- #1 Paystreak
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Northwright Games
Windows
A gold mining tycoon built on real operations. Clear overburden, Dig, haul, wash, and pan your way from hand tools to a living operation. Manage wages, fuel, repairs, landlord cuts, and loans, time your sales to a living gold market, and survive season after season.
Why similar: Mining 36% ★, Automation 18.3%, Economy 9.5%, Management 8.1%, Capitalism 7.7%
- #2 iCorp
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Souček
Windows
Build, equip, manage and sell! Those are the four cornerstones of this tycoon game. Produce anything from wooden cutlery to modern electronics to rockets. Build factories, setup production processes, buy and upgrade machinery, and take order over everything related to large company operations.
Why similar: Mining 23.7% ★, Automation 19.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Economy 9.2%, Capitalism 9%
- #3 Fuel Harvest Together
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 969 reviews2025
Dev: Say2SunPub: Grejuva
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!
Why similar: Mining 24% ★, Automation 12%, Economy 7.9%, Transportation 6.7% ★, Immersive Sim 6.3%
- #4 Hydroneer
96% matchVery Positive86% of 28,029 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 30.8% ★, Automation 20.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Co-op 9%, Base Building 7.9%
- #5 Eureka
94% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Coding Duck
Windows
Eureka is an open-world business management simulator. From gold mining to wheat farming, choose your products, manage your resources, and grow your business however you see fit!
Why similar: Mining 24.4% ★, Automation 14.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 9.4%, Building 8.2%
- #6 Factor Y
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Mining 29.1% ★, Automation 20.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Base Building 7.3%, Building 7%
- #7 Starground
93% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Mining 29.7% ★, Automation 17.4%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Co-op 7.3%
- #8 Shop Simulator: Supermarket
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
DESIGN, SELL & EXPAND – YOUR SUCCESS IS IN YOUR HANDS. Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in Shop Simulator: Supermarket. Immerse yourself in the world of retail and start your own business today!
Why similar: Automation 17.5%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Sandbox 9.4%, Economy 9.2%, Capitalism 8.6%
- #9 Techtonica
91% matchMixed65% of 3,212 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 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 22.3%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 8.8%, Base Building 7.1%
- #10 Truck City
91% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mikel Fernandez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.
Why similar: Mining 19.6% ★, Automation 18.1%, Transportation 11.2% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Economy 6.7%
- #11 Industronaut
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amca Games
Windows
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.
Why similar: Mining 27.1% ★, Automation 21%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 7.3%, Building 7.1%
- #12 Core Diggers
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gap Zero Games
Windows
Core Diggers is a co-op sci-fi digging game for up to 6 players. Explore an alien planet, excavate rare minerals, discover underground alien artifacts, sell your haul, and upgrade your tools and gear. Work together, dig deeper, and uncover what lies at the planet’s core.
Why similar: Mining 30.3% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Co-op 8%, Management 6.1%
- #13 Cobalt Miner
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Deer StudioPub: MadOctopus
Windows
Survive in futuristic 2046 USA where a ruthless megacorporation owns your debt. Mine cobalt, automate production, craft machines, explore a dying world, and ride your electric bike across vast pixel-art wastelands. Pay what you owe… or disappear.
Why similar: Mining 32.7% ★, Automation 20.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Capitalism 9.2%, Base Building 7.4%
- #14 Infindustry
89% 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: Mining 22.8% ★, Automation 21.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Transportation 10.4% ★, Building 7.8%
- #15 HavenCraft
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows
Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.
Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Sandbox 14.3%, Colony Sim 10.7%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #16 Flow Factory
86% 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: Mining 25.7% ★, Automation 25.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Base Building 8.5%, Building 8.4%
- #17 Factory Trashcension
85% 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 24.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 9.4%, Co-op 8.9%, Base Building 8.6%
- #18 MineMogul
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,858 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Mining 29.2% ★, Automation 22.9%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.1%, Management 6.7%
- #19 Bouncekraft
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Plots Games
Windows · Mac
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Mining 38.1% ★, Automation 16.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Simulation 8.6%
- #20 Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive93% of 392 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue is a free business simulator game in which you make money from garbage. Collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improving your factory.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Design & Illustration 9.8% ★, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Economy 8.6%
- #21 Automation Empire
86% matchMixed66% of 2,638 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Mining 15.8% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Base Building 8.5%, Building 8.1%
- #22 Tempered Forge: Lands of Mine
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Sticklen Games
Windows
Mine resources, craft tools, and battle fierce underground enemies as you explore, trade, and build your way back to the stars. Level up, upgrade your gear, and automate your processes for ultimate efficiency. Play solo or team up with a friend in this 1-2 player mining and combat adventure.
