- #1 Factorio
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Resource Management 14.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive automation game that perfectly captures the scale and complexity of building an industrial empire.
- #2 shapez 2 - Factory
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,091 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 29.1 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 34.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Base Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, highly satisfying automation game that focuses purely on the logic and efficiency of production lines.
- #3 Industry Idle
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,484 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.8 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 21.2%, Idler 15.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Base Building 8.2%, Economy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A perfect blend of idle mechanics and supply chain management that mirrors the progression style of Incremental Factory.
- #4 shapez
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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 30.8%, Resource Management 14.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: The original abstract automation game that strips away combat to focus entirely on building complex, efficient factories.
- #5 Mindustry
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,902 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 37.8%, Resource Management 18.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines 2D automation and resource management with tower defense mechanics for a challenging, strategic experience.
- #6 Factory Town
94% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Automation 24.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on logistics and transportation networks within a charming, grid-based world.
- #7 Final Factory
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Crafting 14.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Expands the factory-building genre into space, offering massive scale and complex logistics to manage.
- #8 Beltmatic
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,224 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 23.5%, Idler 13.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates mathematical logic and automation, requiring players to build belts that process resources based on numerical values.
- #9 Dyson Sphere Program
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,542 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.8 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 37.7%, Resource Management 14.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an epic scale of automation as you build intergalactic production chains across multiple planets.
- #10 Mob Factory
91% 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 32%, Resource Management 15.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A creative twist on the genre where you automate the collection and processing of mobs to fuel your factory.
- #11 Nova Lands
90% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 30.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D automation and survival game that features a relaxing loop of resource gathering and base expansion.
- #12 Captain of Industry
89% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 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 31.1%, Resource Management 16.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Economy 9.7%, Building 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A complex simulation that requires careful resource management and infrastructure planning to keep your industry running.
- #13 Satisfactory
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 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 32.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 13%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a first-person perspective on the factory-building loop, focusing on verticality and massive industrial structures.
- #14 Autonauts
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 36.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 10%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique programming-based automation system where you teach robots to perform repetitive tasks for you.
- #15 Assembly Line 2
88% matchMixed65% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Assembly Line 2, you take charge of your factory, where strategic organization is key. Create intricate production lines, unlocking a plethora of blueprints to craft advanced resources. Fine-tune and upgrade machines for optimal efficiency and elevating your empire to new heights.
Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Idler 17.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, 2D factory-building simulation that emphasizes optimizing production lines for maximum profit.
- #16 Sixty Four
86% 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 28.8%, Idler 17.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist clicker-automation hybrid that focuses on scaling production through simple, satisfying interactions.
- #17 ReFactory
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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 28.5%, Crafting 18%, Base Building 14.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D strategy game that focuses on optimizing complex production chains on an alien planet.
- #18 Idle Research
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,898 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 76.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Idler 22.9%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 10.6%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pure idler game that focuses on automating scientific research and resource generation.
- #19 Automation Empire
85% matchMixed66% of 2,643 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 24%, Resource Management 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Sandbox 7.9%, Trains 7.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale industrial simulation that emphasizes the logistical challenge of moving massive amounts of resources.
- #20 Rise of Industry
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Economy 16.9%, Resource Management 15.6%, Automation 14.9%, Trains 10% ★, Base Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the logistics and supply chain management aspects of industrial production.
- #21 Little Big Workshop
83% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Resource Management 13.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming management game where you organize production lines to fulfill orders in a miniature factory.
- #22 Forager
82% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Crafting 32.5%, Resource Management 17.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: An addictive idle-adjacent game that combines resource gathering, crafting, and base-building in a compact 2D world.
- #23 Factory Town Idle
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,257 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Automation 27%, Idler 23.9%, Resource Management 16.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Minimalist 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, idler-focused spin-off of Factory Town that strips away the movement to focus on pure production numbers.
- #24 Oxygen Not Included
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Resource Management 26.4%, Base Building 26.4%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game where managing resources and automated systems is essential for the survival of your colony.
- #25 Learning Factory
79% matchVery Positive86% of 523 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Economy 10.1%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: A unique automation game that uses machine learning concepts to optimize production and satisfy customer needs.
- #26 Crafting Idle Clicker
82% matchMixed49% of 933 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Idler 23.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Economy 8.7%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic idle experience that centers on automating the crafting of increasingly complex items.
- #27 MineMogul
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 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 25.6%, Mining 16.5% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 9.4%
- #28 Good Company
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,792 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 23.2%, Resource Management 13.1%, Economy 11.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines business management with automation, challenging you to design efficient assembly lines for high-tech products.
