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  1. #1 Builderment
    97% matchMixed66% of 119 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 28.9%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 13.5%, City Builder 12.7%, Resource Management 11.7%

  2. #2 Core Splitter
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Splitter Studio
    Windows

    Automate your factory to fuel a planet-splitting laser drill. Mass-produce mechanized combat units, deploy them in tactical auto-battles to conquer enemy outposts, and route their resources back to your expanding mega-factory. Grow your army and destroy the Runaway Artificial Superintelligence (RAS)

    Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 15.6%, City Builder 11%, Resource Management 10.8%, Crafting 9.7%

  3. #3 Cartefact
    96% 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 37.5%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 17%, Resource Management 14.1%, Simulation 6%

  4. #4 Islandustry
    95% 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 28.6%, Base Building 17.5%, City Builder 11%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy 8.4%

  5. #5 Factorio
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 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 35.2%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 5.7%

  6. #6 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 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 34.9%, Base Building 20.2%, City Builder 14.5%, Resource Management 8.5%, Simulation 8%

  7. #7 ReFactory
    93% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 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 25.9%, Base Building 20.7%, Crafting 14.9%, Strategy 12.4%, City Builder 9.8%

  8. #8 Biofactory
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Bioreactor Studios
    Windows

    Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.

    Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 12%, Resource Management 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.4%

  9. #9 Potion Pipeline
    91% 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 30.4%, Base Building 18.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%

  10. #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 33.5%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 6.7%

  11. #11 Kardashev
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Strategy 9.1%

  12. #12 The Factory Must Grow
    89% 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 32.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Strategy 9.3%

  13. #13 Poop Right Now
    89% matchNo user reviews
    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 32.7%, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 7.1%

  14. #14 Substructure
    88% 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 27.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Resource Management 11.9%, City Builder 11.4%

  15. #15 TowerLine
    87% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Mehmet Melih Solt
    Windows

    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 31%, Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Resource Management 13.4%, Strategy 6.8%

  16. #16 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Bosphorus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.

    Why similar: Automation 33.9%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 7%

  17. #17 FACTO
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Havca Games
    Windows

    FACTO is a top-down factory building and business simulation game where you are the big boss. You'll have to start from scratch, build your factories and grow your business until you become one of the pillars of the global economy!

    Why similar: Automation 38.3%, Crafting 16.3%, Resource Management 15.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 6.8%

  18. #18 Techtonica
    85% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 30.1%, Base Building 17.7%, City Builder 12.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Resource Management 10.9%

  19. #19 shapez
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 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 34.5%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 7.1%

  20. #20 Manaftory
    83% 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 42.8%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 16.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Sandbox 6.1%

  21. #21 Forge Industry
    84% 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 26.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 11.3%, City Builder 10%

  22. #22 Automation Station
    82% 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 30.6%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 13.2%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 7.5%

  23. #23 One Turret
    81% 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 37.3%, Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 9.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 6.6%

  24. #24 Mob Factory
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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 33.8%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 13.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Strategy 6%

  25. #25 Modulus: Factory Automation
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
    Windows

    Build, automate, & optimize elegant production lines, in a factory made from modules you create. Whether you’re solving intricate logistics puzzles or designing aesthetically pleasing factories, Modulus is built for creative expression. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.

    Why similar: Automation 27.6%, Base Building 16.2%, City Builder 11.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Resource Management 10%

  26. #26 Idle interstellar Factory 2
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 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 40.8%, Crafting 19%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 9.2%

  27. #27 Proto Garden
    79% 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 29.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Resource Management 10.1%, City Builder 9.3%

  28. #28 Outer Factory
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kescoding
    Windows

    Outer Factory is a peaceful and minimalist simulation where you design automated factories on different planets. Create complex infrastructures with simplified building mechanics. Enjoy your work as an interplanetary automation expert.

    Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Base Building 19.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 7.4%

  29. #29 Beltex
    79% matchVery Positive86% of 226 reviews2022
    Dev: Notional Games
    Windows

    Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.

    Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 6.7%

  30. #30 Factory Town
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Base Building 17.4%, City Builder 12.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Resource Management 11.9%

  31. #31 Captain of Industry
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Automation 37.4%, Base Building 22.5%, Resource Management 17%, City Builder 8.2%, Strategy 6.7%

  32. #32 Doodle Factory
    76% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2024
    Dev: Jan Francis Berdan
    Windows

    Welcome to Doodle Factory - your ticket to the world of factory fun! Dive into building and designing with ever-changing boards. Get creative, boost your efficiency with cool upgrades, and make each factory uniquely yours!

    Why similar: Automation 30.2%, Base Building 19.4%, City Builder 15.6%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 6.9%

  33. #33 Starport Kingdom
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Starport Kingdom
    Windows

    You build and command an orbital starport caught in an endless war zone. Pirates, meteors, and cosmic anomalies strike without pause. The galaxy doesn’t grant peace, only those who build through the fire survive.

    Why similar: Automation 22.7%, City Builder 19.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Simulation 11%

  34. #34 Automation Empire
    78% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Automation 32.3%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Crafting 8.4%, Strategy 8.3%

  35. #35 MoteMancer
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 236 reviews2025
    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

    An alchemical automation game of logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element offers unique tools for power, transport, and defense, rewarding adaptation and experimentation. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this Hex-Grid sandbox.

    Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 13.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 6.9%

  36. #36 Pistonica
    74% 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 36.4%, Base Building 21.6%, Resource Management 13.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Strategy 7.9%

  37. #37 Alien Planet Survival
    75% 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 34.8%, Base Building 21.5%, Crafting 15.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Strategy 6.2%

  38. #38 Beltmatic
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,009 reviews2024
    Dev: Notional Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.

    Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Base Building 18.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 7%

  39. #39 Spaceflight Factory : Prologue
    75% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2023
    Dev: Kanapper
    Windows

    Spaceflight: Prologue is an Automation and Base Building game with some survival game mechanics.During this prologue, You will lead a small colony of human remnants. Help them to survive, expand and gather enough resources to leave Earth for their new home planet.

    Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Base Building 24.2%, City Builder 17.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 7.2%

  40. #40 Final Factory
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 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 29.4%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 13.5%, Resource Management 12.3%, Strategy 6.2%

  41. #41 Factory Magnate
    72% matchNo user reviews
    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 32.7%, Base Building 20.8%, Resource Management 14.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Sandbox 6.7%

  42. #42 PoliPlanet
    72% 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 29.8%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 13.9%, Resource Management 13%, City Builder 7.8%

  43. #43 Infindustry
    74% matchMixed57% of 42 reviews2022
    Dev: plyoung
    Windows · Linux

    A relaxing industry/factory builder where you build, manage, automate, optimize, and expand an industrial village by exploiting various resources to create items.

    Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 16.8%, City Builder 12.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.1%

  44. #44 PNG RPG
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Sonja Studio
    Windows

    A pixel-art RPG in a 3D open world where you can build towns, manage people, explore a infinitely generated world, and battle monsters and foes alike.

    Why similar: Automation 26%, City Builder 16.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 9.2%

  45. #45 Factory Town 2: Paradise
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac

    Build and automate a tropical island village at the base of a sentient volcano. Use conveyor belts, boats, trains, catapults and ziplines to produce and deliver everything your town needs!

    Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 14.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Resource Management 6.9%

  46. #46 A Factory Roguelike
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pedro AnjosPub: Pixel Purrfect
    Windows

    Engineer an efficient production pipeline to keep up with the increasing demand rates of the Boxes. Choose reward bundles and research modules strategically to expand your factory and optimize efficiency.

    Why similar: Automation 39%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Resource Management 13.9%, Strategy 9.8%

  47. #47 Chocolatio
    70% 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 43.5%, Resource Management 16%, Strategy 14.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 8.2%

  48. #48 Belts of Iron
    70% matchNo user reviews
    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 28%, Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 13.4%, City Builder 12.3%, Resource Management 11.3%

  49. #49 One More Turret
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CNES Studio
    Windows

    One More Turret is an automation and tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Gather resources and enemy loot to construct intricate factory while defending against relentless monster waves. Can you strike the perfect balance between production and defense?

    Why similar: Automation 31%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Strategy 8.5%

  50. #50 Outworld Station
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 30%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Sandbox 6.2%

  51. #51 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 198 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 29.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Resource Management 12.9%, City Builder 11.7%

  52. #52 Complex SKY
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MomosundeassPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows

    COMPLEX SKY is a futuristic city building game with a unique architecture system - build the city both ways, up and down! The world is devastated by pollution, and it’s up to you to create a fully self-sustainable city in the skies, and populate it with human settlers.

    Why similar: Automation 26%, Base Building 15.3%, City Builder 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Resource Management 11.2%

  53. #53 Runeline
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gnostic Games
    Windows · Mac

    Design, build, and code a factory within the magical world of Runeline! Work on producing increasingly complex products, which will require you to write not just functional but optimized code, all within the simple instructions of the machine core.

    Why similar: Automation 33%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Strategy 7.5%

  54. #54 Satisfactory
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 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 35.7%, Base Building 25.8%, Crafting 15.1%, Resource Management 11.9%, Sandbox 5.9%

  55. #55 Factoriant
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Marudice
    Windows

    Factoriant is a factory builder where you construct an underground ant factory. As a queen ant, dig tunnels, carry food, and hatch worker ants to automate your production. Defend your nest from threats like birds and humans, and build a subterranean ant colony.

    Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Base Building 21.7%, Resource Management 14.5%, Crafting 11.4%, City Builder 5.7%

  56. #56 Sandustry
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 25.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 12.2%, City Builder 12%, Resource Management 11.4%

  57. #57 Alchemy Factory
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 38.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Resource Management 8.1%, Sandbox 8.1%

  58. #58 The Ten Thousand Li Wall
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Three-headed Giant
    Windows

    Ten Thousand Li Wall is a city-building strategy game with automation elements where you construct and defend the Great Wall. Manage your settlements, build intricate supply chains, and ensure your people never lose faith in their wise ruler.

    Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 17.5%, City Builder 14%, Resource Management 11.5%, Strategy 7.6%

  59. #59 Rise Under the Warstorm
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Last Signal
    Windows

    Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.

    Why similar: Automation 33.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 13.5%, City Builder 10.7%, Resource Management 10.1%

  60. #60 Chocolate Factory
    67% matchMixed54% of 139 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 29.7%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 14.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, City Builder 11.3%

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