- #1 Lightyear Frontier
97% matchVery Positive84% of 4,562 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Agriculture 24.8% ★, Farming Sim 23.1%, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10%
- #2 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
96% matchVery Positive85% of 4,592 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Agriculture 28.8% ★, Farming Sim 25.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #3 Planetary Planter
96% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Odd Gryphon EntertainmentPub: Earthbreak Games LLC
Windows
Planetary Planter is an open-world farming game where, instead of farming normal plants, you grow celestial bodies while exploring an alien world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.8%, Agriculture 27.3% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Nature 8.8%, Crafting 8.8%
- #4 Assembly Planter
95% matchVery Positive90% of 250 reviews2020
Dev: Timon Herzog
Windows
A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.
Why similar: Agriculture 16.5% ★, Farming Sim 16.3%, Automation 14.9%, Economy 8.9%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #5 Island Robot Farm
94% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: MoraCocoPub: Wise Games
Windows
Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.6%, Automation 22.2%, Economy 11.9%, Management 10.9%, Building 8.8%
- #6 Farming Life
94% matchMixed66% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Are you tired of corporate life? Create your own farm! Plant vegetables and fruits, harvest crops, employ workers, take care of animals. Buy farm equipment, manage employees and just relax!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.5%, Agriculture 24.4% ★, Economy 9.7%, Management 9.2%, Base Building 8%
- #7 One Lonely Outpost
93% matchMixed58% of 649 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.6%, Agriculture 26.2% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8.1%
- #8 Astro Colony
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,654 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 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 29.1%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 17%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%
- #9 Autonauts
92% matchVery Positive90% of 4,943 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 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 24.4%, Farming Sim 14.2%, Agriculture 11.3% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #10 Planetbase
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,370 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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 33.2%, Resource Management 17.3%, Management 13.2%, Building 11.3%, Simulation 6.7%
- #11 Red Planet Farming
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 884 reviews2020
Dev: Nina Demirjian
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the first Agricultural Director of Mars in Red Planet Farming! This casual strategy game tasks players with producing enough food to feed a growing population of settlers on the red planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 57%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Management 13.5%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #12 Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator
89% matchVery Positive82% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Transform your passion into profit with hydroponics! Design, build, and manage your own sustainable farming and business system. Experiment with different plants and fish, customize your setup, supply the market needs, and harvest your success. Dive into the future of farming today!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.9%, Agriculture 20% ★, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 10.7%, Economy 10.1%
- #13 Farm to Table
87% matchVery Positive92% of 552 reviews2026
Dev: indieGiant
Windows
A farming & restaurant management sim with base building elements. Grow in backyard to cook & serve! Discover new recipes by exploring ingredients on the island; gather, fish, raise animals & produce with machines. Manage resources, hire staff & grow your organic business into a 5-star restaurant!
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.2%, Agriculture 17.4% ★, Automation 13.1%, Economy 9.5%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #14 Automation Empire
89% matchMixed66% of 2,639 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 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 22.4%, Base Building 12%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 10%, Agriculture 9.8% ★
- #15 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
88% matchVery Positive85% of 630 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 34.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 15.9%, Sandbox 11.4%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #16 ACRES
86% matchVery Positive81% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Jimi Games
Windows
ACRES is a small strategy simulation game about growing crops for evolving market demands. Build a farm, one acre at a time, to create a prosperous enterprise. Upgrade equipment, optimize harvests, and nurture the soil against increasing time pressure. How long can you keep the farm operating?
Why similar: Agriculture 22.3% ★, Farming Sim 15.4%, Automation 15.2%, Management 9.8%, Economy 9.5%
- #17 The Colonists
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,231 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Automation 24.8%, Economy 17.1%, Management 13.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 11.6%
- #18 Autonauts vs Piratebots
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 520 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: Farming Sim 20%, Automation 19.6%, Agriculture 17.1% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Building 7.2%
- #19 Node Farm
84% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Farm is a game about building a fully automated farm using nodes. Connect nodes, harvest and sell veggies, buy new islands, discover new nodes, and automate the process - all in a cozy farm simulation formula!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25%, Automation 20%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 10.7%, Base Building 10.2%
- #20 Plantera
84% matchVery Positive89% of 5,906 reviews2016
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.
