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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Automation, Strategy, Singleplayer.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 70% — of 63 reviews
Released: 2025-07-14
Developer: Lucid Silence Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    97% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

    Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Management 16%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 12.8%, Building 11.3%

  2. #2 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 73 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.

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  3. #3 shapez 2
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

    Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Logic 11.1%, Building 10.5%

  4. #4 Masterplan Tycoon
    95% matchMostly Positive74% of 729 reviews2023
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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

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    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  6. #6 Automation Empire
    94% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Automation 29.1%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Real-Time with Pause 12.2%, Building 9.8%

  7. #7 Little Big Workshop
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

    Why similar: Simulation 23.8%, Strategy 21.9%, Automation 18.1%, Management 12%, Building 11.1%

  8. #8 shapez
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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

    Why similar: Automation 35.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Building 9.3%, Management 9.2%

  9. #9 Assembly Line 2
    91% matchMixed66% of 65 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 39.2%, Simulation 23.3%, Strategy 22.6%, Management 14%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  10. #10 Incremental Factory
    90% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

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  11. #11 Factory Engineer
    91% 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: Simulation 22.5%, Strategy 21.8%, Automation 17.9%, Building 13.7%, Management 8.8%

  12. #12 ReFactory
    89% 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 29.7%, Strategy 27.4%, Simulation 24.8%, Management 10.4%, Indie 6.4%

  13. #13 Good Company
    88% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  14. #14 Factory Town
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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

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  15. #15 Automachef
    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 908 reviews2019
    Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    86% matchVery Positive95% of 2,459 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.

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    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.

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  21. #21 Smart Factory Tycoon
    84% matchMixed61% of 822 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Windows
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  24. #24 Mob Factory
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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    80% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac
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  30. #30 Word Factori
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    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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  31. #31 Great Permutator
    79% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac

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  33. #33 Rise of Industry 2
    76% matchMixed67% of 198 reviews2025
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    Windows

    Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!

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  34. #34 Factory Planner
    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 319 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  35. #35 Factorio
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

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  36. #36 SpaceChem
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 5,057 reviews2011
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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  37. #37 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 500 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    This is a free version of Smart Factory Tycoon, a game inspired by Little Big Workshop introducing the first productions. Smart Factory Tycoon is a tycoon management game where you design your dream factory with robots, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!

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    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 210 reviews2024
    Dev: Lino Rabolini
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  39. #39 Alchemy Factory
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2025
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    Windows
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  40. #40 RAILGRADE
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,194 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  41. #41 Tower Factory
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  42. #42 Kubifaktorium
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
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    75% matchMixed67% of 216 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
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  45. #45 Beer Factory - Prologue
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,013 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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  46. #46 Food Processing Simulator
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 248 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  47. #47 FOUNDRY
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  48. #48 Opus Magnum
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,719 reviews2017
    Dev: Zachtronics
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    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    69% matchVery Positive87% of 295 reviews2026
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    68% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
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    Windows
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  51. #51 Facteroids
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  53. #53 Block Shop
    67% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
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    Windows

    Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.

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    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

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    65% matchVery Positive89% of 972 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac
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    67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

    Why similar: Building 19.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Management 17.4%, Resource Management 13.2%

  57. #57 MegaFactory Titan
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2022
    Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!

    Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Building 16.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 12.5%

  58. #58 Meeple Station
    70% matchMixed57% of 941 reviews2020
    Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

    Why similar: Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 17.5%, Isometric 16.5%, Building 14.7%, Management 12.6%

  59. #59 Parcel Simulator
    63% matchVery Positive94% of 2,396 reviews2025
    Dev: Dansan Digital
    Windows
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inspect and process parcels and packages in this parcel inspection simulator! Receive and sort deliveries, examine labels for mistakes, and automate to maximise warehouse efficiency. Upgrade and expand your warehouse to build your parcel empire!

    Why similar: Automation 39.6%, Simulation 21.2%, Management 13.7%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 8.5%

  60. #60 Mindustry
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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

    Why similar: Automation 42.1%, Strategy 20.2%, Resource Management 16.7%, Building 12.5%, Management 5.4%

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