- #1 Common'hood
97% matchMixed51% of 342 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.7%, Automation 9.4%, Crafting 9.2%
- #2 Fill the Sky
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Orbital Entry Studios
Windows
A factory automation game where you are the mind of a self-replicating interstellar probe. Turn barren rock and ocean into sprawling industry that feeds the data centers you run on. Launch copies of yourself until they fill the sky. No enemies. Build at your own pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Automation 20.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 9.1%, Building 6.8%
- #3 Dinky Guardians
95% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, Automation 18%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Co-op 8.4%
- #4 Necromancer's Workshop
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Easy Anxiety
Windows · Linux
Necromancer’s Workshop is a fantasy tycoon game. Craft zombies, work the land. Build a cozy countryside business, worth waking the dead for.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Automation 13.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Management 8.2%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #5 Skyberry Garden
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Automation 19.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 10%
- #6 CircuitVeil
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tylerlee Burhans
Windows · Linux
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Automation 19%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 8.8%
- #7 Gridmax
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Automation 15%, Building 10.6%, Management 10.3%
- #8 Clipper
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adequate Games
Windows · Linux
An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Automation 23.1%, Sandbox 11%, Management 10.9%, Building 9.7%
- #9 Factory Town
91% matchVery Positive91% of 4,486 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9%
- #10 Kingdom Workshop
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, Automation 12.8%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.7%
- #11 Vilset
91% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Automation 17.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.2%
- #12 SeaColony
88% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Management 9%
- #13 Amicraft Factory™
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamepoc
Windows
Tiny creatures. Massive factories. Zero stress. Amicraft Factory™ is a cozy co-op automation adventure where your adorable Ami friends help you build the most beautiful production empire in the world. Build solo. Or with friends.
Why similar: Automation 24.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #14 Good Company
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,793 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Automation 15.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Economy 9.5%, Building 9.4%
- #15 Factory Town 2: Paradise
86% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
Why similar: Automation 17.9%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.7%
- #16 Factory Trashcension
86% 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 21.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.7%
- #17 Survival Vacancy
87% 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: Colony Sim 23.8%, Automation 15%, Base Building 10%, Building 9%, Crafting 8.7%
- #18 plexum
85% matchNo user reviews2026
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 25.1%, Base Building 14%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #19 Captain of Industry
84% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 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 26.6%, Base Building 16.1%, Colony Sim 13.3%, Economy 9.8%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #20 Sweets Inc.
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Road Turtle Games
Windows
Create a confectionery empire in Sweets Inc, the business management simulation game where you take the helm of your very own sweets manufacturing company. Design delectable treats, build and manage your factories, and market your products across the continent to become an industry tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 18.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 13.5%, Management 12.7%, Colony Sim 11.4%
- #21 Odd Realm
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Automation 13.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Management 9%
- #22 Cog Foo
81% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Anforus Games
Windows
A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Automation 20.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%
- #23 The Colonists
84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,242 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Automation 17.2%, Building 10%, Economy 9.8%, Base Building 9.5%
- #24 Malignus
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossbomb
Windows
Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Simulation 8.8%
- #25 Farmman
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Economy 10.5%
- #26 Founders' Fortune
82% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 6.1%
- #27 Galaxy Scavengers
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 13.8%, Automation 10.8%, Management 8.8%
- #28 Artificer's Tower
79% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: RodentGames
Windows · Linux
Are you a master of the magical arts? Prove it in this cozy colony-sim wizard tower defense game. Curl up and build your base, keep your mages happy, craft recipes, research new magic spells, and defend your wizard's keep. Will your Artificer's Tower be the envy of all your magical friends?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.1%, Management 7.4%
- #29 CRADLE PLANT: First Year Operations
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 岡部 正孝Pub: Dayveil Games
Windows
Run a childcare plant where babies spend their first year in automated care. Build conveyor networks for feeding, sleep, hygiene, and play. As babies grow, their needs change. Keep your factory efficient while adapting to each child's unique reactions.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Management 11%, Simulation 7.8%
- #30 Space Architect
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 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: Colony Sim 24.5%, Automation 16.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Management 9.3%, Building 9.2%
- #31 WildRoot
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rahul Das
Windows
Build a thriving colony in a mysterious forest where every season, setback, and choice creates a different story.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 14%, Management 10.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 8.4%
- #32 Outer Factory
76% 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 22.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Management 10.1%
- #33 Kubifaktorium
78% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, Automation 17.8%, Building 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 9%
- #34 Noble Legacy
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 805 reviews2025
Dev: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10%, Building 9%, Crafting 9%
- #35 GUILDMAKER
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LEONAN
Windows
Run a guild of valiant, procedurally generated adventurers who fight, trade, craft, and do quests on their own. Do your best as their guildmaster to provide them a place to rest and thrive, and restore an old guild to its former glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Building 9.2%
- #36 Embark
78% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8%
- #37 Underground Nomads
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Base Building 15.8%, Automation 13.1%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 7%
- #38 Grim Realms
74% matchVery Positive80% of 429 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.6%
- #39 Corbel
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Not A Robot Games
Windows · Linux
Play as a giant and build a micro medieval city in this unique city builder. Pick up villagers and command them to do your bidding, create production lines and manage resources while defending against hoards of pillaging gnomes. Get involved yourself and help gather resources, transport, and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Building 11%, Crafting 10.3%, Economy 9.9%, Third Person 8.8%
- #40 Black Market INC.
