- #1 Jigsaw Industry
97% 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 30.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 14.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.7%
- #2 Cartefact
96% 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 35.9%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 15.5%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #3 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
96% matchVery Positive85% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.
Why similar: Automation 24%, Programming 22.8% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.5%
- #4 TowerLine
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mehmet Melih Solt
Windows
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 29.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 14.4%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #5 Autonauts
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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 28.1%, Programming 26.4% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 7.7%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #6 Kardashev
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows
Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 14.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 9.8%
- #7 Multiply Factory
93% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Time Shrink Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Multiply Factory is a factory building game. Build your own multiple-layer factory within a 3-D space with belts, inserters, factories and stairs. Enjoy the fantasy of manufacturing.
Why similar: Automation 23%, Programming 17.7% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Crafting 10%
- #8 shapez
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 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 31.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 14.5%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 11.8%
- #9 Outer Factory
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows
Outer Factory is a peaceful and minimalist simulation where you design automated factories on different planets. Create complex infrastructures with simplified building mechanics. Enjoy your work as an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 13.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #10 Factorio
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 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 36.2%, Base Building 21.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 10.2%
- #11 Idle interstellar Factory 2
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
This is a factory game based on text and 2d drag and drop. You need to complete the process from mining resources to the final interstellar resource mining and transportation. You will continue to unlock new technologies and experience many unexpected challenges along the way.
Why similar: Automation 38.4%, Crafting 16.9%, Sandbox 16.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #12 Programming Factory
89% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: KUOKUO
Windows
What kind of sparks will programming and factories create? Watching strings and numbers run on the conveyor belt, enjoy leisure time!!! Programming Factory is a factory puzzle game that now supports creative workshops and customizes your own puzzles!!!
Why similar: Automation 29.4%, Programming 24.8% ★, Base Building 19.8%, Puzzle 5.7%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #13 Builderment
89% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows · Mac
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: Automation 31.6%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #14 Potion Pipeline
88% 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 31.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 9.5%
- #15 Automation Station
87% 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 29.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 12.1%
- #16 Manaftory
86% 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 42%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 18.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 8.8%
- #17 Beltmatic
86% matchVery Positive94% of 2,009 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 14.1%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 11.1%
- #18 MoteMancer
85% matchVery Positive94% of 236 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 29.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 14.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 10.9%
- #19 Node Math
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 14.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 11.2%
- #20 Pistonica
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica invites you into a calm, open world where steam and machines meet. In this first-person steam automation game, you build and automate a refined factory, explore an island, research tech, and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 35.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #21 F.A.R.M.S.: Chill Factory
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plema Crafts
Windows
F.A.R.M.S.: Chill Factory is a relaxed automation sim where you build at your own pace. Design complex lines with the intuitive Link System and Relays. Unlock new tech via the Tech Tree, boost production with your clicks, and manufacture everything from iron to sushi in your ultimate factory!
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Programming 18.1% ★, Resource Management 13.1%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #22 Runeline
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gnostic Games
Windows · Mac
Design, build, and code a factory within the magical world of Runeline! Work on producing increasingly complex products, which will require you to write not just functional but optimized code, all within the simple instructions of the machine core.
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Programming 26.1% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 9.8%
- #23 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
81% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Automation 34.9%, Base Building 16%, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 7.7%
- #24 ReFactory
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
Windows
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: Automation 28.4%, Base Building 22.4%, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 9.3%
- #25 Roody:2d
81% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: redinator2000
Windows
Use simple machines to build complex assembly lines and automate increasingly advanced blocks. Weld together blocks and move them as one unit for vehicles, elevators, or mining machines.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Programming 21.4% ★, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 12%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #26 Alchemy Factory
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Automation 36.2%, Base Building 16.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #27 FACTO
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havca Games
Windows
FACTO is a top-down factory building and business simulation game where you are the big boss. You'll have to start from scratch, build your factories and grow your business until you become one of the pillars of the global economy!
Why similar: Automation 39.9%, Resource Management 18.8%, Crafting 16%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 5%
- #28 Islandustry
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proper Puppy
Windows
Find the best island, outbid your rivals and start exploiting it. Automate your production and watch the market to sell your goods at the right price. Use your profits to buy upgrades and make your production chain even faster.
Why similar: Automation 32.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Resource Management 11.2%, Crafting 8.5%
- #29 Beltex
79% matchVery Positive86% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 14.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 10.6%
- #30 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
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 33%, Sandbox 17.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #31 Satisfactory
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 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 34.1%, Base Building 24.3%, Crafting 13.6%, Resource Management 13%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #32 Mob Factory
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 34.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #33 BricksPhilosophorum
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 芥语工作室
Windows
[点金方块]BricksPhilosophorum is an automated game that uses an assembly line to study alchemy. The game starts with collecting minerals, purchasing land, unlocking technology, and building automated production lines. The ultimate goal is to refine the Sage's Stone and turn it into gold.
