- #1 shapez
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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 34.5%, Resource Management 16.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Management 10%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core focus on abstract, minimalist automation and resource processing found in Sixty Four.
- #2 Beltmatic
96% matchVery Positive94% of 2,224 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Resource Management 15.7%, Idler 14.4%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines automation with mathematical puzzles, offering a similar cerebral satisfaction to Sixty Four's resource management.
- #3 Factory Town Idle
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,257 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Incremental 22.3%, Automation 21.7%, Idler 15.6%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the idle-automation hybrid feel, focusing on minimalist production chains.
- #4 Factorio
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 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 42.1%, Resource Management 18.7%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard of the automation genre, it provides the deep logistical complexity that fans of Sixty Four will appreciate.
- #5 Orb of Creation
94% matchVery Positive85% of 2,201 reviews2026
Dev: MarpleGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
Why similar: Incremental 55.4%, Resource Management 14.5%, Idler 7.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique incremental experience where resource management and discovery drive the progression forward.
- #6 Idle Research
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,898 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 76.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Incremental 22.5%, Automation 19.8%, Idler 16%, Resource Management 11.4%, Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the pure incremental progression loop, rewarding players with constant upgrades and efficiency gains.
- #7 Mindustry
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,902 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 51.1%, Resource Management 25.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Indie 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends resource-based automation with tower defense, creating a compelling loop of production and expansion.
- #8 Dyson Sphere Program
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,542 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.8 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 45.7%, Resource Management 18.1%, Management 13.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game scales the automation experience to a galactic level while maintaining satisfying, interconnected production lines.
- #9 Industry Idle
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,484 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 23.4%, Incremental 17.9%, Idler 14.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game bridges the gap between traditional automation and idle games, focusing on market-driven production.
- #10 Outpath
90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,103 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 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: Automation 24.1%, Incremental 20.7%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, first-person take on the resource gathering and crafting loops that define the incremental genre.
- #11 Autonauts
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 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 41%, Crafting 12%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces a programming element to automation, allowing for complex, self-sustaining production loops.
- #12 Antimatter Dimensions
89% matchVery Positive92% of 4,534 reviews2022
Dev: Hevipelle
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.8 hrsMean: 218.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
Why similar: Idler 44.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Automation 12.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: As a quintessential incremental game, it provides the deep, satisfying number-crunching progression that drives the genre.
- #13 Little Big Workshop
89% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 22%, Management 16.3%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: This management game emphasizes the physical layout and efficiency of a factory floor, echoing the isometric management style of Sixty Four.
- #14 Kubifaktorium
88% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 37.1%, Crafting 17.1%, Management 15.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The isometric, voxel-based aesthetic and focus on automated production chains align closely with the feel of Sixty Four.
- #15 Melvor Idle
86% matchVery Positive90% of 16,141 reviews2021
Dev: Games by MalcsPub: Jagex Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48.8 hrsMean: 362.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.
Why similar: Idler 45.3%, Automation 30.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Indie 4.3%, Casual 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive, complex incremental experience that rewards long-term planning and resource management.
- #16 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
86% matchVery Positive89% of 27,902 reviews2021
Dev: Computer Lunch
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 88.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Why similar: Incremental 60.4%, Idler 21%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 3.1%, Casual 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a highly polished incremental progression system that makes every upgrade feel impactful.
- #17 Techtonica
85% matchMixed65% of 3,253 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 35.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person automation game focuses on underground factory building and resource extraction in a stylized environment.
- #18 Crafting Idle Clicker
87% matchMixed49% of 933 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Incremental 24.7%, Automation 23.9%, Idler 15.9%, Management 11%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the crafting and resource-balancing aspects of the incremental genre in a casual format.
- #19 Mr.Mine
84% matchVery Positive92% of 18,628 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Incremental 28.5%, Idler 19.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Strategy 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the satisfying, incremental loop of mining deeper and upgrading equipment to reach new resources.
- #20 FOUNDRY
84% matchVery Positive81% of 3,918 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 34.4%, Resource Management 18.7%, Crafting 18%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines voxel-based world building with large-scale automation, perfect for players who enjoy structural design.
- #21 Hydroneer
83% matchVery Positive86% of 28,389 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Automation 40.3%, Resource Management 17.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a tactile, physics-based approach to mining and resource management that feels fresh yet familiar.
- #22 Captain of Industry
82% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 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 43.5%, Resource Management 23.8%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a challenging, high-level approach to logistics and resource management for players who want more complexity.
- #23 Cookie Clicker
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 92,765 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.7 hrsMean: 374.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Why similar: Incremental 41.4%, Idler 20.2%, Management 9.6%, Resource Management 9%, Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational idle game that established the addictive, exponential growth mechanics found in modern incremental titles.
- #24 Desynced
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,026 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.8 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 36.5%, Resource Management 16.9%, Management 15.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses unit-based logic to manage automation, offering a unique twist on traditional factory building.
- #25 Assembly Line 2
82% matchMixed65% of 67 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 38.7%, Management 15.5%, Idler 13.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a straightforward, satisfying approach to building and optimizing production lines in 2D.
