- #1 Mycelium Conquest: Mitosis
97% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: YCF Productions
Windows
A free co-op automation game where you and up to 3 friends grow a living mycelial network across an alien planet. Consume local creatures, build biological production chains, and evolve from a tiny spore into a cosmic entity together.
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Base Building 13.9%, City Builder 11.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, PvE 6.6%
- #2 Builderment
96% matchMixed68% of 128 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 27.7%, Base Building 18.3%, City Builder 17.9%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #3 Techtonica
96% matchMixed65% of 3,248 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 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 24.7%, Base Building 15.3%, City Builder 14.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #4 Core Splitter
95% matchNo user reviews2026
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 24.1%, Base Building 16%, City Builder 15.5%, Resource Management 12.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #5 Factorio
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,473 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 192.6 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 34.1%, Base Building 21.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, City Builder 6.8%
- #6 Islandustry
94% 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%, Base Building 18.2%, City Builder 15.6%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 10%
- #7 Amicraft Factory™
93% 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 31.9%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 14.8%, Sandbox 9%, Online Co-Op 7.6%
- #8 Doodle Factory
92% matchPositive96% of 27 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 26.6%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #9 ASTERSTEAD
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUMICROFT
Windows
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the surface.
Why similar: Automation 38%, Base Building 23.3%, Resource Management 17%, Sandbox 9.5%, Top-Down 4.9%
- #10 Rafting Factory
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kim Star Game
Windows
Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.
Why similar: Automation 35.5%, Base Building 22%, Resource Management 15.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #11 Shape Together
90% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Blu
Windows · Mac
Shape Together is a factory-building game: lay mines, belts, and machines, automate shapes, and use them to defeat monsters and bosses. Hold back waves, grow stronger over time—solo or with friends on Steam.
Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 15%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 10.7%
- #12 CivDle
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Star Software
Windows · Linux
A relaxing idle city-builder where a single hut grows into a sprawl of millions. Build production chains, let your civilisation expand while you're away, and Ascend to push the whole world up an order of magnitude.
Why similar: Automation 23%, City Builder 22.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 13.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #13 Planet Gemini
89% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: decidonePub: Planet Gemini
Windows
Planet Gemini is a factory-building and tower defense game. After crash-landing on two planets during an interdimensional journey, fend off waves of enemies and research a portal to survive.
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 8.5%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #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 26.4%, Base Building 17.3%, City Builder 15.8%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #15 Desynced
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,026 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.8 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: Automation 22.2%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 10%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #16 Jigsaw Industry
87% 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 33.4%, Base Building 21.8%, Resource Management 16.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Strategy 4.9%
- #17 TowerLine
85% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Melih Solt
Windows · Mac
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 32.7%, Base Building 21.5%, Resource Management 15.3%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #18 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: weathering
Windows
从钻木取火,到飞向银河!《挂机工厂》是一款麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的流水线建设游戏。种田→畜牧→冶金→工业革命→开辟航线→电子芯片→改造星球→探索宇宙,用你的双手创造这一切!
Why similar: Automation 36.3%, Base Building 22.3%, City Builder 21.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 6.7%
- #19 新星下行
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abys
Windows
Stellar Descending is a turn-based factory builder spanning multiple layers. As a scout, design vertical production lines using conveyors, assemblers, and inserters. Use strategy and automation to conquer the planet and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Automation 34.8%, Base Building 21.7%, Resource Management 16%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #20 Cartefact
84% 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 39.8%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 17.7%, Sandbox 9%, Simulation 5.1%
- #21 Factoriant
82% 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 32.8%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, City Builder 7.4%
- #22 Outworld Station
81% matchVery Positive85% of 836 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 27.3%, Base Building 18.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Resource Management 9.1%, PvE 8%
- #23 Manaftory
82% 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 42.2%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 18.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Simulation 8%
- #24 Infindustry
83% 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 25.9%, Base Building 17.3%, City Builder 15.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #25 Infinite Number Factory
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Starchase Games
Windows
Infinite Digital Factory is a dark neon 2D automation game where numbers power every production line. Extract values, route them through independent pipes, combine larger numbers, upgrade the central core, and expand across layers with elevators, portals, space modules, and blueprints.
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Resource Management 17.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 6%
- #26 Good Company
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,791 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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 22.5%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 12.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #27 Factory Magnate
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Rising TailPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
A casual factory builder for everyone. Construct production lines, complete objectives, and unlock new machines as you grow your industrial empire—no stress, no combat, just satisfying progress.
