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Games Like Masterplan Tycoon

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

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Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 74% — of 729 reviews
Released: 2023-03-09
Developer: Bureau Bravin
Publisher: Ravenage Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 72%

Overview

Masterplan Tycoon stands out for its clean, minimalist approach to complex logistics and supply chain management, turning production into a satisfying puzzle. These recommendations focus on games that emphasize automation, node-based planning, and the rewarding challenge of optimizing intricate systems.

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

    Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Management 16.3%, Building 13.5%, Logic 11.5%, Resource Management 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, node-based factory builder that focuses purely on the logic and flow of production without the clutter of combat.

  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 45%, Resource Management 23.6%, Management 10.4%, Building 9.7%, Strategy 5.6%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive automation game that challenges you to build and optimize massive, interconnected supply chains.

  3. #3 Rail Route
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
    Dev: Bitrich.info
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

    Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Economy 13.4%, Building 12.8%, Management 11.5%, Logic 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, node-based logistics game that focuses on the intricate puzzle of scheduling and routing trains.

  4. #4 Dyson Sphere Program
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

    Why similar: Automation 38.7%, Resource Management 18.3%, Building 17.7%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 6.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Scales the logistics challenge to a galactic level, requiring complex planning and resource management across multiple planets.

  5. #5 Mini Motorways
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,591 reviews2021
    Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    Why similar: Management 17.3%, Minimalist 15.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Building 11.1%, Simulation 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Uses a minimalist aesthetic to challenge your ability to manage traffic flow and road networks under pressure.

  6. #6 Production Line : Car factory simulation
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

    Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Management 19.3%, Economy 15.8%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 13.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A deep dive into supply chain management where you must optimize every step of a car manufacturing process.

  7. #7 Mindustry
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

    Why similar: Automation 38.7%, Resource Management 26.7%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with deep supply chain automation, requiring you to feed resources into your defenses.

  8. #8 Satisfactory
    91% 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 47.2%, Resource Management 22.5%, Building 21.5%, Simulation 3.9%, Strategy 3.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person perspective on factory building, emphasizing verticality and complex conveyor belt logistics.

  9. #9 Little Big Workshop
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

    Why similar: Automation 17.9%, Management 15.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Building 14.5%, Economy 12.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a charming, toy-like aesthetic while providing a robust system for managing factory production and worker logistics.

  10. #10 Rise of Industry
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 reviews2019
    Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

    Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Management 20.9%, Resource Management 17.1%, Automation 13.6%, Building 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the macro-management of supply chains and economy in a sprawling, procedurally generated world.

  11. #11 Good Company
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!

    Why similar: Automation 20.7%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 14%, Building 13.2%, Management 12.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Centers on the automation of product assembly and the management of a growing tech business.

  12. #12 InfraSpace
    89% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

    Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Resource Management 17.1%, Economy 16.6%, Building 15.4%, Management 13.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that forces you to manage complex transportation networks and automated supply lines to keep your city running.

  13. #13 Learning Factory
    88% 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: Automation 22.8%, Building 15.6%, Economy 15.3%, Resource Management 15.1%, Management 14.1%

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    89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  15. #15 Incremental Factory
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    Windows · Mac
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    Why similar: Automation 27%, Resource Management 17%, Economy 12%, Building 11.5%, Minimalist 6.4%

    Why You'll Like It: An idle-focused automation game that strips away complexity to focus on the pure satisfaction of growing production numbers.

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    Windows
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  17. #17 Automation Empire
    86% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Automation 30.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13.4%, Management 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Features massive, multi-layered logistics systems that require careful planning to move resources efficiently.

  18. #18 Voxel Tycoon
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
    Dev: Voxel Tycoon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

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    Why You'll Like It: A transport-focused management game where you build complex rail and road networks to connect resource nodes.

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    85% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the grid-based management of power infrastructure, requiring careful planning to avoid blackouts.

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    84% matchVery Positive84% of 447 reviews2023
    Dev: Star Garden Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Logic 13.6%, Building 11.7%, Management 11.6%, Abstract 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle game that uses automation mechanics to construct words from individual letters.

  21. #21 Captain of Industry
    83% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    Why You'll Like It: A hardcore logistics and automation game that requires you to manage everything from mining to complex manufacturing.

  22. #22 Beltmatic
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 2,009 reviews2024
    Dev: Notional Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Resource Management 16%, Abstract 11.8%, Building 10.1%, Minimalist 9.4%

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  23. #23 Timberborn
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
    Dev: Mechanistry
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  24. #24 Kubifaktorium
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Why similar: Automation 29.7%, Economy 17.4%, Building 17%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 10.1%

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    81% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    79% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    80% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Automation 35.7%, Resource Management 23.1%, Building 21.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.2%

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  28. #28 Autonauts
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Automation 41.3%, Resource Management 13.5%, Building 12.6%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%

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  29. #29 Logic World
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 349 reviews2021
    Dev: Mouse Hat Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  30. #30 shapez
    77% 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 30.3%, Resource Management 17.2%, Building 10.5%, Management 10.5%, Abstract 7.9%

  31. #31 Stationeers
    78% 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: Automation 29.7%, Resource Management 18.8%, Building 18%, Logic 17.3%, Management 16.2%

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  32. #32 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%

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  33. #33 Inn Tycoon
    75% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
    Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    76% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
    Dev: Apog Labs
    Windows · Mac
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    76% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
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    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
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  39. #39 Tavern Master
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
    Dev: Untitled Studio
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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Resource Management 16.2%, Economy 14%, Building 13.2%, Management 12.1%

  50. #50 Railbound
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 1,856 reviews2022
    Dev: Afterburn
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!

    Why similar: Wholesome 28.6%, Resource Management 12.6%, Building 12.5%, Logic 10.6%, Management 10.5%

  51. #51 Dorfromantik
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

    Why similar: Resource Management 21%, Logic 18.4%, Minimalist 16.9%, Relaxing 11%, Puzzle 10.3%

  52. #52 Capital Simulator
    71% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2020
    Dev: chenjd
    Windows · Mac

    A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges

    Why similar: Management 20.3%, Economy 15.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Minimalist 12.8%

  53. #53 Upload Labs
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 6,472 reviews2025
    Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

    Why similar: Automation 38%, Management 13.2%, Logic 12.5%, Economy 11.7%, Simulation 10.6%

  54. #54 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,274 reviews2025
    Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

    Why similar: Management 18.8%, Building 18.5%, Economy 18.3%, Resource Management 14.7%, Strategy 7.9%

  55. #55 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
    Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?

    Why similar: Management 28.5%, Building 26.4%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Relaxing 9.8%

  56. #56 MoteMancer
    66% 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%, Resource Management 17.4%, Management 12%, Building 11.3%, Puzzle 5.9%

  57. #57 Crafting Idle Clicker
    71% matchMixed49% of 899 reviews2020
    Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!

    Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Management 12.7%, Abstract 12.7%, Economy 9.9%, Building 9.7%

  58. #58 Shopping Empire Tycoon
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
    Dev: Musa GUNGOR
    Windows

    This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.

    Why similar: Economy 20.5%, Management 18.3%, Resource Management 15.2%, Minimalist 10.8%, Logic 9.6%

  59. #59 Microtopia
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Automation 33.7%, Resource Management 22%, Management 17.8%, Building 14.2%, Strategy 5.5%

  60. #60 Train Valley
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 reviews2015
    Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!

    Why similar: Resource Management 25.2%, Building 16.1%, Management 15.4%, Top-Down 8.3%, Relaxing 8.2%

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