Why similar: Agriculture 28.5% ★, Farming Sim 24.1%, Automation 20.2%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #21 Robert on Earth
82% matchVery Positive87% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: RemrofsnartPub: 2P Games
Windows
Awaken as Robert, an adorable lost robot in a machine-ruled wasteland. Grow bizarre robo-crops like gears and lightbulbs, craft gadgets, upgrade yourself with teleportation powers, and explore ruined cities to uncover Earth's dark secrets. Cozy farming meets post-apoc adventure!
Why similar: Agriculture 27.4% ★, Farming Sim 26.5%, Management 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.3%
- #22 ASTROBOTANICA
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Space Goblin Studio
Windows
Science-driven exploration adventure on prehistoric Earth with a relaxing vibe. Farming, crafting, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.
Why similar: Farming Sim 45.3%, Nature 20.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10%, Simulation 6.6%
- #23 Tea Garden Simulator
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Flying Robot StudiosPub: SYV Games LLP
Windows
Explore tea production intricacies with real-world research, select ideal terroir and clones, master plucking and processing, and create specialty teas for your unique brand. Unravel new flavors, unleash your inner tea scientist, experiment with endless creative ideas, and grow your Tea empire.
Why similar: Agriculture 23.7% ★, Automation 19.9%, Farming Sim 16.1%, Management 10.4%, Crafting 9.3%
- #24 Nova Lands
80% matchVery Positive89% of 3,465 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 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 25.6%, Farming Sim 16.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 9.9%
- #25 Another Farm Roguelike
81% matchVery Positive81% of 469 reviews2022
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.4%, Automation 14.5%, Crafting 10%, Resource Management 9.5%, Economy 8.5%
- #26 Builderment
81% matchMixed67% of 124 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 27.7%, Resource Management 15.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 9.8%
- #27 Farming & Supermarket Simulator: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive83% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: EY08 Games
Windows
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Agriculture 20.5% ★, Farming Sim 19.9%, Economy 10.7%, Management 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%
- #28 Farm Manager World
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 630 reviews2025
Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.
Why similar: Agriculture 24.2% ★, Farming Sim 20.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 11.1%, Economy 11%
- #29 Prospector
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 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 24.9%, Resource Management 17.5%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 12.2%
- #30 Microtopia
76% matchVery Positive87% of 951 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 23.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Base Building 13%, Management 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%
- #31 Roots of Tomorrow
79% matchMixed61% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: GAMABILIS
Windows · Mac
Roots of Tomorrow is a free-to-play sustainable farming manager/simulator. Expand your farm, take care of your animals, upgrade your buildings, invest in research, and explore the solutions offered by agroecology!
Why similar: Agriculture 26.5% ★, Farming Sim 25.6%, Economy 13.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #32 Rebots
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Resource Management 16.9%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 9.9%
- #33 Farming & Supermarket Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 853 reviews2025
Dev: EY08 Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.6%, Automation 16%, Economy 14%, Management 11.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #34 Satisfactory
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 274,659 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.8 hrsMean: 111.2 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 30.7%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 13.9%, Crafting 13%, Building 10.5%
- #35 Distant Bloom
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Ember TrailPub: Kinda Brave
Windows
From a world in ruins to a world in bloom. This serene management game lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss. Harness the power of plants to restore the environment and build a flourishing community with your crewmates.
