
Design elaborate contraptions, where the longer a ball takes, the better. Inspired by Rube Goldberg machines, you’ll soon craft sprawling machines where complexity is your goal. Get ready to overtake your screen with over-engineered chaos.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Singleplayer, Casual, Automation.

Design elaborate contraptions, where the longer a ball takes, the better. Inspired by Rube Goldberg machines, you’ll soon craft sprawling machines where complexity is your goal. Get ready to overtake your screen with over-engineered chaos.

Let Them Fall
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?

Fluida
Fluida is a simulation puzzle game where you build and play levels using flexible modules to strategically control water pressure and solve challenges.
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 11.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Logic 8.3%
Fluida is a simulation puzzle game where you build and play levels using flexible modules to strategically control water pressure and solve challenges.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.9%, Building 12.7%, Logic 12.3%, Cartoony 11.9%, Management 9.8%
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 20%, Sandbox 16.3%, Logic 10.1%, Physics 8.7%, Building 8.6%
A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!
Why similar: Automation 16.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 11.1%, Management 9.2%, Logic 8.2%
Welcome to Coin Factory 2. An idle game about placing tiles strategically to make as many coins as possible. Level them up to get the numbers growing or make them evolve to adapt your play to new needs!
Why similar: Idler 22.4%, Sandbox 16.8%, Automation 14%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 9.1%
Develop your engineering skills in an engaging way! By solving a variety of puzzles, you will learn to create complex mechanisms and understand the principles behind their operation. Each level is a new lesson that will help you become a true master of engineering.
Why similar: Idler 20.1%, Sandbox 17.8%, Logic 15.7%, Physics 10.5%, Puzzle 9.9%
Your computer desktop will no longer be just a static background, but a living, breathing ecosphere. You’ll watch plants and animals thrive as fish swim freely across your screen. In your downtime, you can feed the creatures, clean up their waste.
Why similar: Idler 33.5%, Sandbox 17.5%, Automation 13.7%, Building 13.7%, Simulation 8.5%
Discover elements, feed the blackhole, automate with physics, complete missions, get better tools and build megafarms!
Why similar: Idler 26%, Automation 24.1%, Sandbox 18%, Physics 10.9%, Colorful 5.7%
Build amazing marble contraptions with IncrediMarble! Enjoy idle incremental tycoon sandbox simulation gameplay with the best physics Unity can offer. It's like that old toy you had as a kid!
Why similar: Idler 26.9%, Sandbox 21.1%, Building 16.3%, Physics 10.4%, Management 6.9%
Connect an evolving delivery network in Kaskade, a minimalist strategy game. Construct intricate paths to ensure each delivery gets to the right destination. Unlock upgrades to manage the increasing complexity as your network grows. Relax to the ambient soundtrack and the satisfying puzzle vibes.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Management 11.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Sandbox 20.1%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Logic 10%
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Idler 22.8%, Automation 20.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 7.5%, Strategy 6.6%
Unleash neon balls and shatter digital blocks to build your fortune in this addictive cyberpunk idle/arcade game! Combine pinball mechanics with endless progression in Kinetic Foundry. Upgrade your Reactor, Launcher, and Bumpers to reach maximum system capacity!
Why similar: Idler 31.9%, Strategy 18.7%, Automation 18.2%, Casual 11.5%, Physics 8.9%
Terraform Inc is a game to build a reliable physics-based delivery network. You will get new planets, add enhancements in transit, then deliver to buyers. Construct elaborate designs to prove your ingenuity. Choose your friends wisely, working to earn respect and unlock even further opportunities.
Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Building 19.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Logic 14.4%, Physics 12.6%
Rocket Automashapes is a minimalistic automation game where shapes are produced, combined, and rocketed across the grid! Manage increasingly complex scenarios as you progress from one level to the next.
Why similar: Automation 16.8%, Idler 14.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 11.2%, Logic 10.3%
Manage your number factory: extract values, chain multipliers, and optimize to watch them grow. Upgrade buildings permanently, balance resources for leveling up, and enjoy idle progression. Relaxed, infinite automation!
Why similar: Idler 25.4%, Automation 23.2%, Logic 12%, Puzzle 9.9%, Strategy 6.6%
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 14.3%, Management 14.1%, Logic 10.2%
My Tiny Grocery Store is an idle shopping simulator located in the bottom right corner of your screen that allows you to manage your store while also completing other tasks! Design your store, arrange your shelves, and enjoy earning money.
Why similar: Idler 30.6%, Automation 23.2%, Building 10.7%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 9.5%
Build and optimize your assembly line to make the most money possible!
