- #1 Satisfactory
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 9.4%, Building 8.7%
- #2 Factory Trashcension
96% 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 20%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 9.5%, Open World 8.2%
- #3 Factorio
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Resource Management 8.9%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #4 Substructure
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dubious DesignPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
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 20.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 7.9%, Building 7.5%
- #5 Alien Planet Survival
94% 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 24.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 9.9%, Open World 9.6%
- #6 Automation Station
94% 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 22.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.4%, Open World 8.5%
- #7 The Resonance Initiative
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackfield Studios
Windows
In this open-world factory sandbox you need to harness unique power waveforms to run your machines. Use everything as fuel, from plant life to fallen enemies. Explore the world to uncover new foes and resources to exploit as your empire grows.
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Crafting 15.4%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Open World 7.8%
- #8 DRUG Schedule
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CrimsonRoute Games
Windows
Build your empire! Cook and make illegal drugs, expand your cartel, and outsmart rivals and law enforcement. Play solo or team up in co-op to dominate the underworld! Your empire, your rules. Rise to power! Don't get high on your own dope!
Why similar: Automation 16.5%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 9%, Building 8.8%
- #9 Pistonica
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica is the pure steam and mechanical factory automation game, challenging your resource management skills. Explore the tropical island first-person, research tech, mine for minerals, build contraptions and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 26.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.8%
- #10 plexum
91% 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 26.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #11 The Maker Way
90% 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 18.4%, Crafting 15.7%, Base Building 15.2%, Open World 10.7%, Building 10.7%
- #12 Alchemy Factory
88% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Craft your workshop as an alchemist! Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. Multiplayer Supported! Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #13 Drug Dealer Schedule
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MindBrew Studio
Windows
Get your hands dirty in an immersive open-world crime simulator. Mix, grind, dissolve, and package every product yourself, build hidden labs, outsmart the police, smuggle shipments through checkpoints, and grow from a small-time dealer into an underground kingpin.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.6%, Co-op 9.3%
- #14 shapez
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #15 TowerLine
87% matchPositive96% of 26 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 26.2%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 15.8%, Resource Management 9.3%, Open World 7.9%
- #16 PoliPlanet
86% 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 21.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 10.1%, Open World 9.6%
- #17 Potion Pipeline
86% 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 25%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 14.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%
- #18 Modulus: Factory Automation
84% matchVery Positive91% of 846 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #19 Reprocessed
85% 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 21%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 9%
- #20 Chocolate Factory
83% matchMixed57% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 10%, Open World 8.4%
- #21 Techtonica
82% matchMixed65% of 3,253 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #22 Hydroneer
84% matchVery Positive86% of 28,389 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Automation 21.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 10%, Open World 9.6%, Co-op 8.5%
- #23 Skyformer
81% matchVery Positive83% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
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! Play alone or up to 4 player co-op.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%
- #24 Outer Factory
81% 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 24.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 15%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 9%
- #25 Mob Factory
82% 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 26.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.3%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #26 MoteMancer
80% matchVery Positive92% of 256 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 24%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 9.1%, Open World 8.5%
- #27 Schedule I
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 313,881 reviews2025
Dev: TVGS
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Why similar: Automation 14.9%, Open World 11.3%, Co-op 10.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%
- #28 CosmoFab
78% match8 user reviews50% of 8 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 31%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #29 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Automation 22%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 14%, Building 10.1%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #30 Amicraft Factory™
77% 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 28.4%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 15%, Resource Management 9.9%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #31 Belts of Iron
76% matchPositive90% of 49 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 22.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 14%, Open World 10.9%, Resource Management 8%
- #32 Dinky Guardians
78% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 10.2%, Co-op 9.2%
- #33 Sandustry
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 11.3%, Open World 10.3%
- #34 Moonshiner Simulator
75% matchVery Positive86% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Goosix Games
Windows
Moonshiner Simulator is an in-depth spirits production simulator. Start from the bottom and build your operation into a thriving empire by mastering the intricacies of the craft and creating unique recipes. But beware – there will always be those who want to see you fail.
