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Games Like InfraSpace

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Strategy, Building, Resource Management.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 80% — of 1,870 reviews
Released: 2023-09-22
Developer: Dionic Software
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 3.8 hrs
Mean playtime: 21.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 70%

Overview

InfraSpace stands out by blending complex city-building with a deep, traffic-focused logistics system in a sci-fi setting. These recommendations prioritize games that emphasize supply chain management, automated production, and intricate transportation networks to help you build the ultimate efficient utopia.

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    97% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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 25.4%, Resource Management 13.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Economy 11%, City Builder 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on complex supply chains and logistics management within a challenging industrial simulation.

  2. #2 Dyson Sphere Program
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 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 23.9%, Space 12.9%, Base Building 11.8%, City Builder 10.1%, Resource Management 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines large-scale automation and resource management with a grand space-faring scope.

  3. #3 Factorio
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 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 26.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 8.4%, Trains 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who love complex automation, logistics, and scaling production chains.

  4. #4 Satisfactory
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 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 30.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a stunning 3D perspective on the automation and logistics gameplay found in InfraSpace.

  5. #5 RAILGRADE
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 1,194 reviews2023
    Dev: Minakata Dynamics
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    Why similar: Trains 15.3%, Automation 12.3%, City Builder 11.5%, Moddable 9.6%, Transportation 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building efficient train networks to solve complex logistics problems on alien worlds.

  6. #6 Factory Town
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 15.1%, City Builder 12%, Transportation 11.1%, Resource Management 8%, Base Building 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A charming take on automation that emphasizes moving goods across a map using various transport methods.

  7. #7 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    93% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Economy 12.8%, Moddable 11.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 10%

    Why You'll Like It: Features the most detailed transportation and logistics simulation available, requiring precise planning for every resource.

  8. #8 Plan B: Terraform
    92% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    Why similar: Transportation 22.1%, Automation 16.6%, Trains 14.7%, Resource Management 9%, Sandbox 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A logistics-focused game where you must manage massive supply chains to terraform an entire planet.

  9. #9 Transport Fever 2
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
    Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

    Why similar: Transportation 24.6%, Trains 16.6%, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 8.9%, Management 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation of transportation networks and economic growth through logistics.

  10. #10 shapez 2
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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: Transportation 22%, Automation 20.4%, Management 9.4%, Building 8.4%, Base Building 8%

    Why You'll Like It: Distills the automation genre down to its core, focusing entirely on building efficient, scalable production lines.

  11. #11 Anno 1800
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
    Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

    Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Economy 18.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 6.6%, Simulation 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Masterfully balances city-building with intricate supply chain management and trade route optimization.

  12. #12 IXION
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Space 18%, Resource Management 13.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends space survival with city-building and resource management as you manage a massive space station.

  13. #13 Automation Empire
    89% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 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 20.7%, Base Building 9.8%, Economy 8.9%, City Builder 8.6%, Trains 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build massive, sprawling industrial networks to automate resource extraction and processing.

  14. #14 The Crust
    87% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    Why similar: Automation 19.6%, City Builder 14.9%, Space 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 10.5%

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  15. #15 Voxel Tycoon
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

    Why similar: Transportation 21.9%, Trains 15%, Automation 9.4%, Economy 8.8%, Management 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based transportation and management game that emphasizes building complex rail and road networks.

  16. #16 Timberborn
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
    Dev: Mechanistry
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Automation 18.5%, Science 15.6%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 9.3%

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  17. #17 Astro Colony
    86% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 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 25%, Base Building 15.2%, Space 14.1%, Resource Management 13.2%, Building 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Features an infinite, procedurally generated universe where you build automated factories on floating space platforms.

  18. #18 Rise of Industry
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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: City Builder 16.2%, Economy 12.9%, Transportation 10.6%, Management 9.6%, Resource Management 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic side of production chains and managing logistics across a growing industrial empire.

  19. #19 Rail Route
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
    Dev: Bitrich.info
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

    Why similar: Transportation 15.5%, Trains 13.5%, City Builder 12%, Automation 11.8%, Economy 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, logic-heavy game about designing and managing complex railway dispatching systems.

