The Best Automation Games

Update : Astro Colony added at rank #1.
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Astro Colony (2026)

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PC Windows

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.


  • space
  • automation
  • colony
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • building
  • sandbox
  • mars
  • voxel
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • procedural
  • flight

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Jigsaw Industry (2025)

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PC Windows

Jigsaw Industry is a game that allows you to unleash your creativity and fully enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own factory to combine and process different shapes and colors. A fully automated and intelligent factory can be achieved through digital circuits, logic signals, and other means.

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  • automation
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • logic
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • 2d

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Prospector (2025)

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Android PC Windows j

Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!


  • automation
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • sandbox
  • space
  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • relaxing
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • atmospheric

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Mashina (2025)

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PC Windows j

A little robot digs to repair her world. Dig, build, discover and mend in a chill, stop-motion world.

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  • automation
  • 2.5d
  • mining
  • robots
  • futuristic
  • stylized
  • resource-management
  • building
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • crafting
  • stop-motion
  • abstract
  • exploration
  • sandbox

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Crystal Keeper (2025)

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Android j

Mine crystals and defend your wall in this idle defense game. Balance resource gathering with combat as you upgrade your way through endless enemy waves.


  • tower-defense
  • clicker
  • automation
  • strategy
  • economy
  • idler
  • survival
  • deckbuilder
  • mining
  • fast-paced
  • action
  • endless
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • pve

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Return from Core (2025)

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PC Windows

Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.

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  • automation
  • mining
  • base-building
  • crafting
  • building
  • dungeon-crawler
  • sandbox
  • farming
  • survival
  • simulation
  • rpg
  • economy
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • anime

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Edd-E (2025)

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PC Windows

Edd-E is a pixel-art game maker with custom visual scripting and publishing platform. Create games and Publish them with just one click. Play games from other creators or edit them. Learn programming and game development!

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  • automation
  • development
  • sandbox
  • education
  • pixel
  • programming
  • logic
  • building
  • editor
  • simulation
  • level
  • moddable
  • 2d
  • robots
  • asynchronous

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Idle Colors (2025)

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PC Windows Android

Strategize with 8 unique currencies, each with upgradable production chains. Master triple prestige systems, evolve your economy, upgrade generators tiers, optimize through conversion, and dominate leaderboards in this deep idle experience.


  • automation
  • idler
  • management
  • clicker
  • tactical
  • resource-management
  • economy
  • trading
  • sandbox
  • time-management
  • inventory
  • card
  • text
  • minimalist
  • turn-based

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Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch (2025)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Deck-building, dungeon defense, and tactical gameplay combine in Dungeon Monarch! Recruit warriors and wizards, buff your heroes, and thrash your foes — summon your dungeon monarch to punish interlopers and defeat enemies to increase your dark powers!


  • turn-based
  • battler
  • auto-battler
  • automation
  • deckbuilder
  • fantasy
  • dungeon
  • lore
  • tower-defense
  • 2.5d
  • gothic
  • magic
  • strategy
  • dark
  • card

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Mini Settlers (2025)

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PC Windows

Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.


  • colony
  • automation
  • trains
  • transportation
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • farming
  • sandbox
  • building
  • management
  • procedural
  • relaxing
  • resource-management

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