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72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

72% User Score Based on 4,058 reviews

FortressCraft 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. The original FortressCraft was one of the best-selling Indie games of all time. FortressCraft Evolved grew from this powerful base, giving access to inc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FortressCraft Evolved.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 43,752 reviews

As an engineer of Dyson Sphere Program, you will go to an alien galaxy building “Dyson Sphere”. Collecting resources, plan and designing production lines, gradually create a full automated factory. Develop your factory from a small workshop to a huge cross-galaxy Industrial empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dyson Sphere Program.

About this game: Automate Defend Repeat combines factory building with tower defense. As you build your factory you will find you need new materials to continue. You obtain those materials by placing a building called a Thumper. The Thumper triggers monsters to spawn and attack it. You can defeat those monsters for rare resources to unlock new technology. Defeating the Boss of each res… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Automate Defend Repeat.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 513 reviews

Explore, Mine, Automate - the world is yours!Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. Explore the vast mountain ranges before you, or journey deep into the Earth to find the ultimate Dwarven prize – the Emberstone. Lost in the depths of time, the King has tasked you to scour the mountains to find its location. Using your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orebound.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

73% User Score Based on 80 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ReFactory.

Combine And Conquer is a multiplanetary automation game.   Build and optimize factories, colonize planets, transfer resources via spaceships between your planets.   Combine And Conquer allows you to easily plan, generate and re-use building blocks for your factory.     There's a free demo that offers everything the full version does except for being able to load savegames.  Note that Combine And … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Combine And Conquer.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

95% User Score Based on 189 reviews

Automate across six Elemental planes, each with unique logistical tools. Infuse ingredients, craft alchemical structures, and uncover elegant solutions through experimentation - cultivating a garden of possibility, one discovery at a time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MoteMancer.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

83% User Score Based on 334 reviews

Evospace is sandbox game with fully dynamic, procedurally generated world. Game about digging, exploring, building and technologies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evospace.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 510 reviews

In Final Upgrade, you will experience the role of artificial intelligence (AI), created by mankind to help spread colonists across the galaxy. In each game session, you are tasked with conquering one of the regions of the galaxy. Arriving at the site with one ship carrying minimal resources, you must build a massive factory spread over 100 sectors, producing all sorts of resources that the coloni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Upgrade.

Stellar Shipyard is a space colony base builder sandbox, focused on constructing modular ships and stations that can connect and interact as a single unit. Build ships tile-by-tile, manage complex production chains, and watch your colony evolve from a small mining operation into a galactic empire. Face various threats, whether playing solo, with your friends, or against them as rival factions. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Shipyard.

BackgroundYour father, the district governor, used a little bit of tactics to train you to become the manager of District 21 of the Black Stone Mining Cave, and set a small goal for you: to make a hundred million dollars. You need to work hard to run District 21 and find ways to earn money from adventurers. AboutJourney of Harvest is a top-down simulation game that combines planting, automation,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journey of Harvest.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

85% User Score Based on 1,207 reviews

Choose your planet, and turn it into a habitable haven for humanity. Terraform and automate across 5 unique planets, each with its own environmental challenges and secrets. Build production chains while surviving giant waves on Ocean World, lava-filled landscapes on Pyraxis, asteroid storms on Aetheria, uncovering the remains of a failed colony on Nova Terra, and the strange signal emitted by Ec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Crafters.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

72% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Space station building game. Survive, expand, prosper, and become a major hub! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Architect.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 1,500 reviews

This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game. Carve mountains, traverse seas, and explore untamed new lands as you build grand cities – the ingenuity of the humble mouse is on full display in Whiskerwood as you establish elaborate automation systems to efficient… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whiskerwood.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

83% User Score Based on 2,380 reviews

Techtonica is a first-person factory building game set beneath the surface of an alien planet. Work alone or in co-op to build factories, gather resources, research new technologies, mold the destructible terrain, establish a base of operations, and uncover long-forgotten secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Techtonica.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

75% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Factor Y is a multiplanetary automation game. Build and optimize factories, colonize planets, transfer resources via spaceships between your planets. Factor Y allows you to easily plan, generate and re-use building blocks for your factory. There's a free demo that offers everything the full version does except for being able to load savegames. Note that Factor Y is also available on Steam http… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factor Y.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

