- #1 Block Shop
97% matchVery Positive99% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 58.6%, Strategy 23.7%, Logic 7.5%, Building 3.6%, 2D 2.6%
- #2 Clicker Kids
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Forge
Windows
A clicker / idle incremental game with simple gameplay, deep progression, and endless strategy. Level heroes, unlock powerful upgrades, and watch the numbers go up. Easy to start, hard to stop.
Why similar: Automation 53.9%, Economy 19.9%, Strategy 15.5%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 2.1%
- #3 Terraform Inc
96% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
Terraform Inc is a game to build a reliable physics-based delivery network. You will get new planets, add enhancements in transit, then deliver to buyers. Construct elaborate designs to prove your ingenuity. Choose your friends wisely, working to earn respect and unlock even further opportunities.
Why similar: Automation 43.9%, Physics 21.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Logic 9.2%, Building 7%
- #4 Incremental Pain Profit
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zayndev
Windows
Click, topple and profit! Knock over tiny wandering Humans, hire Animals to cause chaos, collect mountains of coins and grow your ridiculous empire. Unlock powerful Rebirth upgrades, defeat Bosses and turn a peaceful board into a glorious mess of falling people.
Why similar: Automation 46.4%, Capitalism 19.5%, Economy 12%, Strategy 8.7%, 2D 5.8%
- #5 Numachina
94% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 46.6%, Physics 17.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Logic 7.4%, Transportation 4.4% ★
- #6 Blueprint Factory
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Smiling Panda Studios
Windows
Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.
Why similar: Automation 61.3%, Strategy 21.8%, Logic 9.4%, Building 4.5%, 2D 3%
- #7 Automation
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: One Tree Hill Studios
Windows
PLC Ladder Logic programming simulator.
Why similar: Automation 57.9%, Physics 21.3%, Strategy 16.3%, 2D 3.6%, Indie 1%
- #8 Billion Egg Farm
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yamei Games
Windows
Billion Egg Farm is a first-person automation game where you put chickens to work laying eggs and build production lines for eggs, meat, and processed goods.
Why similar: Automation 51.5%, Physics 21.5%, Economy 12.6%, Capitalism 8.3%, Building 6.1%
- #9 Project P.I.T.T.
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrokePub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Feed rubber ducks to a corporate void. Build physics contraptions. Chain combos for profit as the Maw grows hungrier... and larger. Brutalist PSX satire meets first-person sandbox chaos.
Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Dark Comedy 21.8%, Physics 20.1%, Capitalism 16.8%, Relaxing 2.7%
- #10 Car Factory Tycoon
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jomica
Windows · Mac
Build cars step-by-step in a factory sim. Design vehicles, build your garage layout, hire and train workers, manage parking inventory, and sell cars through customer orders or walk-in buyers as you expand your operation.
Why similar: Automation 52.1%, Strategy 22.1%, Economy 17.2%, Building 4.2%, 2D 3.4%
- #11 MegaFactory Tycoon
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Brian Strack JensenPub: goto64 Games
Windows · Mac
In MegaFactory Tycoon, you are the manager of a fully automated factory. The factory produces consumer products that can be sold for profit on the central market. The factory is fully simulated in real-time.
Why similar: Automation 53.8%, Economy 14.5%, Capitalism 10.3%, Strategy 7.2%, Building 6.6%
- #12 Factorization
91% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 66.8%, Strategy 17.6%, Building 7.5%, 2D 6%, Indie 2%
- #13 Critter Bonk
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyFishDev
Windows
A cute incremental clicker where you bonk bugs for profit. Earn money, unlock upgrades, acquire powerful skills, and recruit helpers to automate the bonking until you’re truly unstoppable. Satisfying and Relaxing!
Why similar: Automation 43%, Capitalism 18.1%, Economy 14.8%, Strategy 13.9%, Relaxing 4.1%
- #14 Assembly Line 2
88% matchMixed64% 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 62.9%, Strategy 20.2%, Capitalism 12.2%, 2D 4.8%
- #15 Tiny Train Tycoon
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 2D is enough
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a toy railway from limited pieces, launch trains, and solve logistical challenges. Tackle economic puzzles or relax in sandbox mode — the choice is yours.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Transportation 16.2% ★, Physics 11.9%, Economy 11.8%, Strategy 11%
- #16 Loop of Command
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blood Orange Games
Windows
👁️ Loop of Command is a cute automation puzzle about small horrors of corporate culture. Program obedient robots to survive your next performance review.
