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The best Automation games · Ludixa

The best Automation games

Ranked on the Metacritic score where one exists, and on the number of Steam reviews where it doesn't — because a game judged by a hundred thousand players is not less known than one judged by twenty critics. Titles with neither are left out.

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Soulmask202618,287 reviewsSurvival · Base BuildingDon the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

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shapez202014,183 reviewsAutomation · Base Buildingshapez 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!

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Rusty's Retirement202413,857 reviewsFarming Sim · AutomationA relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

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shapez 2 - Factory202613,666 reviewsAutomation · ManagementDive 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.

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The Last Caretaker202512,593 reviewsSurvival · Base BuildingExplore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

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Revolution Idle202512,191 reviewsCasual · SimulationRevolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.

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StarRupture202612,097 reviewsBase Building · SurvivalStarRupture 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.

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Outpost: Infinity Siege202411,633 reviewsTower Defense · Base BuildingCommand Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.

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Captain of Industry202210,905 reviewsAutomation · Base BuildingBuild 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.

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The Farmer Was Replaced20258,810 reviewsAutomation · EducationProgram and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

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Stationeers20178,545 reviewsBase Building · AutomationStationeers 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!

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Upload Labs20258,380 reviewsSimulation · AutomationA sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

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Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue20247,606 reviewsBase Building · Open WorldSurvive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

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Bitburner20217,367 reviewsAutomation · Text-BasedBitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

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Cash Cleaner Simulator20257,234 reviewsImmersive Sim · SandboxCheck it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

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Turing Complete20215,393 reviewsAutomation · Base BuildingLearn CPU architecture with puzzles

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Outpath: First Journey20224,672 reviewsBase Building · Farming SimOutpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

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Plantera20164,513 reviewsSandbox · AutomationIn Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.

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The Perfect Tower II20254,426 reviewsTower Defense · StrategyThe Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!

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Flotsam20254,250 reviewsBase Building · Colony SimSail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

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MineMogul20254,164 reviewsAutomation · StrategyDesign 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!

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Factory Town20214,139 reviewsAutomation · Base BuildingBuild, 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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Per Aspera20204,097 reviewsManagement · StrategyMake Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

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Shenzhen I/O20163,726 reviewsAutomation · PuzzleBUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

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Autonauts20193,587 reviewsAutomation · SimulationIn 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.

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Fortune Mill20263,515 reviewsAutomation · SimulationAn incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!

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Plan B: Terraform20253,502 reviewsAutomation · SimulationTerraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

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TIS-10020153,383 reviewsPuzzle · IndieTIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

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Foundry20243,260 reviewsBase Building · AutomationBuild 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.

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The Crust20243,197 reviewsBase Building · AutomationAutomate 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.

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Production Line : Car factory simulation20193,172 reviewsManagement · SimulationProduction 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?

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Techtonica20233,064 reviewsAutomation · SimulationTechtonica 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.

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KartKraft20182,980 reviewsRacing · Immersive SimNo seatbelts, no suspension, no downforce. This is pure head to head racing at 90mph...

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Star Birds20252,945 reviewsBase Building · AutomationStar 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!

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Astrometica20242,898 reviewsSpace Sim · SurvivalAstrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.

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Gamblers Table20262,774 reviewsAutomation · ManagementGamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

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Pax Autocratica20262,771 reviewsBase Building · Colony SimBuild a grand totalitarian colony and personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Shape citizens fears, loyalties, bonds, and feuds. Capture enemies, convert them into true believers. Sacrifice the weak. Feed the strong. Wield absolute power and make every life bend to your will.

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Parcel Simulator20252,752 reviewsSimulation · AutomationInspect 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!

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Maltese's Fluffy Onsen20252,709 reviewsSimulation · AutomationRun a bathhouse visited by animals! Maltese's Fluffy Onsen is a relaxing simulation game that you can enjoy while doing other tasks, as it sits at the bottom of your screen. Place baths with different temperatures and rest areas to help a variety of animal friends unwind.

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FortressCraft Evolved!20152,651 reviewsAutomation · SandboxFortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines. Using hand-held scanners they must locate ore resources, place down Ore Extractors and Conveyors to automate the raw material back to the Smelter; take the fresh ingots through multi-machine assembly lines, followed by researching new technologies that help them explore thousands of meters below the planet's surface.