83% User Score Based on 290 reviews

Final Factory blends factory building with a rich universe to explore. Build a vast network of automated space stations 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Factory.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

84% User Score Based on 524 reviews

Vectorio is a base-building tower defense game set in cyberspace. Claim and collect resources, build automated supply chains with drones, research new technologies, and deploy powerful defenses to protect your base against a relentless and ever-growing onslaught of enemy forces. No Belts. Only Drones. In Vectorio, all logistics are handled through configurable drones that transport resources… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vectorio.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 144 reviews

⬆️ Clone your first Dinky, give them orders to help you, Research Automation Machines, Defend your Colony from the Zumbys, Build a Rocket, colonize other Planets and set up supply chains between them! Play Solo or Co-op Clone the first Dinky and start gathering Food. But Dinkys are not useless, give them some tasks like Gathering Resources or Crafting Objects. Grow your Colony with the help of D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinky Guardians.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,070 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astro Colony.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

80% User Score Based on 560 reviews

Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you the broken, unfinished and bug filled Alpha of The Last Starship. Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and rail guns and start your galactic adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Starship.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

68% User Score Based on 576 reviews

Manage a space transportation company. Supply humanity with with everything it needs to colonize the galaxy. In this tycoon game, grow your company from a local transport agency into a galactic logistics empire! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Transport Company.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

84% User Score Based on 794 reviews

A unique survival game where everything is out to kill you. Can you capture and harness the deadly wildlife for your own means? Can you survive long enough to turn the lights back on? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Atrio: The Dark Wild.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 2,206 reviews

You are a representative of the CRAFT & Co company. You are selling automated fabrication tools across the galaxy when your spacecraft crashes into a hostile planet. Use the tools you sell and the local resources to build up all of what you'll need to survive and eventually be able to escape the planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dig or Die.

Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using Newtonian orbital mechanics. Transport resources and populations between colonies using real physics. Build infrastructure to construct more ships. Use those ships to establish new supply routes. This is how the colony grows. Your first launch may carry a handful … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Launch Window.

AstroCore Mining is a space colony simulator where you build and run a mining base on drifting asteroids. Gather rare minerals, expand your facilities, and meet the demands of your corporate overseers or face the results. You’re not just a manager; you’re the leader of an entire colony. Keep your people alive, balance rival factions, and make choices that shape life among the stars. Will your co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AstroCore Mining.

You have been sent out to the frontier of human-charted space in a small mining ship, tasked with expanding humanity's footprint amongst the stars. In order to succeed, you will need to collect resources, automate production, expand your base of operations, and research new technologies. You start out alone in a resource-rich asteroid belt. Explore your environment using your ship's scanners … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Main Sequence.

Language Notice This game is currently available in Chinese only. English localization is under development and will be added in future updates. If you do not read Chinese, please wait for the localized version Stellar Descending is a turn-based, multi-layered top-down factory building and exploration game. Inspired by RimWorld, Factorio, and Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Set in the early days of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 新星下行.

OUTLANDERS - Exiles of Veridion is a sci-fi cooperative survival game set on a massive, fully procedural world. You play as an inmate exiled to Veridion Prime, forced by UNC into a deadly survival experiment. Your only path to freedom is to stay alive long enough to rise above the system. OUTLANDERS BACKSTORYYou are an inmate. Branded expendable and shipped across the stars aboard a massive pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outlanders - Exiles of Veridion.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

96% User Score Based on 2,864 reviews

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! Build A Sprawling FactoryEnjoy the casual construction of massive, interconnected factories deep underground. Wind conveyors through twisting mineshafts, connect machines, and harness physics to automate your every need. Ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MineMogul.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

90% User Score Based on 1,827 reviews

Ocean World is a free Prologue introducing one of the planets that you can transform in the full game "Eden Crafters", now available ! You located a planet where your scanners detected a lot of water, it should be easy to turn it into a habitable haven for humanity. Gather materials, craft essential tools, and lay the foundation for a thriving civilization. Except... maybe there is to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 138,322 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 8 reviews

You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factorio.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

