- #1 Potion Pipeline
97% 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 33.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 10.7%, Magic 8.9%
- #2 The Resonance Initiative
96% 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 35.3%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Base Building 7.3%, Crafting 7.1%
- #3 ArkSeed Terraformery
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MindWroughtGames
Windows
You are the last chance for humanity, Terraform, Build, Save Humanity one pixel at a time.
Why similar: Automation 28.2%, Simulation 22.1%, Sandbox 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Building 8%
- #4 Text Factory: Automation
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hy_studio
Windows
Text Factory: Automation is an offline, text-based factory simulation game. Build production lines, set up transportation between maps, upgrade technologies, craft weapons and armor, and defeat enemies to gather more resources and expand your factory.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Simulation 22.3%, Sandbox 18.4%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Building 8.3%
- #5 Factory Magnate
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Rising TailPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
A casual factory builder for everyone. Construct production lines, complete objectives, and unlock new machines as you grow your industrial empire—no stress, no combat, just satisfying progress.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Sandbox 11.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Base Building 9.3%, Moddable 9.2%
- #6 GridCraft
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hy_studio
Windows
Shape an entire grid-based world with your mouse. Gather, craft, farm, cook, tame animals, automate production, and battle powerful bosses. Every item, machine, and creature is yours to pick up, place, and combine.
Why similar: Automation 38.2%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 14.9%, Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #7 Elfgineer
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DigitalMishaps LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Elfgineer is a cozy factory game where you design the most important factory in the world, Santa's workshop. Automate toy production, craft festive contraptions and unlock new recipes, machines and technologies. Build, optimize and maximize christmas spirit before time runs out on Christmas Eve!
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 7.2%
- #8 Grimmdustry
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Jotha
Windows
Grimmdustry is an automation game with adventure and RPG elements. After finding yourself stranded in a medieval world full of fantasy tropes, use your knowledge of modern technology to find a way home, or use it to make this new world your own!
Why similar: Automation 40.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Magic 9.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #9 FACTO
91% 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 44.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 8.4%, Building 4.8%
- #10 Karless
91% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Pagecall
Windows · Mac
A factory automation game where you build vehicle production lines to reconnect a shattered post-apocalyptic continent. Mine raw resources, research new technologies, and build vehicle supply chains — ship them out to reconnect the severed regions of Aris.
Why similar: Automation 37.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Immersive Sim 10%, Building 9.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #11 MoteMancer
90% matchVery Positive92% of 260 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 34.6%, Sandbox 12.4%, Magic 12.1%, Base Building 9%, Simulation 7.2%
- #12 Industrial Garbage
89% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: LMT
Windows
Industrial Garbage is a game where combination is the key and money is your limit. You will have to manage yourself carefully and ensure that you complete orders in time, or else...
Why similar: Automation 42.6%, Simulation 16.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 7.9%, Base Building 5.5%
- #13 Slimy Harvest
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: plyoung
Windows
Harvest Slime Monster eggs for the Alchemists. Buy equipment to automate the process and combine Slimes into new types for more profit and to explore deeper into the dungeon.
Why similar: Automation 60.6%, Sandbox 23%, Simulation 15.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #14 2D Factory
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexandre Hamelin
Windows
Turn a wild pixel-art world into a living factory. Gather by hand, automate five industrial tiers, explore for powerful optional upgrades, and master belts, pipes, power grids, rovers, trains and nuclear energy—solo or in online co-op for up to 8 players.
Why similar: Automation 27.8%, Simulation 19.8%, Sandbox 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Building 7.7%
- #15 Manaftory
87% 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 51.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #16 Arcaneering: Beyond Automation
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Sundrop Games
Windows · Linux
Automate the arcane! Build spell-powered factories, reclaim ancient territories filled with magical secrets, and discover game-changing technology hidden across procedurally generated worlds. Master both engineering and magic in this cozy fusion of factory automation and RPG progression.
Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Magic 17.8%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Building 8.7%
- #17 Fractala Sandbox
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludofractal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the elements of Fractala Sandbox and its large-scale physics-based simulation. A pure sandbox experience featuring everything from wavy water and sticky slime to viscous lava, coiling honey, squishy jelly, compressible snow, piling sand, aerodynamics, solids, rope, fire, and explosives!