Why similar: Idler 28.3%, Automation 23.7%, Strategy 17.5%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 7.4%
Capybara Achievement Clicker is a simple incremental and idle game. It features over a hundred easy-to-acquire achievements and a Capybara to click on.
Why similar: Idler 26.9%, Automation 20.3%, Sandbox 18.2%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 8.6%
Node production simulator. Purchase nodes to produce resources, so you can advance in the technology tree and build yourself a large production line. This game will satisfy your need for incremental simulators with the large amount of content.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, Idler 21%, Management 16.4%, Automation 15.4%, Simulation 9.8%
On a wooden table drifting through space, build little contraptions just to see what happens. Release the marbles and enjoy the calm rhythm of their flow. A warm, curious, and delightful sandbox experience.
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Sandbox 16.6%, Building 13.4%, Management 10.2%, Physics 9.2%
Cyber Lounge Tycoon is a sandbox management game where you get to build and customize your own gaming club. Serve each customer or get a staff to do that for you. Upgrade and maintain your existing services. Expand and unlock new options. Decide what kind of club you want to run!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.8%, Automation 16.6%, Management 13.6%, Building 12.7%, Cartoony 11.3%
Build your own over-the-top stunt tracks with realistic toy-car physics, all in VR. Featuring tracks and cars collection, sandbox mode, roller coaster mode, and more.
Why similar: Building 18.3%, Sandbox 17.3%, Logic 12.4%, Physics 11.6%, Cartoony 10%
Draw shapes to solve physics puzzles! Over 250 levels each with their own unique objective. Put your brain to the test by making bridges, levers, weights and more. Iterate on your solutions again and again until you complete the goals.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.5%, Puzzle 14%, Cartoony 13.2%, Casual 11.2%, Building 11%
Idle puzzle in the style of electrical circuits. Rearrange the wires to increase your income
Why similar: Idler 40.9%, Physics 13.8%, Logic 13.7%, Puzzle 13.4%, Casual 10.1%
A physics puzzle game about moving coloured boxes via conveyors to their respective coloured chutes before the end of the day! Constantly adding and removing different types of conveyors to make sure you create the most optimal routes.
Why similar: Automation 20.7%, Sandbox 16.4%, Building 13.3%, Management 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
Embark on a journey of a fledgling mage. Start with nothing. Improve yourself, develop your skills through a vast tree, unlock upgrades, learn spells, gather resources, and craft unique items. Your progress never stops – it continues even while you're offline.
Why similar: Idler 32.4%, Sandbox 19.9%, Automation 11.8%, Management 10.4%, Casual 9.9%
Ever wanted to know what would happen if you hooked up a fire extinguisher to a crate of TNT inside a room full of pinball bouncers and proximity mines. Well now you can. Welcome to The Chaotic Workshop
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Physics 19.1%, Puzzle 17.3%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 7.3%
Jaden Industries is a relaxing factory-building puzzle game about managing compact crafting chains across floating islands. As an expedition engineer, you’ll explore a peaceful Archipelago, configure production flows, refine resources, and achieve perfect efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 18.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Building 15.4%, Management 11.6%, Puzzle 9.8%
The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!
Why similar: Building 19.4%, Physics 16.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Strategy 13%, Puzzle 11.1%
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Strategy 19.2%, Puzzle 13.7%, Logic 13.3%, Building 11.1%
Test your problem solving skills and creativity in over 80 physics-based puzzles. Hours of fun for the completionist with challenges for every level and over 30 unlockables!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Building 18.2%, Physics 13.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Logic 11.7%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Idler 22.4%, Automation 18%, Sandbox 14.2%, Management 10.2%, Building 8.7%
My Littlest Skeleton is a cosy and relaxing simulation where you care for your very own little Skeleton chum! Pull your unique Skeleton back from the depths of the Nether Region. Attend to their needs, maintain their furnishings, choose from a variety of environments for your Skeleton to call home.
Why similar: Idler 28.3%, Sandbox 21.3%, Cartoony 13.2%, Stylized 8%, Casual 7.3%
Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!
Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Building 15.6%, Logic 15.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Management 10.2%
Boink! A game about falling money and building bouncers to increase the money. Purchase bouncers and place them on the map. Upgrade bouncers and the cannon to boost value. Rebirth to gain unique upgrades. Watch your money grow!
Why similar: Idler 37.2%, Logic 17.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Building 11.8%, Casual 9.2%
Tingus Goose is a delightfully absurd idle game where you plant seeds in patients, bounce babies for profit, and ascend through surreal worlds toward riches.
