- #1 Revive & Prosper
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Mystiqular
Windows
A complex but not difficult voxel automation game with belts, trains, teleports, and even catapults for transport. Achieve efficiency through smart water control. Play with or without enemies. Produce materials and fuel for a spaceship. Deal with the toxic side effects. Can you Revive & Prosper?
Why similar: God Game 15.4% ★, Voxel 15% ★, Moddable 13.3% ★, Automation 12.9%, Colony Sim 9.7% ★
- #2 Facteroids
96% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.
Why similar: Automation 17.4%, Mining 16.2% ★, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Voxel 11% ★
- #3 Dawn Apart
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1% ★, Automation 22.3%, Voxel 18.6% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #4 VoxFox
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
VoxFox - a cute real-time strategy made in voxel graphics for any age.
Why similar: God Game 22.4% ★, Voxel 18.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Level Editor 11.1%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #5 MeowFactory
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Smola Game Studio
Windows
Welcome to the MEOWFACTORY! Automate production lines and manage limited space to achieve perfection. Connect machines with conveyor lines and minimize hand (well, paw) labour! In the near and depressing future, when the world is on the verge of destruction, ONLY MEOWORKERS can revive production!
Why similar: God Game 24.6% ★, Colony Sim 20.2% ★, Automation 11.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Base Building 7.7%
- #6 A Planet of Mine Legacy
94% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: Tuesday Quest
Windows
A Planet of Mine is a mini procedural 4X. Starting from a single and unique planet, survive, gather and combine resources, develop your technologies and start the conquest of space.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9% ★, Mining 18.5% ★, God Game 16.2% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #7 Factory Town
93% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 21%, Colony Sim 17.7% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 12.6%, Moddable 9.7% ★
- #8 Factor Y
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Automation 21.3%, Colony Sim 14.8% ★, Base Building 14%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #9 Captain of Industry
91% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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 29.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 18.6%, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, Mining 10.1% ★
- #10 Dungeon D14
91% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.
Why similar: Mining 27.8% ★, Colony Sim 25.6% ★, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #11 Microtopia: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Automation 19.2%, Moddable 17.7% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #12 Stationeers
90% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Mining 18% ★, Colony Sim 16.6% ★, Automation 15.7%, Moddable 14.7% ★, Base Building 10.8%
- #13 Architect of Ruin
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22% ★, Automation 16.9%, Moddable 15% ★, Base Building 14%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #14 Beyond These Stars
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Automation 16.2%, Moddable 14.3% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 12.6%
- #15 Deity's Domain
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlikely Games
Windows
Deity's Domain is a God game with City-building elements. Set on a mystical Norse island, you compete with other deities for supremacy over the faithful. You can choose to be a kind or a cruel god, shaping the world around you with your decisions as you grow your personal Pet companion.
Why similar: God Game 25.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #16 Timberborn
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Voxel 20.1% ★, Colony Sim 19% ★, Automation 16%, Level Editor 11%, Base Building 10.5%
- #17 Plentiful
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GabberGamesPub: Learnia Inc
Windows
Plentiful is a Human Terrarium — Sculpt the land, redirect rivers, and grow food as you nurture your tribe. Guide your people through a perilous Stone Age and protect them from nature’s whims.
Why similar: God Game 29.5% ★, Colony Sim 24.6% ★, Voxel 19.7% ★, Sandbox 13%, Simulation 4.8%
- #18 Factory Magnate
86% matchNo user reviews
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 26.2%, Moddable 18.8% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 15.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #19 EarthX 2
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac
Grow your rocket startup from a humble launchpad to sprawling colonies on Mars and beyond! Secure government contracts, launch massive satellite constellations, build space stations, terraform Mars with nuclear blasts, and mine vital resources to fuel your expansion!
Why similar: Mining 21.7% ★, Automation 17.7%, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%
- #20 FortressCraft : Phoenix
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DjArcasPub: ProjectorGames
Windows
The third iteration of the game that invented the Factory genre, FortressCraft :Phoenix takes the over-the-top base building and survival gameplay and cranks it up a hundred times. Build your mining base with hundreds of thousands of machines in it, explore alien landscape, heading deep underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1% ★, Voxel 24% ★, Automation 13.6%, Sandbox 11%, Moddable 9.8% ★
- #21 Spherical Symphony
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maaz BaigPub: Night Rain Studios
Windows
Guide tiny planets back into harmony in Spherical Symphony. Balance each world’s living systems, recruit cozy catfolk helpers, befriend cosmic sea creatures, trade between worlds, repel threats, and awaken the sleeping sun at the heart of it all.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9% ★, God Game 22.9% ★, Automation 14.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #22 SkillGrid
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Vlad BuculeiPub: Kanaforge
Windows
SkillGrid is a minimalist strategy game where you expand, manage, and defend a growing grid against an evolving hostile force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5% ★, Automation 18%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Strategy 10.8%
- #23 Bouncekraft
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jordan Davis Graphics Adapter
Windows · Mac
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Mining 32% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Automation 17.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #24 Fata Deum - The God Sim
81% matchMixed60% of 450 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 24% ★, Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Moddable 16.5% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #25 Adaptory
80% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Automation 19%, Base Building 16.1%, Moddable 15.1% ★, Resource Management 12.7%
- #26 DECO:BLOCK SIMULATOR
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Hiruko Time App
Windows
Simple block play. There are no battles, puzzles, or items to collect in this game. All you can do is play with blocks. There is no story, setting, or background. You can only play with blocks.
