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Games Like Space industrial empire

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Automation, Resource Management, Simulation, Strategy.

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This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!

Reviews: Very Positive — 86% — of 1,031 reviews
Released: 2024-05-24
Developer: 游戏养家工作室
Genres: Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 36.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 77%

Overview

Space industrial empire uniquely blends complex 3D industrial automation with idle progression and space-faring combat. These recommendations focus on games that masterfully balance factory building, resource management, and space exploration to provide a satisfying loop of growth and engineering.

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  1. #1 Dyson Sphere Program
    97% 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 49.5%, Space 25.6%, Management 12.7%, Space Sim 6.7%, Strategy 3.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive space-based automation game featuring massive 3D industrial assembly lines and interstellar logistics.

  2. #2 Factorio
    96% 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 77%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 1.6%, 2D 1.3%

    Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for automation games, offering deep logistical challenges and complex production chains.

  3. #3 Satisfactory
    95% 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 92.5%, Strategy 4.9%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a first-person 3D factory building experience with a heavy emphasis on exploration and vertical construction.

  4. #4 Industry Idle
    96% 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 47.8%, Idler 29%, Management 14.8%, Strategy 7.3%, 2D 1.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Perfectly bridges the gap between complex industrial management and idle-style incremental progression.

  5. #5 Final Upgrade
    94% 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 41.9%, Space 22.2%, Management 14.6%, Space Sim 11.1%, Strategy 5.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A space-themed automation game that tasks you with building complex logistics networks across a galaxy.

  6. #6 Astro Colony
    94% 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 49.1%, Space 26.6%, Space Sim 11.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Indie 3.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and automating space colonies while managing resources across multiple celestial bodies.

  7. #7 Mindustry
    93% 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 74.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 9.4%, Indie 2%, 2D 1.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines factory automation with tower defense mechanics, requiring you to build supply lines to fuel your war effort.

  8. #8 Captain of Industry
    92% 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 71.3%, Management 18.3%, Strategy 8.3%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Features deep industrial supply chain management and logistics that will appeal to fans of complex assembly.

  9. #9 shapez
    91% 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 67.1%, Management 17.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Casual 2.2%, Indie 2.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, pure automation game that focuses on the logic and efficiency of assembly lines.

  10. #10 Stationeers
    91% 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: Automation 52.1%, Space 26.9%, Management 21.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers incredibly deep space engineering and atmospheric management for players who enjoy complex systems.

  11. #11 Idle Research
    90% matchVery Positive84% of 1,828 reviews2022
    Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 78.0 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: Automation 40.3%, Idler 32.1%, Management 15.6%, Strategy 7.5%, Indie 2.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A deep incremental game that focuses on scaling production and automation to reach massive numbers.

  12. #12 Space Haven
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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: Space 33.3%, Management 27.9%, Space Sim 21.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Indie 4.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines base management and ship building with survival elements in a space-faring environment.

  13. #13 Avorion
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
    Dev: Boxelware
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.

    Why similar: Space 43.3%, Space Sim 31.8%, Management 24.9%

    Why You'll Like It: An excellent choice for battleship assembly and space combat, allowing for highly customizable ship designs.

  14. #14 Incremental Factory
    88% 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 52%, Idler 31.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 4.7%, 2D 2.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A dedicated idle game centered on building and optimizing efficient production chains.

  15. #15 Unnamed Space Idle
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 3,991 reviews2023
    Dev: SylvPub: Jdog Corp
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 282.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.

    Why similar: Idler 42.2%, Space 25.9%, Automation 23.8%, Casual 5.1%, 2D 1.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A simple, space-themed idle game with straightforward incremental progression.

  16. #16 Assembly Line 2
    86% 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 51.7%, Management 18.3%, Idler 17.4%, Strategy 10%, 2D 1.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A straightforward and focused automation simulation that emphasizes building efficient production lines.

  17. #17 Idle Dyson Swarm
    86% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2026
    Dev: Blindsided Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Ever wanted a Dyson swarm of your own? Now you can have one with just a few clicks! Manage a solar empire, produce bots which will make solar panels for you. Send your panels to the sun to generate energy and sell that energy to make money which you can spend on even more bots!

    Why similar: Idler 43.8%, Space 31%, Strategy 14%, Casual 5.2%, 2D 2.8%

    Why You'll Like It: An incremental game centered on space-scale energy production and resource management.

  18. #18 orbit.industries
    87% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
    Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
    Windows · Linux

    🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!

    Why similar: Automation 34.9%, Space 29.2%, Management 15.7%, Space Sim 14%, Strategy 5.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on space station management and the logistics of building in a zero-gravity environment.

  19. #19 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 83.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based 3D factory builder that emphasizes large-scale automation in an infinite world.

  20. #20 Space Miner - Idle Adventures
    84% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2024
    Dev: FrontRunnerTek
    Windows · Linux

    A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.

