- #1 Skyreap
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Entin Games
Windows · Mac
Explore a forgotten archipelago of floating islands. Gather resources, build and automate production, and link islands into a thriving trade network — until the sky belongs to you.
Why similar: Mining 22.1% ★, Automation 14.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 12%, Incremental 11.8%
- #2 Flow Factory
96% 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 22.4% ★, Automation 18.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #3 Deep Pockets
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Misha Smirnov
Windows
Deep Pockets is an incremental inventory management game where every ore you mine gets dropped into your pockets as a physics object. Dig deep, ferry minerals in your pockets, and get rich! But be sure to not take more than you can carry.
Why similar: Mining 34.2% ★, Inventory Management 14.8%, Building 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Automation 9.7%
- #4 Resourcer
95% 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 29.3% ★, Automation 14.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Inventory Management 11.1%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #5 VEINFORGE
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: LIU CHENGXI
Windows
Mine, forge, sell, and upgrade. Run an underground smithy, unlock nine resources and 43 craftable items, recruit assistants, and turn short mining runs into a working production line.
Why similar: Mining 32.4% ★, Incremental 19.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Resource Management 12.7%, Automation 12.6%
- #6 GeoDepths
94% matchVery Positive87% of 305 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 31.1% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Automation 14.2%, Resource Management 12.3%, Crafting 10.9%
- #7 Industronaut
93% 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 25.4% ★, Automation 16.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #8 Bouncekraft
92% 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 34% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Automation 12.8%, Strategy 10%, Building 7.4%
- #9 Nightwater
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ashty
Windows
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Why similar: Automation 16.7%, Mining 15.9% ★, Incremental 14.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #10 Coremine Corp
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crazy Rooster Games
Windows
Welcome to CoreMine Corp. Your job here is to set up production chains, manage your electricity, juggle contracts and stock-up while upgrading your factory. Time to prove your worth.
Why similar: Automation 18.3%, Incremental 17.8%, Resource Management 14.4%, Inventory Management 14.3%, Crafting 10.1%
- #11 Swarmdustry
89% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: Mitchy Studios
Windows
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Mining 17% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 8.9%
- #12 Factory Time
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Denis Zholob
Windows · Linux
A factory automation incremental game at the end of the universe. Start crafting by hand, automate production, and build the Chronoforge to escape.
Why similar: Mining 23.4% ★, Automation 15.8%, Incremental 15.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #13 Hydroneer
90% matchVery Positive86% of 28,389 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.9% ★, Automation 17.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 9%
- #14 BOREWORKS
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hello Egg
Windows
A chill, top down automation game about mining asteroids down to the core. Build bots. Figure out logistics. Automate yourself out of a job.
Why similar: Automation 19%, Mining 16.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Building 11.5%
- #15 Starground
86% matchVery Positive82% of 191 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 29.3% ★, Automation 14.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.3%
- #16 Hammerting
87% matchMixed57% of 2,601 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 23.6% ★, Automation 13.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Inventory Management 10.5%, Crafting 10%
- #17 Factor Y
86% 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 28.8% ★, Automation 17.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.9%
- #18 Infinite Number Factory
84% 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 23.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Incremental 15.6%, Resource Management 14%, Building 13.6%
- #19 Unearthed
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitWatson
Windows · Linux
Unearthed is top down mining adventure set in a procedurally generated blocky underground world. Explore endless cave systems filled with dangerous creatures and unexpected companions. Mine resources, survive the depths, and rebuild the world as you see it fit.
Why similar: Mining 37.1% ★, Building 14.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #20 MineMogul
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 27.8% ★, Automation 18.5%, Building 12%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 11%
- #21 Planet Gemini
81% 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: Mining 25.6% ★, Automation 17.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #22 Dungeon D14
85% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.
Why similar: Mining 32% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 11.4%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
- #23 Cosmic Ascent
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leandro Albornoz
Windows
Build and expand an orbital station in this idle/incremental space colony sim. Manage crew, resources, refinery chains, research and ship expeditions as you progress from Earth orbit toward new planets.