  20. #20 Sweet Transit
    85% matchMixed68% of 1,227 reviews2024
    Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

    Why similar: Transportation 19.3%, Trains 14.6%, City Builder 12.7%, Moddable 9.8%, Economy 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A city-builder where the entire economy is driven by an intricate, player-designed train network.

  21. #21 Cities: Skylines
    83% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
    Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

    Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Building 11.8%, Moddable 10.9%, Economy 9%, Management 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for traffic management and urban infrastructure planning.

  22. #22 Industry Idle
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    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: Transportation 18.2%, Automation 15.5%, City Builder 11.8%, Resource Management 8.5%, Economy 8%

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  23. #23 Planetbase
    82% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Space 16.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 8%, Building 6.5%

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  24. #24 FOUNDRY
    80% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%

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  25. #25 Railway Empire
    81% matchVery Positive83% of 9,620 reviews2018
    Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

    Why similar: Trains 22.5%, Transportation 15.5%, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.9%, City Builder 9.1%

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  26. #26 Production Line : Car factory simulation
    81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Automation 17.6%, Economy 12.6%, Management 12.1%, City Builder 9.5%, Building 9.2%

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  27. #27 Good Company
    79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Economy 12.4%, City Builder 12%, Resource Management 10.1%, Building 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a tech manufacturing company, emphasizing production line optimization.

  28. #28 Autonauts
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Automation 35.4%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.9%

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  29. #29 Cliff Empire
    78% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
    Dev: Lion's Shade
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Economy 14.5%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 9.5%, Management 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi city-builder that requires managing trade and resources between multiple small, isolated cliff-top cities.

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    77% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
    Dev: Apog Labs
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  31. #31 Per Aspera
    77% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    75% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  33. #33 Solargene
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    76% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
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  35. #35 Mini Settlers
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    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
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    76% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
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    75% matchMixed64% of 3,520 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    73% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
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    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

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    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,740 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    73% matchMixed70% of 1,070 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac
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  42. #42 Techtonica
    71% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
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    Windows
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  43. #43 Stationeers
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 652 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    70% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
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    Why similar: Automation 17.7%, Space 15.5%, Science 14.2%, Economy 10.6%, Resource Management 10.3%

  48. #48 shapez
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 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 26.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Moddable 8.8%

  49. #49 Project AURA
    71% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
    Dev: Nexcentric Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Economy 11.8%, Management 10.1%, Building 9.2%

  50. #50 Mini Settlers: Prologue
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 801 reviews2024
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

    Why similar: Transportation 18.6%, Automation 17.1%, City Builder 13.3%, Trains 10.2%, Resource Management 9.5%

  51. #51 Industries of Titan
    68% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

    Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Resource Management 16.3%, Space 12.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 12.7%

  52. #52 Outworld Station
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 25.1%, Space 14%, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.1%

  53. #53 Anno 2205™
    69% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,263 reviews2015
    Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    Why similar: City Builder 34%, Economy 12.8%, Space 9.5%, Resource Management 8.5%, Management 6.7%

  54. #54 Industry Giant 4.0
    68% matchMostly Negative37% of 545 reviews2025
    Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows

    Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!

    Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Automation 16%, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.5%, Management 9.2%

  55. #55 Final Factory
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 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 21.4%, Moddable 11.8%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Space 9%

  56. #56 Cities in Motion
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,080 reviews2011
    Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

    Why similar: Transportation 23.6%, Trains 16.6%, City Builder 16.3%, Management 13%, Economy 9.5%

  57. #57 Mad Tower Tycoon
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
    Dev: Eggcode
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.

    Why similar: Transportation 18%, City Builder 15.8%, Economy 11%, Building 9%, Management 8%

  58. #58 Builderment
    67% matchMixed66% of 119 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 21.8%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 8.5%

  59. #59 Railway Empire 2
    66% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
    Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
    Windows
    Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    Why similar: Transportation 22.5%, Trains 16.7%, City Builder 11.9%, Economy 9.5%, Resource Management 7.5%

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