- #1 Forager
97% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 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 32.5% ★, Farming Sim 14.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 8.4%, Sandbox 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the closest experience to Outpath, featuring a similar addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your island territory.
- #2 Nova Lands
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 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 18.6% ★, Automation 15.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Farming Sim 9.3%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the island-hopping and automation mechanics of Outpath while adding a layer of charming exploration.
- #3 Havendock
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,898 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 15.6%, Automation 13.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on island survival and base-building with a relaxing pace that matches the satisfying progression of Outpath.
- #4 Miniland Adventure
95% 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 29.8% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes tile-based expansion and resource management similar to Outpath's island-buying system.
- #5 Autonauts
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,933 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 23.9%, Base Building 14%, Farming Sim 13.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the automation aspect of base-building, allowing you to program robots to handle repetitive tasks.
- #6 The Planet Crafter
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Automation 13.4%, Crafting 11%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a highly satisfying sense of progression as you terraform a world through resource gathering and base construction.
- #7 shapez
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,453 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 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 22.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pure automation game that strips away survival elements to focus entirely on the satisfying logic of building and scaling factories.
- #8 Core Keeper
92% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 25.8% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a top-down perspective with deep mining, crafting, and base-building mechanics that feel very rewarding.
- #9 Factory Town
91% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 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 21%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 13%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines base-building with complex logistics and automation in a charming, colorful world.
- #10 Stacklands
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,480 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Management 38.7%, Building 28.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique card-based survival game that captures the incremental resource management and expansion feel of Outpath.
- #11 Satisfactory
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 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 20.3%, Base Building 18.6%, Open World Survival Craft 12.1% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person take on automation and base-building that offers an incredible sense of scale and progression.
- #12 Astro Colony
90% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 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 21.2%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 11.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features space-based base building and automation that rewards players for expanding their reach across the stars.
- #13 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,559 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 18.9% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, cozy take on base-building and resource management set in a flooded, overgrown city.
- #14 Eden Crafters
87% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 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 25.3% ★, Automation 16.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a mix of automation and survival in an open world, focusing on the satisfying process of building up a base.
- #15 Mindustry
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Base Building 24.7%, Resource Management 15.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends tower defense with automation and resource management, perfect for those who enjoy optimizing production lines.
- #16 ASTRONEER
86% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 33.7% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and base building with a unique deformation mechanic that makes gathering resources feel tactile and fun.
- #17 Incremental Factory
86% 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 19.8%, Idler 13.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated idler game that focuses on the pure satisfaction of scaling production and resource generation.
- #18 Mob Factory
85% 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 22.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation of combat and resource gathering, providing a unique twist on the factory-building genre.
- #19 Dinkum
82% matchVery Positive92% of 28,725 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 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 37.5% ★, Farming Sim 20%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and building game set in an Australian-inspired wilderness that encourages steady base expansion.
- #20 Craftopia
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 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 32.9% ★, Crafting 21.6%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival craft game that incorporates a wide variety of mechanics, including farming, automation, and exploration.
- #21 Littlewood
84% matchVery Positive93% of 6,802 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 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 22.1%, Crafting 17.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, relaxing game that focuses on town building and resource management with a charming pixel-art style.
- #22 Slime Rancher
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 153,291 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 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: Open World 29%, Sandbox 24.1%, Management 17.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management and exploration with a relaxing, colorful aesthetic that keeps the gameplay loop engaging.
- #23 My Time at Sandrock
81% matchVery Positive88% of 28,550 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.8%, Crafting 18.5%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on crafting and building within a community, providing a structured and rewarding progression loop.
- #24 Terraria
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sandbox crafting game that offers endless progression and building possibilities.
- #25 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
81% matchVery Positive93% of 43,576 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 25.3%, Farming Sim 19.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Management 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental crafting and management game that rewards experimentation and optimization.
- #26 Stardew Valley
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008,001 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Relaxing 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more farming-focused, it shares the satisfying daily loop of resource management and base improvement.
- #27 Townscaper
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,498 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 24.6%, Building 22.5%, Relaxing 14.2%, Open World 13.6%, Simulation 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A purely relaxing building game that focuses on the joy of creation without the pressure of survival mechanics.
- #28 Dorfromantik
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,212 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 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 24.2%, Resource Management 23.8%, Relaxing 15.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, tile-based building game that rewards careful placement and planning.
- #29 Subnautica
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Open World 10.2%, Sandbox 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an immersive survival and base-building experience with a strong sense of discovery and progression.
- #30 Forage Wizard
77% matchVery Positive85% of 754 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 17.4% ★, Farming Sim 10.9%, Base Building 10%, Automation 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%
- #31 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 17% ★, Farming Sim 14.3%, Automation 11.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.3%
- #32 Eco
79% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Base Building 14%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex resource management and building game that emphasizes the impact of your actions on the environment.
- #33 Click Mage
75% matchVery Positive92% of 2,477 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Resource Management 25.8%, Crafting 24.1%, Simulation 13.8%, Relaxing 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%
- #34 Prospector
76% 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 17.6% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #35 MineMogul
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,767 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 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%, Farming Sim 12.1%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.3%
- #36 Out of Ore
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,925 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Base Building 10%, Crafting 10%, Building 9%
- #37 Modulus: Factory Automation
72% matchVery Positive92% of 699 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 18.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9.6%, Crafting 9.3%
- #38 Faun Town
73% 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 15.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #39 Pathless Woods
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 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 21%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 9.3%
- #40 Assembly Planter
74% matchVery Positive91% of 248 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 16.3%, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #41 Skyformer
71% matchVery Positive87% of 67 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 25% ★, Automation 17%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 8.1%
- #42 MoteMancer
70% matchVery Positive93% of 243 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 19.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #43 Incremental Town RPG
73% 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 15%, Base Building 13.5%, Idler 13.2%, Automation 12.8%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #44 Lightyear Frontier
71% matchVery Positive84% of 4,457 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.5 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 22.8% ★, Farming Sim 17.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #45 XenoHaven
70% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Automation 10.2%
- #46 Atrio: The Dark Wild
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 596 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 25.6% ★, Automation 17.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 8%
- #47 Beltmatic
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,089 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 19.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 10.5%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #48 Widget Inc.
68% matchVery Positive86% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.2 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 30%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 16.6%, Idler 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #49 AETHUS
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,744 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: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #50 Hydroneer
69% matchVery Positive86% of 27,793 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 21.9 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: Automation 21.5%, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Building 9.9%
- #51 Factorio
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 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 25.7%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 12%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #52 FOUNDRY
67% matchVery Positive81% of 3,779 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 18.6%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #53 Island Robot Farm
67% matchVery Positive87% of 162 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 24.6%, Automation 20.9%, Idler 16.6%, Building 9.4%, Management 8.6%
- #54 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,228 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.7 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 20.8%, Building 17.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Resource Management 11%
- #55 Island Idle RPG
69% matchMixed66% of 95 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 12.4%, Idler 12%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #56 World Crafter TD
68% matchMixed46% of 623 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Automation 13.8%, Farming Sim 13.3%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.7%
- #57 Fracture Field
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 872 reviews2026
Dev: Type-TenPub: Type Ten LLC
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25.9%, Idler 19.7%, Resource Management 14.8%, Building 9.7%, Management 8.2%
- #58 Dragon Forge
70% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful dragon & automate massive factories! Dragon Forge is an incremental base building adventure game. Uncurse & explore a huge fantasy world full of quests. Gather resources & craft upgrades to become unstoppable! Discover over 100 fables of ancient wisdom at the Dragon Forge.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.2% ★, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Idler 8.1%, Resource Management 7.7%