60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Automation, Simulation, Colony Sim, Sandbox.
Take control of a colony made of ant-like creatures and develop it. Learn how to use your environment, re-discover ancient technology and grow even more! The sky is the limit... (or is it?)
Skyberry Garden
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
CircuitVeil
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Colony Sim 30.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 3.9%
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Colony Sim 27.8%, Simulation 15.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Exploration 4.3%
An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.
Why similar: Automation 36.7%, Colony Sim 25.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 8.1%
A hololive fan-game for factory (and jetpack) enthusiasts! Build, explore, survive, and grant the Chattini some jetpacks!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Automation 31.6%, Simulation 21.3%, Procedural Generation 6.3%, Resource Management 4.3%
Survive a hostile alien world, gather resources, build a settlement, and grow your colony. Craft tools, construct defenses, and adapt to harsh environments in this open-ended survival colony simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Automation 28.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Management 10%, Simulation 8.6%
Build and direct an isometric colony from its first shelters to automated production. Assign colonists, gather and craft resources, build power and logistics, defend against raids, and lead expeditions across the world map.
Why similar: Automation 38.6%, Colony Sim 38.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 2.2%, Casual 1.2%
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: Colony Sim 23.7%, Automation 21.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 8.5%, Simulation 8.2%
Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Automation 28.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 8.1%
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 59.8%, Sandbox 23.5%, Simulation 16%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Make the planet Green Again in this relaxing colony sim game! Help a nation of little plant people reclaim their planet taken over by defective robots, as you build, decorate, and defend your settlement. Grow crops for your citizens, explore the unknown, and protect the new natural order!
Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Nature 8.5%, Management 8.1%
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 43%, Simulation 14.7%, Sandbox 8.5%, Nature 7.9%, Resource Management 6.7%
Automatica is a 2D automation and management game inspired by titles like Factorio and Shapez, but with a twist on the traditional conveyor belt system. Connecting buildings is now as easy as dragging them inside each other
Why similar: Automation 46.1%, Management 13.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Resource Management 7.6%
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 30.4%, Colony Sim 25.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 7.5%, Simulation 7.1%
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, Automation 23%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Management 8.7%
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: Colony Sim 28.5%, Automation 26.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Survival 7.5%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Automation 29.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Survival 8.5%
Factoriant is a factory builder where you construct an underground ant factory. As a queen ant, dig tunnels, carry food, and hatch worker ants to automate your production. Defend your nest from threats like birds and humans, and build a subterranean ant colony.
Why similar: Automation 40.4%, Colony Sim 12.1%, Nature 9.5%, Sandbox 8%, Procedural Generation 7.4%
The depths of Ashenburrow are alive. Wildlife hunts, feeds, breeds and dies — with or without you. Survive, craft, build. But remember: you are not alone underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Automation 25.5%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Exploration 9.5%
Run a guild of valiant, procedurally generated adventurers who fight, trade, craft, and do quests on their own. Do your best as their guildmaster to provide them a place to rest and thrive, and restore an old guild to its former glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Simulation 16.4%, Automation 13%, Sandbox 13%, Management 10.4%
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Automation 17.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Survival 9.8%
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 26.7%, Colony Sim 25%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 8.1%
Nothing is greater than Aquasplendere, and we hear his voices. His blood flows through our world. Embody the descendants of the Great Deaf bloodline and lead the epic journey of our civilization.
Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Colony Sim 27.2%, Nature 10.4%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Survival 6.7%
A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy! Choose your winning gang, mastermine resources, and build your base and tools to boost your technology and conquer space! Unless your neighbors don’t see it that way… Trade, peace or clash: your planet, your choice!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Automation 23.8%, Simulation 14.6%, Exploration 7%, Management 5.1%
Build and upgrade production loops, manage resources and workers, and expand your realm. Trade, adapt and survive hunger, pressure, decay, and threats in a tense, multi-layered strategy game where every choice matters.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Colony Sim 23.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Management 10.6%, Survival 6.9%
Fight, upgrade, explore, and build your way out of a dangerous planet in this 2D pixel art side scroller. Stream of foes will keep you on your toes while beating them will reward you with much needed resources.
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Sandbox 11%, Management 7.8%, Survival 7.1%
The Colony Experiment is a colony simulator where you lead a group of Joes trapped in The Scientist's experiment. Gather resources, build your colony, survive the challenges ahead, and uncover the Scientist's base to finally break free.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Simulation 21.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 7.4%, Strategy 6.6%
Doterra Industries is a 2D factory-building sandbox about exploring a strange mineral world, building production lines, and slowly turning a rough outpost into an automated industrial network.
Why similar: Automation 44.7%, Simulation 41.7%, Exploration 10.2%, 2D 3.4%
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the surface.
Why similar: Automation 50.3%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 11.2%, Resource Management 7.6%
Restore life on a dying planet in this 2D automation strategy game. Build production chains, reclaim the ecosystem, and survive a hostile world with the help of The Last Seed.
