- #1 Mindustry
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,826 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 28.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, RTS 11.3%
- #2 Mechanocide: Fortress Omega
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parsons Goldman Jones and Co
Windows
On a forgotten world, confront a malevolent machine intelligence. Extract minerals, build factories, power up the railguns, and arm the missile batteries. Defend the Fortress Omega against the alloyed nightmare.
Why similar: Automation 28%, Tower Defense 20.8%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Strategy 6.6%
- #3 Mob Factory
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 30.5%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 11.4%, RTS 6.4%
- #4 Astral Industrial Complex
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Con7rad7
Windows
A space automation game with rogue lite elements. Take the role of a rogue defense drone building up a mining and defense industry in the far reaches of space.
Why similar: Automation 32.3%, Tower Defense 19.5%, Base Building 19.4%, Strategy 12.9%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #5 Factorwave
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 34.4%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #6 TechGuardian: Territory Defense
94% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Apex HorizonPub: Liquid Meow
Windows
This is a sci-fi strategy game featuring a Defense Mode focused on tower defense and an Attack Mode focused on combat. The game includes over 30 different buildings and units, all of which can be upgraded through entry editing to enhance their performance and firepower.
Why similar: Automation 18.9%, Tower Defense 18.5%, Base Building 12.9%, RTS 12.4%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #7 Kardaviik
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kardaviik is a 3D factory automation game set in a voxel asteroid belt. Your mission: harness energy, ascend the Kardashev Scale, and save Earth. Conquer the expansive procedurally generated belt by harvesting resources and extracting fuel, and build your ultimate space factory!
Why similar: Automation 36.3%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Space 9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #8 Attrition Line
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Attrition Line
Windows · Linux
A factory game about building an army. Mine, smelt, and manufacture soldiers on an assembly line, then send them to fight a swarm that grows every hour. The more you automate, the bigger your army. Fall behind and the line breaks.
Why similar: Automation 35.1%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 12.8%, Tower Defense 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #9 ASTERSTEAD
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUMICROFT
Windows
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the surface.
Why similar: Automation 40.4%, Base Building 22.9%, Resource Management 14.4%, Simulation 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #10 Bestion
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JellyCat Games
Windows
Bestion is a game that combines Roguelike tower defense elements with automated factory construction. Players are required to construct their own factory on a planet and protect the kernel from monster attacks.
Why similar: Automation 35.8%, Tower Defense 21%, Base Building 20.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.4%
- #11 Dyson Sphere Program
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,483 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 10.7%, Space 9.9%, Sci-fi 6%
- #12 Stellar Infestation
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Dig minerals, manufacture ammunition, and build defense towers to fend off swarms of insects. A tower defense game with light production line elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Strategy 13.8%, RTS 13.4%, Resource Management 13.4%
- #13 Shape Together
88% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Blu
Windows · Mac
Shape Together is a factory-building game: lay mines, belts, and machines, automate shapes, and use them to defeat monsters and bosses. Hold back waves, grow stronger over time—solo or with friends on Steam.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Base Building 19.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 12.6%
- #14 Recursion
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cidots
Windows
Flowchart is your weapon. Recursion is a strategy game merging logic circuit design with tower defense. architect their paths, and defend the system by engineering the perfect logic loop with maximum efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Tower Defense 25.6%, Base Building 14%, Strategy 10.8%, RTS 9.7%
- #15 CosmoFab
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: StrabSphace
Windows
CosmoFab is a factory-building game focused on mining, production, and automation. Mine resources and build production lines to create a fully automated industrial system. Defend your base against relentless hostile creatures, explore the planet, and complete your mission.
Why similar: Automation 39.9%, Base Building 22.6%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 7.9%
- #16 One More Turret
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CNES Studio
Windows
One More Turret is an automation and tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Gather resources and enemy loot to construct intricate factory while defending against relentless monster waves. Can you strike the perfect balance between production and defense?
Why similar: Automation 29.7%, Tower Defense 20%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 11.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #17 The Last Factory
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Jitkem TienngamPub: Hello World Labs
Windows · Mac
Build, automate, and defend humanity's last factory on a dying industrial planet. Chain production lines, survive AUTON raids and dust storms, research lost technology, and uncover what silenced every factory before yours.
Why similar: Automation 34.6%, Base Building 18.4%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Simulation 8.5%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #18 Cartefact
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sillage Games
Windows · Mac
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.
Why similar: Automation 43.2%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 15.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #19 Final Upgrade
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 458 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 11.3%, Space 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #20 Rafting Factory
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kim Star Game
Windows
Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.
