- #1 Cartefact
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sillage Games
Windows · Mac
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 38.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #2 CosmoFab
96% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: StrabSphace
Windows
CosmoFab is a factory-building game focused on mining, production, and automation. Mine resources and build production lines to create a fully automated industrial system. Defend your base against relentless hostile creatures, explore the planet, and complete your mission.
Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Base Building 20.5%, Resource Management 13.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 8%
- #3 Dyson Sphere Program
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,483 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.7 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 32.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Space 15.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #4 Alien Planet Survival
95% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
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 32.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Space 9.1%
- #5 Reprocessed
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
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%, Base Building 17.7%, Space 12%, Resource Management 12%, Sandbox 10%
- #6 Factorio
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,473 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 192.6 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 38.1%, Base Building 22.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 7.9%
- #7 Outer Factory
93% 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 29.9%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 12%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 10%
- #8 PlanetForge Protocol
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Railstar GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
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 36.3%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Space 9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #9 Astro Colony
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,695 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Space 14%, Resource Management 11.2%, Sandbox 7%
- #10 Jigsaw Industry
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Light Game
Windows
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 35.1%, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 8.3%
- #11 TowerLine
89% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Melih Solt
Windows · Mac
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 34.6%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #12 Pistonica
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
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 35.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%
- #13 shapez
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,794 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 34.9%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 9.5%
- #14 Poop Right Now
88% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: 晓猫
Windows
"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%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 10%
- #15 Industronaut
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amca Games
Windows
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 27%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 11.5%, Space 10.9%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #16 Rafting Factory
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kim Star Game
Windows
Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.
Why similar: Automation 39.1%, Base Building 22.4%, Resource Management 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #17 plexum
86% 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 35.8%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 8.1%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #18 Final Factory
85% 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 28.9%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, Space 10.9%, Crafting 9.2%
- #19 Amicraft Factory™
84% 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 35.9%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #20 Main Sequence
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tumbling Dumpling StudioPub: Mythwright
Windows
Main Sequence is a first-person space-sim factory builder where you design spaceships, build space stations, and automate everything. Start with a single ship and grow to become an interstellar industrial empire as you leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Automation 30.6%, Base Building 18.4%, Space 12.8%, Resource Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #21 Automation Station
83% 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 31.2%, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Resource Management 11.4%, Crafting 9.4%
- #22 Satisfactory
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 277,932 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.1 hrsMean: 112.3 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 33.9%, Base Building 24%, Resource Management 10.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #23 ASTERSTEAD
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUMICROFT
Windows
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the surface.
Why similar: Automation 42.7%, Base Building 24.1%, Resource Management 15.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Sci-fi 3.7%
- #24 Outworld Station
80% matchVery Positive85% of 836 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 29.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Space 14.5%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 8%
- #25 Idle interstellar Factory 2
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
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 41.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 13.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #26 Shape Together
79% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Blu
Windows · Mac
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 30.6%, Base Building 19.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 12%
- #27 Final Upgrade
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 458 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Space 14.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #28 Factory Trashcension
79% 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 31.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #29 Flow Factory
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smuie
Windows
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 32.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 13.2%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 9.7%
- #30 Potion Pipeline
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
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 34.1%, Base Building 20%, Strategy 13.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 10%
- #31 Attrition Line
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Attrition Line
Windows · Linux
A factory game about building an army. Mine, smelt, and manufacture soldiers on an assembly line, then send them to fight a swarm that grows every hour. The more you automate, the bigger your army. Fall behind and the line breaks.
Why similar: Automation 38.5%, Base Building 22%, Resource Management 14.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #32 Alchemy Factory
75% matchVery Positive89% of 2,500 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 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 38.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #33 SkyRig
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Astra Logical
Windows
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 28.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Space 12.9%, Resource Management 10.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #34 Manaftory
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiyakaru
Windows
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 46.4%, Base Building 20.2%, Resource Management 16.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Simulation 6.1%
- #35 PoliPlanet
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
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 30.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #36 MoteMancer
73% matchVery Positive92% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 8.9%
- #37 Prospector
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
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 24.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Space 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #38 Mob Factory
75% 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 35.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 13.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, Crafting 8.3%
- #39 Krasnaya Factory
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kickback games
Windows
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%, Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 9.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #40 Builderment
74% matchMixed68% of 128 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 34.7%, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 13.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #41 BOREWORKS
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hello Egg
Windows
A chill, top down automation game about mining asteroids down to the core. Build bots. Figure out logistics. Automate yourself out of a job.
Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 15.5%, Space 11.2%, Crafting 8.9%
- #42 Plantile
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daivy
Windows · Linux
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 38.4%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 15.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 10.1%
- #43 UNIT 42: Adrift in Space
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: AwitaGames
Windows · Linux
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 30.5%, Base Building 21%, Space 18%, Resource Management 15.2%, Crafting 9.3%
- #44 FACTO
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havca Games
Windows
In FACTO, become the world’s biggest factory boss! Build your factories, buy raw materials, process them and then sell them on to boost your turnover until you become a mega-corporation !
Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Resource Management 17.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 8%
- #45 Infinite Number Factory
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Starchase Games
Windows
Infinite Digital Factory is a dark neon 2D automation game where numbers power every production line. Extract values, route them through independent pipes, combine larger numbers, upgrade the central core, and expand across layers with elevators, portals, space modules, and blueprints.
Why similar: Automation 39.8%, Base Building 21.4%, Resource Management 15.9%, Sandbox 9.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #46 The Factory Must Grow
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Krayno Studios
Windows
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 36.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 12.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #47 Astral Industrial Complex
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Con7rad7
Windows
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 38.8%, Base Building 23.2%, Strategy 15.2%, Resource Management 13.6%, Space 8.8%
- #48 Hostile Mars: Prologue
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
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%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 11.9%, Sandbox 10.1%, Space 8.9%
- #49 Beltmatic
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,209 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 33.6%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 9.2%
- #50 ASEMA
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: goblin-architecture
Windows
Automate your factory in space. Build logistic railguns to feed the production lines of your ever growing machines. Gravity disrupts your trajectories - master it. Connect your machines over the vast void. Find resource rich moons and asteroid streams to harvest and mine, but beware of the Locals.
Why similar: Automation 29.7%, Base Building 18%, Space 13.6%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 8.5%
- #51 Belts of Iron
67% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows
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 31.4%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 12%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #52 The Crust
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,711 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 29.1%, Base Building 19.9%, Space 15.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #53 Away Team
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
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 24.7%, Base Building 21.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Resource Management 10.2%, Crafting 9.1%
- #54 The Maker Way
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brave Games Inc.
Windows
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 27.7%, Base Building 21.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 6%
- #55 CircuitVeil
67% 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: Automation 32.8%, Base Building 19.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Crafting 8.8%
- #56 Islandustry
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proper Puppy
Windows
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 35.4%, Base Building 21.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Strategy 9.3%
- #57 Space
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
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 25.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Space 14.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #58 Dawn Apart
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
Windows
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 35.3%, Base Building 22.9%, Space 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #59 Iron Inc.
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Segment Games
Windows · Mac
Iron Inc is an interplanetary factory automation game where you colonize, build, and fight on planets across the galaxy while developing inter-planetary logistics systems. Create massive bases and engage in combat on the ground and in space.
Why similar: Automation 38.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #60 ReFactory
68% 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 31.7%, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 9.2%