    Why similar: Automation 40.1%, Idler 24.2%, Space Sim 13.2%, Space 12.5%, Strategy 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A casual idle game focused on space mining and basic automation mechanics.

  21. #21 Timberborn
    80% 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: Automation 62.9%, Management 27.4%, Strategy 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Features complex resource management and automation mechanics in a unique post-apocalyptic setting.

  22. #22 Factory Town
    82% 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 66%, Management 24.6%, Strategy 6.6%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 0.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends logistics and automation with town management, focusing on moving goods efficiently.

  23. #23 Universe Horizon
    81% matchVery Positive89% of 217 reviews2025
    Dev: Jarkem
    Windows · Linux

    An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.

    Why similar: Automation 39.3%, Idler 26.7%, Space 22.4%, Strategy 5.4%, Indie 3.1%

    Why You'll Like It: An idle game that emphasizes space exploration and incremental resource gathering.

  24. #24 Beltmatic
    81% 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 57.1%, Idler 25.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Casual 4.4%, 2D 2.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Uses automation and math-based puzzles to manage production lines in a unique, logic-heavy way.

  25. #25 Crafting Idle Clicker
    84% matchMixed49% of 899 reviews2020
    Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!

    Why similar: Automation 40.4%, Idler 26.4%, Management 16.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Casual 3.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic idle game focused on crafting and managing complex production chains.

  26. #26 Oxygen Not Included
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Management 35.4%, Space 31.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Space Sim 9.4%, 2D 4.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A challenging management simulation that requires intricate automation of life-support systems.

  27. #27 ReFactory
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
    Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
    Windows

    Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

    Why similar: Automation 51.6%, Management 18%, Strategy 16%, Casual 5.6%, Indie 5.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines automation with exploration and base defense on an alien planet.

  28. #28 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
    79% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
    Dev: Walternate Realities
    Windows
    Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

    Why similar: Space 44.3%, Space Sim 27.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Indie 7%, 2D 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed ship-building system that is essential for tactical space combat.

  29. #29 Scratch Inc.
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,373 reviews2025
    Dev: Makopaz
    Windows · Mac

    Build an Empire, From Scratch, in this Scratch Card Idle/Incremental game.

    Why similar: Automation 42.4%, Idler 31.2%, Space 13.6%, Strategy 7.3%, Casual 2.9%

  30. #30 Idle Colony
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 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: Automation 44.2%, Idler 25.4%, Management 15.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Casual 4%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a space colony through accessible idle mechanics and resource collection.

  31. #31 Island Robot Farm
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 160 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: Automation 43.1%, Idler 30.8%, Management 16.3%, Casual 4%, Indie 2.8%

  32. #32 星际工业国:崛起
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2023
    Dev: 游戏养家工作室Pub: 跪求愿望
    Windows

    This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!

    Why similar: Automation 36.5%, Space 17.3%, Space Sim 11.6%, Loot 9.8%, Idler 8.9%

  33. #33 Starbase
    78% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
    Dev: Frozenbyte
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.

    Why similar: Space 55.5%, Space Sim 44.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on space engineering, ship design, and industrial automation in a massive multiplayer universe.

  34. #34 xiuzhen idle
    75% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,346 reviews2025
    Dev: 游戏养家工作室
    Windows
    Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 112.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)

    Why similar: Idler 49.9%, Word Game 29.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Indie 6%, Casual 5.3%

  35. #35 挂机手游模拟器
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,034 reviews2025
    Dev: 天光
    Windows
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Idle farming for treasures, summoning heroes, collecting compendiums, crafting equipment, unlocking formations, researching technologies, sweeping maps, and competing for resources!

    Why similar: Idler 40.6%, Loot 37.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Casual 5.7%, 2D 1.7%

  36. #36 Astrodle
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 219 reviews2024
    Dev: Robin Nicolet
    Windows

    Ready for some chill time in space? Astrodle has you covered. Watch the numbers soar as you upgrade your ship and travel the stars. Oh, and you might just become a god.

    Why similar: Automation 40.4%, Idler 31.8%, Space 20.1%, Casual 3.8%, Indie 2.8%

  37. #37 Idle Space Navy
    76% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2023
    Dev: Phoenix Aura
    Windows · Mac

    A sci-fi idler. Upgrade your ships, get new items, and conquer the stars.

    Why similar: Idler 49%, Space 22.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Casual 7.2%, 2D 3.4%

  38. #38 Node Math
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 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 49.2%, Idler 29.4%, Management 8.1%, Strategy 6.7%, Casual 4.3%

  39. #39 Galaxy Idle Clicker
    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,122 reviews2025
    Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 333.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!

    Why similar: Idler 35.3%, Space 28.5%, Space Sim 13.3%, Management 11.3%, Indie 5.1%

  40. #40 Factory Town Idle
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,204 reviews2024
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Automation 42.8%, Idler 30.6%, Management 16.7%, Casual 4.2%, Indie 2.9%

  41. #41 Idle Armada
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2020
    Dev: Corfe83
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Deep idle game with NO ads, NO in-app-purchases. Watch your fleet battle automatically. Collect items and upgrade your buildings and fleet to reach progressively higher levels!

