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Games Like Star Birds

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

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Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!

Reviews: Very Positive — 93% — of 2,628 reviews
Released: 2025-09-10
Developer: Toukana Interactive
Publisher: kurzgesagt - in a nutshell
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 1.1 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 54%

Overview

Star Birds stands out for its relaxing, minimalist approach to factory building, blending cozy aesthetics with satisfying automation mechanics. These recommendations prioritize games that capture that same 'chill' vibe, focusing on colorful, accessible, and rewarding production-chain management in space or stylized environments.

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  1. #1 shapez 2
    97% 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 28.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a pure, minimalist automation experience that strips away complex survival elements to focus on production flow.

  2. #2 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 27.9%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Space 11.5%, Building 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: While grander in scale, it provides the definitive space-based automation experience with a clean, futuristic aesthetic.

  3. #3 Nova Lands
    96% 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 32.1%, Base Building 21.9%, Resource Management 16.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly matches the cute, space-faring aesthetic and chill automation gameplay of Star Birds.

  4. #4 shapez
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 16.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist factory-building game that focuses entirely on the logic and flow of production without the pressure of combat or survival.

  5. #5 Plan B: Terraform
    94% 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 25.6%, Resource Management 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 8.6%, Minimalist 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing automation game where you manage planetary resources to transform a barren world.

  6. #6 Autonauts
    94% 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 34.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a charming, colorful art style and focuses on automating tasks using a simple, intuitive programming system.

  7. #7 Astro Colony
    93% 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 25.6%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 15.3%, Space 11%, Building 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An accessible space-based automation game that emphasizes building and managing colonies on floating asteroids.

  8. #8 Factory Town
    92% 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 24.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, City Builder 11.2%, Crafting 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A colorful, simulation-heavy automation game that feels like a cozy, miniature world of production.

  9. #9 Factorio
    91% 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 33.2%, Base Building 21.9%, Resource Management 16.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 6%

    Why You'll Like It: The gold standard of the genre, offering deep, rewarding production networks that serve as the foundation for all similar titles.

  10. #10 Beltmatic
    91% 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 27.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 15.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist automation game that uses mathematical operations to manage production lines in a clean, sandbox environment.

  11. #11 Learning Factory
    90% 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 19.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Science 14.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Building 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a cute, lighthearted tone while challenging you to optimize production chains for a feline workforce.

  12. #12 Final Factory
    89% 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 26.7%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 15.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A space-based automation game that focuses on building massive, interconnected production networks across star systems.

  13. #13 InfraSpace
    88% 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 19.3%, Science 12.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, City Builder 11.1%, Base Building 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of city-building and automation that requires you to manage transportation networks in a space setting.

  14. #14 Builderment
    89% 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 26.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Crafting 11.4%, City Builder 11.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A streamlined, minimalist factory builder that focuses on the core satisfaction of crafting and resource management.

  15. #15 Forager
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
    Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

    Why similar: Crafting 31.3%, Base Building 25.5%, Resource Management 21.7%, Building 15.9%, Simulation 3.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines cute, stylized visuals with addictive crafting and base-building loops that feel very rewarding.

  16. #16 Tower Factory
    86% 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 22.8%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 13.1%, City Builder 10.2%, Crafting 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines automation with tower defense, providing a structured, satisfying way to build production lines.

  17. #17 Techtonica
    86% 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 16%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 11.7%, City Builder 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A first-person automation game that features a vibrant, bioluminescent underground world to explore and build within.

  18. #18 Mini Settlers
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 607 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

    Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Base Building 16.6%, City Builder 11%, Minimalist 10.6%, Building 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing colony-builder that incorporates automation and resource management in a clean, isometric style.

  19. #19 Kubifaktorium
    85% 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 25.1%, Base Building 14%, City Builder 13.2%, Building 12%, Crafting 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A colorful, voxel-based colony simulation that emphasizes automation and crafting in a cozy, stylized world.

  20. #20 Captain of Industry
    83% 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 30.7%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 19%, Building 7.8%, Management 7%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, satisfying automation experience that rewards careful planning and resource management.

  21. #21 Outworld Station
    82% 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 28.5%, Base Building 19.7%, Space 12.1%, Resource Management 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on space-based automation and base-building with a clean, simulation-focused approach.

  22. #22 Little Big Workshop
    84% 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: Automation 21.6%, Resource Management 17.2%, Building 14.6%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a charming, stylized management experience where you oversee production in a miniature, toy-like factory.

  23. #23 Facteroids
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

    Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

    Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Base Building 18.9%, Resource Management 16.5%, Building 12.5%, City Builder 12%

    Why You'll Like It: A space-themed automation game that focuses on mining asteroids and building production chains in a sandbox environment.

  24. #24 The Crust
    81% 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 24%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 14.6%, Space 10.5%, City Builder 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A space-based colony sim that balances automation with the challenges of building a base on the moon.