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Dark Comedy 23%, Capitalism 15.9%, Time Manipulation 8.9% ★, Relaxing 6.1%
- #17 Chocolatio
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RawEgg
Windows
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 62.5%, Strategy 22.9%, Logic 10.5%, 2D 4%
- #18 We Need More Steam!
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 55.1%, Strategy 25.2%, Logic 7.1%, Building 5.8%, Casual 3.5%
- #19 Simple CEO
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Madowl Games
Windows
Become a titan of industry! Simple to learn, difficult to master! A rogue-lite with plenty of charm and simple complexity.
Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Capitalism 16.6%, Economy 14.4%, Roguelike 12.7%, Strategy 10.7%
- #20 Automate!
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Altar Lab
Windows
As the CEO and factory manager, strive for efficiency by installing and upgrading a variety of equipment! Optimize equipment placement, make improvements, and unlock new equipment to experience the endless potential of automation!
Why similar: Automation 65.9%, Strategy 27.4%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #21 Let Them Fall
82% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 49.1%, Strategy 21.9%, Physics 12.1%, Logic 7.2%, Building 5.8%
- #22 Burger Flipper: A Fast Food Restaurant Simulator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enter Grip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Burger Flipper team! As our first hire, you’ll put a smile on customers’ faces as you prepare and serve their orders... And clean the kitchen and stock inventory. But we promote within! One day, you’ll be the manager, hiring new flippers, purchasing equipment, and choosing the menu!
Why similar: Automation 32.5%, Dark Comedy 18.1%, Capitalism 14%, Physics 13.4%, Economy 12.1%
- #23 Digit Factory
82% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Light Game
Windows
《Digit Factory》 is a game that allows you to give full play to your creativity and enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own pipeline to perform calculations on various combinations of numbers. In the endless demand, find a design that responds to changes with the same. Come , challenge your mind!
Why similar: Automation 51.5%, Transportation 18.6% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Logic 8.3%, 2D 5.6%
- #24 Rafting Factory
80% 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 60.1%, Strategy 20.9%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Building 4.1%, Relaxing 3%
- #25 Navigator
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paressysa
Windows
A casual puzzle game of "Mysterious Galaxy". Plan the movement path and unseal the stars. Experience a variety of mechanisms and challenges in galaxies with different themes. Use your wisdom to overcome difficulties and witness the reappearance of ancient constellations!
Why similar: Automation 44.8%, Physics 21.3%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Relaxing 8.3%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #26 Laptop Architect
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anlak
Windows
Design laptops from the PCB up and build a global tech empire! Balance complex heat and power mechanics, manage your corporate budget, and conquer international markets. Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate Laptop Architect?
Why similar: Automation 36.3%, Economy 16.1%, Capitalism 15.8%, Logic 11.2%, Strategy 9.8%
- #27 Get Rid Of Those Corners
77% matchPositive78% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Physical Salad Studios
Windows
Clear all sides of the shapes inhabiting this geometric incremental game to trigger unpredictable physical chain reactions, powered by over 130 upgrades available in your skill tree.
Why similar: Automation 46.8%, Physics 19.5%, Relaxing 12.2%, Roguelike 9.9%, 2D 6.9%
- #28 Conveyance
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: John Hnidec
Windows · Mac
A conveyor-based production and logistics sandbox including smart machines, node based conveyor belts, logic and recipe based item generation and powerful design time construction. Create and connect Miners, Splitters, Factories, Containers, Vaults and more...
Why similar: Automation 65.3%, Strategy 23.2%, Logic 11.6%
- #29 Idle Pizza Business
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Urban Isotope
Windows · Mac
Idle Pizza Business is a casual idle sim where you automate pizza production, upgrade gear and staff, and grow your empire across multiple locations.
Why similar: Automation 44.7%, Capitalism 19.1%, Economy 15.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Building 5.8%
- #30 Block King Demands Red Squares
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parrexion Games
Windows
Automate a network of towns producing the required shapes for the ever fickle Block King while keeping the citizens happy. Remember, if you fail, you will get fired.
Why similar: Automation 43.4%, Transportation 19% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Economy 9.4%, Relaxing 5.7%
- #31 Return to Planet Zoveka
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Invantage Studios
Windows
A physics-driven 2D space-mining simulation incremental game with depth and heart. Help a family forced from home herd cosmic dust, automate production, research, and grow one tiny inherited ship into a vast operation that can heal Zoveka and make it home again.
