- #1 Forager
97% matchVery Positive90% of 43,651 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Farming Sim 14.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Base Building 8.6%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest match to the Outpath experience, featuring a similar addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory.
- #2 Nova Lands
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,448 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 19.6% ★, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Farming Sim 9.8%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and base building with automated resource management in a colorful, charming world.
- #3 Sixty Four
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,650 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg DanilovPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Incremental 14.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Idler 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly satisfying incremental game that focuses on resource extraction and efficient processing loops.
- #4 Core Keeper
95% matchVery Positive93% of 65,043 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 34.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent blend of mining, base building, and exploration that rewards players with constant progression and new technology.
- #5 shapez
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,551 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.7 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 23.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 13%, Resource Management 11.9%, Sandbox 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pure, minimalist automation game that strips away combat to focus entirely on the satisfaction of building efficient production lines.
- #6 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
93% matchVery Positive85% of 4,583 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Farming Sim 20.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, cozy take on the survival-crafting genre that focuses on building a home in a peaceful, post-apocalyptic setting.
- #7 Craftopia
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,075 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Crafting 25.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 10.4%, Automation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival crafting game offers a similar 3D perspective and a vast array of activities ranging from farming to automation.
- #8 ASTRONEER
92% matchVery Positive92% of 138,295 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Automation 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a beautiful, low-stress exploration experience centered on base building and resource management on alien planets.
- #9 Autonauts
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,938 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Farming Sim 13.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces programming elements to automation, allowing you to build a self-sustaining colony through clever logic.
- #10 Miniland Adventure
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that uses a tile-based expansion system very similar to the island-unlocking mechanics in Outpath.
- #11 Factory Town
90% matchVery Positive91% of 4,445 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 13%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends town-building with complex logistics and automation, perfect for players who enjoy optimizing their resource flow.
- #12 Havendock
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,915 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Farming Sim 16.5%, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony-building game where you manage resources and expand your settlement on the open ocean.
- #13 Eden Crafters
88% matchVery Positive86% of 2,494 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Automation 17.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: A focus on planetary terraforming and base building that provides a deep sense of accomplishment as you transform the environment.
- #14 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
89% matchVery Positive92% of 7,976 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 47.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.3% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a structured, highly rewarding base-building experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and questing.
- #15 Idle Research
87% matchVery Positive84% of 1,866 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Automation 18.8%, Idler 16.6%, Incremental 14.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Crafting 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pure incremental game that focuses on the math and progression of research and resource generation.
- #16 Widget Inc.
86% matchVery Positive85% of 758 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 60.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 24.6%, Incremental 17.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 13.6%, Idler 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A clean, focused incremental game that emphasizes resource management and base expansion.
- #17 Pathless Woods
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,107 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game with a strong emphasis on building and exploration in a serene, nature-inspired setting.
- #18 Out of Ore
85% matchVery Positive86% of 3,949 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 41.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic simulation game that focuses on the heavy machinery and logistics of mining and resource processing.
- #19 Incremental Factory
84% 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 19.7%, Idler 13.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep dive into automation and idler mechanics that rewards long-term planning and optimization.
- #20 Slime Rancher
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 154,444 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Sandbox 34%, Management 23.9%, Simulation 16.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a delightful loop of exploration, resource collection, and base management in a vibrant, friendly world.
- #21 Dinkum
80% matchVery Positive92% of 28,839 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Farming Sim 20%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An Australian-outback-themed survival and building game that offers a relaxing, open-ended experience.
- #22 Critter Clicker
84% matchMixed57% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: TimeWastingGames
Windows
Casual farming simulator with unique, flexible gameplay. Autoclicker is built-in and free. Gather resources, upgrade critters and buildings, sell your farm when you want a bigger one and never stop expanding.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.2%, Idler 16.5%, Incremental 13.6%, Automation 11.4%, Resource Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward incremental game that captures the simple joy of clicking and upgrading to increase production.
- #23 Assembly Planter
83% matchVery Positive91% of 249 reviews2020
Dev: Timon Herzog
Windows
A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.
Why similar: Farming Sim 16.4%, Automation 15.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing automation game that focuses on farming and resource production in a simple, accessible format.
- #24 Mob Factory
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 12.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique twist on tower defense that turns enemy waves into a resource-gathering automation loop.
- #25 Mindustry
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,010 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 30.2%, Base Building 25.4%, Resource Management 16.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more combat-focused, it offers deep automation and base-building mechanics that satisfy the desire for complex resource management.