Why similar: Automation 34.9%, Simulation 19.2%, Magic 12.4%, Building 9%, Moddable 7.9%
- #18 Swarmdustry
84% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Mitchy Studios
Windows
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Moddable 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Base Building 8.1%
- #19 MegaFactory Tycoon
85% 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 42.5%, Simulation 20%, Building 12.2%, Management 6.2%, Top-Down 5.3%
- #20 ASTERSTEAD
84% 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 49.5%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Management 7.7%
- #21 Holon
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: rynstick
Windows
Build factories inside factories. Extract shapes, automate production, and deliver increasingly complex designs to the Hub. Enter a Nest to build its machinery, reuse it as a single building, then fit smaller Nests inside larger ones to take your factory further. About this game
Why similar: Automation 34.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 8.3%, Simulation 8.3%
- #22 Cave Factory
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ted BendixsonPub: Send It Apps
Windows · Mac
A 2D side-view factory builder where every grain of dirt, every drop of water, and every wisp of steam in the world is its own simulated pixel.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Simulation 19.7%, Sandbox 16.3%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Building 7.1%
- #23 Pixel Factory
81% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: White Flame
Windows
Build and automate your own factory in Pixel Factory. Paint cubes in different colors and create unique patterns, design efficient production lines and upgrade your buildings to optimize production.
Why similar: Automation 47.3%, Simulation 14%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%
- #24 Lumen Nexus: Core
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ToddLN
Windows
A sci-fi factory automation game where resources move as light instead of belts. Build production chains, expand across asteroid islands, trade your resources, research new systems, and keep your growing factory flowing under rising pressure.
Why similar: Automation 42.2%, Immersive Sim 12%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Simulation 9.6%
- #25 Islandustry
79% 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 38%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 9.5%
- #26 Factorization
82% 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 54%, Simulation 17.1%, Building 14.1%, Top-Down 8.6%, 2D 3.9%
- #27 shapez
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 42.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Base Building 10%, Building 7.1%, Crafting 6.8%
- #28 Mystic Tesserae
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: UmadYsot
Windows
2.5D Falling sand game. Collect Rare Items and discover new Elements. Use Elements to make Powerful Spells. Build and Destroy at your will.
Why similar: Automation 45.6%, Simulation 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Crafting 8.8%, 2D 5.1%
- #29 Factorwave
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 45.6%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 6.8%
- #30 Factorio
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 47.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 5.8%, Building 4.9%
- #31 Let Them Fall
78% 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 38.7%, Simulation 20.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Building 10.7%, Immersive Sim 6.1%
- #32 Mob Factory
77% 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 41.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 6.5%
- #33 Bestion
76% 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 44.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #34 Atom By Atom
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inner Core Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a factory around a black hole. Extract elements, route atoms through Matter Tubes, bond them using valence-driven chemistry, and scale precise molecular production lines atom by atom.
Why similar: Automation 39.3%, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 12.6%, Base Building 10%, Crafting 6.7%
- #35 Assembly Line 2
76% matchMixed66% of 69 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 51.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Management 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #36 Final Factory
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 306 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 35%, Sandbox 11.7%, Base Building 9%, Simulation 8.8%, Moddable 8.7%
- #37 Solarise
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: adhd sloth
Windows
A short and sweet game that aims to be a love letter to solar panel production and the crisis of the modern century for Europe as it grapples with reindustrialisation. Manage your factory, power needs, politics, and just ordinary people, in order to lower costs and outcompete your global rivals.
Why similar: Automation 47.1%, Simulation 18.2%, Top-Down 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Management 6.3%
- #38 Cartefact
73% 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 52.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.7%
- #39 One Turret
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kaplin86
Windows · Linux
"One Turret" is a factory-building solo-tower-defense with a large emphasis on large crafting trees.
