Games Like PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy

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: Base Building 35.2%, Sandbox 20%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 8.3%, Co-op 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who love the logistical challenge of building and automating complex production chains.

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Base Building 30.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 10.6%, Co-op 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management and automation with tower defense, requiring you to protect your supply lines just like in Nom Nom Galaxy.

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: Base Building 31.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Building 13.3%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed automation game that focuses on building and managing interconnected factories across different planets.

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: Base Building 27.2%, Sandbox 20.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Building 11.4%, Survival 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a charming 2D aesthetic with a heavy emphasis on automating resource collection and base expansion.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 11.7%, Co-op 11%, Online Co-Op 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that perfectly blends base-building, automation, and cooperative exploration in a subterranean setting.

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Base Building 39.7%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This colony simulation game offers deep automation and resource management mechanics that mirror the complexity of running a soup factory.

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.3%, Co-op 20%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 13.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the chaotic, high-pressure cooking and management aspects of the seed game in a cooperative setting.

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

Why similar: Sandbox 40%, Building 35.5%, Indie 14.7%, Strategy 5.7%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused automation game that tasks you with building assembly lines to produce specific goods for an alien overlord.

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: Base Building 20.7%, Sandbox 19.6%, Survival 13.3%, Building 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An addictive gathering and crafting game that evolves into a massive automation project as you expand your territory.

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: Base Building 32.7%, Sandbox 19.4%, Building 14.2%, Casual 12.8%, Indie 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on programming worker bots to automate tasks, capturing the spirit of building an efficient, self-sustaining base.

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Sandbox 25.9%, Base Building 14%, Survival 11.4%, Strategy 10%, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game where you must build defenses and automate resource gathering to survive against waves of alien creatures.

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.5%, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Co-op 14.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative space action game where players must manage different stations on a ship to survive, much like the co-op dynamics of the seed game.

Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

Why similar: Base Building 30.3%, Strategy 27.5%, Sandbox 15%, Casual 10.7%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy automation game that challenges you to build an efficient factory on an alien planet.

Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.7%, Strategy 20.4%, Co-op 15.9%, Casual 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative strategy game about managing a space station and keeping it clean, requiring constant coordination.

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Sandbox 27.9%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Building 11.2%, Co-op 10.5%, Survival 8%

Why You'll Like It: A space-faring 2D adventure that emphasizes building bases on alien worlds while managing resources and survival.

Cosmo’s Quickstop simulates the fast-paced thrill of managing a gas station… IN SPACE! Upgrade your services, please alien customers, and complete your daily chores through simple minigames that add up to a hilariously frantic experience with solo or couch co-op play.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.3%, Strategy 19%, Co-op 14.9%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Casual 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed management game that tasks you with running a service station for aliens, focusing on time management and efficiency.

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: Base Building 21.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Building 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An automation-focused simulation game that allows for complex base-building and mining operations in a space setting.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Building 13.3%, Co-op 9.9%, Survival 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D sandbox game that offers extensive base-building and resource collection in a vast, explorable world.

The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!

Why similar: Base Building 27.8%, Co-op 18.6%, Building 16.3%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Survival 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative colony simulation game that emphasizes automation and crafting within a charming 2D environment.

Space Food Truck is a cooperative, culinary scifi adventure. 1-4 players take on unique roles aboard the Galaxy Gourmet. Their mission: explore a vast, procedurally-generated galaxy in search of exotic ingredients, craft delicious recipes, and withstand the untold dangers of deep space.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 59.8%, Strategy 20%, Co-op 8.5%, Indie 7.8%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative deck-building game where players manage different roles on a ship to cook and deliver food across the galaxy.

Experience all the Onion Kingdom has to offer, Overcooked! 1 & 2 infused with 4k goodness running at a smooth 60 FPS. Fully remastered and cooked up from scratch. Enjoy 200+ levels (22 new) and 80+ chefs (3 new), this is the ultimate Overcooked! experience.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.3%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Co-op 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy cooperative cooking game that mirrors the frantic teamwork required to manage a busy kitchen.

Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.

Why similar: Strategy 20%, Local Co-Op 19.9%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%, Co-op 11.9%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense and destruction physics, providing a similar blend of strategy and action as the seed game.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Building 11%, Co-op 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down 2D sandbox game that features deep base-building, automation, and cooperative combat.

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 19%, Base Building 17.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Building 10.8%, Local Multiplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical tower defense game that focuses on building efficient kill-zones to protect your resources.

Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Building 15.3%, Co-op 13%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep 2D sandbox experience with extensive crafting, creature collection, and base-building mechanics.

Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!

Why similar: Sandbox 42.7%, Building 30.1%, Casual 16.6%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing sandbox game focused on building and decorating, perfect for those who enjoy the creative side of base-building.

Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!

Why similar: Sandbox 28.6%, Building 15.1%, Survival 10.3%, Indie 8.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game with a focus on exploration, crafting, and building in a pixelated world.

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: Base Building 32.8%, Sandbox 25.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Building 13.2%, Casual 5%

Why You'll Like It: A pure automation game that strips away combat to focus entirely on the satisfaction of building complex, infinite supply chains.

Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Sandbox 16.6%, Building 13.2%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-action game that tasks you with building a base on Mars while defending it from waves of enemies.

Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Co-op 7.3%

Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

Why similar: Base Building 31.4%, Sandbox 21.4%, Co-op 17.2%, Strategy 14.9%, Online Co-Op 9.4%

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Why similar: Sandbox 29.6%, Building 27%, Strategy 18.1%, Action 7.6%, Indie 6.6%

Build and brawl in this fast and frantic mash-up! Race your opponents to build the most powerful towers in Slam Bolt City while defending against deceptively adorable baddies and hugely epic bosses. Create weapons that shoot lasers, drills, missiles, and more to annihilate your adversary.

Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, Local Co-Op 23.3%, Action 17.2%, Indie 16.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of action and strategy that requires players to build structures while fighting off opponents.

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: Base Building 33.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Building 14%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 8%

No Heroes Here is a frantic co-op game for 1 to 4 players, available in local and online modes. Craft and use several items effectively whilst coordinating your ragtag band of non-heroes to defend castles and survive! ...Oh, as well as saving the Kingdom in the meantime!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 12%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Co-op 8.2%

A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.

Why similar: Co-op 42.3%, Great Soundtrack 26%, Action 14.5%, Indie 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%

Iron Armada is a multiplayer, space-faring combat game where players must team up to build a fleet of ships in order to survive the perils of space and defeat the opposing player faction. Build ships of all shapes and sizes, mine resources, and scavenge parts with friends to conquer the universe!

Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Casual 24.3%, Action 21.8%, Indie 3%, Multiplayer 2.6%

Strategically match an insane number of shapes and make a watermelon without running out of space in ​this new hit action puzzle game! Featuring intense versus modes, and relaxing co-operative modes, play online or offline however you'd like!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.4%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Building 12.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.6%, Indie 5%

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: Building 28.7%, Base Building 27.1%, Sandbox 21.2%, Co-op 17.9%, Exploration 5.1%

Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!

Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Building 30.1%, Indie 14.5%, Casual 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

An absurd couch co-op gas station builder for 1-4 players! Manage a servo (that's Aussie for "gas station") as impatient space travellers demand service. Wrangle wobbly pipes, set up refineries, and mix the right fuels to build space gas stations with peak efficiency.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34%, Local Multiplayer 20%, Co-op 19.4%, Casual 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 17.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Indie 11%, Action 10.3%

Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Platformer 10%, Strategy 9%

Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.

Why similar: Strategy 31.7%, Base Building 30%, Sandbox 23.7%, Indie 6.5%, 2D 5.3%

Hunt, cook, and deliver cosmic cuisine using ingredients from across the galaxy to become the greatest chef in the Horseshoe Nebula. Explore alien worlds teeming with (edible) life, win the hearts of your customers, and thwart the rise of an evil interstellar burger chain.

Why similar: Base Building 63.7%, Survival 21.7%, Exploration 14.6%

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.1%, Online Co-Op 17%, Co-op 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Local Multiplayer 7.6%

It's the ultimate, strategic SHMUP ReMix! Control TWO combat wings, flick between THREE different formations, and BLAST your way through overwhelming enemy fleets! Liberate planets, build colonies, research tech and skills, craft items, or even play 2p co-op in this unique new indie game.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.4%, Strategy 21%, Action 11.3%, Co-op 11.1%, Indie 10.3%

Using Critter Crunch's 'Food Chain' mechanic, players will eat their way through a smorgasbord of levels and gorge on a feast of modes, including Co-op and Versus multiplayer.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.1%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Casual 8.6%, Indie 8%

Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

Why similar: Strategy 36.3%, Base Building 16.7%, Indie 11.8%, Action 11.2%, Building 10.5%

Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!

Why similar: Base Building 34.2%, Sandbox 21.9%, Building 16.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Casual 7.1%

Build. Automate. Defend.

Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Sandbox 17.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Multiplayer 7.3%

🌴👩‍🍳🍔 A stress-free cooking game that lets you relax! Cook up burgers for mecha cats and aliens. Play solo or with up to 7 friends!

Why similar: Co-op 25.9%, Online Co-Op 22.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Casual 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.6%

Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!

Why similar: Base Building 33.2%, Building 18.1%, Sandbox 16.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Survival 7.3%

Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.

Why similar: Base Building 46%, Building 25.5%, Action 11.6%, Exploration 10.1%, 2D 6.8%

SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Indie 19.8%, Action 13.5%, 2D 9.6%, Sandbox 6.7%

Grow bigger and bigger as you eat everything in the world! Play through six wildly different end-of-the-world scenarios in this chaotic eat ’em up.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28.2%, Platformer 16.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, Action 10.1%, Casual 9.8%

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Sandbox 19%, Co-op 14.2%, Building 12.3%, Survival 10.6%

Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!

Why similar: Casual 36.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, 2D 12.3%, Building 11.5%

Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

Why similar: Sandbox 42.7%, Survival 16.8%, Casual 14.6%, Action 14.6%, Exploration 11.3%

Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!

Why similar: Sandbox 34.1%, Online Co-Op 26.3%, Co-op 13.8%, Casual 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%