Why similar: Automation 40.5%, Base Building 23.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Strategy 12%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #21 Outworld Station
82% matchVery Positive85% of 836 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Automation 30%, Base Building 18.7%, RTS 10%, Space 8.7%, Resource Management 8%
- #22 Manaftory
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiyakaru
Windows
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 46.1%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 16.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Sandbox 4.6%
- #23 TowerLine
81% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Melih Solt
Windows · Mac
Build production lines to extract resources, craft parts, and assemble towers. Complete orders, earn rewards, unlock new machines, and grow your factory.
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Base Building 22.4%, Resource Management 13.8%, Tower Defense 8%, Simulation 6.2%
- #24 Infinitory
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedCactus
Windows · Linux
Infinitory mixes city-building, automation, and tower defense in a in a rogue-lite top-down game. Expand your base vertically in limited space, a strategic planning challenge. Automate resources to produce ammunition and upgrades, crucial for stopping waves of enemies on procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, RTS 10.4%
- #25 JKRobots
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: JKRobots
Windows
Take on thousands of robots in a massive, 25-hour macro-focused RTS campaign. Reclaim territory, harvest resources, and upgrade your army to crush the machine stronghold. But beware: the harder you push, the harder they push back.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, RTS 22.1%, Base Building 18%, Strategy 16.2%, Resource Management 15.1%
- #26 plexum
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Jephinca
Windows
A third-person automation game driven by narrative progression. Build elaborate machines that feed an interplanetary network as you move from planet to planet.
Why similar: Automation 38%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 15.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Strategy 7%
- #27 The Crust
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,711 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 28.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 11.9%, Space 8.6%, RTS 7.3%
- #28 Candy Factory TD
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Tower Defense 20.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Strategy 6.4%
- #29 Hold The Roost
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jody Hiatt
Windows
A strategic tower defense where you command a flock of chickens to gather resources, fortify defenses, and survive relentless predator attacks. Balance growth and survival as you protect the next generation through treacherous nights against tactical predators.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.2%, Automation 21.3%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 11.9%, Strategy 11.4%
- #30 Tower Factory
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,243 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Base Building 15%, RTS 12.3%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #31 Infinite Number Factory
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Starchase Games
Windows
Infinite Digital Factory is a dark neon 2D automation game where numbers power every production line. Extract values, route them through independent pipes, combine larger numbers, upgrade the central core, and expand across layers with elevators, portals, space modules, and blueprints.
Why similar: Automation 40%, Base Building 21.6%, Resource Management 15.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.6%
- #32 Potion Pipeline
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 36%, Base Building 21.2%, Strategy 14.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, Simulation 8.8%
- #33 Taur
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,105 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Base Building 19.3%, Automation 12.7%, Strategy 10.8%, RTS 9.7%
- #34 Alien Planet Survival
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game
Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Base Building 22.4%, Resource Management 13.7%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Space 6.1%
- #35 Outer Factory
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows · Mac
Outer Factory is a peaceful, minimalist factory simulation where you build and automate factories across planets and asteroids. Create complex production networks with simplified building mechanics. Become an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 33.8%, Base Building 21.2%, Resource Management 13.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 6.1%
- #36 Jigsaw Industry
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Light Game
Windows
Jigsaw Industry is a game that allows you to unleash your creativity and fully enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own factory to combine and process different shapes and colors. A fully automated and intelligent factory can be achieved through digital circuits, logic signals, and other means.
Why similar: Automation 39.4%, Base Building 23.7%, Resource Management 15.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #37 Final Factory
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 12.4%, Space 7%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #38 Factorio
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,473 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 192.6 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 43.4%, Base Building 25.6%, Resource Management 15%, Sandbox 5%, Strategy 5%
- #39 Total Tower Engine
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RubyRTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tired of RNG and card draws? Experience a "Plan first, pay later" economy where construction scales with your income in real time. As the map grows massive, only careful planning. Not a lucky roll, will keep you alive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Base Building 22.2%, RTS 19.1%, Resource Management 16.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #40 Astral Enterprises
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Fin Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As CEO, build your corporate empire! Design space-efficient factories in a grid-based puzzle system. Fund cutting-edge research to optimise production, master complex supply chains, and dominate a living interstellar economy.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Base Building 22.1%, Resource Management 15.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #41 Solar Baron
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Preon Studio
Windows
As head of an interplanetary corporation, your goal is to extract resources from across the solar system and bring them home faster and cheaper than your competitors. Construct trade depots and colonies. Build rockets and spaceports. Master realistic orbital mechanics and maximize profits.