  25. #25 Microtopia
    79% 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 22.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 14.1%, City Builder 11.4%, Crafting 10%

    Why You'll Like It: A procedural, colony-focused automation game that emphasizes sandbox building and resource management.

  26. #26 Incremental Factory
    81% 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 28%, Resource Management 16.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, idler-style automation game that focuses on scaling up production with minimal stress.

  27. #27 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    80% 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: Base Building 19%, Automation 16.3%, Resource Management 16.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Building 11.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the challenges of colony management and resource gathering in a space-themed setting.

  28. #28 MineMogul
    77% 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 27.3%, Base Building 15%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Crafting 10.3%

  29. #29 Pile Up!
    78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,047 reviews2025
    Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    "Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, City Builder 12.7%, Building 12.3%, Minimalist 11.5%, Roguelite 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, minimalist building game that focuses on creative construction and atmospheric, chill gameplay.

  30. #30 Good Company
    79% 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 21.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 11.2%, Management 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that lets you build a company from the ground up with a clean, stylized aesthetic.

  31. #31 Block Factory
    77% 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 23.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 13.2%, Building 12%, Crafting 10.3%

  32. #32 Alchemy Factory
    75% 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 34.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 9.9%

  33. #33 Automation Empire
    78% 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 28.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 12.7%, Building 10.7%, Management 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy automation game that allows you to build massive, interconnected industrial networks.

  34. #34 Prospector
    75% 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 25%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 17.6%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.1%

  35. #35 Stationeers
    76% 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 20.7%, Science 15.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Building 10.5%

  36. #36 Satisfactory
    71% 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 32.1%, Base Building 25.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 12.2%

  37. #37 Beltex
    76% 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 26.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 15.9%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.6%

  38. #38 Starground
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
    Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows · Linux

    Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!

    Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 14.9%, Building 12%, Crafting 12%

  39. #39 Space Architect
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Base Building 17.7%, Science 12.8%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 11.2%

  40. #40 Star Ores Inc.
    72% matchVery Positive83% of 293 reviews2025
    Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
    Windows

    Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.

    Why similar: Resource Management 17.8%, Crafting 16.1%, Space 13.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 12%

  41. #41 Masterplan Tycoon
    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 729 reviews2023
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.

    Why similar: Automation 24%, Resource Management 17.3%, Building 13.8%, Minimalist 11.7%, Management 10.4%

  42. #42 Mindustry
    73% 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 33%, Base Building 26.9%, Resource Management 21.8%, Building 10.9%, Management 3.7%

  43. #43 Mob Factory
    73% 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 32%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 17.4%, Crafting 10%, Building 8.7%

  44. #44 Outpath
    71% 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: Automation 21.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 10.5%

  45. #45 MoteMancer
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 236 reviews2025
    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

    An alchemical automation game of logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element offers unique tools for power, transport, and defense, rewarding adaptation and experimentation. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this Hex-Grid sandbox.

    Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 16.1%, Crafting 10%, Building 9.2%

  46. #46 Final Upgrade
    72% 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 26.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 14.6%, Building 13%, Space 11.3%

  47. #47 ShapeHero Factory
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 972 reviews2025
    Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.

    Why similar: Automation 28.7%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 16.4%, Building 11.2%, Roguelite 9.9%

  48. #48 Little Rocket Lab
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2025
    Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!

    Why similar: Automation 33%, Science 23.4%, Building 16.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Relaxing 5.7%

  49. #49 Idle Colony
    69% 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 33%, Building 12.8%, Resource Management 11%, Management 10.4%, Roguelite 9.2%

  50. #50 Factory Town Idle
    69% 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 25.3%, Resource Management 17.5%, City Builder 13.9%, Minimalist 13.3%, Crafting 11.3%

  51. #51 MegaFactory Titan
    71% 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 21.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Science 11.9%, Building 11.5%

  52. #52 Scorchlands
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2024
    Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
    Windows · Linux

    Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.

    Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Resource Management 17.6%, Base Building 15.6%, City Builder 12%, Stylized 8.7%

  53. #53 Node Math
    68% 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 27.8%, Resource Management 16%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 10.6%, Minimalist 7.7%

  54. #54 ReFactory
    70% 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 26.6%, Base Building 23.2%, Crafting 14.4%, City Builder 10%, Management 8.3%

  55. #55 FOUNDRY
    67% 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 27.8%, Base Building 20.1%, Resource Management 17.2%, Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.3%

  56. #56 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
    67% 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 40.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Colorful 6.1%

  57. #57 The Colonists
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 26.3%, Base Building 15.1%, City Builder 15%, Building 13.5%, Management 9.5%

  58. #58 Havendock
    66% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
    Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 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: Automation 20.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 12.6%, City Builder 11.3%, Building 10.6%

  59. #59 SteamWorld Build
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.

    Why similar: Resource Management 19.1%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Building 12.9%, Management 10.9%

  60. #60 Dawn Apart
    66% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
    Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
    Windows

    Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

    Why similar: Automation 34.4%, Base Building 24.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Space 10.1%, Resource Management 7.2%

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