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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Automation, Sandbox, Building, Base Building.

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A vehicle building game. Put your engineering, design and creativity skills to the test as you combine simple elements into complex contraptions. Jump around your vehicle to keep it moving and overcome challenges in the campaign, or just relax and build your dream machine in the cozy mode!

Reviews: Positive — 90% — of 40 reviews
Released: 2021-09-03
Developer: Pill Bug Interactive
Genres: Adventure, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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  1. #1 Factorio
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 231,662 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 45.0 hrsMean: 191.7 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 33.8%, Base Building 19.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 7.3%

  2. #2 Survival Vacancy
    96% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

    Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Building 14%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 11.5%

  3. #3 Fractal Foundry
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tiny Root Studio
    Windows

    Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.

    Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Programming 19.9%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 10.1%

  4. #4 Autonauts
    95% matchVery Positive90% of 4,943 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    Why similar: Programming 32.4%, Automation 23.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.3%

  5. #5 Poop Right Now
    94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: 晓猫
    Windows

    "Poop Right Now" is a puzzle game. Players play the role of "Courier" who have just entered the industry here to transport "Poop" to the right place. Please carefully arrange the transportation route to ensure that the "Poop" can be transported safely and accurately to its destination.

    Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Programming 22.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 13%

  6. #6 Potion Pipeline
    94% 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 25.9%, Building 17.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 8.8%

  7. #7 Desynced
    93% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,999 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

    Why similar: Programming 26.7%, Automation 19.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 11%, Sandbox 10.7%

  8. #8 Numachina
    91% 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 27%, Sandbox 14.8%, Cozy 11.3%, Physics 10.6%, Building 10.1%

  9. #9 ComPressure
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2021
    Dev: Charlie Brej
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.

    Why similar: Programming 26.4%, Automation 20%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.9%

  10. #10 Voxelantis
    91% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Neovoxel
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Voxelantis is a sandbox building and survival game set in a flat or spherical voxel world. Build anything out of your imagination, or adventure into uncharted territories to fight dangerous creatures. You can and deserve to have a small home planet of your own.

    Why similar: Programming 22.4%, Automation 15.6%, Building 14%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 9.8%

  11. #11 Factory Trashcension
    89% 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 24.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 12.7%

  12. #12 Craftica
    90% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2020
    Dev: NeoVoxel
    Windows · Mac

    Craftica is an elegant block-based sandbox game with ultra high degrees of freedom for creative building. Here you can build smooth and beautiful architectures, or construct advanced devices and machineries such as computers, vehicles and robots. Try it out and start exploring your imaginations!

    Why similar: Programming 23.8%, Automation 16.7%, Building 14.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 13.2%

  13. #13 The Maker Way
    89% 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 20.5%, Crafting 15.8%, Base Building 15.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 13.5%

  14. #14 Mob Factory
    88% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 32%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.4%

  15. #15 Flow Factory
    87% 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 25.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12.2%

  16. #16 Roody:2d
    86% matchPositive98% of 48 reviews2023
    Dev: redinator2000
    Windows

    Use simple machines to build complex assembly lines and automate increasingly advanced blocks. Weld together blocks and move them as one unit for vehicles, elevators, or mining machines.

    Why similar: Programming 25.3%, Automation 20.5%, Building 12.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 10.2%

  17. #17 Amicraft Factory™
    86% 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 29.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, Cozy 6.4%

  18. #18 Krasnaya Factory
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kickback games
    Windows

    Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.

    Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Crafting 15.7%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 9.4%

  19. #19 CHR$(143)
    85% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2021
    Dev: Nicolas Jean
    Windows · Linux

    A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!

    Why similar: Programming 30.3%, Automation 29.1%, Building 16.4%, Physics 11.5%, Crafting 7.3%

  20. #20 Outer Factory
    84% 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 25.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 11%

  21. #21 BricksPhilosophorum
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 芥语工作室
    Windows

    [点金方块]BricksPhilosophorum is an automated game that uses an assembly line to study alchemy. The game starts with collecting minerals, purchasing land, unlocking technology, and building automated production lines.

    Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Programming 20.4%, Building 15.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 9.7%

  22. #22 Programming Factory
    82% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
    Dev: KUOKUO
    Windows

    What kind of sparks will programming and factories create? Watching strings and numbers run on the conveyor belt, enjoy leisure time!!! Programming Factory is a factory puzzle game that now supports creative workshops and customizes your own puzzles!!!

    Why similar: Programming 31.7%, Automation 26.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 15.4%, Sandbox 5.6%

  23. #23 Number Machine: Math Factory
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ARIELEK
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.

    Why similar: Programming 30.2%, Automation 24%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 11.4%

  24. #24 Automation Station
    81% 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 26.1%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 13.2%

  25. #25 Main Assembly
    81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,346 reviews2021
    Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.

    Why similar: Programming 23.9%, Automation 17.1%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10.2%

  26. #26 Alchemy Factory
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,411 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.2 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 31%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 13.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.9%

  27. #27 shapez
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,623 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.7 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 30.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10.4%

  28. #28 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 27.1%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 14%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 8.9%

  29. #29 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 630 reviews2024
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.

    Why similar: Programming 31.3%, Automation 22.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 12.1%

  30. #30 Cubetory
    77% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2026
    Dev: Robogoose Games
    Windows

    Build a huge factory on a tiny island! Resources are scarce and unique - tweak and optimize everything for peak efficiency. Start with simple painted cubes, unlock tons of upgrades, and scale up to complex production chains. No enemies, just satisfying spaghetti.

    Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Cozy 19.4%, Building 16.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Base Building 10.9%

  31. #31 Crayon Computer
    78% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2024
    Dev: Artless Games
    Windows · Mac

    Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)

    Why similar: Programming 42%, Automation 21.1%, Building 10.6%, Physics 7.7%, Crafting 6.4%

  32. #32 programming-factory-2
    76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: KUOKUO
    Windows

    Programming Factory 2 is an educational and entertaining algorithmic puzzle game! Players solve algorithmic challenges ranging from simple mathematical operations to complex operations by building a network of processing modules.

    Why similar: Programming 35.8%, Automation 19.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 7.4%

  33. #33 Satisfactory
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 274,659 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 32.8 hrsMean: 111.2 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 28.9%, Base Building 20%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10.5%

  34. #34 Software CEO
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Deltacraft Games
    Windows · Linux

    Build your own software empire from scratch. Manage projects, recruit staff, design components, and grow from a garage startup to a tech giant. Create SaaS platforms, sell software, or fulfill contracts. Balance quality, deadlines, and innovation in this relaxing yet deep business simulation game.

    Why similar: Automation 19.7%, Building 14.2%, Programming 13.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 12.7%

  35. #35 Infinifactory
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 2,472 reviews2015
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

    Why similar: Programming 34.9%, Automation 27.3%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 5%

  36. #36 plexum
    75% matchNo user reviews
    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 31.2%, Building 16.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 8%

  37. #37 Icaria
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2026
    Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
    Windows

    Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.

    Why similar: Programming 27.1%, Automation 20.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.1%

  38. #38 Brave New Wonders
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: City From Naught Inc.
    Windows

    Automate, optimize, and build vast factories in a post-apocalyptic automation game for those who have evolved beyond conveyor belts. Command intelligent robots that obey your plain-text commands in any language, explore the ruins of a lost civilization, and rebuild humanity one machine at a time.

    Why similar: Programming 25%, Automation 20.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.4%

  39. #39 Untitled Automation Game
    74% 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 25.6%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 12%

  40. #40 Billion Egg Farm
    73% 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 31.3%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Physics 13.9%, Crafting 6.4%

  41. #41 Macaronpolis
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Lemiraum
    Windows

    Design your own 'all-in-one' macaron factory and become the CEO of your dream bakery. Decorate recipes at your own pace, or dive deep into optimizing production and adapting to ever-changing customer demand. Start from a small shop and conquer the world as a legendary CEO!