Why similar: Automation 31%, Base Building 20.8%, Resource Management 16.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 5.4%
- #28 Vectorio
79% matchVery Positive80% of 397 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, PvE 8.4%
- #29 Factorwave
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 36.6%, Resource Management 15.4%, Sandbox 14.5%, Base Building 13.8%, PvE 7.6%
- #30 Factory Trashcension
78% 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 29.4%, Base Building 19.9%, Sandbox 12%, Resource Management 11.5%, Co-op 7.1%
- #31 CircuitVeil
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tylerlee Burhans
Windows · Linux
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Simulation 6.9%
- #32 Satisfactory
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 277,932 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.1 hrsMean: 112.3 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 32.4%, Base Building 24.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Co-op 7.3%
- #33 Zombies Per Minute
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enzed Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies Per Minute is a factory-building roguelite where everything you build is measured by one thing: how many zombies you can kill per minute. Yes, really. Use your imagination to grow your factory, make decisive choices each wave and progress from one outpost to the other. Until Earth is saved.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Base Building 19.2%, City Builder 18.1%, PvE 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.4%
- #34 Belts of Iron
74% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2026
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 27.6%, Base Building 18.8%, City Builder 16.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #35 Mindustry
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,826 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Base Building 21.9%, Resource Management 15.6%, Sandbox 8.1%, Strategy 5%
- #36 Captain of Industry
76% matchVery Positive90% of 11,435 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.6 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 36.1%, Base Building 22.7%, Resource Management 19.2%, City Builder 13%, Strategy 4.6%
- #37 Automation Station
75% 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%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 13%, City Builder 10.6%
- #38 One More Turret
74% 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 28.7%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #39 Mito
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Deer Games
Windows
A plant-sim automation game with resource management and roguelike progression. Build transport networks, manage resource flow, unlock mutations, and stack synergies as you spread across procedurally generated biomes.
Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Resource Management 16.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 9.1%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #40 FACTORY I
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
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 30.1%, Base Building 19.9%, City Builder 17.3%, Resource Management 15.2%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #41 The Last Resourcer
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MechaWing Lab
Windows
Survive a hostile world with your droid. Build your base, automate with robots, and manage the energy that keeps you alive. Beware. The tech you rely on may save your life – or destroy it.
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, City Builder 12.1%, PvE 11.1%
- #42 Kardaviik
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kardaviik is a 3D factory automation game set in a voxel asteroid belt. Your mission: harness energy, ascend the Kardashev Scale, and save Earth. Conquer the expansive procedurally generated belt by harvesting resources and extracting fuel, and build your ultimate space factory!
Why similar: Automation 38.1%, Base Building 23.4%, Resource Management 15.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 7%
- #43 FOUNDRY
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,914 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Base Building 15.9%, Resource Management 12%, Sandbox 9.7%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #44 Alchemy Factory
69% matchVery Positive89% of 2,500 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 23.0 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 36.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Resource Management 9%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #45 NuTREEnts
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goose Machine
Windows
NuTREEnts is a strategic tower defense roguelike about growing and expanding your forest. Plant saplings, fend off bugs, and explore a desolate planet while you grow a mighty colony of trees!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, PvE 9.3%, Strategy 9.1%
- #46 Potion Pipeline
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 33%, Base Building 20.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Resource Management 11.9%, Strategy 10.7%
- #47 shapez
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,794 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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 35%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 16.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, Procedural Generation 4.9%
- #48 Odd Realm
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,016 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Base Building 17.1%, City Builder 16%, Resource Management 12.9%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #49 Beyond These Stars
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Automation 19.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #50 Dyson Sphere Program
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,483 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.7 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 35%, Base Building 22.9%, Resource Management 13.6%, City Builder 12.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #51 The Crust
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,711 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 26.5%, Base Building 19.7%, City Builder 17%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #52 ReFactory
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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 28.5%, Base Building 24.2%, City Builder 15.7%, Strategy 10%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #53 Factories in Factories in Factories
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Abe Wits
Windows · Linux
Build a fractal world. Automate the automation of your automation. Put Factories in Factories in Factories.
Why similar: Automation 37.3%, Base Building 23.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #54 Poop Right Now
66% 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 34.8%, Base Building 22.8%, Resource Management 17.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Strategy 5.1%
- #55 PoliPlanet
67% 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 29.2%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, City Builder 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #56 Microtopia: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of 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 23.9%, Base Building 16.3%, City Builder 15.9%, Resource Management 12.7%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #57 Main Sequence
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tumbling Dumpling StudioPub: Mythwright
Windows
Main Sequence is a first-person space-sim factory builder where you design spaceships, build space stations, and automate everything. Start with a single ship and grow to become an interstellar industrial empire as you leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Automation 31%, Base Building 20.2%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%, PvE 6.9%
- #58 Automation Empire
70% matchMixed66% of 2,641 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 20.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, City Builder 11.3%, Sandbox 11%
- #59 Galaxy Scavengers
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 26.4%, Resource Management 16.1%, Automation 15.2%, Sandbox 14%, City Builder 10.1%
- #60 Forge Industry
68% 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 26.9%, Base Building 18.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 8%