- #1 Factorization
97% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 51.5%, Building 23.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 7.9%, 2D 4.4%
- #2 Tiny Industry
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Loominest
Windows
A relaxing automation game where building a factory stays simple. Create production lines, connect your buildings, and unlock new technologies without worrying about ratios. Just ask yourself one question: What does this item need?
Why similar: Automation 47.5%, Building 21.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Minimalist 8.6%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #3 Block Shop
96% matchVery Positive99% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows · Linux
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 55.9%, Puzzle 14.3%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 13.2%, 2D 2.3%
- #4 Digit Factory
95% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Light Game
Windows
《Digit Factory》 is a game that allows you to give full play to your creativity and enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own pipeline to perform calculations on various combinations of numbers. In the endless demand, find a design that responds to changes with the same. Come , challenge your mind!
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Minimalist 16.7%, Building 14.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #5 Kernel Quest
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jonathan Dupré
Windows
A programming puzzle game about helping a wizard reach his goal. Learn to use the rules to your advantage. Build contraptions. Optimize your solution.
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Building 19.1%, Minimalist 13.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Simulation 9.2%
- #6 Numachina
94% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 42.2%, Minimalist 14.6%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #7 Gear Number Go Up
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eyal Hazor
Windows · Linux
Build a gear mechanism to create really really big numbers in this incremental / roguelike game. Gears have functions on their teeth that affect other gears. Use them to create number exploding combinations.
Why similar: Building 29.4%, Automation 27.9%, Simulation 16.5%, Minimalist 11.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #8 Genterra
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: The Bunker Studios
Windows
Humanity needs out. Genterra Corporation requires an Architect. From a remote terminal on Earth, deploy automated factories across four planets, each with its own resources, to build the rescue rocket. ARIA will guide you. Productivity is mandatory.
Why similar: Automation 42.8%, Building 20.6%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 12.3%, 2D 5.2%
- #9 We Need More Steam!
91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 46.9%, Building 19.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #10 Auto Factory
92% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Architect Studios
Windows
Build and run your own automated factory to turn materials into a range of products!
Why similar: Automation 47.8%, Building 27.7%, Simulation 23.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #11 Conveyance
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: John Hnidec
Windows · Mac
A conveyor-based production and logistics sandbox including smart machines, node based conveyor belts, logic and recipe based item generation and powerful design time construction. Create and connect Miners, Splitters, Factories, Containers, Vaults and more...
Why similar: Automation 55.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Minimalist 12.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Puzzle 7%
- #12 functional
89% matchMixed63% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: yancoutoPub: Marvellous Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
functional is a puzzle game about math and abstraction.
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Minimalist 19.6%, Simulation 17.6%, Puzzle 12.8%
- #13 Let Them Fall
88% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 42.6%, Building 20.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #14 Kaskade
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Two Times Pi
Windows
Connect an evolving delivery network in Kaskade, a minimalist strategy game. Construct intricate paths to ensure each delivery gets to the right destination. Unlock upgrades to manage the increasing complexity as your network grows. Relax to the ambient soundtrack and the satisfying puzzle vibes.
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Minimalist 20.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Building 10.1%
- #15 Laplana
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laplana Games
Windows
Laplana is a strategy simulation game on an alien world. Domesticate different organisms and combine them to build complex biological production chains. Evolve them to unlock new abilities. Adapt to a changing environment and defend your structures against the chaos of this world.
Why similar: Automation 44.6%, Building 29.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.3%, 2D 3.4%
- #16 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting
Why similar: Automation 31%, Building 22.3%, Minimalist 16.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #17 Blueprint Factory
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Smiling Panda Studios
Windows
Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.
Why similar: Automation 46%, Building 23.2%, Puzzle 13.3%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 6.1%
- #18 MegaFactory Tycoon
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Brian Strack JensenPub: goto64 Games
Windows · Mac
In MegaFactory Tycoon, you are the manager of a fully automated factory. The factory produces consumer products that can be sold for profit on the central market. The factory is fully simulated in real-time.
Why similar: Automation 48.8%, Building 24.1%, Simulation 17.5%, 2D 4.8%, Strategy 3.8%
- #19 Warp Factory
85% matchPositive94% of 49 reviews2021
Dev: Milo Brandt
Windows · Mac · Linux
An automation puzzle game in which the player must build factories to produce various shapes and patterns, as well as to perform more dynamic tasks - featuring a system of portals that allow one to cut apart and reconnect space in paradoxical - and productive - ways.
Why similar: Automation 47.5%, Building 21.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Simulation 11.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #20 Bleentoro
83% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Simple logic game about abstract minimalist factories
Why similar: Automation 38.3%, Simulation 20.4%, Minimalist 20.3%, Puzzle 14.6%, 2D 5.6%
- #21 ChromaFlow
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RVLWorks
Windows · Linux
Build a factory powered by color. Extract red, green, and blue, route them through conveyor networks, and mix them into an expanding spectrum. Fulfil requests for the Chroma Core, unlock new technology, and optimize every production line.