Why similar: Incremental 19.2%, Automation 15.6%, Base Building 14%, Mining 13.9% ★, Resource Management 11.8%
- #24 Factory on a Train
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bahrdev
Windows · Mac
Mine, craft and extend your Factory on a Train! As you find more resources and unlock increasingly complex recipes, your train grows and your production increases. Choose the right cars to face the challenges of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Mining 21.7% ★, Automation 14.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.5%
- #25 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: Mining 22.5% ★, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 11%, Building 10.8%
- #26 Fracture Field
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,187 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
Why similar: Mining 35.1% ★, Incremental 19.3%, Automation 18.5%, Resource Management 11.6%, Building 9.2%
- #27 Final Factory
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Building 10.8%
- #28 Elsewhere
78% matchVery Positive96% of 83 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 24.1% ★, Automation 15.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10.7%
- #29 Illuminaria
79% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
Why similar: Mining 26.5% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Automation 14.2%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.4%
- #30 Quest Industries
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Damask
Windows
Mine resources, build a factory, hire goblins, launch a space rocket. A short and satisfying factory builder about turning a one-goblin operation into a sprawling industrial empire.
Why similar: Mining 14.8% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Automation 14%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #31 Calmaria: Wild Growth
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ryzo Harbor
Windows
Build and grow your settlement across a procedural archipelago. Gather resources, recruit settlers, automate production and transport, explore new islands and dungeons, find better gear, and prepare your base for the threats ahead.
Why similar: Mining 19.5% ★, Automation 13.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Inventory Management 9.8%
- #32 Survival Vacancy
79% 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 17.8% ★, Automation 14.8%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.4%, Inventory Management 11.3%
- #33 Incremental Factory
76% matchMixed68% of 247 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: Mining 20.3% ★, Automation 19.9%, Crafting 13.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 9.9%
- #34 CosmoFab
73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: StrabSphace
Windows
CosmoFab is a factory-building game focused on mining, production, and automation. Mine resources and build production lines to create a fully automated industrial system. Defend your base against relentless hostile creatures, explore the planet, and complete your mission.
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Crafting 15.4%, Resource Management 14.3%, Building 13.4%
- #35 Odd Realm
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 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: Mining 22.5% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Automation 12.9%, Resource Management 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%
- #36 ClickCrafter
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: onewinter games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stripped of your physical form on a mystical island, your only way out is to work with its cryptic guardian. Is the island guiding you home, or does it have other plans? Master mana, craft or repair arcane works, and forge a connection with the island to reclaim yourself and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Mining 24.1% ★, Automation 16.2%, Incremental 16%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.2%
- #37 Earth Elements
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Jack G
Windows
Earth Elements. In three words: Dig, Mix, Build. Resource collecting, building and surviving game with not one but a few of game characters. Start with digging of Elements on map, mix in mixers to advance, build new features on map. RoundOnes will create Yours versions of great Monumental builds.
Why similar: Mining 30.2% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Inventory Management 12.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Base Building 9.7%
- #38 Outpath
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,103 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 16.2%, Incremental 14.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11%
- #39 Mr.Mine
76% matchVery Positive92% of 18,628 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 35.3% ★, Incremental 22.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 7.3%
- #40 Spell Alchemist
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: hermurx
Windows
Spell Alchemist is a short incremental resource-gathering and crafting game about digging for resources and processing them into powerful spells. Craft the most powerful healing spell to cure humanity of a mysterious disease.
Why similar: Mining 33.4% ★, Incremental 17.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #41 Terminal Descent
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roxicaro
Windows
Terminal Descent is a terminal-based mining incremental game. Upgrade drills, automate operations, smelt metals, and descend deeper. ASCII graphics with active/idle hybrid gameplay in your terminal.
Why similar: Mining 27.1% ★, Incremental 18.9%, Automation 14.7%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.1%
- #42 TowerLine
71% matchPositive96% of 26 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 23.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Crafting 16.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #43 Cobalt Miner
71% matchMixed44% of 27 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 33.2% ★, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Resource Management 11%
- #44 Exovia
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Exovia is a physics-based mining and automation sandbox in space. Survey asteroids, engineer zero-G logistics without conveyor belts, and design complex Newtonian factories. Turn floating chaos into perfect order and experience true inner peace as you solve one satisfying problem and then the next.
