The Best Automation Games - Page 3

Update : Prospector added at rank #39.
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Flotsam (2019)

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PC Windows

The floating garbage town strategy game! Scavenge what precious garbage you can from the ocean's surface and grow your city while doing your best to survive in this colorful post-apocalyptic world.


  • colony
  • survival
  • automation
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • management
  • building
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • farming
  • family-friendly
  • exploration
  • construction

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Apple (2024)

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j PC Windows Mac OS Linux

How do you like them apples? Because we have them all! Have time in the game or click the apple to get your favorite apple.

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  • clicker
  • idler
  • short
  • automation
  • gore
  • minimalist
  • slash
  • hack-and-slash
  • scroller
  • single-player
  • god
  • violent
  • retro
  • pixel
  • dark

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Empires of the Undergrowth (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.


  • strategy
  • simulation
  • colony
  • automation
  • management
  • moddable
  • real-time
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • sandbox
  • economy
  • documentary
  • replay-value

24

Airport (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows Android Nintendo Switch

Build and manage an international airport!


  • flight
  • simulation
  • moddable
  • automation
  • management
  • capitalism
  • transportation
  • resource-management
  • immersive
  • sandbox
  • building
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • realistic
  • logic

25

The Signal State (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.


  • automation
  • logic
  • moddable
  • editor
  • programming
  • level
  • tutorial
  • sandbox
  • hacking
  • dystopian
  • zachtronics
  • puzzle
  • tactile
  • futuristic
  • simulation

26

shapez.io (2020)

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Linux PC Windows

shapez.io is a game about building factories to automate the creation and processing of increasingly complex shapes across an infinitely expanding map.

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  • automation
  • open-source
  • building
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • relaxing
  • resource-management
  • management
  • simulation
  • table

27

Factory Town (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Dive into Factory Town, a vibrant world where you shape a bustling village into an industrial powerhouse. Master logistics, research technologies, and harness magic to create the ultimate production utopia. With a soothing atmosphere and endless possibilities, you're in control of every conveyor and railway. Turn your creative visions into reality and watch your civilization flourish!


What we like:
  • Deep and complex management
  • Engaging and rewarding gameplay
  • Beautiful, immersive visuals
  • No stressful combat
  • Creative freedom in sandbox mode
What could be improved:
  • Overwhelming tutorial for beginners
  • Potential for repetitive gameplay

  • automation
  • base-building
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • city-building
  • sandbox
  • transportation
  • simulation
  • buildings
  • crafting
  • management
  • moddable
  • editor
  • economy
  • level

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Sky (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

SKY is a new way of looking at urban planning strategies. Change voxel landscapes at your discretion, develop technologies, build environmentally friendly cities of the future, and withstand any blows from the elements.


  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • voxel
  • city-building
  • automation
  • open-world
  • multiplayer
  • survival
  • sky
  • procedural
  • pve
  • pvp
  • action-adventure
  • immersive
  • management

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MOLEK-SYNTEZ (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.


  • science
  • programming
  • automation
  • simulation
  • puzzle
  • single-player

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Builderment (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Earth has run out of resources! Travel to a distant world to harvest materials and build a factory capable of teleporting items back home to save the planet...


  • automation
  • base-building
  • crafting
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • logic
  • sandbox

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