- #29 Sandustry
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Crafting 15.3%, Resource Management 13%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 11%
- #30 Kubifaktorium
79% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 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: Automation 23.7%, Trains 16.6% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Economy 9.8%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony simulation that incorporates automation and crafting into its building mechanics.
- #31 Coin Factory
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Resource Management 19%, Relaxing 13.8%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing idler game that focuses on automating the production of currency through simple, satisfying chains.
- #32 Widget Inc.
77% matchVery Positive85% of 770 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.6 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 36.6%, Resource Management 19.1%, Idler 18.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Simulation 6%
- #33 Hydroneer
78% matchVery Positive86% of 28,389 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 25.1%, Mining 19% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 10.9%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique mining and automation game that uses physics-based systems for resource extraction and processing.
- #34 Alchemy Factory
75% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 34.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 9.7%
- #35 Starvester
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 21.5%, Idler 17.3%, Mining 14.5% ★, Resource Management 11.9%, Economy 8.5%
- #36 Modulus: Factory Automation
74% matchVery Positive91% of 846 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 26.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #37 Fracture Field
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,187 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 23.3%, Idler 19.9%, Mining 18.9% ★, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 6.6%
- #38 InfraSpace
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,954 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.2 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: Automation 22.5%, Trains 12.6% ★, Resource Management 11.9%, Economy 9.8%, Crafting 9.1%
- #39 Trainatic
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,093 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan Forrester
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.
Why similar: Trains 44.2% ★, Idler 32.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 4.5%, 2D 3.5%
- #40 FOUNDRY
73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,918 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Crafting 14.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 11%
- #41 Forage Wizard
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,486 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Resource Management 12.2%, Idler 12.1%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #42 Production Line : Car factory simulation
75% matchVery Positive82% of 3,483 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Resource Management 12.9%, Economy 12.9%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #43 Idle Deepcore
72% matchVery Positive85% of 356 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 30.7%, Idler 24%, Mining 21.2% ★, Crafting 7.6%, Simulation 6.6%
- #44 Outpath
72% matchVery Positive93% of 3,103 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%
- #45 Revolution Idle
70% matchVery Positive87% of 12,167 reviews2025
Dev: Oni Gaming
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 178.2 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 30.1%, Idler 24.8%, Resource Management 14.9%, Relaxing 7.3%, Minimalist 7.1%
- #46 Orb of Creation
69% matchVery Positive85% of 2,201 reviews2026
Dev: MarpleGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
Why similar: Resource Management 34.2%, Idler 21.8%, Crafting 18.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Minimalist 8.6%
- #47 Idle Colony
70% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Idler 20.5%, Economy 13.1%, Building 8.9%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #48 Gridkeeper
71% matchMixed68% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: pixelwide
Windows
Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.
Why similar: Idler 24.5%, Automation 19.2%, Mining 13.1% ★, Building 12.6%, Strategy 11.6%
- #49 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
69% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 9.9%
- #50 Number Factory
71% matchMixed42% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Alerot
Windows
Build the ultimate number production empire! Automate generators, unlock powerful upgrades, and prestige for permanent bonuses. Compete on global leaderboards and watch your numbers grow to infinity in this addictive idle incremental game.
Why similar: Idler 46.4%, Minimalist 11.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Text-Based 10.3%, Economy 8.2%
- #51 Factory Town 2: Paradise
67% matchVery Positive91% of 151 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 21.7%, Trains 13.7% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Economy 9.1%, Building 8.3%
- #52 Incremental Town RPG
70% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Idler 21.3%, Automation 16.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Mining 12.2% ★, Base Building 9.9%
- #53 Block Factory
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 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 25%, Crafting 12.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 10%, Building 10%
- #54 Mine Empire
67% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Forge Games
Windows
In Mine Empire, start with basic mining and expand by gathering resources, upgrading equipment, and deploying machines for full automation. Blast through deep mineral veins with explosives, unlock rebirth upgrades and advanced technology, and build your own powerful mine empire.
Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Idler 23.8%, Mining 21.6% ★, Resource Management 14.5%, Simulation 4.3%
- #55 Military Incremental Complex
67% matchVery Positive82% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Space Kraken Studios
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
Why similar: Automation 25%, Idler 19.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Economy 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%
- #56 Masterplan Tycoon
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 744 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Resource Management 16.6%, Building 11.9%, Economy 11.7%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #57 Factory Planner
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 389 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Automation 38.1%, Crafting 20.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 5.1%
- #58 Outworld Station
64% matchVery Positive85% of 841 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 33.6%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #59 Beer Factory
68% matchMixed42% of 1,475 reviews2024
Dev: MyceliumGames
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Beer Factory is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Resource Management 15.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Economy 11.2%, Idler 11.1%
- #60 Orebound
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 976 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Resource Management 28.1%, Automation 20.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Mining 11.9% ★, Building 10.4%