- #1 Let Them Fall
97% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 10.3%
- #2 Auto Factory
96% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Architect Studios
Windows
Build and run your own automated factory to turn materials into a range of products!
Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Building 27.1%, Simulation 19.1%, Physics 18.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #3 Conveyance
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: John Hnidec
Windows · Mac
A conveyor-based production and logistics sandbox including smart machines, node based conveyor belts, logic and recipe based item generation and powerful design time construction. Create and connect Miners, Splitters, Factories, Containers, Vaults and more...
Why similar: Automation 39%, Logic 17.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 11%
- #4 Numachina
95% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Sandbox 14%, Physics 13.8%, Building 13.2%, Logic 12.1%
- #5 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
94% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2020
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!
Why similar: Building 25.1%, Physics 21.8%, Automation 11.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.5%
- #6 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Automation 30.3%, Building 18.4%, Sandbox 16.3%, Logic 11.3%, Simulation 10.9%
- #7 3d Bridges
93% matchMostly Negative36% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Robert DahlenburgPub: Dahlenburg
Windows
Build your very unique bridges and other constructions in a physics based 3d environment
Why similar: Building 33.9%, Physics 23.8%, Simulation 21.4%, Sandbox 18.8%, Indie 2.1%
- #8 Fruit Factory
92% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: The Indie Accord
Windows · Mac
A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!
Why similar: Automation 28.2%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Physics 13.5%, Logic 10.7%
- #9 Factorization
91% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 45.7%, Building 28.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #10 Flow Factory
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smuie
Windows
Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.
Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Building 17.1%, Physics 13.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Logic 11.3%
- #11 Fantastic Contraption
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.
Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Building 19.1%, Physics 14.8%, Logic 12.3%, Strategy 7%
- #12 Baggage Handler Simulator
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: ShleksPub: !FAKE_studio
Windows
BH Simulator is a fun and immersive airport logistics game. As a baggage hub manager, build efficient conveyor systems to sort, unload, and load luggage. Plan smart routes, avoid bottlenecks, and prove you're the boss of the baggage game. Can you turn chaos into perfect order?
Why similar: Automation 21.3%, Building 17.6%, Logic 14.8%, Physics 14.7%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #13 Over Engineered
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sharper
Windows
Design elaborate contraptions, where the longer a ball takes, the better. Inspired by Rube Goldberg machines, you’ll soon craft sprawling machines where complexity is your goal. Get ready to overtake your screen with over-engineered chaos.
Why similar: Automation 21.3%, Building 19.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Logic 14.5%, Physics 12.6%
- #14 Ascend Factory
88% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Matlyce Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!
Why similar: Automation 32.5%, Building 22.3%, Logic 17%, Sandbox 8.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #15 Automation Station
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxbot Games
Windows
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 32%, Building 21.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Logic 9.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #16 Mito
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Deer Games
Windows
A plant-sim automation game with resource management and roguelike progression. Build transport networks, manage resource flow, unlock mutations, and stack synergies as you spread across procedurally generated biomes.
Why similar: Automation 39%, Building 21.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #17 Pallet Simulator
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Danisma
Windows
Manage shipments in a pharmaceutical warehouse! Collect packages from conveyor ramps, assemble efficient pallets, load trucks, and fulfill contracts. Upgrade your warehouse, unlock new equipment, and grow your logistics business.
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Building 24.2%, Simulation 15%, Physics 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #18 Block Shop
84% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 48.1%, Strategy 17.6%, Building 16.3%, Logic 15.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #19 Potion Pipeline
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Build huge factories to harvest magical resources and produce potions. Design complex production lines from simple parts to transform ingredients using a deep alchemy system. Ramp up production to fulfill Guild orders, unlock new machines, and create more powerful potions!
Why similar: Automation 34.6%, Building 26.1%, Strategy 14.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 10.7%
- #20 Modulus: Factory Automation
83% 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 29.5%, Building 20.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Logic 10.5%, Simulation 7.8%
- #21 Gravity
84% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Tiny Castle Games
Windows
Test your problem solving skills and creativity in over 80 physics-based puzzles. Hours of fun for the completionist with challenges for every level and over 30 unlockables!
Why similar: Building 26.7%, Physics 20.8%, Sandbox 16.3%, Logic 13.4%, Simulation 11%
- #22 Slimy Harvest
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: plyoung
Windows
Harvest Slime Monster eggs for the Alchemists. Buy equipment to automate the process and combine Slimes into new types for more profit and to explore deeper into the dungeon.