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 14.1%, Space 8.9%, Simulation 6.4%
- #42 Mito
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Deer Games
Windows
A plant-sim automation game with resource management and roguelike progression. Build transport networks, manage resource flow, unlock mutations, and stack synergies as you spread across procedurally generated biomes.
Why similar: Automation 41.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 9.6%
- #43 Von Neumann Project
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TimesIllusionGames
Windows
Von Neumann Project is about a self replicating probe as it charts the galaxies, peacefully of course. Mine, build, expand, and explore in this sci-fi RTS. Remember to have as little impact on your surroundings as possible and protect yourself at all costs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, RTS 19.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 6.1%
- #44 Captain of Industry
71% matchVery Positive90% of 11,435 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 41.2%, Base Building 24%, Resource Management 17.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 5.9%
- #45 Iron Inc.
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Segment Games
Windows · Mac
Iron Inc is an interplanetary factory automation game where you colonize, build, and fight on planets across the galaxy while developing inter-planetary logistics systems. Create massive bases and engage in combat on the ground and in space.
Why similar: Automation 38.8%, Strategy 19%, Base Building 16.8%, Simulation 15.8%, Sandbox 4.7%
- #46 Hostile Mars: Prologue
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
Hostile Mars is a Factory-Building game focused on Combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech, unlocking powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Automation 29.1%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 12.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #47 Automation Station
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxbot Games
Windows
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 34.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sci-fi 7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #48 Zombies Per Minute
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enzed Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies Per Minute is a factory-building roguelite where everything you build is measured by one thing: how many zombies you can kill per minute. Yes, really. Use your imagination to grow your factory, make decisive choices each wave and progress from one outpost to the other. Until Earth is saved.
Why similar: Automation 33%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Base Building 20.7%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.9%
- #49 RIFT DIGGER
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osama Ahmed
Windows
Dig into a mysterious world, build robot colonies, and fight to dominate interdimensional rifts. Automate your way to total control.
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Base Building 26.8%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Tower Defense 5.9%
- #50 Poop Right Now
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: 晓猫
Windows
"Poop Right Now" is a puzzle game. Players play the role of "Courier" who have just entered the industry here to transport "Poop" to the right place. Please carefully arrange the transportation route to ensure that the "Poop" can be transported safely and accurately to its destination.
Why similar: Automation 39.1%, Base Building 23.7%, Resource Management 15.6%, Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #51 Amicraft Factory™
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamepoc
Windows
Tiny creatures. Massive factories. Zero stress. Amicraft Factory™ is a cozy co-op automation adventure where your adorable Ami friends help you build the most beautiful production empire in the world. Build solo. Or with friends.
Why similar: Automation 40.6%, Base Building 23.5%, Resource Management 15.1%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.8%
- #52 Factory Magnate
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Rising TailPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
A casual factory builder for everyone. Construct production lines, complete objectives, and unlock new machines as you grow your industrial empire—no stress, no combat, just satisfying progress.
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Base Building 22.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.1%
- #53 Chocolatio
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RawEgg
Windows
Create and build your own automated chocolate factory. Freely design and expand your factories to deliver a huge variety of chocolate themed resources.
Why similar: Automation 47.7%, Resource Management 16.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Management 5%
- #54 SkyRig
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Space 8.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #55 The Factory Must Fall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Squared Games
Windows
Build the perfect factory, then let it go to war against other players! Draft buildings from a randomized shop, optimize resource allocation and army composition, then watch your factory crush your friends and foes in this PvP factory-builder.
Why similar: Automation 34%, Base Building 24.7%, Tower Defense 13%, Resource Management 8.9%, RTS 8%
- #56 Vectorio
67% matchVery Positive80% of 397 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #57 Automation Empire
69% matchMixed66% of 2,641 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 36.7%, Base Building 21.5%, Resource Management 11.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #58 Moon Corp. Tower Defense
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kite Shield Interactive
Windows
Be the ultimate CEO and military strategist in this genre fusion of strategy and business management. Create your own company, hire employees, research weapon technology, and take control of units on the battlefield to defend the moon against an alien invasion. Aliens down, profits up!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, Automation 20.1%, RTS 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Strategy 9%
- #59 shapez
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,794 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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 40.5%, Base Building 22.5%, Resource Management 15%, Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #60 ShapeHero Factory
65% matchVery Positive89% of 1,009 reviews2025
Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
Why similar: Automation 33%, Tower Defense 22%, Base Building 20.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Strategy 6.1%