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Games Like Starground

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Automation, Crafting, Sandbox.

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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!

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 188 reviews
Released: 2024-08-19
Developer: Big Boy Games
Publisher: 2 Left Thumbs
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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  1. #1 FOUNDRY
    97% matchVery Positive81% of 3,779 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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

    Why similar: Automation 16.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Resource Management 8.5%

  2. #2 Orebound
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 913 reviews2024
    Dev: Emberforge
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.

    Why similar: Mining 20.7%, Automation 16%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Resource Management 8.1%

  3. #3 MineMogul
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,767 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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: Mining 26.4%, Automation 21.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.3%

  4. #4 Hydroneer
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 27,793 reviews2020
    Dev: Foulball Hangover
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Mining 25.4%, Automation 17.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Co-op 8%, Building 7.5%

  5. #5 Mindustry
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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

    Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Building 8.2%, Sandbox 7.1%

  6. #6 Alchemy Factory
    93% matchVery Positive90% of 2,293 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.1 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 26.3%, Base Building 12%, Building 10.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%

  7. #7 Techtonica
    94% matchMixed65% of 3,202 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.2 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 21.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Building 9.9%, Resource Management 8.7%

  8. #8 Satisfactory
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 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 25%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 9.3%

  9. #9 Astro Colony
    92% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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

    Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 11%, Space 10.6%, Building 8.9%

  10. #10 Stationeers
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 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: Mining 21.9%, Automation 16.2%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 8.8%, Resource Management 8%

  11. #11 Factorio
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 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 29.6%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 8.3%

  12. #12 Mining Mechs
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,628 reviews2023
    Dev: Delayed Victory
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

    Why similar: Mining 31.1%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Co-op 13.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

  13. #13 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,228 reviews2025
    Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

    Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Building 16.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Co-op 10.4%

  14. #14 Outworld Station
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 714 reviews2026
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 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 22.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Space 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Co-op 9.4%

  15. #15 Incremental Factory
    88% matchMixed68% of 244 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 22.6%, Mining 18.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 8.6%

  16. #16 Nova Lands
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 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 26.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%

  17. #17 ASTRONEER
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

    Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Space 15.2%, Automation 13%, Co-op 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%

  18. #18 shapez 2 - Factory
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,303 reviews2026
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 29.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10%

  19. #19 Star Birds
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,717 reviews2025
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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!

    Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 14.7%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 12%

  20. #20 shapez
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,453 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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

    Why similar: Automation 28%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 12.4%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 10%

  21. #21 Dyson Sphere Program
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.1 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 29.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Space 13.5%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 11%

  22. #22 Eden Crafters
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Building 8.5%

  23. #23 Super Mining Mechs
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 826 reviews2024
    Dev: Delayed Victory
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!

    Why similar: Mining 31.2%, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Crafting 10.6%

  24. #24 Outpath
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 2,948 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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

    Why similar: Automation 21.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 14.1%, Resource Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.1%

  25. #25 Core Keeper
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
    Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

    Why similar: Base Building 15%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Crafting 13%, Building 11.6%, Co-op 10.9%

  26. #26 My Little Universe
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2023
    Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

    Why similar: Mining 40.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Crafting 13.2%, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 10.4%

  27. #27 StarRupture
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Co-op 11.6%, Online Co-Op 11.5%

  28. #28 Necesse
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
    Dev: Fair Games ApS
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

    Why similar: Automation 15.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.2%

  29. #29 Factory Town
    79% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 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 27.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.9%

  30. #30 Mob Factory
    80% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 29.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 8.1%

  31. #31 Desynced
    77% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,936 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

    Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%

  32. #32 AutoForge
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 457 reviews2024
    Dev: Siege Games
    Windows

    A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.

    Why similar: Automation 21.2%, Procedural Generation 18.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Resource Management 10.8%

  33. #33 Builderment
    78% matchMixed67% of 121 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 26.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 10.2%

  34. #34 Captain of Industry
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 31.5%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 16%, Mining 12.3%, Building 7.9%

  35. #35 Learning Factory
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 515 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 20.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 11%, Resource Management 10.7%

  36. #36 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
    74% 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 32.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%

  37. #37 Luma Island
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 12,297 reviews2024
    Dev: Feel Free Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

    Why similar: Mining 29.1%, Online Co-Op 16%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 12.7%, Co-op 11.1%

  38. #38 Kubifaktorium
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 795 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 29.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 7.8%

  39. #39 Return from Core
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,775 reviews2025
    Dev: 顽核社 Funcore ClubPub: 2P Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.

    Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Mining 20%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%

  40. #40 Modulus: Factory Automation
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 699 reviews2026
    Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 26.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 13.2%, Resource Management 10.8%, Crafting 10.7%

  41. #41 Autonauts
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,933 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 34%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 8.7%, Building 8.5%

  42. #42 Little Big Workshop
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 3,371 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.3 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 21.9%, Simulation 14.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 14.2%, Strategy 11.4%

  43. #43 Scrap Mechanic
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 117,481 reviews2016
    Dev: Axolot Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

    Why similar: Building 20%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 14.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.9%

  44. #44 Volcanoids
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Building 13.3%, Co-op 12.8%

  45. #45 Final Factory
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 303 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 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 22.9%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 8.9%

  46. #46 Planet Centauri
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
    Dev: Permadeath
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

    Why similar: Mining 30.9%, Loot 14.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.2%

  47. #47 Tinkerlands
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
    Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 11.5%, Co-op 11.4%

  48. #48 Tower Factory
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,199 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 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 25%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.2%

  49. #49 Tinkertown
    71% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
    Dev: Headup
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.

    Why similar: Crafting 17.5%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.9%

  50. #50 Facteroids
    71% 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: Mining 22.5%, Automation 20.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9.2%

  51. #51 Prospector
    69% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
    Dev: Loonworks Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Automation 21%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11%

  52. #52 Star Crafter
    68% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

    Why similar: Mining 27%, Automation 15.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 9.4%

  53. #53 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 12,599 reviews2022
    Dev: Walternate Realities
    Windows
    Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 41.0 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: Online Co-Op 20.8%, Building 20.5%, Space 19.3%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Strategy 8.3%

  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 27.1%, Base Building 21.9%, Crafting 17%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.9%

  55. #55 Everwind
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
    Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 18%, Crafting 15.9%, Building 14.4%, Co-op 13.9%, Sandbox 12.1%

  56. #56 Lightyear Frontier
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 4,457 reviews2024
    Dev: FRAME BREAK
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.

    Why similar: Base Building 21.4%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Crafting 18.2%, Resource Management 16.2%, Co-op 12.8%

  57. #57 Star Ores Inc.
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 314 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: Mining 31.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Space 10.7%, Resource Management 10.6%

  58. #58 TerraTech Worlds
    68% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
    Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

    Why similar: Mining 23.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Automation 13.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.5%

  59. #59 Good Company
    68% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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 18.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 9.6%

  60. #60 Astronomics
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 656 reviews2025
    Dev: Numizmatic
    Windows
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.

    Why similar: Mining 29.7%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Space 17.4%, Automation 14.5%, Sandbox 12%

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