Why similar: Automation 48.9%, Building 13.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Strategy 8%
- #22 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 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 44.3%, Building 19.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Puzzle 12%, Strategy 9.5%
- #23 Hue Factory
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Tree Games
Windows
A colorful, minimalist automation game. Place machines, mix colors, and manage the flow of an evolving factory. Listen to the hum of the machines and watch the colors blend while keeping your lines efficient.
Why similar: Automation 49.1%, Minimalist 18.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 6.4%
- #24 BricksPhilosophorum
81% 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.
Why similar: Automation 45.3%, Building 21.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Minimalist 6.6%
- #25 Infinite Number Factory
80% 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 49.9%, Building 20.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Minimalist 9.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #26 Ascend Factory
79% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Matlyce Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!
Why similar: Automation 42.7%, Building 21.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Minimalist 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #27 Mito
78% 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 52.4%, Building 21.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 1.5%
- #28 Assembly Line 2 Mobile Version
79% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Olympus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and optimize your assembly line to make the most money possible!
Why similar: Automation 47.8%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 14.2%, 2D 6%
- #29 Car Factory Tycoon
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Jomica
Windows · Mac
Build cars step-by-step in a factory sim. Design vehicles, build your garage layout, hire and train workers, manage parking inventory, and sell cars through customer orders or walk-in buyers as you expand your operation.
Why similar: Automation 49.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Building 15.9%, Strategy 12.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #30 Bombe
78% matchVery Positive96% of 385 reviews2023
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Minimalist 17.6%, Building 14.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #31 A Dreaming Ladybug
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: LilyCompany
Windows · Mac
Shape your garden. Shape your luck. Use flowers and filters to guide ladybugs and change their colors and numbers, then hit the slots in the black moon. Cash out before your ecosystem collapses, or risk it all for a bigger payout. Unlock permanent upgrades and grow a greater garden.
Why similar: Automation 54.3%, Building 21.5%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 8.1%, 2D 4%
- #32 Simple Trains
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: ElectronDust
Windows
Simple Trains is a transit simulation game where you build efficient railroad networks and manage trains and routes. Streamline complex passenger flow utilizing eight unique upgrades!
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Minimalist 21.5%, Puzzle 13.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 9.2%
- #33 puzzlez - a shapez game
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
puzzlez - a shapez game is an easy to learn, hard to master puzzle game about building shapes in compact 3D spaces. Solve handcrafted puzzles with multiple solutions, from simple production chains to complex logistical problems. Design, share, and play custom puzzles with an ever-growing community.
Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Building 19.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Minimalist 10.9%, Simulation 9.7%
- #34 Potion Pipeline
75% 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 46.5%, Building 25.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 12.5%, 2D 2.2%
- #35 Endless Engine
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wizard Hat Studio
Windows
A roguelike where you build a factory — not a character.
Why similar: Automation 48.7%, Building 18.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Minimalist 10.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #36 CosmoFab
73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 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 56%, Building 20.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 7.6%, 2D 2.9%
- #37 SHLAG I
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Danisma
Windows
A young rapper ends up as a temp worker in a pharmaceutical warehouse. Repetitive work, tyrannical bosses, the police... this job doesn't go as planned.
Why similar: Automation 49%, Building 24.1%, Simulation 17.7%, Minimalist 9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #38 Food Facility
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Lemo-Logic Studios
Windows
Food Facility is a 2D factory automation game where you design and build complex production lines to create delicious food, sell your goods, and grow your business empire!
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Building 22%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 17.6%
- #39 Blossom
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminae Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a quest of growth and exploration in a beautifully handcrafted open world. Explore the lands and discover their forgotten history. Are you ready to automate and expand your beautiful flora against the vile Corruption?
Why similar: Automation 45.2%, Building 22.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #40 DeadLock
74% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: LLL games
Windows · Mac
In DeadLock, the player must connect the processor and the resources it needs in the appropriate order to prevent 'DeadLock' from occurring. More and more targets need to be scheduled, and new kinds of resources emerge. It's up to the player to efficiently schedule without generating 'Deadlock'.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Building 19.7%, Minimalist 18.9%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 16.1%
- #41 LineManager
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LineManager
Windows
Build and operate public transport in a living traffic simulation. Plan tram and bus networks, schedules and depots while cars, traffic lights, passengers and infrastructure interact around you. Keep it simple – or dive deep into signalling and operations.
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Simulation 18%, Minimalist 17.8%, Building 15.4%, Strategy 12%
- #42 Cursor Kingdom
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oba Games
Windows
Create an army of cursor clones by recording your actions. Automate resource gathering, production, and defense while your kingdom grows on its own.
Why similar: Automation 53.6%, Building 19.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Minimalist 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #43 Industry Unbound:无界工业
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TU HENGYU
Windows
A factory automation strategy game on an infinite canvas. Mine resources, route logistics, balance power, supply settlements, and research new technologies to build a self-sustaining planetary industry.
Why similar: Automation 46.8%, Building 27.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Minimalist 5.5%
- #44 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
73% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!
