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  1. #1 Factorio
    97% 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 30.9%, Base Building 23.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 7.8%, Strategy 6.4%

  2. #2 Factory Town
    96% 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 23.3%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 13.4%, City Builder 12%, Management 8.4%

  3. #3 Dyson Sphere Program
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 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 32.8%, Base Building 25.9%, City Builder 9%, Simulation 8.6%, Management 8.1%

  4. #4 Captain of Industry
    94% 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 33.6%, Base Building 25.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Management 8.3%

  5. #5 Automation Empire
    95% 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 25.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Crafting 8.6%

  6. #6 shapez 2
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

    Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 9.3%

  7. #7 Builderment
    93% 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 25.3%, Base Building 20%, Crafting 15.1%, City Builder 12.4%, Sandbox 7.4%

  8. #8 Mob Factory
    92% 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 30.6%, Base Building 20.7%, Crafting 13%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%

  9. #9 Techtonica
    91% 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 24.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 11.8%, City Builder 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%

  10. #10 Satisfactory
    89% 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 31.9%, Base Building 29.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 8.2%, Simulation 4.4%

  11. #11 Incremental Factory
    91% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!

    Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Crafting 17.7%, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 11%

  12. #12 Kubifaktorium
    90% 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: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 16.5%, City Builder 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Management 9.1%

  13. #13 Mindustry
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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

    Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Base Building 32.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Management 4.2%

  14. #14 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
    88% 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 28.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 12.6%

  15. #15 shapez
    87% 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 28.9%, Base Building 20.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 9.3%, Strategy 9%

  16. #16 Nova Lands
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 21.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 7.9%

  17. #17 Plan B: Terraform
    85% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Sandbox 9.8%

  18. #18 Final Factory
    86% 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 28.8%, Base Building 22.8%, Crafting 16.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.9%

  19. #19 Astro Colony
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    Why similar: Automation 28%, Base Building 27.3%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%

  20. #20 FOUNDRY
    83% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

    Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 22.7%, Crafting 17.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 10.3%

  21. #21 Production Line : Car factory simulation
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

    Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 15.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.7%

  22. #22 Block Factory
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2025
    Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
    Windows

    Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.

    Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 14.1%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.8%

  23. #23 MegaFactory Titan
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2022
    Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!

    Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Base Building 24.5%, City Builder 16.2%, Management 10.8%, Simulation 9.4%

  24. #24 Final Upgrade
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 30.4%, Base Building 24%, Simulation 10.3%, Management 10.3%, Strategy 10%

  25. #25 Drill Core
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

    Why similar: Base Building 29.7%, City Builder 22.9%, Strategy 21.1%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%

  26. #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 31.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Crafting 14.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Sandbox 10.3%

  27. #27 InfraSpace
    80% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

    Why similar: Automation 24.3%, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 8.8%

  28. #28 Little Big Workshop
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

    Why similar: Simulation 21.3%, Strategy 19.7%, Automation 19.2%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 7%

  29. #29 MineMogul
    76% 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: Automation 27.6%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 14.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 9.1%

  30. #30 Factory Planner
    77% matchMostly Positive74% of 319 reviews2026
    Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
    Windows

    Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.

    Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Crafting 19.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 11.5%

  31. #31 Assembly Line 2
    78% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2024
    Dev: Olympus
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In Assembly Line 2, you take charge of your factory, where strategic organization is key. Create intricate production lines, unlocking a plethora of blueprints to craft advanced resources. Fine-tune and upgrade machines for optimal efficiency and elevating your empire to new heights.

    Why similar: Automation 37.1%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 18.1%, Management 12.7%, Crafting 9.7%

  32. #32 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    76% 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 28.1%, Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 9.6%

  33. #33 Desynced
    74% 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 23.3%, Base Building 19.6%, City Builder 13.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Sandbox 8.9%

  34. #34 Planetbase
    77% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Base Building 30.3%, City Builder 24.2%, Strategy 13.5%, Survival 8.3%, Simulation 7.6%

  35. #35 Factory Engineer
    79% matchMixed46% of 132 reviews2017
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.

    Why similar: Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Automation 17.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 11%

  36. #36 The Crust
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 25.3%, Base Building 22.3%, City Builder 12.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Sandbox 8.6%

  37. #37 Beltex
    75% 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 28%, Base Building 22.4%, Crafting 13.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 10%

  38. #38 Beltmatic
    72% 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 27.9%, Base Building 21.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%

  39. #39 Smart Factory Tycoon
    75% matchMixed61% of 822 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!

    Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, City Builder 14.1%, Automation 12.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 12.1%

  40. #40 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
    73% 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 30.4%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 13.1%

  41. #41 Tower Factory
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 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 26%, Base Building 21.4%, Crafting 15%, City Builder 13.2%, Management 8.8%

  42. #42 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: Automation 23.3%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 14.1%, City Builder 13.4%, Sandbox 8.9%

  43. #43 FortressCraft Evolved!
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

    Why similar: Automation 29.3%, Crafting 17.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Strategy 8%

  44. #44 Prospector
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
    Dev: Loonworks Games
    Windows

    Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

    Why similar: Automation 26%, Base Building 23.6%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 9.4%

  45. #45 Autonauts
    71% 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 31.9%, Base Building 18.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 6.4%

  46. #46 Outworld Station
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 27.2%, Base Building 22%, Crafting 13.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Management 9.3%

  47. #47 Factory Planner: First Sparks
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
    Windows

    Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.

    Why similar: Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 21.3%, Automation 17%, Sandbox 10.2%, Casual 9.4%

  48. #48 Farlight Explorers
    73% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 26.7%, Sandbox 26%, Simulation 23%, Crafting 15.1%, Indie 9.1%

  49. #49 Rogue Factory
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 157 reviews2026
    Dev: curried_functor
    Windows

    The AUTOMATION bullet heaven! Build your custom spellcasting factory and tear through endless waves of monsters. Unlock 20+ characters and 100+ golden totems to craft broken roguelite synergies and survive the swarm! Build, automate, autocast, OBLITERATE!

    Why similar: Automation 40.8%, Base Building 21.5%, Survival 10.1%, Management 10%, Simulation 8.7%

  50. #50 Outpath
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Automation 21.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 10.1%

  51. #51 Autonauts vs Piratebots
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 514 reviews2022
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

    Why similar: Automation 25%, Crafting 15.5%, City Builder 11.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%

  52. #52 Chocolate Factory
    70% matchMixed54% of 139 reviews2024
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!

    Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 19.3%, Crafting 15%, City Builder 10.1%, Management 8.7%

  53. #53 Good Company
    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!

    Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 9.9%, City Builder 9.8%

  54. #54 Starship Theory
    72% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
    Dev: Reconnect Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 37%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Management 11.3%, Survival 8.5%

  55. #55 Survival Vacancy
    70% 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: Automation 19.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 8.9%

  56. #56 Refactor
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 465 reviews2022
    Dev: GAGAPub: LightOn Game
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.

    Why similar: Strategy 55.1%, Casual 15.1%, 2D 12.3%, Indie 11.9%, Singleplayer 5.6%

  57. #57 Learning Factory
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.

    Why similar: Automation 24%, Base Building 22.4%, Crafting 15%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 10%

  58. #58 Farlanders
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Base Building 28.2%, City Builder 21.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.5%

  59. #59 Industries of Titan
    68% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

    Why similar: Base Building 32.4%, City Builder 28.8%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 17.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  60. #60 Industry Idle
    66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.

    Why similar: Automation 24.2%, Base Building 18.9%, City Builder 12%, Crafting 9.6%, Strategy 9.4%

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