Why similar: Automation 56.2%, Sandbox 23.9%, Simulation 12.9%, First-Person 4%, 3D 2.2%
- #23 We Need More Steam!
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 39%, Building 22.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Logic 12.5%, Simulation 9.7%
- #24 Genterra
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: The Bunker Studios
Windows
Humanity needs out. Genterra Corporation requires an Architect. From a remote terminal on Earth, deploy automated factories across four planets, each with its own resources, to build the rescue rocket. ARIA will guide you. Productivity is mandatory.
Why similar: Automation 35.7%, Building 23.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 16%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #25 Marble Odyssey: Sandbox
79% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Mustafa ÖzgenPub: RigidPoly Fab
Windows
On a wooden table drifting through space, build little contraptions just to see what happens. Release the marbles and enjoy the calm rhythm of their flow. A warm, curious, and delightful sandbox experience.
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Building 20.6%, Physics 14.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Logic 10.9%
- #26 Infinifactory
81% matchVery Positive95% of 2,465 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Building 25%, Sandbox 14.2%, Logic 7.9%, Simulation 7.6%
- #27 Billion Egg Farm
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yamei Games
Windows
Billion Egg Farm is a first-person automation game where you put chickens to work laying eggs and build production lines for eggs, meat, and processed goods.
Why similar: Automation 37%, Building 22.9%, Physics 16.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Simulation 6.2%
- #28 Alchemy Factory
77% 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 39.6%, Building 22.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.2%
- #29 The Maker Way
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brave Games Inc.
Windows
Build creative machines, rovers, drones or robots. Use them to gather resources, discover new machine parts, source energy, construct bases and battle enemy factions in a physics-based open world.
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Building 20.4%, Physics 15.6%, Sandbox 15.6%, Simulation 9.8%
- #30 plexum
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Jephinca
Windows
A third-person automation game driven by narrative progression. Build elaborate machines that feed an interplanetary network as you move from planet to planet.
Why similar: Automation 39%, Building 23.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #31 419
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AVALON_STUDIOS
Windows
Start as a small-time filler and work your way up to kingpin. Buy CC info, print blanks, card online and launder your money through crypto. But watch out: the more you scam, the more heat you get. Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players.
Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Building 25.3%, Sandbox 18.4%, Physics 12.3%, Simulation 7.2%
- #32 Another Game About Automation
76% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: myownyose
Windows
Another Game About Automation is a casual factory-building where you have to generate numbers and combine them with mathematical operations. Upgrade and unlock new mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 42.9%, Logic 25.4%, Sandbox 18.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #33 Machinery 3
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markovskyi Hennadii
Windows
Develop your engineering skills in an engaging way! By solving a variety of puzzles, you will learn to create complex mechanisms and understand the principles behind their operation. Each level is a new lesson that will help you become a true master of engineering.
Why similar: Logic 22.2%, Physics 19.4%, Sandbox 18%, Automation 14.3%, Building 12.9%
- #34 Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory
75% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Linux
A contraption building game. Design and build your own machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates. Automate production using simple components to create ingenious contraptions, which are as satisfying to watch as they are to optimise.
Why similar: Building 31.1%, Automation 22.1%, Physics 18.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 10.4%
- #35 Loop One: Done
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ojsan Studio AB
Windows
Record loops with drones and robots by hand, to build up an efficient automated factory in this physics-based VR game.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Building 20.1%, Physics 14.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Logic 9.8%
- #36 CHR$(143)
74% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Automation 38.8%, Building 25%, Physics 17.4%, Logic 13.7%, Simulation 4.1%
- #37 Simulo
72% matchPositive89% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Carroted
Windows · Linux
A multiplayer 2D physics sandbox game where you can build and share creations. Features include electricity, temperature, and destructible ragdolls.
Why similar: Automation 26.1%, Building 24.1%, Sandbox 21.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Physics 12.9%
- #38 Factorwave
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat. Automate, defend, and destroy the alien mothership!
Why similar: Automation 41.9%, Building 21.2%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 5%
- #39 Factory Engineer
76% matchMixed46% of 132 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: Building 26.7%, Automation 23.1%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 14.1%
- #40 Craftory
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyFish Dev
Windows
Craftory is a rougelite top-down wave survival game with loads of automation. You build machines, conveyor belts, and defensive structures like walls and turrets. However, at night enemies will invade your base! The goal is to conquer the planet and protect your core.
Why similar: Building 24.6%, Sandbox 20.2%, Automation 20%, Strategy 17.9%, Logic 15.8%
- #41 Train Set Code
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waterside Games
Windows
Build a train set layout where everything runs on its own. Automate points and signals to direct the trains and keep them moving. Get creative and design a huge network that carries a fleet of trains.