Why similar: God Game 30.5% ★, Level Editor 27.6%, Physics 15.6%, Colony Sim 13% ★, Simulation 5.4%
- #27 Ghouls Of Divinity
79% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Bl4ck?
Windows
Command a civilization of dancing ghouls in this fast-paced 3D real-time strategy and god simulation game. Utilize physics-based combat with throwable weapons to expand your tribe. Manage resources, cast powerful spells, and eliminate rival ghoul races to achieve total domination.
Why similar: God Game 26.7% ★, Level Editor 16.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Physics 10.3%
- #28 Space Architect
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Automation 19.1%, Mining 15.5% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #29 L'Avancée du désert
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Ian Corbeil
Windows
L'Avancée du désert est un jeu de gestion où vous devez développer votre colonie spatiale pour récolter de la nourriture et trouver de nouvelles technologies tout en combattant la désertification.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.1%, Colony Sim 21.2% ★, Resource Management 18.3%, Base Building 18%, Strategy 11.7%
- #30 Icaria
77% 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 19.6%, Voxel 19% ★, Colony Sim 18.8% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #31 Stardeus
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22% ★, God Game 18.9% ★, Moddable 15.8% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #32 Danglebox
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erich Hradek
Windows
Danglebox is about creating physics based structures to hunt for resources or just for fun. Build with various materials, lift with balloons, pull with ropes and push with thrusters to enable your designs to withstand the weight of trains, buildings, containers, weapons fire and more.
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Level Editor 17.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 14.7%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #33 Star Crafter
74% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 25.4% ★, Voxel 18% ★, Automation 17.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 12.8%
- #34 Sandustry
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Automation 20.2%, Colony Sim 17.8% ★, Moddable 17.1% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 12.5%
- #35 Survival Vacancy
77% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Automation 18.8%, Mining 15.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #36 Hydroneer
75% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 29.3% ★, Automation 23.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #37 Genesis of a Small God
73% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: God Game 21.8% ★, Colony Sim 17.3% ★, Automation 14.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #38 MineMogul
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Mining 25.3% ★, Automation 24.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Resource Management 11%, Physics 9.8%
- #39 Halloween Store Simulator
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: God Game 25.5% ★, Colony Sim 23.2% ★, Automation 14.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9%
- #40 One Turret
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kaplin86
Windows · Linux
"One Turret" is a factory-building solo-tower-defense with a large emphasis on large crafting trees.
Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Base Building 19.5%, Moddable 13% ★, Level Editor 12.2%, Simulation 8.8%
- #41 Microtopia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Automation 19.6%, Moddable 15.3% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #42 Illuminaria
73% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
Why similar: Mining 23.9% ★, Automation 18.2%, Colony Sim 17.4% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 14.1%
- #43 Kubifaktorium
73% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Automation 21%, Voxel 16.4% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Moddable 11.1% ★
- #44 Swarmdustry
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mitchy Studios
Windows
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, build mega factories and evolve organic industry. Balance growth, efficiency, creep spread, and survive in a world that fights back.
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Moddable 20.2% ★, Mining 16.7% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #45 Aground Zero
70% matchVery Positive82% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Linux
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5% ★, Voxel 21.2% ★, Moddable 15.3% ★, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 11.4%
- #46 Stonedeep
72% matchMixed46% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Base Building 16.7%, God Game 14.6% ★, Resource Management 13.8%, Automation 12%
- #47 Clipper
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adequate Games
Windows · Linux
An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.
Why similar: Automation 30.5%, Colony Sim 27.3% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #48 Sapiens
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: God Game 27.9% ★, Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Moddable 15.1% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #49 Computronium
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grey Matter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build data centers, manufacture integrated circuits, and deal with threats to your network in this automation game with an emphasis on computer hardware and networks.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Moddable 10.2% ★, Level Editor 9.9%
- #50 Flow Factory
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smuie
Windows
Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.
Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Mining 17.7% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #51 Orebound
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?
Why similar: Mining 21.6% ★, Voxel 21.2% ★, Automation 19.5%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 11.9%
- #52 Cog Foo
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anforus Games
Windows
A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?
Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%
- #53 Factorio
68% 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 34.3%, Base Building 21.4%, Resource Management 17.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Moddable 9.7% ★
- #54 shapez
68% 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 30.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 16.8%, Moddable 12.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%
- #55 Manaftory
67% 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 38.5%, Resource Management 20.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #56 Reus 2
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,219 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: God Game 31.2% ★, Colony Sim 24% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #57 Age of Respair
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Automation 14.3%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #58 Rise Under the Warstorm
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Last Signal
Windows
Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.
Why similar: Automation 27.6%, Colony Sim 22.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #59 King of the Dwarves: Underground City Builder
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Games Operators
Windows
Build an epic kingdom inside a mountain in this underground city builder. Mine and build in a vast procedurally generated 3D world. Gather resources, research technology, train warriors and engineers, forge weapons, fight monsters and manage hundreds of units. Become the King of the Dwarves!
Why similar: God Game 20.5% ★, Colony Sim 19.2% ★, Mining 14.2% ★, Automation 12.7%, Resource Management 11%