Why similar: Mining 25.2% ★, Automation 14.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 10%, Building 9.7%
- #45 Swarmfeed
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CHILLBIN
Windows
Swarmfeed is a sci-fi incremental game where you build a swarm of drones and feed them with cosmic metals. Upgrade futuristic factories, mine and harvest cosmic metals, and automate production to fuel your swarm's growth.
Why similar: Mining 32% ★, Incremental 24.2%, Automation 21.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #46 Dynamine
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HexagonNico
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dynamine is an incremental mining game based on Minesweeper. Dig for ores while avoiding explosives, sell what you found, buy better tools to dig more efficiently, then rinse and repeat!
Why similar: Mining 23.3% ★, Inventory Management 12.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Incremental 8.8%
- #47 Mine Empire
68% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Forge Games
Windows
In Mine Empire, start with basic mining and expand by gathering resources, upgrading equipment, and deploying machines for full automation. Blast through deep mineral veins with explosives, unlock rebirth upgrades and advanced technology, and build your own powerful mine empire.
Why similar: Mining 38.6% ★, Automation 20.7%, Incremental 20.5%, Resource Management 13.1%, Strategy 4.4%
- #48 Starvester
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!
Why similar: Mining 29.2% ★, Incremental 19.1%, Automation 18.5%, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 11.3%
- #49 Pistonica
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica is the pure steam and mechanical factory automation game, challenging your resource management skills. Explore the tropical island first-person, research tech, mine for minerals, build contraptions and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 18.5%, Building 13.5%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 12.3%
- #50 Potion Pipeline
69% 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 22.9%, Building 17.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Strategy 14%, Crafting 9.9%
- #51 AETHUS
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,015 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 27.3% ★, Automation 13.1%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 10.9%
- #52 Outpost Engineer
73% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: David DecraenePub: WombatBarn
Windows
Outpost engineer is a first person factory automation game set on a volcanic island. Build your base, dig into the terrain, use assembly lines to automate production. Explore, study and catalogue.
Why similar: Mining 27.5% ★, Automation 16.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.1%
- #53 Copacetic
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BuhDan
Windows
The 3D Pipes screensaver, but a resource management game, inside of a cube, about genocide. Place factories and modules around the walls of your mind, avoiding tangles as you wire them all together. Travel across the galaxy harvesting all sentient life. Space is limited, and the only enemy is you.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Mining 19.6% ★, Automation 12.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 10.1%
- #54 MineMergeMatic
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElJoka
Windows
Mine, merge, and automate! Combine ores into valuable resources, build compact production chains, unlock powerful machinery, and expand your cave into a bustling mining factory.
Why similar: Mining 25.1% ★, Incremental 22.2%, Automation 17.7%, Crafting 12%, Building 9.4%
- #55 Tempered Forge: Lands of Mine
68% 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 28.8% ★, Automation 15.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 12.6%
- #56 Loop Miner
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AITHENAPub: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Loop Miner is a mining incremental game where a cute mole miner endlessly digs through mines, gathers resources, collects artifacts, and ventures deeper underground. Experience the satisfaction of growing stronger through endless mining loops.
Why similar: Mining 38.4% ★, Incremental 21.3%, Automation 20.6%, Resource Management 10.8%, Strategy 4.8%
- #57 shapez
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 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 24.5%, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 9.9%
- #58 DiDiDiG
64% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: ISIT Studio
Windows · Linux
Mine ore on the Moon, send it back to Earth to earn money, and buy Skill Cores to upgrade your abilities. Use a variety of helpful equipment on your expedition — and yes, there’s a dog! Uncover the secrets hidden beneath the lunar surface.
Why similar: Mining 38.5% ★, Resource Management 13.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 9.4%, Side Scroller 6.4%
- #59 Heng Rover Mission
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Roeun Technology
Windows · Mac
Build, launch, and survive. Design your own rover and automated robot workforce to conquer the harsh Martian climate, fulfill Mission Control directives, and uncover the secrets of the red planet in Heng Mar Mission.
Why similar: Mining 23.2% ★, Automation 17.5%, Building 15.9%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 11.5%
- #60 Apocalypse Factory
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Automate production, defend your machines, and build the Escape Ark to save what’s left of humanity.
Why similar: Mining 22% ★, Automation 16.9%, Inventory Management 13%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 12.1%