Why similar: Mining 29.3% ★, Automation 18%, Sandbox 12.6%, Economy 9.5%, Building 9.1%
- #23 CapitalCraft
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChronicAnarchy
Windows
A hands on sci-fi industrial management simulation where you pilot a mining drone refine resources, negotiate contracts, and survive economic pressure with action driven challenges.
Why similar: Mining 28.5% ★, Automation 22.7%, Capitalism 11.6%, Economy 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #24 Good Company
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,779 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.6%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Economy 9.7%, Co-op 8.8%
- #25 Uptime: A Cloud Provider Sim
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RubyRack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a cloud provider from a garage to a hyperscaler - rack the hardware, run every cable, route the traffic, keep customers online. A first-person infrastructure sim where ports, power, fault domains, RSTP and BGP do real work, not flavour text. Readable for newcomers, honest for engineers.
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Building 12.6%, Management 10.1%
- #26 Survival Vacancy
82% 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: Mining 18.9% ★, Automation 18.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Colony Sim 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #27 Captain of Industry
80% matchVery Positive90% of 11,061 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 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 31.4%, Mining 12.6% ★, Base Building 10%, Economy 9.7%, Management 7%
- #28 Amicraft Factory™
79% 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 30.4%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Base Building 9.8%, Simulation 7.8%
- #29 Astrocraft
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flowcraft Games
Windows
Astrocraft is a simulation game about building and managing your own space station. You mine resources, construct buildings, install machinery and equipment, sell goods to space travelers, and hire workers to automate all the operations.
Why similar: Mining 20.1% ★, Economy 11.7%, Management 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Building 8.9%
- #30 Property Pro
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SimDevs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build or purchase a property and manage it effectively. Make strategic decisions to maintain and improve the property, and address any issues that arise.
Why similar: Automation 15.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Economy 10.5%, Building 10%, Capitalism 9.3%
- #31 Gobs & Gears
77% 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 25.8%, Sandbox 16.2%, Transportation 13.4% ★, Building 10.9%, Management 8.2%
- #32 Stellar Shipyard
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Dev
Windows · Linux
Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.
Why similar: Mining 26.5% ★, Automation 17%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 7.4%, Colony Sim 7.4%
- #33 Common'hood
78% matchMixed52% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Automation 14.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Base Building 8.6%
- #34 Resourcer
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Wings Ltd
Windows
Dig deep into diverse biomes, uncover ancient treasures and mine various resources. Craft new tools and build various production structures. Improve your character’s skills and unlock new features as you progress through the game. Manage the resources and create an efficient production chain.
Why similar: Mining 35.2% ★, Automation 20.3%, Building 8.6%, Economy 7.5%, Management 6.6%
- #35 Incremental Factory
76% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Mining 22% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Economy 7.8%, Building 7.6%
- #36 Digging Out
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Logic Liminal
Windows
Digging Out is a realistic co-op digging game for up to 8 players. Work together to dig a tunnel, upgrade your tools, and break into the bank. Every shovel counts plan smart, dig deep, and pull off the perfect underground heist.
Why similar: Mining 47.4% ★, Sandbox 22.3%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Co-op 8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #37 Outer Factory
73% 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 26.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Transportation 9.5% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Management 8.6%
- #38 Odd Realm
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,005 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 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: Mining 24.4% ★, Automation 16.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Colony Sim 8.8%, Management 7.9%
- #39 Infinite Space: Mining
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Taner Saydam
Windows
Build and automate your own industrial space empire. Mine asteroids, manage logistics, expand production lines with drones and conveyors, explore new sectors through wormholes, and grow your mining operation across the galaxy.
Why similar: Mining 29% ★, Automation 22.9%, Sandbox 10.6%, Management 8.3%, Building 6.8%
- #40 Kastle Kraft
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Infinite and Unbound Studios
Windows
Gather, craft, and then automate resources to build fabulous Kastles. Beware the locals don't like you destroying their land. Defend your Kastles through combat and defenses. Explore the land to find additional recipes, resources, and items to help you defend and build your Kingdom!
Why similar: Mining 31.7% ★, Automation 21.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Economy 8.9%, Base Building 8.2%
- #41 Star Ores Inc.
71% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 34.5% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Management 9%, Crafting 7.4%, Building 7%
- #42 Technicity: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive83% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Free Prologue to Technicity, a first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, use vehicles to travel in cities that you or your friends create in solo or co-op.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Sandbox 15%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Building 10.2%, Transportation 7.3% ★
- #43 Casino Tycoon Simulator
75% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Cracked Bone Studios
Windows
Upgrade your casino and become millionaire! Manage your Slots, BlackJacks, Roullettes, and many more. Protect your casino against thieves and cheaters.Want more? jump into mining market or build your dream nightclub!
Why similar: Mining 26.6% ★, Automation 21.6%, Economy 10.8%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%
- #44 Manufactur’ inc.
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead your new company to success in this industry management game. Blueprint and optimize your production; make ethical choices to influence your worker conditions, ecological impact, automation level, and more. Will you create a simple manuFactory or a beneFactory?
Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Automation 20.1%, Capitalism 7.5%, Base Building 7.1%, Colony Sim 7%
- #45 Elsewhere
70% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Mining 27.2% ★, Automation 20.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 8.6%, Base Building 6.7%
- #46 Space Architect
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 289 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Automation 19.9%, Mining 19.7% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Colony Sim 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #47 Alchemy Factory
67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,362 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.2 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 32.5%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 8%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
- #48 Tremble of Towers
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Missing Bracket
Windows
Tremble of Towers is a CO-OP tower defense game where you can build any structure with any resource. Countless of combinations are waiting for you and your friends to be discovered in order to protect your beloved Goal Stone from all kinds of similarly varied enemies in similarly varied maps!
Why similar: Mining 31.2% ★, Automation 17.4%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 9.2%
- #49 Hammerting
72% matchMixed57% of 2,585 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Mining 27.2% ★, Automation 18.1%, Economy 8.4%, Building 7.8%, Colony Sim 7.8%
- #50 Sweets Inc.
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Road Turtle Games
Windows
Create a confectionery empire in Sweets Inc, the business management simulation game where you take the helm of your very own sweets manufacturing company. Design delectable treats, build and manage your factories, and market your products across the continent to become an industry tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Sandbox 16.7%, Building 12.8%, Management 11.5%, Economy 10.8%
- #51 Boppio
71% matchMixed50% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Boppy Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Boppio is a game about obtaining materials, constructing buildings, and assembling a spaceship to return home. In order to succeed you will need to automate and optimize your base. Mine minerals and combine them into new items that will help you build your return vessel.
Why similar: Mining 37.8% ★, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Co-op 10.4%, Base Building 9.8%, Simulation 8.2%
- #52 Moonshiner Simulator
66% matchVery Positive86% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Goosix Games
Windows
Moonshiner Simulator is an in-depth spirits production simulator. Start from the bottom and build your operation into a thriving empire by mastering the intricacies of the craft and creating unique recipes. But beware – there will always be those who want to see you fail.
Why similar: Automation 18.9%, Co-op 14.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10.8%
- #53 Keep Digging
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,175 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Why similar: Mining 30.9% ★, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Sandbox 12%, Co-op 9.2%, Economy 8.7%
- #54 Fronimus
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StayOnSofa
Windows
Fronimus is an automation-focused game about building factories, featuring nonlinear step by step progression
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Mining 12.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Building 10.9%
- #55 Planet Gemini
66% matchPositive88% of 15 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: Mining 29.6% ★, Automation 23.2%, Online Co-Op 14%, Sandbox 11.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #56 Dinky Guardians
69% matchVery Positive81% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Co-op 11.5%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.9%
- #57 Engineer Alpha
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Aaron Worcester
Windows
An open world survival and automation game. Engineer Alpha combines an infinite editable world, building and connecting of automated machinery, and RPG style player progression.
Why similar: Mining 22.5% ★, Automation 22.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #58 Moose Miners
67% matchMixed69% of 521 reviews2024
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 146.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
Why similar: Mining 28.1% ★, Automation 17.1%, Capitalism 8.9%, Economy 8.7%, Building 7.7%
- #59 Technicity
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, build roads and use vehicles to travel to different cities that you or your friends create in solo or coop mode.
Why similar: Automation 18.7%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Transportation 11.5% ★, Building 8.6%
- #60 Hardware Store Simulator
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Stellar Fusion StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Compete with up to 4 players to build the most successful hardware store! Design your shop, manage inventory, hire employees, and influence market prices in this detailed business simulator. Master retail management as you expand your store empire.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 10.1%, Co-op 10%, Building 9.3%