    Why similar: Automation 18.2%, Building 16.5%, Cozy 14.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.9%

  42. #42 Gobs & Gears
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GOBLINTEK
    Windows · Mac

    The Gob King wants his bomb. A big one. He wants it NOW. Reconstruct a lost factory in the Fog, route resources, and put the Gobs to work to build the BIG BOOM before he loses what's left of his patience.

    Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Cozy 15.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 8.4%

  43. #43 Linkito
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 165 reviews2024
    Dev: KalinarmPub: Playdigious Originals
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.

    Why similar: Programming 29.2%, Automation 21.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Physics 8.4%

  44. #44 Moose Builders
    71% 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 and power your factory. Research new machines to automate everything in voxel-based multi-story factories. Play alone or with friends and turn the desert into a solar farm.

    Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9.2%

  45. #45 Plasma
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,119 reviews2023
    Dev: Dry CactusPub: Dry Licorice
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.

    Why similar: Programming 28%, Automation 19.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 7%

  46. #46 The Last Seed
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: YebStudio
    Windows

    Restore life on a dying planet in this 2D automation strategy game. Build production chains, reclaim the ecosystem, and survive a hostile world with the help of The Last Seed.

    Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.1%

  47. #47 Learning Factory
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 519 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.

    Why similar: Programming 21.9%, Automation 18.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 10.4%

  48. #48 Autonauts vs Piratebots
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 520 reviews2022
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

    Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Programming 19.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 11.4%

  49. #49 ReFactory
    71% 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 25.3%, Base Building 19.4%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 9.6%

  50. #50 Craftory
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FluffyFish Dev
    Windows

    Craftory is a rougelite top-down wave survival game with loads of automation. You build machines, conveyor belts, and defensive structures like walls and turrets. However, at night enemies will invade your base! The goal is to conquer the planet and protect your core.

    Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Building 17.1%, Automation 15.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 9.1%

  51. #51 FACTORY I
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Studio H.D
    Windows

    FACTORY I is a minimalist automation simulator designed to deliver the pure joy of factory building through a clean, clutter-free UI. Strip away the visual noise, design flawless production lines, and challenge the limits of infinite efficiency.

    Why similar: Automation 27%, Base Building 16.2%, Building 14.9%, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 11.9%

  52. #52 Jaden Industries: Cozy Automation Puzzler
    69% 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 22.9%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 15.3%, Cozy 11.4%

  53. #53 Logic Arrows
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Artem Yashin
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Logic Arrows is a sandbox game where you design your own mechanisms: from logic gates to an entire computer. Use simple elements to build complex systems, solve engineering challenges and master computer logic.

    Why similar: Programming 33.1%, Automation 29.4%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 7.4%

  54. #54 MineMogul
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,006 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

    Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.9%, Physics 10.6%

  55. #55 Buried Cargo
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Siar Games
    Windows

    Buried Cargo is a terminal-driven automation game. Wake up as a lone maintenance robot buried beneath a dead world. Use real command-line interface to control machines, extract scrap, and build your automation network.

    Why similar: Programming 21%, Automation 19.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 10.9%

  56. #56 CosmoFab
    67% matchNo user 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 35.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Crafting 16%, Building 15.1%, Simulation 7.5%

  57. #57 Substructure
    67% 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 25.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 10.7%

  58. #58 419
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AVALON_STUDIOS
    Windows

    Start as a small-time filler and work your way up to kingpin. Buy CC info, print blanks, card online and launder your money through crypto. But watch out: the more you scam, the more heat you get. Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players.

    Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Sandbox 18.4%, Building 18.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Management 10.9%

  59. #59 Runeline
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    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: Programming 37.8%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%

  60. #60 MoteMancer
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 249 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 27.8%, Base Building 16.5%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 11.1%

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