    Why similar: Idler 34.4%, Loot 23.9%, Space 17.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Casual 5.9%

  42. #42 Reincarnation : Hero of the Gun
    73% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: 六轮鸭SixLonDuck
    Windows

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    Why similar: Automation 36.3%, Idler 29.9%, Word Game 18.2%, Loot 9.3%, Casual 2.7%

  43. #43 Factory Planner
    71% 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 60.6%, Management 23.5%, Strategy 9%, Casual 3.5%, 2D 2.3%

  44. #44 shapez 2
    68% 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 58.3%, Management 26%, Strategy 8.1%, Casual 3.3%, Indie 3.1%

  45. #45 Immortal IDLE
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: 伯乐Couple
    Windows

    This is an IDLE cultivation game. Rise from mortal to immortal! Explore a world inspired by Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions as you master swordplay, elemental magic, or Buddhist powers. Grow spirit crops, craft items, defeat monsters, and loot treasures. Your path to immortality awaits!

    Why similar: Idler 34.5%, Loot 28.1%, Automation 15.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Casual 5.3%

  46. #46 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    Why similar: Automation 36.5%, Space 24%, Space Sim 14.3%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 9.4%

  47. #47 Automation Empire
    72% 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 66.7%, Management 18.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1%

  48. #48 Outworld Station
    69% 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 49.6%, Space 26.6%, Management 17.4%, Strategy 6.4%

  49. #49 The Eastern Sacrifice
    70% matchMixed62% of 400 reviews2025
    Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
    Windows

    “The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.

    Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Idler 24.7%, Management 16.8%, Word Game 16.3%, Strategy 6.9%

  50. #50 Idle Expanse
    73% matchMixed55% of 149 reviews2020
    Dev: Lyrical Games LLC
    Windows

    A sci-fi themed incremental game which allows you to expand your capitalistic empire across the galaxy! Hire mercenaries to pillage alien planets for resources, with the singular goal of making as much money as possible as quickly as possible! Totally not a playful commentary on real Terran society.

    Why similar: Idler 38.5%, Management 18.4%, Strategy 13.3%, Space 13.2%, Casual 6.7%

  51. #51 CivIdle
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 974 reviews2025
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 79.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

    Why similar: Automation 44.9%, Idler 29.3%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 5.1%, Indie 2.1%

  52. #52 Idle Spiral
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 1,846 reviews2022
    Dev: Idle System, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 118.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!

    Why similar: Automation 42.6%, Idler 36.8%, Space 9.1%, Casual 3.9%, Strategy 3.6%

  53. #53 PC Building Empire
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2025
    Dev: Moose Games
    Windows

    Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.

    Why similar: Idler 56.4%, Management 31.5%, Casual 7%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1%

  54. #54 Widget Inc.
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 740 reviews2024
    Dev: Leaping Turtle
    Windows
    Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.4 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: Automation 61.1%, Idler 25.9%, Strategy 4.4%, Casual 4%, Indie 2.3%

  55. #55 Idle Plant Game
    70% matchMixed53% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: FootoftheHare
    Windows

    Idle Plant Game, an idle and offline progress or clicker plant simulation!

    Why similar: Automation 38.3%, Idler 35.6%, Management 16.1%, Casual 5%, Strategy 4.2%

  56. #56 Rusty's Retirement
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,403 reviews2024
    Dev: Mister Morris Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 23.2 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

    Why similar: Automation 43.6%, Idler 29.4%, Management 16.8%, Strategy 4.8%, Casual 1.9%

  57. #57 Sky Realm Idle
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 102 reviews2026
    Dev: 323GamePub: Star Seeker Ltd
    Windows

    Sky Realm Idle is a Xianxia RPG combining Spirit Array strategy with estate management. Forge artifacts, cultivate pills, and recruit companions. Ascend from mortal to immortal through deep customization and idle growth.

    Why similar: Idler 55.3%, Management 36.9%, Casual 7.8%

  58. #58 Smashing Simulator Idle
    66% matchMostly Positive74% of 432 reviews2024
    Dev: Walking Cat
    Windows · Linux

    Incremental game about smashing with unfolding gameplay and two prestige layers.

    Why similar: Automation 35.6%, Idler 33.9%, Management 20.8%, Casual 4.1%, 2D 2.3%

  59. #59 Military Incremental Complex
    63% matchVery Positive85% of 627 reviews2025
    Dev: Space Kraken Studios
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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 44.4%, Idler 30.3%, Management 17.7%, Strategy 4%, Casual 2.4%

  60. #60 Shopping Empire Tycoon
    67% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
    Dev: Musa GUNGOR
    Windows

    This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.

    Why similar: Management 51.3%, Automation 33.5%, Casual 9.7%, 2D 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

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