Why similar: Automation 46.2%, Simulation 17%, Base Building 11.3%, Sandbox 9.8%, Moddable 6.9%
- #40 Uptime: A Cloud Provider Sim
71% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: RubyRack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a cloud provider from a garage to a hyperscaler - rack the hardware, run every cable, route the traffic, keep customers online. A first-person infrastructure sim where ports, power, fault domains, RSTP and BGP do real work, not flavour text. Readable for newcomers, honest for engineers.
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Sandbox 15.3%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 8.2%
- #41 Left Stranded
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevBre Games
Windows · Linux
Cast into a medieval kingdom by ancient stones, you must forge, automate, and expand your workshop. Alone or in multiplayer, fulfill royal orders, harness coal, steam, electricity and uncover the secrets that could return you home.
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Sandbox 15%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 9%, Simulation 8.3%
- #42 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: weathering
Windows
从钻木取火,到飞向银河!《挂机工厂》是一款麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的流水线建设游戏。种田→畜牧→冶金→工业革命→开辟航线→电子芯片→改造星球→探索宇宙,用你的双手创造这一切!
Why similar: Automation 48%, Simulation 17.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #43 SHLAG I
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Danisma
Windows
A young rapper ends up as a temp worker in a pharmaceutical warehouse. Repetitive work, tyrannical bosses, the police... this job doesn't go as planned.
Why similar: Automation 42.9%, Simulation 20.4%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Building 12.3%, Base Building 6.5%
- #44 TowerLine
69% matchPositive96% of 28 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 43.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 8.4%
- #45 Substructure
70% 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 36%, Sandbox 13.2%, Base Building 9.4%, Moddable 8.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #46 Rafting Factory
70% 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 49.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Base Building 12%, Building 7.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #47 Forge Industry
72% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows · Mac
Forge your destiny as a blacksmith! Automate your workshops, optimize your supply chain, research new materials, craft legendary weapons, and cast your place in the world.
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Moddable 10.5%, Sandbox 9%, Base Building 8.8%, Simulation 8.2%
- #48 Phantasm Cube
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HAEMOSU
Windows
Automate production lines to generate cubes, manage resource conversions, maintain crucial buffs, and build your ultimate production line.
Why similar: Automation 60.3%, Simulation 16.7%, Base Building 9.2%, Management 7%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #49 Production Zero
69% 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 41.2%, Simulation 21.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #50 Infinite Number Factory
67% 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 46.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.7%
- #51 Stella Astrum
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Death Knight Studios LLC
Windows
Stella Astrum is a whimsical factory game where you manage elemental resources to form Stars, Planets, and more. Use your skills to unlock upgradable factories, nurture colorful celestial bodies, and shape an expansive galaxy. Sit back, relax, and amplify the universe beyond its artistic limits!
Why similar: Automation 44%, Sandbox 11.9%, Base Building 11%, Simulation 10%, Crafting 7.1%
- #52 Automation Station
68% 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 38.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 11%, Simulation 10.6%, Base Building 9.2%
- #53 Jaden Industries: Cozy Automation Puzzler
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pushka Studios
Windows
Jaden Industries is a relaxing factory-building puzzle game about managing compact crafting chains across floating islands. As an expedition engineer, you’ll explore a peaceful Archipelago, configure production flows, refine resources, and achieve perfect efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 32.5%, Sandbox 16%, Magic 12.3%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #54 Genterra
67% 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 42%, Simulation 24.1%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 6.7%, Management 5.6%
- #55 Veinfall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doca
Windows
Veinfall is a 2D exploration, crafting, and factory automation game. Mine ore, gather materials, build machines, and connect production lines with conveyors. Grow a small hand-built base into your own factory as you explore deeper into the planet.
Why similar: Automation 40.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 8.6%, Management 6.6%
- #56 Outer Factory
67% 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 39.3%, Sandbox 15.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Building 8.1%
- #57 middenmoon
66% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Dorfl
Windows · Linux
That's no moon. It's a giant ball of garbage. Build a factory to excavate, wash, sort, classify and disassemble the detritus of ages past.
Why similar: Automation 30%, Sandbox 27.3%, Simulation 16.6%, Top-Down 12.3%, Base Building 5.9%
- #58 Plantile
66% 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 45.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 7%, Building 7%