Why similar: Automation 35.2%, Building 20.9%, Logic 15.2%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #42 Plasma
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,093 reviews2023
Dev: Dry CactusPub: Dry Licorice
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Building 19.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Logic 13.6%, Simulation 9.4%
- #43 Dead Sector
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lonely Cloud
Windows
Run your own data center. Design server boards component by component, wire power and network through your floor, and dispatch contracts to your custom hardware. Scale from a single rack to a massive redundant, multi-cluster operation.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Building 19.1%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Logic 13.8%
- #44 Fractal Foundry
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Root Studio
Windows
Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.
Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Building 20.5%, Logic 13.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #45 Forest Factory Simulator
70% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Samle Indie Studio
Windows
Build, automate, and thrive in Forest Factory! Chop trees, craft wooden goods, and sell them to grow your factory. Manage your depot, fulfill orders, and balance nature with machinery in a serene forest setting. Experience automation in the wild!
Why similar: Automation 34.6%, Building 20.9%, Physics 12.7%, Logic 9.5%, Immersive Sim 7.3%
- #46 Block Factory
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 261 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 30.9%, Building 21.4%, Logic 14.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 8.3%
- #47 Food Facility
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lemo-Logic Studios
Windows
Food Facility is a 2D factory automation game where you design and build complex production lines to create delicious food, sell your goods, and grow your business empire!
Why similar: Automation 33.4%, Building 24.1%, Strategy 23.1%, Simulation 16.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #48 Custom Machinery
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: OldFarmerPub: OldFarmerGames
Windows
Build vehicles and other machines, configure their parts and use these machines however you like. You can also save your builds in text files and share them anywhere on the internet!
Why similar: Building 30.8%, Sandbox 23.5%, Physics 19.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #49 Car Factory
70% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 5 Games
Windows
Assemble vehicles on a realistic production line, from the chassis to the final assembly. Optimize your production process to work more efficiently and unlock new models.
Why similar: Automation 37.8%, Building 30.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Immersive Sim 7.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #50 SafetyOFF Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Mas
Windows
Physics: ON, Safety: OFF. Build, ride and enjoy physically accurate water slides! Play through physics-based levels in Campaign mode, unleash your creativity in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: Building 37%, Physics 35.6%, Simulation 23.1%, 3D 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #51 DREAMLINED
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: MIDI Vagrant
Windows
DREAMLINED is a physics-based automation/destruction game about building machines and crushing dreams.
Why similar: Automation 33.3%, Physics 23.2%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Building 11.1%
- #52 shapez 2 - Factory
65% 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 32.6%, Building 19%, Logic 13%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 7%
- #53 Tile Blocks
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fivi Games
Windows
Challenge your ingenuity to win! Your mission is to use objects from your inventory to guide Clampy to its destination.
Why similar: Building 37.5%, Sandbox 19.8%, Strategy 15.7%, Logic 15.3%, Physics 10.1%
- #54 uFactory
67% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Lucid Silence Games
Windows · Linux
uFactory is the ultimate in finely-tuned and customizable logistics challenges. Navigate the complexities of manufacturing processes inspired by real industrial methods, but do it your way.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Building 17.8%, Strategy 16.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Logic 15.9%
- #55 Stunt track builder
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lemon Chihuahua
Windows
Build your own over-the-top stunt tracks with realistic toy-car physics, all in VR. Featuring tracks and cars collection, sandbox mode, roller coaster mode, and more.
Why similar: Building 29.8%, Physics 19.4%, Logic 15.9%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 10.4%
- #56 Little Big Workshop
68% 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 26.7%, Building 24.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #57 Unregulated
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Somiaz Studios
Windows · Linux
A physics puzzle game about moving coloured boxes via conveyors to their respective coloured chutes before the end of the day! Constantly adding and removing different types of conveyors to make sure you create the most optimal routes.
Why similar: Automation 33.7%, Building 21.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Physics 12.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #58 FRACTURA
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ADE
Windows
FRACTURA is a physics sandbox powered by Unreal Engine 5. Master unique levels, build complex structures, and destroy them to the ground. Use sticky C4 explosives and slow motion to create the perfect chaos. Build. Destroy. Repeat.
Why similar: Building 27.4%, Sandbox 19.3%, Physics 18.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #59 Crazy Machines 3
67% matchVery Positive94% of 10,074 reviews2016
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Why similar: Physics 35.5%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 16.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Building 12.5%