The Best Automation Games

Update : The Planet Crafter added at rank #14.
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Bone's Cafe (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Bone's Cafe is a fast paced, 1-4 Players couch co-op, cooking game. Customize the layout of your kitchen to guarantee your success. Specialize your menu in ingredients and recipes to design your ultimate cafe. Put your necromancy skills to the test and raise your own undead kitchen staff.


  • cooking
  • cooperative
  • automation
  • local
  • protagonist
  • campaign
  • 4-player
  • humor
  • management
  • resource-management
  • villain
  • relaxing
  • dark
  • building
  • factorio

2

sand: box (2023)

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Android Linux PC Windows

"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits!


  • electronic
  • automation
  • destruction
  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • science
  • pixel
  • logic
  • education
  • physics
  • building
  • old-school
  • bossfight
  • stylized
  • simulation

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Main Assembly (2020)

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PC Windows

You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.


  • programming
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • automation
  • cooperative
  • science
  • building
  • immersive
  • 3d
  • logic
  • robots
  • crafting
  • character
  • simulation
  • sandbox

4

Dyson Sphere Program (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

In Dyson Sphere Program, you'll become a space engineer, building Dyson Spheres and managing interplanetary logistics. Explore the universe, gather resources, and design efficient production lines. Will you construct a galactic empire from scratch? Harness the power of the stars and find out!

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What we like:
  • Perfect for automation game enthusiasts
  • Unique interplanetary logistics
  • High-quality factory building and logistics
  • Multiple end-game goals and achievements
  • Not reliant on Dyson Sphere completion
What could be improved:
  • Improvements needed in mid-to-late game
  • Challenging planet navigation in late game

  • automation
  • space
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • management
  • simulation
  • mech
  • city-building
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • space-exploration
  • sci-fi
  • 3d

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Factorio (2016)

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Linux Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Factorio is an absorbing factory management game. You play the role of a handy person who needs to build a rocket and craft almost anything with little more than spit and elbow grease. Automation is the key to success as you establish production chains and assembly lines to make sure all the hard work is done for you.


What we like:
  • Complex puzzle-solving
  • Open-ended gameplay
  • Automation mechanics
  • Creative assembly lines
  • Captivating story
What could be improved:
  • Tedious combat
  • Limited environmental resources
  • Environmental consequences of mass manufacturing

  • management
  • construction
  • automation
  • trains
  • robots
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • empire
  • resource-management
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • resource
  • aliens

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Satisfactory (2019)

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early access PC Windows Android

Satisfactory is an engaging first-person factory-building game on an alien planet, allowing players to explore a pre-generated world and harvest natural resources to create automated factories. With great power systems and conveyor belts to help automate resource collection and transportation, the game offers a fun and addictive experience for control freaks and automation enthusiasts. The added survival element provides extra depth, making it a must-play for exploration and building game fans.


What we like:
  • Engaging first-person factory-building experience
  • Pre-generated world for unique gameplay experience
  • Fun power systems and conveyor belts for resource automation
  • Survival element adds extra depth
  • Great for building and automation enthusiasts
What could be improved:
  • May require significant time investment to unlock useful devices and modes of transportation
  • Demands patience, structure and adaptability

  • automation
  • first-person
  • base-building
  • robo-said
  • factory-builder
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • rps
  • crafting
  • cookie
  • whale
  • factory
  • resource-management
  • energy
  • construction

7

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

8

Lootun (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Lootun is a Semi-Idle RPG with a strong focus on character/skill progression and itemization. Assemble a team of adventurers and send them off to clear missions while you craft, upgrade and enchant the loot!

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  • auto-battler
  • loot
  • automation
  • crafting
  • idler
  • inventory
  • management

9

shapez (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

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


  • automation
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • open-source
  • management
  • building
  • moddable
  • idler
  • abstract
  • open-world

10

Magic Research (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Magic Research is a text-based incremental game about Magic. You are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic. Will you be able to lead your school to win the prestigious Tournament of Magic?


  • auto-battler
  • idler
  • automation
  • magic
  • text
  • resource-management
  • minimalist
  • fantasy
  • management

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