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

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Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 73 reviews
Released: 2026-08-20
Developer: Mitchy Studios
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Microtopia
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 977 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Moddable 16.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%

  2. #2 MineMogul
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

    Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Mining 15.4% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.8%

  3. #3 Automation Empire
    96% matchMixed66% of 2,646 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 30.4%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 8.6%, Building 8.5%, Mining 8% ★

  4. #4 Sandustry
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
    Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.

    Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.7%, Building 10.2%

  5. #5 Incremental Factory
    95% matchMixed67% of 249 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 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 30.1%, Resource Management 11.5%, Mining 11.3% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Base Building 10.4%

  6. #6 Mob Factory
    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.

    Why similar: Automation 33.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 9%, Simulation 7%

  7. #7 Final Factory
    93% matchMostly Positive79% of 306 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 22.2%, Moddable 13.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 8.1%, Resource Management 8.1%

  8. #8 Microtopia: Prologue
    92% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2024
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of 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 20.9%, Moddable 17.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 8.2%, Crafting 8%

  9. #9 Factorio
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 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 33.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Moddable 8.5%, Crafting 7.8%

  10. #10 FOUNDRY
    90% matchVery Positive81% of 3,960 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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

    Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 11.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Building 10.5%

  11. #11 ReFactory
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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 27.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 10.7%

  12. #12 Belts of Iron
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2026
    Dev: Builderment LLC
    Windows

    Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends

    Why similar: Automation 28.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Resource Management 9.7%, Immersive Sim 7.1%

  13. #13 AutoForge
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 467 reviews2024
    Dev: Siege Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 25.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9.6%

  14. #14 Orebound
    88% matchMostly Positive78% of 993 reviews2024
    Dev: Emberforge
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Automation 18.9%, Resource Management 18.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Mining 9.4% ★, Building 9%

  15. #15 Modulus: Factory Automation
    86% matchVery Positive91% of 869 reviews2026
    Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.

    Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.1%, Resource Management 8.3%, Crafting 7.8%

  16. #16 Widget Inc.
    87% matchVery Positive85% of 779 reviews2024
    Dev: Leaping Turtle
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.4 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 39.1%, Base Building 19.1%, Resource Management 14.8%, Procedural Generation 7.7%, Simulation 6.6%

  17. #17 Dyson Sphere Program
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,831 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 76.0 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 38.6%, Base Building 22%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 11%, Management 6.9%

  18. #18 The Crust
    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Automation 31%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 9.4%, Survival 8.3%

  19. #19 Captain of Industry
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 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 35.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 7%, Management 6.1%

  20. #20 Outworld Station
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 859 reviews2026
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 31.1%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Inventory Management 8.8%, Resource Management 7.7%

  21. #21 shapez
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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 29.2%, Base Building 15.2%, Moddable 10.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Crafting 9.2%

  22. #22 Illuminaria
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Selva Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.

    Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Mining 14.4% ★, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9.6%

  23. #23 MegaFactory Titan
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 152 reviews2026
    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 25.9%, Mining 14.9% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 10.3%

  24. #24 Satisfactory
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 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 34.6%, Base Building 23%, Crafting 11.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 9.6%

  25. #25 shapez 2 - Factory
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,399 reviews2026
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 29.2 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 27.9%, Moddable 15.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%

  26. #26 Starground
    81% matchVery Positive82% of 191 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 23.6%, Mining 17.4% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Resource Management 8.5%

  27. #27 Builderment
    81% matchMixed68% of 128 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 31.6%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 9.1%

  28. #28 Mindustry
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,247 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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

    Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Base Building 22.2%, Resource Management 13.3%, Moddable 10.1%, Building 8.3%

  29. #29 Factory Town
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 4,486 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Moddable 11.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Crafting 9.9%

  30. #30 Survival Vacancy
    80% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

    Why similar: Automation 20.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Mining 8.9% ★, Inventory Management 8.4%, Survival 8.3%

  31. #31 Rogue Factory
    77% matchMostly Positive72% of 167 reviews2026
    Dev: curried_functor
    Windows

    The AUTOMATION bullet heaven! Build your custom spellcasting factory and tear through endless waves of monsters. Unlock 20+ characters and 100+ golden totems to craft broken roguelite synergies and survive the swarm! Build, automate, autocast, OBLITERATE!

    Why similar: Automation 32.5%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 10.3%

  32. #32 Nova Lands
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 3,544 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 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 31.5%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 10.4%, Resource Management 10%, Crafting 9.6%

  33. #33 MoteMancer
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 260 reviews2025
    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

    An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.

    Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 7.6%

  34. #34 Starvester
    75% matchMixed70% of 810 reviews2026
    Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!

    Why similar: Automation 32.3%, Mining 18.8% ★, Resource Management 12.9%, Building 10.5%, Management 7.7%

  35. #35 Brave New Wonders
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2026
    Dev: City From Naught Inc.
    Windows

    Automate, optimize, and build vast factories in a post-apocalyptic automation game for those who have evolved beyond conveyor belts. Command intelligent robots that obey your plain-text commands in any language, explore the ruins of a lost civilization, and rebuild humanity one machine at a time.

    Why similar: Automation 27.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 9.8%

  36. #36 Atrio: The Dark Wild
    75% matchMostly Positive80% of 606 reviews2023
    Dev: Isto Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.

    Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Resource Management 8.7%

  37. #37 Facteroids
    74% 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 30.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Mining 15.2% ★, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 10.6%

  38. #38 Kubifaktorium
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

    Why similar: Automation 29%, Moddable 14%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 10.3%

  39. #39 Odd Realm
    72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

    Why similar: Automation 16.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Mining 10.6% ★, Resource Management 8.2%, Survival 8.1%

  40. #40 Space Architect
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 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 14.9%, Survival 9.8%, Mining 9.7% ★, Building 8.4%

  41. #41 Prospector
    73% matchMixed70% 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 27.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 11%

  42. #42 Factory Engineer
    76% matchMixed45% of 134 reviews2017
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.

    Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Inventory Management 10.7%

  43. #43 Adaptory
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

    Why similar: Automation 20.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Moddable 15.1%, Survival 9.7%, Resource Management 8.8%

  44. #44 Icaria
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2026
    Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
    Windows

    Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.

    Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 9.7%

  45. #45 Food Processing Simulator
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 341 reviews2026
    Dev: Bewolba Studios
    Windows

    Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

    Why similar: Automation 40.5%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Inventory Management 14%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 8.8%

  46. #46 Tower Factory
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,259 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 32.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 11%, Crafting 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

  47. #47 Lifecraft
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 148 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixbits
    Windows · Mac

    Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!

    Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11.9%, Management 8.6%

  48. #48 Blacksmith Master
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: Moddable 23.9%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 11.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 10.8%

  49. #49 Learning Factory
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 523 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build a factory for the galaxy's pickiest customers: cats. Automate production, route goods and cats to your stores, and grow across surface and underground layers. Experiment with machine learning to improve your business, with no enemies to interrupt your plans.

    Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 11.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 8.3%

  50. #50 JUNKPUNK
    72% matchMixed62% of 688 reviews2021
    Dev: SCT
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    JUNKPUNK is a factory management, base building, exploration game where a New World Robotics ship has crash landed. You and any survivors must restore this ruined planet and prepare it for habitable life. Craft, build, explore, discover, and grow to terraform the planet.

    Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Crafting 13%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.7%

  51. #51 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,909 reviews2026
    Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!

    Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Mining 20.2% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 7.7%

  52. #52 Hammerting
    71% matchMixed57% of 2,605 reviews2021
    Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

    Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Mining 13.2% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Inventory Management 8.8%, Crafting 8.1%

  53. #53 Deep Crafter
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2026
    Dev: Deep Crafter StudioPub: Samar Studio
    Windows

    Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.

    Why similar: Automation 36%, Base Building 17.3%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Survival 9.6%, Building 9.6%

  54. #54 Assembly Line 2
    69% matchMixed66% of 69 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 46.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 11.4%, Crafting 7.5%

  55. #55 ShapeHero Factory
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,015 reviews2025
    Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 31.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 6.9%

  56. #56 Golemworks
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2026
    Dev: evilalbert
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Assemble a factory, manufacture golems, and defend yourself from ruin in this strategic automation roguelike.

    Why similar: Automation 51.1%, Resource Management 12%, Strategy 11.7%, Survival 11.1%, Inventory Management 9.9%

  57. #57 Astro Colony
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 32.5%, Base Building 22.8%, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.8%

  58. #58 Nightwater
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 138 reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Ashty
    Windows

    Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.

    Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 11.4%, Mining 10% ★, Crafting 9.9%

  59. #59 AETHUS
    64% matchVery Positive95% of 2,081 reviews2026
    Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

    Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Mining 15.5% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.8%

  60. #60 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.

    Why similar: Automation 40.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Crafting 14.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6.2%

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