
Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Automation, Resource Management, Simulation, Base Building.

Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale.

Cartefact
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.

Dyson Sphere Program
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.
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.
Why similar: Automation 39.6%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 14.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 7.5%
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 33%, Base Building 19.3%, Space 15.4%, Resource Management 10.5%, Sandbox 7.3%
You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Crafting 10%, Space 8.9%
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Space 11.8%, Sandbox 9.9%
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 38.7%, Base Building 22%, Resource Management 13.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 7.8%
Outer Factory is a peaceful and minimalist simulation where you design automated factories on different planets. Create complex infrastructures with simplified building mechanics. Enjoy your work as an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 30.6%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 12.3%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 9.9%
This is a strategy game that combines automated base construction with real-time tower defense. Land on a harsh alien planet, construct a vast automated industrial assembly line from scratch, and transform it into a formidable front capable of withstanding a massive influx of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 37%, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 12.3%, Space 8.8%, Strategy 8.2%
Jigsaw Industry is a game that allows you to unleash your creativity and fully enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own factory to combine and process different shapes and colors. A fully automated and intelligent factory can be achieved through digital circuits, logic signals, and other means.
Why similar: Automation 35.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 14.5%, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 8.1%
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 27.7%, Base Building 19.9%, Space 13.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 7%
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 35.6%, Base Building 18.9%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.4%
Pistonica invites you into a calm, open world where steam and machines meet. In this first-person steam automation game, you build and automate a refined factory, explore an island, research tech, and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 36%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Crafting 8%
"Poop Right Now" is a puzzle game. Players play the role of "Courier" who have just entered the industry here to transport "Poop" to the right place. Please carefully arrange the transportation route to ensure that the "Poop" can be transported safely and accurately to its destination.
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Base Building 20.2%, Resource Management 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 9.9%
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 36.6%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Strategy 6.4%
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 29.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 11.8%, Space 10.6%, Sandbox 9.1%
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 33.1%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 7.8%
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 31.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 9.3%
Main Sequence is a space-sim factory builder where your goal is to build an interstellar industrial empire. Collect resources, automate production, and expand your fleet of ships in order to survive and leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Base Building 18%, Space 12.5%, Resource Management 8.9%, Crafting 7.3%
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 34.5%, Base Building 23.5%, Resource Management 11%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
Shape Together is a factory-building game: lay mines, belts, and machines, automate shapes, and use them to defeat monsters and bosses. Hold back waves, grow stronger over time—solo or with friends on Steam.
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 11.9%
This is a factory game based on text and 2d drag and drop. You need to complete the process from mining resources to the final interstellar resource mining and transportation. You will continue to unlock new technologies and experience many unexpected challenges along the way.
Why similar: Automation 42.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, Strategy 8.3%
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 29.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Space 14.2%, Sandbox 9%, Resource Management 8.2%
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 30.2%, Base Building 17.4%, Space 14.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
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 31.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Base Building 19.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Resource Management 10.2%
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 39%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Resource Management 7.8%
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 46.5%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 17%, Sandbox 9.9%, Simulation 6.1%
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Base Building 17.3%, Space 12.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Sandbox 9%
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 31%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
Yuri’s Resolve is a single-player factory-building game set in Mars' orbit. Salvage wreckage, mine Phobos, construct manufacturing systems, and forge a path back home. Operate from the immersive cockpit of your ship as Yuri’s Resolve delivers a bold, innovative take on the factory building genre.
Why similar: Automation 32%, Base Building 19.2%, Space 13.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 7.9%
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 36.6%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 8.6%, Crafting 8.2%
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.
Why similar: Automation 39%, Base Building 21.5%, Resource Management 14.6%, Space 6.6%, Sandbox 5.6%
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Space 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
An alchemical automation game of logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element offers unique tools for power, transport, and defense, rewarding adaptation and experimentation. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this Hex-Grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 33.6%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 8.8%
Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.
Why similar: Automation 31.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 10%, Sandbox 8.2%
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 35.4%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10%
Plantile is a grid-based game about building your plant factory. Start from a single seed, expand your production overtime, and reach full automation by utilizing advanced tiles!
Why similar: Automation 39.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 15.6%, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 9.9%
FACTO is a top-down factory building and business simulation game where you are the big boss. You'll have to start from scratch, build your factories and grow your business until you become one of the pillars of the global economy!
Why similar: Automation 42.8%, Resource Management 17.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Strategy 8%
An incremental journey through space. Manage your ship's capsules, choose your path through the stars, and watch your crew and automation do the rest.
Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Base Building 20.7%, Space 17.7%, Resource Management 15.5%, Crafting 9.1%
The Factory Must Grow is a 3D first-person factory builder where you mine resources, craft machines, and research tech. Begin by unlocking your first technology, then expand into a sprawling, multi-layered production empire. From small setups to massive systems, your imagination is the only limit!
Why similar: Automation 37.5%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Strategy 9.4%
A space automation game with rogue lite elements. Take the role of a rogue defense drone building up a mining and defense industry in the far reaches of space.
Why similar: Automation 39.4%, Base Building 22.8%, Strategy 15%, Resource Management 13.9%, Space 8.6%
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Space 11.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Resource Management 9.5%
Hostile Mars is a Factory-Building game focused on Combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech, unlocking powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 10%, Space 8.7%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 34.3%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 13.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 9.1%
Survive a hostile world with your droid. Build your base, automate with robots, and manage the energy that keeps you alive. Beware. The tech you rely on may save your life – or destroy it.
Why similar: Automation 32%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Space 7.6%
Away Team is a new Oxygen Not Included game. Mistakenly shipped off to an alien world, you will need to harness the environment and master temperature, pressure, chemical reactions and more in order to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Base Building 20.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Resource Management 10.5%, Crafting 9%
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends
Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
Build creative machines, rovers, drones or robots. Use them to gather resources, discover new machine parts, source energy, construct bases and battle enemy factions in a physics-based open world.
Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Base Building 20.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 5.9%
Find the best island, outbid your rivals and start exploiting it. Automate your production and watch the market to sell your goods at the right price. Use your profits to buy upgrades and make your production chain even faster.
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Base Building 20.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Strategy 9.2%
You are a necromancer, build your undead empire. A necromancer automation game where your army is your logistics network. Route mindless minions via signposts, automate production chains, equip your soldiers and conquer the Human Empire.
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Strategy 9.2%
Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.6%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 9.8%
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Space 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Resource Management 10.7%
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 36.3%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Base Building 22.6%, Space 11.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Strategy 7.1%
Build a fractal world. Automate the automation of your automation. Put Factories in Factories in Factories.
Why similar: Automation 42.5%, Base Building 23.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Resource Management 8.5%, Strategy 6.5%
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 33.4%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 8.5%
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 32.4%, Base Building 24.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 9.1%
Fast-paced factory builder with combat. Automate, defend, and destroy the alien mothership!
Why similar: Automation 43.3%, Resource Management 14.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Strategy 4.6%
Create and build your own automated chocolate factory. Freely design and expand your factories to deliver a huge variety of chocolate themed resources.
Why similar: Automation 47.8%, Resource Management 16.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Crafting 6.1%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Space 10%, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 9.9%