- #26 Island Idle RPG
81% matchMixed67% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help provide all the equipment and weaponry needed to defeat bosses in distant Dungeons
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.9%, Base Building 14.3%, Automation 12.3%, Idler 11.9%, Resource Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines idle mechanics with light RPG elements and base building, perfect for short, satisfying play sessions.
- #27 Townscaper
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,533 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.6%, Building 26%, Relaxing 16.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An instant, stress-free building toy that focuses purely on the aesthetic joy of creating structures.
- #28 Dorfromantik
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,327 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Resource Management 23.6%, Relaxing 15.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A peaceful building strategy and puzzle game that uses tile placement to create beautiful, sprawling landscapes.
- #29 Littlewood
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,808 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.1%, Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, low-stress game that focuses on town building and relationship management after the world has already been saved.
- #30 Forage Wizard
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,068 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Farming Sim 10%, Automation 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%
- #31 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
78% matchVery Positive95% of 52,489 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.1%, Building 17.5%, Management 16.8%, Crafting 16.1%, Relaxing 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management game about dying that focuses on building a cozy home on a boat and caring for your passengers.
- #32 Outpath: First Journey
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,694 reviews2022
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16% ★, Farming Sim 13.3%, Automation 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 8.7%
- #33 Fracture Field
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 981 reviews2026
Dev: Type-TenPub: Type Ten LLC
Windows
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Automation 22.1%, Idler 16.7%, Incremental 15.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, Building 8.2%
- #34 Click Mage
75% matchVery Positive92% of 2,498 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Incremental 21.6%, Resource Management 20.2%, Crafting 18.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Relaxing 10.1%
- #35 MineMogul
73% 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: Automation 19.8%, Farming Sim 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11%, Building 9.8%
- #36 Prospector
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #37 Modulus: Factory Automation
72% matchVery Positive92% of 770 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.8%
- #38 Solarpunk™
72% matchVery Positive82% of 2,601 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Farming Sim 14.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Automation 11.7%, Crafting 10.5%
- #39 Faun Town
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: 游乐坊Pub: 2P Games
Windows
After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.6%, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #40 Island Robot Farm
73% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: MoraCocoPub: Wise Games
Windows
Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.6%, Automation 19.9%, Idler 15.7%, Building 9%, Management 8.2%
- #41 Satisfactory
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 273,405 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.9 hrsMean: 110.9 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 21.8%, Base Building 20.1%, Open World Survival Craft 13.1% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #42 Incremental Town RPG
74% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Farming Sim 14.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Idler 12.2%, Automation 11.9%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #43 MoteMancer
71% matchVery Positive93% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element offers unique tools for power, transport, and defense, rewarding adaptation and experimentation. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this Hex-Grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 11.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #44 Tiny Isle
71% matchVery Positive92% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
Windows
Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.
Why similar: Resource Management 13.2%, Building 12.3%, Incremental 12.1%, Farming Sim 11.8%, Idler 11.7%
- #45 MR FARMBOY
70% matchVery Positive86% of 468 reviews2026
Dev: mrdboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.8%, Automation 17.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Incremental 9.9%, Crafting 7.1%
- #46 Idle Colony
70% matchVery Positive82% of 569 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Incremental 17.7%, Idler 16.1%, Building 10.2%, Management 9.8%
- #47 Atrio: The Dark Wild
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 596 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Automation 18.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #48 Lightyear Frontier
69% matchVery Positive84% of 4,521 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Farming Sim 18.3%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #49 Rusty's Retirement
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,610 reviews2024
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.5%, Automation 16%, Base Building 11.4%, Idler 11.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #50 Factory Town Idle
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,224 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 73.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Idler 17.3%, Incremental 15.2%, Crafting 14.5%, Resource Management 14.1%
- #51 Skyformer
68% matchVery Positive84% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Automation 18%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 8.6%
- #52 Trainatic
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,017 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan Forrester
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.
Why similar: Incremental 32.5%, Idler 23.7%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #53 Astro Colony
66% matchVery Positive81% of 2,634 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 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 22.6%, Base Building 22.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.4%
- #54 Industry Idle
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,475 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 17.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Idler 11.9%, Resource Management 10.3%, Incremental 9.1%
- #55 Particul
67% matchVery Positive80% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: MILLION PIXELS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.
Why similar: Idler 22.4%, Incremental 21.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Automation 15%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #56 Node Farm
67% matchVery Positive83% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Farm is a game about building a fully automated farm using nodes. Connect nodes, harvest and sell veggies, buy new islands, discover new nodes, and automate the process - all in a cozy farm simulation formula!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.5%, Automation 18%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #57 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,238 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.5%, Building 18.6%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 12.6%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #58 Another Farm Roguelike
68% matchVery Positive82% of 467 reviews2022
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26%, Automation 14.9%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 9.1%