SanPub: Spaceive
Windows · Mac
If you ever dreamed of exploring space at a relaxed pace, here's a journey designed for you.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.8%, Automation 25.5%, Idler 16.1%, Space 10.9%, Casual 5.7%
- #12 Astrodle
89% matchVery Positive89% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Robin Nicolet
Windows
Ready for some chill time in space? Astrodle has you covered. Watch the numbers soar as you upgrade your ship and travel the stars. Oh, and you might just become a god.
Why similar: Automation 46.8%, Space 22.2%, Idler 19.2%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 4%
- #13 Reincarnation : Hero of the Gun
89% matchMixed68% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: 六轮鸭SixLonDuck
Windows
Text Idle Game
Why similar: Automation 44.4%, Idler 19%, Word Game 18.7%, Loot 7.6%, Casual 4.6%
- #14 Galaxy Idle Clicker
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 371.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 35.1%, Space 28.9%, Idler 19.6%, Indie 6.8%, Casual 6%
- #15 Idle Grid
88% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Lake Country Games
Windows
Build and optimize your industrial empire in this grid-based idle game. Place factories, power plants, and research labs strategically to maximize efficiency through adjacency bonuses. Upgrade your buildings, manage power consumption, and watch your profits soar while you're away.
Why similar: Automation 67.9%, Idler 22.8%, Strategy 5.4%, 2D 3.9%
- #16 Vanguard Galaxy
86% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Bat Roost Games
Windows
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.1%, Space 22.6%, Loot 16.4%, Idler 13.9%, Casual 4.9%
- #17 Unnamed Space Idle
86% matchVery Positive93% of 4,261 reviews2023
Dev: SylvPub: Jdog Corp
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 296.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.
Why similar: Space 30.4%, Automation 28.8%, Idler 27.1%, Casual 8.6%, 2D 3.3%
- #18 3D Printer Manager
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 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 62.2%, Idler 22.7%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 3.4%, 2D 2.3%
- #19 Incremental Factory
85% 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 66.1%, Idler 20.9%, Strategy 6.1%, 2D 4.6%, Casual 1.6%
- #20 Universe Horizon
84% matchVery Positive89% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Automation 45.2%, Space 25%, Idler 16.3%, Indie 4.6%, Strategy 3.8%
- #21 Astro Colony
82% matchVery Positive81% of 2,654 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Space Sim 25%, Space 22.4%, Strategy 3.5%, Indie 3.4%
- #22 Desk Space: Idle Spacefleet clicker
83% matchMixed66% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: Shotgun Anaconda
Windows
Grow your fleet of spaceships in this incremental space game. Mine asteroids and trade with stations, unlock upgrades to make more money, deploy pirates, and unlock [REDACTED]. Pin to your desktop and watch your empire grow while you do "more important" things.
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Space 30.7%, Idler 21%, Casual 8.1%, Strategy 4%
- #23 Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 904 reviews2023
Dev: Benjamin StaugaardPub: Benzoft
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 98.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Vacuum Warrior is a Free to Play incremental idle game. Listen to the crisp crackle of dust and debris entering your vacuum as you vacuum ridiculous amounts of dust. Upgrade your vacuums, idle gains, and robot vacuums, earn achievements, and explore numerous locations in the Vacuum Warrior universe!
Why similar: Automation 58.6%, Idler 22.3%, Casual 8.5%, Indie 4.4%, 2D 3.7%
- #24 Idle Dyson Swarm
81% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Blindsided Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wanted a Dyson swarm of your own? Now you can have one with just a few clicks! Manage a solar empire, produce bots which will make solar panels for you. Send your panels to the sun to generate energy and sell that energy to make money which you can spend on even more bots!