Why similar: Idler 21.6%, Automation 14.3%, Building 11.7%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.1%
Challenge your ingenuity to win! Your mission is to use objects from your inventory to guide Clampy to its destination.
Why similar: Building 24%, Sandbox 22.6%, Strategy 16.1%, Puzzle 12.7%, Logic 12.4%
Bridge Constructor Studio is the latest in the best-selling series. Test your engineering skills in this physics-based puzzle game, combining the best of previous titles with a modern, charming visual style—the ultimate experience for creative builders!
Why similar: Building 19.5%, Physics 13.4%, Cartoony 12.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Puzzle 10.8%
A colorful, minimalist automation game. Place machines, mix colors, and manage the flow of an evolving factory. Listen to the hum of the machines and watch the colors blend while keeping your lines efficient.
Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Management 16.7%, Logic 12.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 9.5%
Food Facility is a 2D factory automation game where you design and build complex production lines to create delicious food, sell your goods, and grow your business empire!
Why similar: Strategy 24.1%, Automation 22.4%, Building 14.9%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 9.2%
Roller coaster design puzzle meets physics sandbox. In a series of increasingly challenging levels your task is to get creative and build all kinds of crazy coasters. Don't get too crazy, though, or physics will turn your coaster into a rocket.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Building 19.8%, Puzzle 13.9%, Physics 12.8%, Cartoony 12.7%
Pure Simple Physics Fun. Challenge yourself in a chaotic and colourful time trial where there are green squares, that need to be not green!
Why similar: Idler 30%, Sandbox 23.2%, Casual 10.9%, Logic 9.5%, Colorful 6.4%
Build your own pachinko! Upgrade pins and balls, unleash powerful synergies, and help a shattered village rise again in this incremental adventure.
Why similar: Idler 29.6%, Management 13.1%, Physics 12.9%, Stylized 9.9%, Strategy 8.5%
Run a candy factory. Place machines and conveyors and feed them different mixtures of ingredients to create candy
Why similar: Idler 27.3%, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 15.7%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 7.6%
Build a coconut empire in this short incremental game! Gather coconuts, hire workers, and buy upgrades to transform your coconut startup into a coconut empire!
Why similar: Idler 47.9%, Management 21.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Casual 11.4%, Simulation 5.9%
Grow your planetary empire from a small base to a massive production powerhouse in Planetary Factory. Balance inputs and outputs to maximize profits and minimize waste, research advanced technologies, and build a formidable military to conquer hostile planets.
Why similar: Idler 29.8%, Automation 24.3%, Building 12.8%, Management 11.7%, Strategy 8.9%
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 23%, Sandbox 18.5%, Building 15.4%, Management 9.5%, Logic 8.7%
Craftory is a rougelite top-down wave survival game with loads of automation. You build machines, conveyor belts, and defensive structures like walls and turrets. However, at night enemies will invade your base! The goal is to conquer the planet and protect your core.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Strategy 19.3%, Building 16.5%, Logic 13.6%, Automation 13.4%
Feed The Flame is a simple incremental game where you grow a flame to burn down the world. Buy better resources, unlock upgrades and employ thousands of workers to mine, chop and hunt down fuel for the flame. Easy. Satisfying. Highly addictive.
Why similar: Idler 36.2%, Automation 21.3%, Casual 14.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 8.3%
Manage your party, develop skills, and shape the fate of a living world in this strategy-driven RPG.
Why similar: Idler 35.8%, Automation 27.1%, Management 14.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Building 5.7%
A conveyor-based production and logistics sandbox including smart machines, node based conveyor belts, logic and recipe based item generation and powerful design time construction. Create and connect Miners, Splitters, Factories, Containers, Vaults and more...
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Sandbox 19.7%, Logic 17.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 7.5%
Create a confectionery empire in Sweets Inc, the business management simulation game where you take the helm of your very own sweets manufacturing company. Design delectable treats, build and manage your factories, and market your products across the continent to become an industry tycoon!
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 17.5%, Management 15.3%, Stylized 8.7%
Lazy Train Game is a relaxing game about building out your railway, collecting resources, crafting tracks, overcoming obstacles, and unlocking new tracks, scenarios, and engines. Set up your railway in such a way that your trains can do most of the work for you.
Why similar: Idler 26.6%, Automation 21.1%, Sandbox 18.3%, Building 14.7%, Management 11.3%
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Why similar: Physics 22.4%, Puzzle 19.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 10.1%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 13.8%, Building 12.7%, Logic 11.4%
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
Why similar: Automation 19.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 13.8%, Logic 12.1%, Management 11.8%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: Building 20.6%, Management 19.7%, Sandbox 18.9%, Strategy 11.9%, Cartoony 8.4%