Games Like PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy

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

Why similar: Base Building 31.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 11.5%, Co-op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines complex factory automation with tower defense mechanics in a 2D space that feels very similar to the core loop of Nom Nom Galaxy.

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 27.1%, Sandbox 20.9%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Survival 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D automation and base-building game that features exploration and resource gathering on alien planets.

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 35.3%, Sandbox 20%, Strategy 11%, Building 8.4%, Co-op 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive automation game that challenges players to build and maintain massive, efficient production lines on a hostile alien world.

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 28.6%, Co-op 19.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 13.3%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the frantic, cooperative cooking and management chaos found in running a soup factory, but with a roguelite restaurant twist.

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 31.6%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 13.3%, Strategy 13%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based colony simulation that focuses on building automated systems and managing resources across multiple planets.

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 39.9%, Building 35.3%, Indie 14.3%, Strategy 5.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused automation game that tasks players with building factories to assemble products for an alien overlord.

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 18.3%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 11.7%, Co-op 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D mining and base-building sandbox that emphasizes cooperative play and resource management in a vibrant underground world.

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

Why similar: Local Co-Op 44.7%, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Co-op 14.1%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-intensity cooperative management of a space vessel, requiring players to coordinate tasks just like in Nom Nom Galaxy.

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 20.6%, Sandbox 19.6%, Survival 13.4%, Building 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features addictive 2D gathering, crafting, and base-building loops that mirror the satisfying progression of expanding a factory.

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 34%, Sandbox 16.1%, Building 14.1%, Co-op 13.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Brings the satisfying automation and base-building mechanics of 2D games into a massive, beautiful 3D open world.

Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...

Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Building 24.4%, Base Building 21.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A management and automation game centered on food production, sharing the culinary theme of Nom Nom Galaxy.

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 30.4%, Strategy 27.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Casual 10.8%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy simulation game that tasks players with building automated factories on a planet while managing power and logistics.

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 29.4%, Building 27.3%, Strategy 17.7%, Action 8%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox space game that features modular ship building and strategic combat in a 2D environment.

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 21.3%, Sandbox 14.9%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A mining and automation game that supports online co-op, focusing on building efficient systems to survive and thrive.

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 39.6%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14%, Survival 12%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony simulation that requires complex automation and resource management to keep your workers alive in a harsh environment.

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 25.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 12.2%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative tower defense game that requires players to coordinate crafting and defense tasks under pressure.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Base Building 21.3%, Building 14.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Local Multiplayer 12.6%, Co-op 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling strategy game where players build and defend a base while managing resources and expanding their 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 19.3%, Building 14.6%, Casual 12.8%, Indie 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on automating tasks through simple programming, allowing players to build a thriving colony through efficient machine labor.

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

Why similar: Co-op 41%, Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Action 14.9%, Indie 14%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic shoot-em-up that emphasizes cooperative play and building up your ship's defenses in real-time.

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 26.6%, Strategy 19.7%, Co-op 15.7%, Casual 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative strategy game about managing a space station and keeping it clean, emphasizing teamwork and resource allocation.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Co-op 17.1%, Indie 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Survival 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical 2D game that blends base management, tower defense, and cooperative exploration in a sci-fi setting.

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 22.5%, Sandbox 16.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 13.2%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced strategy and tower defense game set on Mars that requires quick building and resource management.

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 30.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Co-op 14.5%, Local Multiplayer 13.8%, Casual 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A time-management game set in a space station that requires juggling multiple tasks to keep customers happy.

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: Sandbox 24.9%, Building 17%, Survival 15.2%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Online Co-Op 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that incorporates automation, farming, and base-building with a quirky, action-oriented feel.

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 28.3%, Building 15.1%, Survival 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game focused on exploration, building, and crafting with a charming pixel-art aesthetic.

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: Building 30.5%, Strategy 30.5%, Indie 14.4%, Casual 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder and puzzle game that focuses on building and managing space colonies with a unique aesthetic.

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 19.8%, Base Building 17.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Local Multiplayer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game that emphasizes strategic placement and resource management to protect your base.

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 32.1%, Sandbox 21.5%, Co-op 16.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Online Co-Op 9%

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 24.2%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Co-op 9.9%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D MOBA that features platforming elements and cooperative team-based combat in a colorful sci-fi setting.

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: Local Co-Op 20.6%, Strategy 19.4%, Local Multiplayer 12.3%, Co-op 11.6%, Action 11%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based tower defense game that combines base building and destruction with a humorous tone.

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 61.4%, Strategy 19.2%, Co-op 8.2%, Indie 7.6%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative card-based management game where players work together to cook and deliver food across the galaxy.

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

Why similar: Base Building 27.8%, Co-op 18.4%, Building 16.5%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Action 7.7%

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 44.8%, Casual 24.2%, Action 22.9%, Indie 2.9%, Multiplayer 2.5%

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 34.8%, Local Multiplayer 20.2%, Co-op 18.7%, Casual 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.

Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, Local Co-Op 36.3%, Co-op 11%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Indie 2.9%

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 23.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Indie 10.6%, Action 10.6%

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 63.3%, Survival 22.1%, Exploration 14.6%

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: Base Building 24.7%, Sandbox 18.1%, Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 10.6%

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 31.4%, Base Building 30.2%, Sandbox 23.9%, Indie 6.4%, 2D 5.2%

In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 63.6%, Action 22.4%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 5.4%

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 29%, Base Building 27%, Sandbox 21.2%, Co-op 17.8%, Exploration 5.1%

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 27.4%, Strategy 20.2%, Action 11.7%, Co-op 10.8%, Survival 10.2%

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 28.2%, Local Multiplayer 12.3%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Casual 8.5%, Indie 7.8%

Embark on a Colorful Journey Through the Galaxy! Explore new planets and mine various minerals using your vacuum gun!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40%, Casual 36.5%, Local Multiplayer 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%

Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.

Why similar: Base Building 23.6%, Sandbox 21.5%, Building 15.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Survival 8.1%

Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

Why similar: Base Building 30.9%, Strategy 21.1%, Building 18.5%, Indie 9%, Survival 8.9%

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

Why similar: Sandbox 43.2%, Building 29%, Casual 15.5%, Indie 12.2%

🌴👩‍🍳🍔 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 26.3%, Online Co-Op 22.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Casual 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.6%

Swing, climb, and jump your way through massive “gardens” of vibrant other-worldly plant-life in this truly organic platformer.

Why similar: Casual 25.6%, Indie 21.5%, Platformer 19%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Action 13.8%

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%, Building 18.2%, Sandbox 16.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Survival 7.4%

A tiny, naked cosmonaut with a jetpack & laser blaster must revive a dying galaxy by planting one seed at a time. An innovative and addictive arcade adventure experience with mystery and intrigue in all the right places.

Why similar: Strategy 40%, Action 30%, Indie 23.9%, Casual 6.2%

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

Why similar: Casual 36.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, 2D 12%, Building 11.6%

Build. Automate. Defend.

Why similar: Base Building 24.2%, Sandbox 17.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%

A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.

Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Sandbox 19%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 13%, Online Co-Op 12.3%

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 34.1%, Sandbox 21.9%, Building 16.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Casual 7.2%

Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.2%, Co-op 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, Action 9%, Platformer 8.4%

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 42.2%, Survival 16.9%, Action 15.1%, Casual 14.5%, Exploration 11.3%

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 15.4%, Co-op 12.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Platformer 8.3%

Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

Why similar: Sandbox 34.4%, Building 27.8%, Strategy 23.8%, Indie 14%

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 34.2%, Online Co-Op 25.7%, Co-op 14.2%, Casual 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%