Why similar: Automation 45%, Physics 18.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Economy 6.9%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #32 Empire Origin
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rod's DeskPub: Empire Enterprises
Windows
Multiplayer Incremental Idle tycoon with a stock market that actually works. 200 stocks, real options pricing, Fed rate decisions, 55 businesses across 10 tiers, real estate, banking, taxes, and a 530-node research tree. Multiplayer shares one market. There's also a casino.
Why similar: Automation 40%, Capitalism 21.6%, Economy 17.9%, Logic 7.4%, Strategy 5.1%
- #33 Gearplexed
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Train of Thought Games
Windows
Enjoy playing with gears? Gearplexed is a constructive problem-solving game with a variety of gear-based puzzles ranging from opening gates to building factories. Build gears to get the right amount of speed or torque to the target gears and be careful not to lock up your gear train.
Why similar: Automation 43.5%, Physics 20.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Logic 6.6%, Building 6.4%
- #34 Courier Simulator 2026
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kayari Games
Windows
Build, deliver, and automate your way to success in Courier Simulator 2026. Manage your own delivery company, build complex conveyor systems, and handle packages across the city by hand or with machines that never ask for raises. Expand, optimize, and become the best courier business in the town.
Why similar: Automation 33.6%, Transportation 16% ★, Economy 14.9%, Physics 14.8%, Strategy 11%
- #35 Tilnize
74% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: masasgames
Windows
A puzzle game where you build sorting lines to correctly sort tiles as they move along the conveyor. The challenge is how you use a limited set of devices!
Why similar: Automation 48.9%, Transportation 21.6% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Logic 6.5%, 2D 4.8%
- #36 Spin Royale
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Spin Royale is a bottom-of-screen idle game where your slot machine spins and earns money automatically. Collect rare symbols, upgrade powerful items, and climb the global leaderboard in this endless progression experience!
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Capitalism 15.4%, Economy 13.7%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #37 Train Reaction
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logic Breaker Studio
Windows
Train Reaction is a satisfying puzzle game about automating efficient train networks. Create the logic that powers signals and junctions in order to deliver cargo and avoid crashes. Optimize your solutions for efficiency and climb the global leader boards!
Why similar: Automation 44.4%, Transportation 21.3% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Relaxing 5.9%, Logic 5.4%
- #38 Genterra
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: The Bunker Studios
Windows
Humanity needs out. Genterra Corporation requires an Architect. From a remote terminal on Earth, deploy automated factories across four planets, each with its own resources, to build the rescue rocket. ARIA will guide you. Productivity is mandatory.
Why similar: Automation 54.2%, Strategy 26.8%, 2D 6.9%, Building 6.5%, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #39 Fruit Factory
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: The Indie Accord
Windows · Mac
A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!
Why similar: Automation 44.2%, Physics 17.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Relaxing 7.2%, Logic 6.7%
- #40 Ian's Rocket
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IQopolis
Windows
A history-based, strategy, open-world game in which a nation's economy is built from scratch by utilizing all available resources. Create cities and wonders, hire labor, sell crafted products, and build armies. Meet historical figures who will either fight to stop your efforts or trade with you.
Why similar: Automation 50.7%, Strategy 20.1%, Economy 14.7%, Transportation 12.2% ★, Indie 2.3%
- #41 Assemble Ensemble
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Jorin SalewskiPub: Die Noten
Windows
Assemble Ensemble is a music-themed factory-building game, that offers a variety of fun melodies, for you to recreate by cleverly placing machines and conveyors!
Why similar: Automation 55.4%, Strategy 34.5%, Relaxing 8.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #42 A Factory Roguelike
70% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Pedro AnjosPub: Pixel Purrfect
Windows
Every run, a different factory. Pick modules, optimize your production lines and adapt as orders pour in, faster and larger every time. You can expand your space, but not forever: every tile counts.
Why similar: Automation 57.1%, Roguelike 19.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 4.6%, Cartoon 3.5%
- #43 Electric Alps
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dirty Paws Studio
Windows
You are an electrician, moving back to your hometown in the Austrian Alps, which you find lacks a certain... spark. Promptly tasked with wiring up the village, you solve electrical puzzles, blow fuses and master real-world circuitry techniques. Electrify the Alps, one circuit at a time.
Why similar: Automation 44.2%, Physics 15.6%, Logic 10.8%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 7.3%
- #44 NationForge
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sakanu Games
Windows
A nation-scale city builder focused on city planning and production chains. Strategically place and develop multiple cities, shape them with synergistic policies, and use transportation and trade as supporting systems for a growing planned economy.