- #26 Coin Factory
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Idler 33.2%, Isometric 22.5%, Resource Management 20.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Casual 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, minimalist take on the automation genre with a focus on simple, satisfying production loops.
- #27 Incremental Epic Hero 2
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,685 reviews2025
Dev: HapiwakuPub: Idle System, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 188.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!
Why similar: Automation 47.1%, Idler 30%, Management 21.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends incremental progression with RPG elements, providing a constant stream of rewards and character growth.
- #28 Feed the Reactor
77% matchVery Positive83% of 646 reviews2026
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.
Why similar: Incremental 44.1%, Idler 18.5%, Management 13%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #29 Good Company
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,792 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 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 24.7%, Resource Management 14%, Management 12.7%, Isometric 12.2%, Crafting 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and optimization of a production line, emphasizing employee and machine efficiency.
- #30 Widget Inc.
77% matchVery Positive85% of 770 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Incremental 31%, Automation 29.1%, Resource Management 15.3%, Idler 12.2%, Simulation 5.4%
- #31 Forage Wizard
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,486 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Incremental 22.1%, Automation 19%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Idler 10.6%
- #32 Starvester
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!
Why similar: Incremental 24%, Automation 23.5%, Idler 15.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 9.1%
- #33 Fracture Field
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,187 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
Why similar: Incremental 24.7%, Automation 24%, Idler 16.7%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 7.7%
- #34 shapez 2 - Factory
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,091 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 29.1 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 35.4%, Management 17.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #35 Plantera
78% matchVery Positive89% of 5,921 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: Incremental 31.1%, Automation 30.8%, Idler 21%, Sandbox 10.5%, Simulation 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, casual incremental game that focuses on garden management and automated harvesting.
- #36 Incremental Factory
78% matchMixed68% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 28.8%, Idler 17.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #37 Tingus Goose
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,419 reviews2025
Dev: SweatyChairPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Tingus Goose is a delightfully absurd idle game where you plant seeds in patients, bounce babies for profit, and ascend through surreal worlds toward riches.
Why similar: Incremental 21.7%, Automation 17%, Idler 13.4%, Management 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #38 Sandustry
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 31.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Resource Management 15.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 8%
- #39 Idle Deepcore
74% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2026
Dev: Bluehood Games
Windows
Idle Deepcore is an incremental mining game where you dig ever deeper, smelt ore into ingots, upgrade your pickaxe and machines, and grow several mines in parallel to build a vast underground industry.
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Incremental 29%, Idler 18.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Crafting 6.8%
- #40 Fortune Mill
72% matchVery Positive82% of 3,554 reviews2026
Dev: Lavaflame2
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!
Why similar: Incremental 26.1%, Automation 25.9%, Idler 16.6%, Resource Management 11.9%, Simulation 5.5%
- #41 Node Math
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Idler 16.1%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #42 Modulus: Factory Automation
71% matchVery Positive91% of 846 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 32%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 13.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #43 Block Factory
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 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 23.7%, Isometric 12.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, Management 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%
- #44 MineMogul
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 32.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Management 12%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #45 Idle Colony
72% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Incremental 26.7%, Automation 25.7%, Idler 14.9%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #46 Mine Empire
71% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Forge Games
Windows
In Mine Empire, start with basic mining and expand by gathering resources, upgrading equipment, and deploying machines for full automation. Blast through deep mineral veins with explosives, unlock rebirth upgrades and advanced technology, and build your own powerful mine empire.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Incremental 24.2%, Idler 17.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 7.3%
- #47 MoteMancer
70% matchVery Positive92% of 256 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Resource Management 16%, Crafting 12.4%, Management 11%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #48 Gamblers Table
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,823 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Incremental 27%, Management 13.2%, Idler 10.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #49 Alchemy Factory
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 11%, Resource Management 10.9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #50 Military Incremental Complex
69% matchVery Positive82% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Space Kraken Studios
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Incremental 21.4%, Idler 14.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 10%
- #51 Mob Factory
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 37.3%, Resource Management 17.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Management 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%
- #52 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,312 reviews2025
Dev: AarimousPub: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.
Why similar: Incremental 50.7%, Idler 14.7%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 5.6%
- #53 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 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 31.9%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%
- #54 Incredicer
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,377 reviews2025
Dev: pochi
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.
Why similar: Incremental 31.1%, Automation 18.9%, Idler 16%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #55 Revolution Idle
66% matchVery Positive87% of 12,167 reviews2025
Dev: Oni Gaming
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 178.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Revolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.
Why similar: Incremental 26.4%, Automation 23.6%, Idler 15.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 11.1%
- #56 Beltex
70% matchVery Positive86% of 233 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 30.9%, Resource Management 16.1%, Idler 15.4%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #57 Gridkeeper
68% matchMixed68% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: pixelwide
Windows
Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.
Why similar: Incremental 32.5%, Idler 20.1%, Automation 19.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Resource Management 7%
- #58 Factory Town
68% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 32%, Resource Management 16.8%, Crafting 14.6%, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #59 FACEMINER
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,509 reviews2025
Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.
Why similar: Incremental 40.3%, Idler 21.7%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 8%
- #60 Tower Factory
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 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 29.7%, Resource Management 13.9%, Isometric 13.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Management 11.9%