75% User Score Based on 1,855 reviews

Welcome to the Crust - a game that gives you a role of the CEO of the gigantic Moon colonizing company. It is a large-scale economical simulator that also brings elements of survival along with rich setting and dramatic script. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crust.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

76% User Score Based on 3,372 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 11 reviews

Per Aspera is a narrative-driven strategy game with the goal of overcoming the challenge of terraforming Mars. Explore the planet, gather resources, and make strategic decisions as you live the fantasy of scientifically-based interplanetary expansion. Hardship awaits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Per Aspera.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 153,748 reviews

Critic Score 91%Based on 7 reviews

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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Satisfactory.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

98% User Score Based on 106 reviews

Moons of Ardan is a captivating city-building game set in space that allows players to rebuild and expand their civilization across the moons in a living planetary system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moons of Ardan.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

65% User Score Based on 826 reviews

The zombie apocalypse is a tough situation to overcome, even if it takes place in a cute pixelated universe! Try to defend your home and save people from the hordes of zombies in this new crafting survival game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zelter.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

75% User Score Based on 759 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

Welcome to Soup Co., Astroworker! As an integral part of the Soup Co. family, your mission is to explore the remote planets in search of tasty ingredients to make the galaxies most delicious soups and then rocket them into the gullets of our hungry customers. But this isn't your typical soup kitchen - Astroworkers must battle against the planet's elements, alien plants and animals, and dastardly r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixelJunk Nom Nom Galaxy.

Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Start from a small warehouse, buy properties, dig deep for resources, process what you extract, and turn it into profit. Expand step by step and turn a simple setup into a fully functioning factory. Play solo or with up to 4 players, running the entire operation yourself or working together t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ore Factory Squad ⛏️.

Join the community About the GameBuild a Sustainable Industrial System in the Alien Deep Sea from ScratchYou are deployed to an ocean-covered alien world 15 light-years away. Against the backdrop of Earth's magnetic field crisis, this planet is not only a refuge, but also a testing ground for the continuation of industrial civilization. Starting from basic resource gathering and energy infrast… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Crafter.

Alone or with friends, your mission is to survive the dangers of space. Build a space station strong enough to defend against enemy attacks. You start your journey stranded in space, where you were blasted off your space shuttle moments before. You are on your own but luckily equipped with an energy laser that allows you to gather much-needed resources to build a sustainable space station. Wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Hope.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 2,288 reviews

Terraform 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plan B: Terraform.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

82% User Score Based on 252 reviews

Learning Factory is a relaxing automation game, which lets you concentrate on the most important task in the Universe: making cats happy again. You're a humble genius scientist who gets invited to become the chief engineer at an abandoned Factory on Mars, designed to produce and sell exquisite goods for cats. It was conceived to learn everything about cats and make them happy, but it is desolated… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Learning Factory.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

91% User Score Based on 313 reviews

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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outworld Station.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

88% User Score Based on 505 reviews

Send expeditions to explore passing asteroids Find resources and gather them while the asteroid is in range Start automating! Your growing collection of mining equipment will speed things up. Worker bots will carry things around. Your Command bot will support them. Upgrade your tools! There are many corporations in the asteroid belt and each has specialized devices to offer. D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astronomics.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

98% User Score Based on 98 reviews

You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guardians of the Sanctree.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Automate a team of robots to gather resources, reshape terrain, and scale up factories on a procedurally generated alien world. Explore a procedural worldEvery game you are exploring a different planet, with a different set of resources and biomes that present unique challenge. You start able to only see a small area, but as you progress you build out a radio network and unlock more of the world.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Icaria.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

95% User Score Based on 10,183 reviews

Mindustry is a hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game. Create elaborate supply chains of conveyor belts to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and defend your structures from waves of enemies. Features include a map editor, numerous built-in maps, cross-platform multiplayer, and large-scale PvP unit battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mindustry.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

74% User Score Based on 799 reviews

Players found their own company in a vast, persistent universe and compete with others in trading, production and exploration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prosperous Universe.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

78% User Score Based on 114 reviews

A factory building game set on Saturn's moon Titan. Explore an infinite procedural world. Build a smart factory that manages logistics automatically. Trade, negotiate, and fight with Colonists, Rebels, Terrorists, and Pirates. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MegaFactory Titan.