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Programming 17.7% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Simulation 4.8%
- #34 Factoriant
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marudice
Windows
Factoriant is a factory builder where you construct an underground ant factory. As a queen ant, dig tunnels, carry food, and hatch worker ants to automate your production. Defend your nest from threats like birds and humans, and build a subterranean ant colony.
Why similar: Automation 35.5%, Base Building 20.7%, Resource Management 16.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #35 Icaria
75% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
Windows
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
Why similar: Automation 24%, Programming 21.8% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Crafting 10.5%
- #36 Lichworks
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rune Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a necromancer, build your undead empire. A necromancer automation game where your army is your logistics network. Route mindless minions via signposts, automate production chains, equip your soldiers and conquer the Human Empire.
Why similar: Automation 32.7%, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #37 Biofactory
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bioreactor Studios
Windows
Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 15.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #38 Arcana Automata
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Penguin Games
Windows
In Arcana Automata, you program drones using Python to harvest a mystical resource, unlock upgrades, and encounter German mythical creatures. Perfect for curious minds who love to learn through play.
Why similar: Programming 32.9% ★, Automation 26.6%, Resource Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #39 Doodle Factory
73% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Jan Francis Berdan
Windows
Welcome to Doodle Factory - your ticket to the world of factory fun! Dive into building and designing with ever-changing boards. Get creative, boost your efficiency with cool upgrades, and make each factory uniquely yours!
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 15.8%, Sandbox 12.8%, Minimalist 4.8%
- #40 Buried Cargo
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Siar Games
Windows
Buried Cargo is a terminal-driven automation game. Wake up as a lone maintenance robot buried beneath a dead world. Use real command-line interface to control machines, extract scrap, and build your automation network.
Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Programming 16.9% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%
- #41 新星下行
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abys
Windows
Stellar Descending is a turn-based factory builder spanning multiple layers. As a scout, design vertical production lines using conveyors, assemblers, and inserters. Use strategy and automation to conquer the planet and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Automation 38.5%, Base Building 22.3%, Resource Management 17.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Simulation 5.9%
- #42 Factory Trashcension
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Factory Trashcension
Windows
Factory Trashcension is a first-person open-world factory creation and optimization game with unlimited possibilities. Play with your friends and design efficient factories to TRASHCEND without worries and explore a v a p o r w a v e inspired universe!
Why similar: Automation 31.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 13.3%, Resource Management 12.1%
- #43 Alien Planet Survival
73% 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 35.5%, Base Building 21.7%, Resource Management 16%, Crafting 15.2%, Strategy 4.3%
- #44 One More Turret
71% 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 30.9%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 15%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #45 A Factory Roguelike
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro AnjosPub: Pixel Purrfect
Windows
Engineer an efficient production pipeline to keep up with the increasing demand rates of the Boxes. Choose reward bundles and research modules strategically to expand your factory and optimize efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 39.3%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 16.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #46 Another Game About Automation
69% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: myownyose
Windows
Another Game About Automation is a casual factory-building where you have to generate numbers and combine them with mathematical operations. Upgrade and unlock new mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 41.9%, Base Building 25.9%, Sandbox 17.4%, Simulation 7.8%, Puzzle 3.4%
- #47 PoliPlanet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 15.5%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #48 Substructure
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dubious DesignPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.
Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 15.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #49 Techtonica
68% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 33.2%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #50 Automation Empire
71% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.8%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 8.3%
- #51 Constructed
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Gaming Project
Windows
Constructed is a factory building game, with a single goal... to automate EVERYTHING!!!
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 15.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #52 Rocket Automashapes
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Night Stroll Studio
Windows
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 26.4%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 13.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #53 Reprocessed
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 29.7%, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 16.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 12.6%
- #54 Final Factory
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 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%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 15%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #55 Mito
67% 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 40.7%, Resource Management 18.2%, Base Building 14%, Strategy 9.4%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #56 Meow Factories.Inc
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fire Toast
Windows
Automate. Assemble. Deliver cats. Build an adorable factory, create cats piece by piece, and optimize your production to meet an ever-growing demand. Unlock machines, paint your cats, and make your feline assembly line run like clockwork!
Why similar: Automation 41%, Base Building 20.4%, Crafting 17.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #57 Backcast
65% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: botterYosukePub: Sasaco Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strategy replay simulator where you observe your trading strategies battle in the market. Write code that becomes a living strategy, watch it trade, and learn how it survives or falls in a competitive environment.
Why similar: Programming 36.8% ★, Automation 30.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #58 Number Machine: Math Factory
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ARIELEK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.
Why similar: Automation 31%, Programming 27.1% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #59 Desynced
64% matchVery Positive81% of 1,825 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: Automation 26%, Programming 24.3% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #60 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
68% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Dragon Lord Studio
Windows · Linux
Programmer Dungeon is a tactical game that challenges players to use logic programming to solve puzzles and progress through each level. Collect unique skills, use visual programming to automate your character, and defeat your enemies. Plan carefully and enjoy this exciting adventure!
Why similar: Programming 32.5% ★, Automation 30.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Puzzle 5.8%, Simulation 5.1%