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

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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 — 92% — of 39 reviews
Released: 2021-09-03
Developer: Pill Bug Interactive
Genres: Adventure, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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  1. #1 Block Factory
    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2025
    Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
    Windows

    Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.

    Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Building 14.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 12.8%

  2. #2 Factorio
    96% 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 34.4%, Base Building 19.3%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 7.2%

  3. #3 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 22.4%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11.3%

  4. #4 Runeline
    95% 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: Programming 28.5%, Automation 24.3%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 9.3%

  5. #5 Autonauts
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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 31.9%, Automation 24.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.2%

  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 26.5%, Building 16.9%, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 8.7%

  7. #7 Poop Right Now
    93% 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 27.5%, Programming 22%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.9%

  8. #8 Mob Factory
    92% 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 32.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 10.2%

  9. #9 Numachina
    91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Uberbax Gaming
    Windows

    Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.

    Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Cozy 11.6%, Physics 10.5%, Building 9.9%

  10. #10 Desynced
    90% matchVery Positive81% of 1,825 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.3 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 26.3%, Automation 20.3%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%

  11. #11 ComPressure
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 64 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%, Automation 20.6%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%

  12. #12 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 25.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 12.6%

  13. #13 The Maker Way
    89% matchNo user reviews
    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 21%, Crafting 15.7%, Base Building 15.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 13.3%

  14. #14 Roody:2d
    88% matchPositive98% of 46 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%, Automation 21.1%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 10.2%

  15. #15 CHR$(143)
    87% matchVery Positive96% of 79 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: Automation 29.9%, Programming 29.9%, Building 16.2%, Physics 11.5%, Crafting 7.2%

  16. #16 Krasnaya Factory
    86% 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 25.1%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 9.3%

  17. #17 Outer Factory
    86% 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 26.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10.8%

  18. #18 Programming Factory
    85% matchPositive100% of 19 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 31.3%, Automation 26.9%, Base Building 17%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 5.6%

  19. #19 Number Machine: Math Factory
    84% 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 29.9%, Automation 24.7%, Building 14.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 11.4%

  20. #20 Main Assembly
    84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,337 reviews2021
    Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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 23.6%, Automation 17.6%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10.1%

  21. #21 Automation Station
    83% 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 26.8%, Building 15%, Sandbox 14%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 13.1%

  22. #22 Techtonica
    82% 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 26.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 14.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.7%

  23. #23 BricksPhilosophorum
    82% 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. The ultimate goal is to refine the Sage's Stone and turn it into gold.

    Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Programming 20.8%, Building 16.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 10%

  24. #24 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 620 reviews2024
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 30.9%, Automation 23.5%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 12.1%

  25. #25 shapez
    81% 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 30.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 10.3%

  26. #26 Alchemy Factory
    78% 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 31.2%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 14%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 13%

  27. #27 Islandustry
    80% 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 27.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 8.8%

  28. #28 Cubetory
    79% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
    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 29.3%, Cozy 19.8%, Building 16.3%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 10.7%

  29. #29 Crayon Computer
    79% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 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 41.5%, Automation 21.7%, Building 10.5%, Physics 7.7%, Crafting 6.4%

  30. #30 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
    76% matchVery Positive84% of 2,178 reviews2025
    Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

    Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Building 20.5%, Cozy 14.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.5%

  31. #31 Blacksmith's Kingdom
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HinkoStudio
    Windows

    A fantasy blacksmith shop simulator with survival-crafting gameplay. Start as a small-town blacksmith and forge your way to the throne. Craft powerful swords, expand your workshop, and gather rare resources. Defeat powerful enemies and prove your strength in the mines and at the forge.

    Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 11.5%, Co-op 11.5%, Management 11.4%

  32. #32 Flow Factory
    77% 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 22.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%

  33. #33 programming-factory-2
    76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 35.5%, Automation 19.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 14%, Sandbox 7.4%

  34. #34 Satisfactory
    74% 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 29.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 13%, Sandbox 10.4%

  35. #35 Infinifactory
    78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,459 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 34.4%, Automation 28%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 4.9%

  36. #36 Untitled Automation Game
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Galactic Circuit Studio
    Windows

    Untitled Automation Game is a automation game blended with mech combat, story and a little bit of magic!

    Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 11.9%

  37. #37 Software CEO
    75% 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 20.2%, Building 14%, Programming 13.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Management 12.8%

  38. #38 Jaden Industries: Cozy Automation Puzzler
    73% 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 23.4%, Building 16.4%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Cozy 11.7%

  39. #39 Learning Factory
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 511 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 21.6%, Automation 18.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.3%

  40. #40 Stationeers
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

    Why similar: Programming 21.9%, Automation 17.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%

  41. #41 ReFactory
    73% 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 19.2%, Crafting 16.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 9.5%

  42. #42 The Last Seed
    72% 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 26.6%, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 11%

  43. #43 Autonauts vs Piratebots
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 514 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 24.2%, Programming 19.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 11.3%

  44. #44 Icaria
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
    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 26.6%, Automation 21.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.2%

  45. #45 Craftory
    71% 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 19.2%, Building 16.9%, Automation 16.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 9%

  46. #46 Plasma
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,062 reviews2023
    Dev: Dry CactusPub: Dry Licorice
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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

    Why similar: Programming 27.3%, Automation 20.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 7%

  47. #47 Logic Arrows
    70% 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 32.3%, Automation 30.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 7.5%

  48. #48 MoteMancer
    68% 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 28.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 10.9%

  49. #49 Exovia
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows

    Free your mind as you mine an asteroid in zero gravity, creating floaters that drift through the oddly satisfying physics-driven supply chains YOU design to pave humanity's road to the stars.

    Why similar: Automation 22%, Cozy 14.2%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 11.4%

  50. #50 MineMogul
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 25.8%, Building 14.1%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.8%, Physics 10.5%

  51. #51 Substructure
    69% 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 26.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 10.5%

  52. #52 419
    69% 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 24%, Sandbox 18.2%, Building 18%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 11%

  53. #53 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 20.7%, Automation 20.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 10.8%

  54. #54 Charge!
    70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
    Dev: Hidden Depths Games
    Windows

    Charge is a level-based puzzle game where you control the flow of charge around a circuit board. Arrange pre-built components into wondrous machines that take advantage of available resources and design your own modules from scratch.

    Why similar: Programming 37.3%, Automation 27.3%, Building 9.7%, Management 7.6%, Simulation 5.1%

  55. #55 Builderment
    68% 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 30.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 16%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 12.3%

  56. #56 Factory Magnate
    67% 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 29.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 13%, Management 9.5%

  57. #57 Factory Engineer
    70% matchMixed46% of 132 reviews2017
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.

    Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 16.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Simulation 10.6%

  58. #58 TowerLine
    66% 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 30.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 16.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 8.5%

  59. #59 Pistonica
    66% 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 33.3%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 15%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 11%

  60. #60 Lifecraft
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixbits
    Windows · Mac

    Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!

    Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 14.2%, Base Building 12.8%

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