Why similar: Building 28%, Automation 17.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Puzzle 13.3%, Minimalist 11.3%
- #45 Kimbap Factory
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Remi Song
Windows · Mac
Automate the ultimate Korean kitchen. Route belts, watch ingredients transform, and physically assemble each kimbap roll step by step. Discover new recipes, fulfill requests, and expand your kitchen at your own pace. No pressure, no timers, just a satisfying and unique casual factory experience.
Why similar: Automation 51.4%, Building 16.7%, Simulation 14%, Puzzle 6.7%, Minimalist 5.7%
- #46 Monster Shopper
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheShelfman
Windows
The Monster Market is back open! Use automation to assemble monster parts into the proper monsters, and keep your customers happy. A fun, relaxing, and challenging puzzle game where you have full control over how difficult it gets.
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Building 23.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Minimalist 11.5%, Simulation 6.2%
- #47 Eat Me Alive
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: FrederickVBPub: Garbage Game
Windows
In dependency of where in the body you are positioned, you get different boni. In general you will get Bone, Blood and Tissue with which you can create more bugs. In addition to that you will be able to research different bug types which have boni themself.
Why similar: Automation 55.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Minimalist 13.6%, 2D 7.1%, Strategy 4.7%
- #48 Omni
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JackHasaKeyboard
Linux
Omni is a game that teaches you how to program.
Why similar: Automation 28.7%, Minimalist 15.3%, Building 14.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Puzzle 12.6%
- #49 Slidetracked
70% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: RTGR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Red and Blue reach their goals without getting in the way of each other in this minimalist puzzle game.
Why similar: Automation 36.1%, Minimalist 22.2%, Puzzle 19%, Building 15.4%, 2D 6.7%
- #50 Kill the Lich Idle
67% matchMixed67% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stop Sign Gaming
Windows
Kill the Lich is a minimalist incremental game about time compression and resource flow. Route your primary resource—Momentum—downstream to unlock over 300 actions. Design granular automation, visualize exposed formulas, and trigger deep prestige layers to ultimately defeat the Lich!
Why similar: Automation 49.3%, Text-Based 21.9%, Minimalist 12.6%, Simulation 10.5%, 2D 5.1%
- #51 Doterra Industries
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DelayNetwork
Windows · Mac · Linux
Doterra Industries is a 2D factory-building sandbox about exploring a strange mineral world, building production lines, and slowly turning a rough outpost into an automated industrial network.
Why similar: Automation 55.5%, Simulation 38.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #52 Simulo
67% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Micrometer
Windows · Linux
A multiplayer 2D physics sandbox game where you can build and share creations. Features include electricity, temperature, and destructible ragdolls.
Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Building 23.4%, Minimalist 17.8%, Simulation 17.5%, 2D 6.6%
- #53 Candy Clicker
66% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: EOS-Studio
Windows
Candy Clicker is a cozy candy clicker about big numbers and sweet meta progression: Steam inventory, crafting at the anvil, roulette, gifts, and leaderboards—all in one game you can enjoy for five minutes or a whole evening.
Why similar: Automation 62.6%, Minimalist 25.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #54 Gearplexed
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Train of Thought Games
Windows
Enjoy playing with gears? Gearplexed is a constructive problem-solving game with a variety of gear-based puzzles ranging from opening gates to building factories. Build gears to get the right amount of speed or torque to the target gears and be careful not to lock up your gear train.
Why similar: Automation 40.4%, Building 23.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 6%
- #55 The Sigil Engine
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Soda Elephant Studio
Windows
Write spells. Guide a shikigami. Bring light to a moonlit garden. Arrange actions, conditions and loops to solve 60 puzzles across five chapters, or plan your way through a changing survival garden. Cast, observe, and turn a clumsy routine into an elegant solution.
Why similar: Automation 38.4%, Simulation 23.4%, Puzzle 16%, Strategy 15.4%, 2D 6%
- #56 Axon Hero
68% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: DannyBoyThomas
Windows · Mac
Axon Hero is more than just a puzzle game - it's a creative playground where logic meets imagination. Build, code, and conquer your way through many hand-crafted challenges, each one more mind-bending than the last.
Why similar: Automation 39.2%, Building 20.2%, Minimalist 18.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Simulation 5.6%
- #57 Infinifactory
70% matchVery Positive95% of 2,485 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Automation 46.4%, Building 24.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 1.4%
- #58 Pixel Factory
65% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: White Flame
Windows
Build and automate your own factory in Pixel Factory. Paint cubes in different colors and create unique patterns, design efficient production lines and upgrade your buildings to optimize production.
Why similar: Automation 60.3%, Building 25.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #59 The Factory Must Grow
66% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Krayno Studios
Windows
The Factory Must Grow is a 3D first-person factory builder where you mine resources, craft machines, and research tech. Begin by unlocking your first technology, then expand into a sprawling, multi-layered production empire. From small setups to massive systems, your imagination is the only limit!
Why similar: Automation 51.2%, Simulation 17.8%, Building 16.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Linear 3.7%