Why similar: Agriculture 35.3% ★, Resource Management 16.9%, Crafting 15.5%, Nature 11.7%, Management 10.5%
- #36 Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,019 reviews2025
Dev: KaiPlay StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 29.0 hrsMean: 98.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.1%, Agriculture 20.5% ★, Automation 12.4%, Economy 9.3%, Management 7.9%
- #37 Space Haven
71% matchVery Positive86% of 10,886 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Base Building 20.4%, Management 18.6%, Resource Management 18.3%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #38 Outpath
73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,073 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.8%, Automation 16.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.8%, Crafting 10.3%
- #39 MR FARMBOY
72% matchVery Positive85% of 481 reviews2026
Dev: mrdboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.4%, Agriculture 22.9% ★, Automation 19.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Management 7.9%
- #40 Green Project
75% matchVery Positive80% of 1,453 reviews2020
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Post apocalyptic survival farming, green the world to survive !
Why similar: Farming Sim 65.8%, Simulation 25.2%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #41 Food Processing Simulator
70% matchVery Positive89% of 315 reviews2026
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Resource Management 14.4%, Immersive Sim 13%, Management 12.9%, Economy 11.2%
- #42 Ancient Farm
72% matchMixed62% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: A2 SoftworksPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Plow, plant, water, and harvest as you build your ancient Egyptian farm from the ground up. Begin with nothing and unlock workshops, production buildings, and temples through your own hard work.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Agriculture 21.6% ★, Economy 10.9%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Management 7.4%
- #43 Captain of Industry
71% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 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 27.2%, Resource Management 17.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 12.5%, Management 9.1%
- #44 Farmtale
74% matchMixed67% of 262 reviews2020
Dev: Titanforged Entertainment
Windows
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
Why similar: Agriculture 27.7% ★, Farming Sim 25.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Economy 9.8%, Building 9.3%
- #45 Surviving Ceres
70% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Management 13.2%, Building 13%
- #46 Havendock
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,924 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Agriculture 19.6% ★, Farming Sim 17.1%, Automation 14.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Base Building 8.4%
- #47 Center Station Simulator
69% matchVery Positive88% of 571 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
Windows
Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...
Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Management 13.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.6%, Farming Sim 11.4%
- #48 Blossom: The Seed of Life
67% matchVery Positive89% of 956 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Agriculture 22.7% ★, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%
- #49 Plan B: Terraform
67% matchVery Positive91% of 3,542 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.5%, Resource Management 15.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Management 10.7%, Crafting 8.6%
- #50 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: Building 38.3%, Sandbox 26.1%, Simulation 15.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Indie 6.3%
- #51 Industrial Petting
71% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Another Yeti
Windows · Mac
Industrial Petting is a cozy factory game about building an adoption empire of adorable pets! Play with friends or solo. Build happy pet pipelines, explore and farm an alien island, and fulfill adoption contracts from across the galaxy!
Why similar: Agriculture 24.4% ★, Automation 19.8%, Farming Sim 18.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 9%
- #52 World End Diner
67% matchVery Positive93% of 423 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Agriculture 25.1% ★, Farming Sim 25%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Crafting 7.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #53 Adaptory
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 109 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: Automation 26%, Base Building 19.1%, Resource Management 17.4%, Management 12%, Building 8.7%
- #54 Farlands
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,475 reviews2024
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Why similar: Agriculture 27.7% ★, Farming Sim 25.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.8%
- #55 Plantabi: Little Garden
68% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Adrian Corpuz
Windows · Mac
Plantabi is a chill sandbox game where you take care of adorable plants and design the cozy little garden of your dreams!
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Automation 10%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%
- #56 The Planet Crafter
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 71,525 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 13.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 12.5%
- #57 Garden Buddies
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: JamPicsPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.
Why similar: Agriculture 31.1% ★, Farming Sim 30.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #58 FOUNDRY
65% matchVery Positive81% of 3,864 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 25%, Resource Management 15.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 11.6%
- #59 Food Factory
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Mosqi Games
Windows
Food Factory is a game in which players can produce food using various machines, starting by collecting basic products.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.4%, Automation 17.9%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 10%, Economy 9.5%