Why similar: Automation 48.1%, Transportation 20.5% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Economy 7%, 2D 3.8%
- #45 My Tiny Grocery Store - Desktop Idle Supermarket Game
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
My Tiny Grocery Store is an idle shopping simulator located in the bottom right corner of your screen that allows you to manage your store while also completing other tasks! Design your store, arrange your shelves, and enjoy earning money.
Why similar: Automation 56%, Strategy 15.8%, Relaxing 8.9%, Economy 7.5%, Building 4.7%
- #46 Unregulated
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Somiaz Studios
Windows · Linux
A physics puzzle game about moving coloured boxes via conveyors to their respective coloured chutes before the end of the day! Constantly adding and removing different types of conveyors to make sure you create the most optimal routes.
Why similar: Automation 48%, Transportation 16.1% ★, Physics 15.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Building 5.6%
- #47 Auto Factory
74% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Architect Studios
Windows
Build and run your own automated factory to turn materials into a range of products!
Why similar: Automation 60.7%, Physics 27.3%, Building 8.8%, Casual 3.2%
- #48 Upalu Mundi
69% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: True Baboons
Windows · Mac · Linux
Upalu Mundi is a puzzle game set in a dwarven world at the dawn of railways. Lay tracks, build stations and set switches to keep goods moving and profits soaring. Read the news to see how the public reacts as you shape the future of transportation!
Why similar: Automation 44.3%, Transportation 19.2% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Logic 9.8%, Building 4.4%
- #49 Nile Express
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roland Mueller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the first railway network in Africa. Create profitable routes in Egypt, from Alexandria to Aswan. Deliver passengers and goods to the right destinations. Take care of your railway network and deal with accidents.
Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Transportation 19.3% ★, Physics 13.3%, Economy 13.3%, Strategy 11.3%
- #50 Flow Factory
69% 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 51.7%, Physics 17.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Logic 7.4%, Building 5.1%
- #51 Food Facility
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Lemo-Logic Studios
Windows
Food Facility is a 2D factory automation game where you design and build complex production lines to create delicious food, sell your goods, and grow your business empire!
Why similar: Automation 48.7%, Strategy 37.3%, Building 6.4%, Casual 4.3%, Indie 3.3%
- #52 Bestion
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JellyCat Games
Windows
Bestion is a game that combines Roguelike tower defense elements with automated factory construction. Players are required to construct their own factory on a planet and protect the kernel from monster attacks.
Why similar: Automation 60.9%, Strategy 15.9%, Roguelike 14.3%, 2D 3.2%, Building 2.7%
- #53 ACRES
67% matchVery Positive81% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Jimi Games
Windows
ACRES is a small strategy simulation game about growing crops for evolving market demands. Build a farm, one acre at a time, to create a prosperous enterprise. Upgrade equipment, optimize harvests, and nurture the soil against increasing time pressure. How long can you keep the farm operating?
Why similar: Automation 41%, Capitalism 16.4%, Economy 14.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #54 DeliverieZ
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mateusz Mielczarek
Windows · Mac
Become a CEO of your own delivery company. Transport parcels from A to B, expand your fleet and depots. Face multiple challenges and earn as much money as you can.
Why similar: Automation 37%, Transportation 20.1% ★, Economy 18.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #55 Assembly Line 2 Mobile Version
68% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and optimize your assembly line to make the most money possible!
Why similar: Automation 57.3%, Strategy 29.3%, 2D 7.5%, Building 4.7%, Indie 1.2%
- #56 Scratch Inc.
64% matchVery Positive91% of 1,937 reviews2025
Dev: Makopaz
Windows · Mac
Build an Empire, From Scratch, in this Scratch Card Idle/Incremental game.
Why similar: Automation 50.4%, Capitalism 15.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Economy 13%, 2D 3.2%
- #57 FACTO
66% 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 65.3%, Strategy 14.9%, Capitalism 11.8%, 2D 3.3%, Building 3%
- #58 We Build Below
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Everheart
Windows
Get rich or get eaten. Build underground factories, automate production, and defend against parasites in this 1-3 player roguelite.
Why similar: Automation 57.4%, Roguelike 21.3%, Strategy 17.9%, Sci-fi 3.4%
- #59 Ridiculous Shipping
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowfriend
Windows · Linux
Ridiculous Shipping is an arcade management sim about running a chaotic sea port. Unload ships and get every container to its destination using cranes, drones, trucks, and ridiculous buildings like shark-filled aquariums.
Why similar: Automation 45%, Transportation 17.7% ★, Economy 16.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Building 5.7%