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixellow Official
Windows
Build and manage your own criminal empire in this first-person sandbox management simulator. Produce illegal goods, automate production, hire staff, complete customer orders, expand your base, and grow your business while balancing profit and risk.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Sandbox 12.9%, Base Building 12%, Automation 11.3%, Economy 8.9%
- #41 Goblin Colony
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quench Forge
Windows
Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Base Building 16%, Management 10.7%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #42 The Crust
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Automation 19.6%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9%
- #43 Astro Colony
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Colony Sim 25.1%, Automation 20.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #44 My Drug Cartel
72% matchMixed51% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Gigicom
Windows
A drug plantation management game with basebuilding, strategy and combat elements. Expand your plantation, hire workers, and plan new smuggling routes. But be ready to face a heavy response by law enforcement by hiring guards, buying weapons and building defences.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, Automation 16.8%, Economy 10.4%, Management 9.7%, Building 8.4%
- #45 Automation Station
71% 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 22.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.1%
- #46 Project Oasis
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Magma Studios
Windows · Linux
Build a thriving settlement, manage individual settlers, master complex building systems, survive challenging conditions, and shape the story through your choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Automation 16.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 10.7%, Economy 8.3%
- #47 Radia Island
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Radia Studio
Windows
Radia Island is a civilization-building survival game. Lead your people to a new land, establish your first town, gather resources, research technologies, advance into the industrial age, and ultimately complete the space program.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Automation 13%, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 9%
- #48 Red Dust Colony
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Automation 9.4%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #49 Alchemy Factory
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,896 reviews2026
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Start small, team up with friends, and automate production with conveyor belts, pipes, and magical devices. Stock your shop with potions, jewelry, and relics, complete commissions, and build an alchemy empire! Alchemy Factory 1.0 is out now with the Wagon Logistics System and revamped shopkeeping.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%
- #50 Soda Story - Brewing Tycoon
72% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Upper Class Walrus
Windows
Take on the challenge of running a Soda brewing operation, all while participating in the current season of the hit reality TV show “Prisoneers.” Will you win your freedom?
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Economy 13.9%, Crafting 12.5%
- #51 Techtonica
69% matchMixed65% of 3,273 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 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 21.4%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.4%
- #52 Settletopia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Base Building 14.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 10.2%, Management 9.6%
- #53 Holon
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: rynstick
Windows
Build factories inside factories. Extract shapes, automate production, and deliver increasingly complex designs to the Hub. Enter a Nest to build its machinery, reuse it as a single building, then fit smaller Nests inside larger ones to take your factory further. About this game
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.5%
- #54 Terraform Co: Factory and City
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melon Dev
Windows · Mac
One pod, one core, and an unsurveyed plot on a green world. Clear the ground, trap native grazers, mine metal and rock, and belt it all into a factory — then build the city that buys what you make. Fill contracts, climb the S&G-15 index, and keep the raiders off your core.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Automation 13.9%, Simulation 10%, Building 7.7%, Third Person 7.2%
- #55 Constructed
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Gaming Project
Windows
Constructed is a factory building game, with a single goal... to automate EVERYTHING!!!
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11.7%
- #56 Factoriant
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marudice
Windows
Factoriant is a factory builder where you construct an underground ant factory. As a queen ant, dig tunnels, carry food, and hatch worker ants to automate your production. Defend your nest from threats like birds and humans, and build a subterranean ant colony.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Base Building 16%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #57 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
65% matchVery Positive89% of 1,909 reviews2026
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Automation 20%, Sandbox 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Co-op 9%, Building 8.8%
- #58 Paystreak
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Northwright Games
Windows
Paystreak is a top-down gold mining tycoon about running your own modern day gold rush. Take over a small claim, start by hand, and reinvest every ounce into machines, crews, and new land. Sell when the price is right and turn a struggling camp into a mining empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Automation 22.3%, Management 12.6%, Building 10.9%, Economy 10.8%
- #59 Timberline Factory
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: El Grande Games
Windows
A physics based sawmill simulation - tycoon where logs aren't just rigid icons, but physical objects that roll, collide, and jam. Automate complex production lines, master a dynamic market index, and turn waste into green energy.
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Building 13.5%, Economy 12.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #60 The Gears: Factory
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: StoryBox
Windows
[The Gears: Factory] is a third-person 3D factory-building game where the player's main goal is to build automated systems by mining minerals and producing industrial units.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Automation 18.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 11%