Why similar: Automation 35.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Exploration 7.1%
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 8.3%, Strategy 6%
A charming idle colony sim about digging through caves, rescuing lost Idlings, and rebuilding an underground world. Think Terraria meets Lemmings, with a little Oxygen Not Included — or perhaps Rusty’s Retirement underground.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Colony Sim 28.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%
Raccoon Crafts Factory is a game about creating automated factories to produce things of increasing complexity, within an endless 2D world - Use your imagination to design factories, combine simple elements into complex structures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Automation 22.7%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Exploration 6.6%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Automation 20%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 10%, Sandbox 9.2%
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Sandbox 14.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Nature 9.6%, Survival 9%
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Automation 20.8%, Simulation 12.1%, Survival 8.9%, Exploration 7.1%
The MMO management sim where you operate a living MMORPG. Paint zones, design classes, gear, quests and dungeons, and run the economy. Then thousands of autonomous adventurers move in, form guilds, run and rate your dungeons, and pay the subscriptions that fund you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Automation 25.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 10.7%
Desktop Ant Farm Simulator is a lightly interactive productivity app. Start each farm with a sprawling grid of dirt and some ants. Watch as they dig out tunnels and pockets and listen to cozy lo-fi beats. The game window persists over other applications on your desktop, and is fully re-sizeable.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2%, Simulation 23.4%, Sandbox 18.5%, Nature 10.1%, Procedural Generation 5.6%
In FACTO, become the world’s biggest factory boss! Build your factories, buy raw materials, process them and then sell them on to boost your turnover until you become a mega-corporation !
Why similar: Automation 48.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Sandbox 14.9%, Resource Management 8.3%, Management 5.1%
Automate the arcane! Build spell-powered factories, reclaim ancient territories filled with magical secrets, and discover game-changing technology hidden across procedurally generated worlds. Master both engineering and magic in this cozy fusion of factory automation and RPG progression.
Why similar: Automation 38.6%, Sandbox 16%, Simulation 10.9%, Exploration 7.7%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Automation 21.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 8.6%
Become the owner of a snake ranch! As a small dragon, raise your ranch from the ground up. Gather and manage resources, build various facilities to house your snakes, make sure they are cared for to keep them happy, and collect their beautiful scales, to forge stronger equipment and scale up!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Automation 27.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Management 5.8%
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: Colony Sim 27.2%, Automation 27.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Management 8.3%
Gather resources, research technologies, expand platforms, and build conveyor belt networks to survive and thrive in a perilous maritime world. Utilize automated production lines to free up manual labor, keep the factory running continuously, and ultimately build a starship to travel to Mars.
Why similar: Automation 48.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 7.4%, Resource Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.6%
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 29.2%, Colony Sim 24.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Exploration 5.8%
Colonize new planets from the comfort of Earth with our remote control planet management system. In Hexoplanet, you're in charge of building and managing entire planetary economies from terraforming and infrastructure to tourism and energy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Automation 32.9%, Simulation 20.2%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Resource Management 2.7%
Build, sail, and thrive in a strategic floating city! Manage biomes, rescue species, and harness the power of wind to navigate a world shaped by extreme climates. Balance ecology, exploration, and survival in this unique city-builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Automation 19.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 9.6%
Lexip is a cozy fantasy factory game about magic, rail logistics, and questionable sustainability. Build production chains across the overworld and underground, power machines with local magic, fulfill contracts, and keep Null pollution under control.
Why similar: Automation 49.4%, Simulation 18.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Management 6.5%, Top-Down 4.6%
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 52.7%, Simulation 20.3%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 5.9%, Top-Down 4.3%
Crash-landed in an endless jungle, you must rescue survivors, build a steam-powered colony, and construct an escape vehicle before the wilderness claims you. Endless Vine is a steampunk survival colony builder where every decision shapes your fight for survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Steampunk 12.7% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Nature 10.9%, Simulation 9.9%
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 55.8%, Simulation 22%, Sandbox 13.3%, Resource Management 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Exploration 8.9%
Prodix is a 2D isometric factory automation game, where the goal is to import, export, and automate your production of many different materials and items; while also managing company relationships through contracts.
Why similar: Automation 52.7%, Simulation 21.2%, Management 13.9%, Resource Management 5.5%, Casual 3.2%
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Automation 36.9%, Colony Sim 28.7%, Simulation 11%, Management 9.7%, Survival 6.4%
Radia Island is a civilization-building survival game. Lead your people to a new land, establish your first town, gather resources, research technologies, advance into the industrial age, and ultimately complete the space program.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Automation 22.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 8.5%
Build cars step-by-step in a factory sim. Design vehicles, build your garage layout, hire and train workers, manage parking inventory, and sell cars through customer orders or walk-in buyers as you expand your operation.
Why similar: Automation 44.7%, Simulation 22.8%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 6.6%, Top-Down 4%
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 28.8%, Colony Sim 24.7%, Sandbox 12%, Management 8.4%, Procedural Generation 7%
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 48.1%, Sandbox 18.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Management 9.1%, Resource Management 6.8%
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 40.7%, Simulation 22.5%, Sandbox 19.9%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.3%
A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.
Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Colony Sim 25%, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Exploration 6.2%
