- #1 FOUNDRY
97% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Voxel 15.6% ★, Automation 14%, Base Building 8.7%, Crafting 8%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #2 MineMogul
96% 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 22.2%, Mining 21.3% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 10.1%
- #3 Hydroneer
96% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 7.1 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 19.6% ★, Automation 17%, Base Building 11.2%, Co-op 8%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #4 Techtonica
95% 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 24.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.9%, Crafting 10.2%
- #5 Satisfactory
94% 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 22.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Resource Management 9.1%, Building 8.2%
- #6 Out of Ore
94% matchVery Positive86% of 3,794 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Mining 19.5% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #7 StarRupture
92% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Co-op 11%, Open World 9.4%
- #8 Rising World
93% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Voxel 18.8% ★, Mining 18.2% ★, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8.1%
- #9 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
91% 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 17.9%, Building 13.7%, Base Building 10%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #10 Astro Colony
91% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%
- #11 Alchemy Factory
89% 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 28.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #12 Volcanoids
90% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Crafting 15.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Open World 11.2%, Co-op 10.7%, Building 10.5%
- #13 Occupy Mars: The Game
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 14%, Resource Management 13.9%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #14 Eden Crafters
88% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Automation 23%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #15 Starground
87% matchVery Positive82% of 187 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 20.8% ★, Automation 16.2%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #16 Elsewhere
86% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.
Why similar: Mining 20.3% ★, Automation 17.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.7%
- #17 Star Ores Inc.
85% matchVery Positive83% of 293 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 26.3% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Base Building 8.9%
- #18 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
84% matchVery Positive82% of 11,474 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Dwarf 39.6% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 9.4%, Open World 5.4%
- #19 Outerverse
86% matchMixed51% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Voxel 28.8% ★, Mining 16.6% ★, Automation 15.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.7%
- #20 TerraTech Worlds
84% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Mining 17.1% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Automation 12.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Co-op 8.8%
- #21 Soulmask
82% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Resource Management 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.6%
- #22 Everwind
82% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 14.9%, Co-op 13.7%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #23 Core Keeper
81% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Building 11%, Co-op 10.6%
- #24 Crafting Block World
83% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!
Why similar: Voxel 27.2% ★, Mining 16% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Base Building 7.6%, Crafting 7.6%
- #25 Creativerse
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Voxel 25.7% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Building 10.9%, Co-op 10.1%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #26 AutoForge
79% matchVery Positive88% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Procedural Generation 19%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #27 Incremental Factory
79% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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%, Mining 16.4% ★, Resource Management 13.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 8.9%
- #28 Omega Crafter
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 10.8%, Co-op 10.6%, Building 9.2%
- #29 FortressCraft Evolved!
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Voxel 13.7% ★, Crafting 12%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #30 Cubic Odyssey
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Base Building 16.8%, Co-op 13.2%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #31 Hammerting
78% matchMixed57% of 2,576 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 21.5% ★, Automation 18.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #32 Factorio
75% 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 29.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 13.4%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #33 cyubeVR
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,125 reviews2018
Dev: Stonebrick Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!
Why similar: Mining 22.8% ★, Voxel 21.5% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Building 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #34 Super Mining Mechs
74% matchVery Positive88% of 784 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Why similar: Mining 30.7% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 12.1%
- #35 Enchanted Blacksmith
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Sun
Windows
Step into the boots of an aspiring blacksmith in a first-person sandbox where exploration and forging go hand in hand. Discover rare ores, master forgotten forging arts, and craft weapons of myth as you uncover secrets lost to time and claim your place among legends.
Why similar: Mining 31.6% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10%
- #36 Evospace
76% matchVery Positive82% of 387 reviews2019
Dev: Quantum Rivet
Windows · Mac
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Voxel 14.5% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 8.8%
- #37 Nova Lands
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 25.5%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #38 Return from Core
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,761 reviews2025
Dev: 顽核社 Funcore ClubPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Mining 16.4% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #39 Medieval Engineers
77% matchMixed52% of 7,282 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Building 22.5%, Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #40 Captain of Industry
72% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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 33.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Resource Management 18.6%, Mining 10.3% ★, Building 8.2%
- #41 Gold Mining Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 16,043 reviews2017
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Why similar: Mining 48.5% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 7.4%, Building 6.6%
- #42 GeoDepths
72% matchVery Positive87% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 26.5% ★, Automation 18.9%, Resource Management 14.2%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.8%
- #43 Space Trash Scavenger
71% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 24%, Crafting 13.5%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 9.7%
- #44 Keep Digging
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,915 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Keep Digging is a laid-back co-op digging game for up to 8 players. Dig 1000 meters, sell what you find, and keep upgrading your gear. Keep digging. Dig to your heart’s content.
Why similar: Mining 22.1% ★, Voxel 21.7% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Co-op 9.2%
- #45 Voidtrain
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Base Building 15.3%, Co-op 14.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 10.3%, Open World 10.1%
- #46 Total Miner
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 760 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Voxel 24.2% ★, Mining 17.1% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.1%
- #47 ASTRONEER
71% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 13.9%, Open World 12.2%, Automation 11.7%, Co-op 10.5%, Crafting 10%
- #48 AETHUS
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Mining 19.9% ★, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #49 OREBLAZE
69% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Ludiminal Games
Windows · Linux
Dig up the Adamant Core from a procedurally generated mine, extract ores, sell them for profit, upgrade your equipment, and keep the King happy by sending him tributes before he loses his temper!
Why similar: Dwarf 50.6% ★, Mining 33.4% ★, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Adventure 1.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #50 Outworld Station
68% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 27.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Co-op 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #51 Necesse
66% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Automation 15.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%
- #52 Boundless
71% matchMixed70% of 2,766 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Voxel 32.4% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 15.6%, Open World 13.9%, Building 13.2%
- #53 Scrap Mechanic
69% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 18.1%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 12.4%, Base Building 12.4%
- #54 The Planet Crafter
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Automation 18%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 12%, Building 10.7%, Co-op 10.5%
- #55 Chocolate Factory
70% matchMixed54% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Resource Management 12.8%, Building 10.2%
- #56 Oxygen Train
69% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenTech Limited
Windows
Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Mining 15% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11.5%, Co-op 10.9%
- #57 Enshrouded
67% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 22%, Open World 18.5%, Crafting 17.5%, Building 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.2%
- #58 Star Crafter
68% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 18.4% ★, Voxel 14.3% ★, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%
- #59 The Last Caretaker
65% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 11%