Why similar: Space 38.8%, Idler 30%, Strategy 11.2%, Casual 9.5%, 2D 5%
- #25 Final Upgrade
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Automation 42.3%, Space Sim 28.8%, Space 21.3%, Strategy 3.3%, Indie 2.9%
- #26 Idle Sphere
80% matchMixed48% of 322 reviews2024
Dev: Idle System, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 79.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Stunning sphere-themed idle/incremental game. Experience simplicity's beauty.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.6%, Space 18.5%, Idler 17.7%, Automation 13.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #27 Idle Armada
79% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Corfe83
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep idle game with NO ads, NO in-app-purchases. Watch your fleet battle automatically. Collect items and upgrade your buildings and fleet to reach progressively higher levels!
Why similar: Idler 24.8%, Space 22.8%, Loot 21.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Casual 11.4%
- #28 Idle Spiral
78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,873 reviews2022
Dev: Idle System, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 117.5 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 51.2%, Idler 23.3%, Space 10.3%, Casual 6.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #29 xiuzhen idle
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,372 reviews2025
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 109.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)
Why similar: Idler 35.8%, Word Game 34.6%, Casual 10.3%, Indie 10.2%, Strategy 6%
- #30 Project Chromata
77% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: ArboraeternumPub: GamezEternal
Windows
Project Chromata is a deep sci-fi incremental game about restoring the universe by mixing colors. Unlock new technologies, prestige to gain powerful permanent upgrades from a vast star chart, and master automation systems to watch the numbers soar in this satisfying and feature-rich idle experience.
Why similar: Idler 43.3%, Casual 26.4%, 2D 9.5%, Indie 8.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #31 Space Warfare
79% matchMixed58% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: Little Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D casual strategy
Why similar: Space 41.6%, Casual 20.2%, Indie 19.3%, Strategy 18.9%
- #32 orbit.industries
78% matchMixed61% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Automation 34.3%, Space Sim 34%, Space 27.3%, Strategy 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #33 shapez 2 - Factory
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,749 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 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 79.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Casual 6.1%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #34 三国战线
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: yeshaojia
Windows
This is an idle text game based on the Three Kingdoms. As the game progresses, the system will randomly trigger various events, and automatically trigger various military commands and various internal affairs facilities according to different development situations.
Why similar: Automation 46.9%, Word Game 22.7%, Idler 20.6%, Strategy 4.3%, Loot 4.2%
- #35 The Last Starship
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,617 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space Sim 37.8%, Automation 28.4%, Space 21.2%, Strategy 4.3%, Indie 3.6%
- #36 Supply Chain Idle
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 381 reviews2018
Dev: Upturn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, link and upgrade factories to produce and sell products.
Why similar: Idler 70.8%, Casual 29.2%
- #37 Immortal IDLE
75% matchMixed68% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: 伯乐Couple
Windows
This is an IDLE cultivation game. Rise from mortal to immortal! Explore a world inspired by Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions as you master swordplay, elemental magic, or Buddhist powers. Grow spirit crops, craft items, defeat monsters, and loot treasures. Your path to immortality awaits!
Why similar: Loot 25.6%, Idler 24.7%, Automation 21.7%, Casual 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%
- #38 CivIdle
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,064 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 78.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: Automation 65.5%, Idler 22.3%, Strategy 4.5%, Indie 3.8%, 2D 2.3%
- #39 Idle Commonwealth
74% matchMixed67% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Idler 51.4%, Casual 16.9%, Strategy 12.8%, 2D 8.7%, Indie 6.8%
- #40 Starship Theory
73% matchMixed50% of 1,119 reviews2026
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Space 62.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Indie 11.9%, 2D 6.7%, Casual 6.4%
- #41 Idle Startup
73% matchMixed53% of 227 reviews2026
Dev: Merrill Lines
Windows · Mac
Build a tech company from a one-person garage into a global empire. Train six skills, automate the grind, prestige for permanent Founder bonuses, climb the leaderboards, and chase 50+ achievements in this clean, endlessly-scaling idle game — progress rolls on even while you're away.