Why similar: Automation 17%, Crafting 13.2%, Co-op 11.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 9.8%
- #35 Kardaviik
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kardaviik is a 3D factory automation game set in a voxel asteroid belt. Your mission: harness energy, ascend the Kardashev Scale, and save Earth. Conquer the expansive procedurally generated belt by harvesting resources and extracting fuel, and build your ultimate space factory!
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 9.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #36 Industronaut
75% 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 21.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #37 LithoBreak
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Labs
Windows
LithoBreak is an Early Access industrial survival game rebuilding toward one moon-site loop: boot up the console, build the first site, and help shape a science-driven survival sim.Play with Science
Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 9.9%, Open World 9.8%
- #38 Islandustry
73% 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 25.5%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #39 FOUNDRY
73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,918 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 18.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 9.9%, Open World 9.3%
- #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 26.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 15.7%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #41 Galaxy Scavengers
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Automation 12%, Resource Management 9.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9%
- #42 Candy Factory TD
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Building 8.6%
- #43 Cartefact
72% 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 34%, Crafting 19.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #44 Eden Crafters
70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 9.2%, Open World 9.2%
- #45 The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
70% matchVery Positive82% of 411 reviews2025
Dev: BEF GAMESPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a criminal empire from the streets up. Commit crimes in third-person, run and automate illegal businesses, recruit your own crime family, fight rival organizations, and take control of a seamless open-world city.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.4%
- #46 DepthWake
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reversed Interactive
Windows
Return to an Earth abandoned for over 500 years and explore its transformed oceans in search of vital resources. With supplies on humanity's new home world running dry, you must gather materials, build automated underwater operations, and uncover the secrets that now lie beneath the waves.
Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13%, Building 11%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #47 Clogwork
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Odd Sprout Games
Windows
CLOGWORK is a factory-automation game where you turn random pieces into final shapes. Build conveyor belts, glue, cut and rotate parts, wire logic signals, and send the finished shape to the hub to fulfil ever-changing orders.
Why similar: Automation 27%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #48 Mulerun – Retro Bootlegger Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ABK
Windows
Distill moonshine, run a farm, and fly contraband for two masters who must never meet. The CIA owns you. The cartel pays you. A first-person bootlegger sim on a 1970s tropical island — solo or in 4-player online co-op.
Why similar: Automation 20.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 9.7%, Driving 9.2%
- #49 Moose Builders
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Dig sand with a shovel and process into iron, silicon and more. Craft and merge better tools and machines to build solar panels to power them. Research new machines to automate everything in multi-story factories. Play alone or with friends to survive in the desert and turn it into a solar farm.
Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 8.3%, Open World 7.1%
- #50 Untitled Automation Game
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Circuit Studio
Windows
Destroy every sentient being on a planet far, far away from Earth using automation cubes and a little magic!
Why similar: Automation 23.9%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #51 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
69% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Automation 18.1%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 9.9%, Building 8.4%
- #52 Astro Colony
67% matchVery Positive81% of 2,699 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 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 23.1%, Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #53 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 25.4%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #54 Dirty Business
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 876 reviews2026
Dev: Plan Dirty Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a criminal empire from a hidden underground hangar. Produce drugs, craft weapons, print fake money, operate cartel airstrip and more. Hire workers, expand your gang, upgrade your base and take control of city distribution solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Automation 17%, Crafting 14%, Base Building 13.2%, Co-op 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #55 Space
68% 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 18.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #56 Production Zero
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alloi Games
Windows
Production Zero is a factory building game in which you grow a manufacturing empire across an untamed world. Design vast networks of factories from top to bottom, extract unique resources, optimize & automate to achieve industrial harmony and scale your operation through varied biomes.
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 10.6%, Simulation 9.5%
- #57 Proto Garden
67% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: arreyne
Windows · Linux
Factory automation, but the conveyor belts are bees! Gather pollen, automate honey production, and research new flowers to create your own ecosystem from the ground up.
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 11.1%, Open World 9.6%
- #58 Timberflow: Sawmill Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HatchStudio
Windows
From a single tree to an entire industry! Manage and automate your lumber business in this relaxing, yet challenging Sawmill Simulator. Start small, grow rich, dominate the market.
Why similar: Automation 15.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #59 Dyson Sphere Program
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,542 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Building 11.5%, Open World 10.1%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #60 Rafting Factory
67% 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 32.9%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.1%