Why similar: Casual 33.6%, Idler 28.9%, 2D 16.6%, Indie 15%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #42 PC Building Empire
71% matchVery Positive87% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Idler 64.4%, Casual 21.7%, Indie 10.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #43 Idle Expanse
75% matchMixed55% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Lyrical Games LLC
Windows
A sci-fi themed incremental game which allows you to expand your capitalistic empire across the galaxy! Hire mercenaries to pillage alien planets for resources, with the singular goal of making as much money as possible as quickly as possible! Totally not a playful commentary on real Terran society.
Why similar: Idler 32%, Space 20%, Casual 14.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Indie 12.7%
- #44 挂机手游模拟器
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,090 reviews2025
Dev: 天光
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 38.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Idle farming for treasures, summoning heroes, collecting compendiums, crafting equipment, unlocking formations, researching technologies, sweeping maps, and competing for resources!
Why similar: Loot 36.7%, Idler 32.1%, Casual 12%, Strategy 11.5%, 2D 3.5%
- #45 Factory Planner: First Sparks
70% matchVery Positive83% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
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.
Why similar: Automation 50.6%, Casual 19.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 8%, 2D 5.1%
- #46 Industrial Annihilation
72% matchMostly Negative31% of 436 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Annihilation
Windows
The next major game in the Planetary Annihilation universe, Industrial Annihilation combines the iconic real-time strategy of the beloved Annihilation games with deep factory-building to deliver a blend of genres unlike any you’ve experienced before.
Why similar: Automation 77%, Strategy 21.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #47 Pixel Starships 2
71% matchMostly Negative27% of 381 reviews2025
Dev: SavySoda
Windows · Mac
First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)
Why similar: Automation 39.9%, Space Sim 33.3%, Space 22.5%, Strategy 4.3%
- #48 Outworld Station
67% matchVery Positive85% of 799 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Automation 62.4%, Space 31.6%, Strategy 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #49 Captain of Industry
68% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 90.6%, Strategy 6.2%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #50 Idle Space Raider
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 247 reviews2019
Dev: Coconut Shavers
Windows
You are one of the station guards and need to patrol space. Complete missions and raids, upgrade ship and station to increase your power. Complete missions, mine ore, kill enemies, research new tech, return to base to upgrade ship and repeat.
Why similar: Casual 54%, Strategy 46%
- #51 Widget Inc.
67% matchVery Positive85% of 764 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 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 68.6%, Idler 15.2%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 3.2%, Strategy 3.1%
- #52 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
65% matchVery Positive89% of 3,133 reviews2025
Dev: AarimousPub: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.
Why similar: Idler 29.2%, Space 23%, Casual 16%, Indie 10.8%, Strategy 10.7%
- #53 A Mining Game
70% matchMixed66% of 235 reviews2019
Dev: AtlasPub: Trillium Studio Ltd.
Windows
An idle Mining Simulation game, Compete against other miners to reach the top of the leader boards, Build an army. Climb your way through the combat tower with friends. And compete in daily events
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 挂机破坏神 IdleDiablo
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: 棱镜工作室
Windows
《IdleDiablo》is a Diablo-inspired idle loot game. Earn resources while idle, build your equipment & skills, and conquer all foes!
Why similar: Automation 35.8%, Loot 25.4%, Idler 21.5%, Casual 6.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #55 ReFactory
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 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: Automation 64%, Strategy 12%, Casual 9.7%, Indie 8.2%, 2D 4.1%
- #56 Island Robot Farm
66% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: MoraCocoPub: Wise Games
Windows
Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.
Why similar: Automation 59.6%, Idler 22.2%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 4.8%, 2D 3.7%
- #57 Territory Idle
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,709 reviews2019
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 173.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Strategic idle game. Develop the kingdom, then abdicate and get gold! For gold, you can buy new tiles and expand the territory.
Why similar: Idler 63.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Indie 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #58 Facteroids
67% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.
Why similar: Automation 52.9%, Space Sim 28.6%, Space 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #59 Space Architect
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Automation 60.7%, Space 22.6%, Indie 8.5%, Strategy 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #60 Star Birds
63% matchVery Positive92% of 2,975 reviews2025
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 64.7%, Space 25.3%, Casual 6.7%, Strategy 3.3%