Automation and Factory PC Games | Ranked by Rating
The pleasure of automation is watching your own hands become free. What you carried by hand rides a belt, gets picked up by an arm, and one day runs without you. Some expand a factory without limit; some lean toward puzzle, seeking the shortest layout under constraints; city builders and idle games borrow the idea too. In all of them, watching things run is part of the play. The genre has very strong famous titles, but this list surfaces lightly reviewed ones, which tend to take a different angle. PROFITS 2167 and MistsBook, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.
1,039 titles match. 226 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 401 support Japanese, and 132 are free.
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526 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
PROFITS 2167: High-Pressure Arcade Train & Resource Management Sim8/17$6.9998%209incrementalresource-managementarcademiningautomationS
MistsBook: Roguelike Deckbuilder Meets Autobattler7/18$11.99100%58roguelike-deckbuilderdeckbuildingcard-gameauto-battlerroguelikeS
Bone's Cafe: Necromancy, Automation, and Culinary Chaos10/29$14.9996%366cookingautomationmanagementstrategylocal-co-opS
Flippant: An Abstract Incremental Game of Chance and Activity5/6$2.9996%205simulationstrategycasualincrementalidlerS
Rush Rally Origins: Classic Top-Down Racing Reimagined4/13$14.9995%318racingautomationsportsdrivingphysicsS
Logic World: A Digital Sandbox for Building Complex Circuits10/22$25.0094%368programmingbuildingeducationlogicsimulationS
STARIO: Haven Tower - Build a Vertical Colony9/25$13.9994%359city-builderresource-managementstrategypost-apocalypticsimulationS
Omnibullet: Build Automated Factories to Charge Batteries2/19$11.99100%37puzzlelogicbuildingautomationmanagementS
The Qubit Factory: Master Quantum Computing in this Free Simulation Puzzle7/29Free98%56simulationpuzzleprogrammingautomationlogicS
Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue - Build Your Eco-Empire8/23Free93%405simulationbuildingautomationresource-managementsingleplayerS
Brainfuck Challenge: Master the Minimalist Programming Language7/13$2.9998%54indieprogrammingcasualeducationpuzzleS
Microtopia: Prologue - Build a Robot Ant Colony10/10Free95%132automationcolony-simbase-buildingresource-managementsandboxS
Paperwork: Grow Your Corporate Empire in This Incremental City Builder2/17$3.9996%92incrementalcity-builderpuzzleautomationcapitalismS
Cozy Marbles: Build Whimsical Marble Runs in a Relaxing Sandbox8/20$9.9995%121sandboxbuildingdecoratingorganizingdesign-&-illustrationS
Elsewhere: Sandbox Crafting with Magic and Automation10/24$15.9996%85sandboxcraftingsurvivalexplorationautomationS
CHR$(143): A Complex Automation Puzzle in a Lost World8/4$7.9996%82automationbuildingphysicspuzzleprogrammingS
Roody:2d - Design Your Own Machines in a Sandbox Automation Puzzle10/20$14.9998%48automationbuildingprogrammingresource-managementsandboxS
Whimside: Your Adorable Digital Companion for Cozy Collection8/7$5.8592%440creature-collectorcutefarming-simautomationatmosphericS
Mnemonimov: Low-Level Programming Sandbox for Retro Game Creation5/28$19.99100%31programmingeducationsimulationautomationgame-developmentS
Farm Factory Simulator: Automate Your Agricultural Empire7/16$12.9995%101automationsimulationcasualfarming-simshop-keeperS
Manufactoria 2022: Build Robots, Rewrite Brains in This Logic Puzzle8/16$19.9996%73puzzleautomationlogicprogrammingrobotsS
Desktop Fishing: Your Pocket-Sized Aquatic Adventure6/16$3.4992%359desktop-companionfishingcreature-collectoridlerutilitiesS
Garbage Growth: Turn Trash into Treasure in This Idle Sim6/23$4.9992%353idlerincrementalautomationcasual2dS
Virtual Circuit Board: A Sandbox Logic Simulator for Experimentation10/6$14.9992%320programmingeducationsimulationautomationminimalistS
The Board is Yours: A Deeply Complex Incremental Strategy Game4/29$2.5098%43strategyidlerincrementalchessresource-managementS
Grime & Gold: A Street Alchemist's Card-Stacking Survival1/20$4.9996%68solitairecard-gamecookingcraftingmanagementS
I Fetch Rocks: Build and Pilot Your Asteroid Mining Ship8/1$15.9994%123flightimmersive-simeducationsandboxautomationS
Hexahedra: Design, Rewind, and Optimize Industrial Factories5/16$10.00-50%100%29puzzleprogramminglogicautomationtime-manipulationS
Rogue AI: Idle Domination - Become a God-like AI Collector2/12$5.9998%41idlersimulationfarming-simcasualincrementalS
MoteMancer: Alchemical Automation on Elemental Planes7/14$29.9992%257automationbase-buildingresource-managementfantasysandboxS
Quantum Odyssey: A Quantum Physics Puzzle Simulation1/30$12.59-30%93%157programminglogicpuzzlesimulationdifficultS
Magic Research: Build Your Own Magic Academy and Dominate Tournaments3/23$4.9991%416auto-battlermagicidlerfantasytext-basedS
Snacktorio: Build Automated Kitchens to Feed Hungry Monsters6/4$7.9992%236simulationautomationpuzzlemanagementbuildingS
Lazy Witch's Factory: Build, Automate, and Escape Debt in a Roguelite Frenzy8/21$15.9992%191automationbase-buildingcuteroguelitefemale-protagonistS
Reincarnated Dark Lord: Conquer with Infinite Rebirths5/31$4.9991%276strategyexplorationpuzzletime-managementdifficultS
SirKwitz: Learn Programming Fundamentals with a Cute Robot7/23Free94%89educationsimulationpuzzleprogramminglogicS
Lucky Hunter: Deckbuilding Roguelite Journey to Slay the Demon King11/5$5.9990%458deckbuildingroguelike-deckbuilderautomationrogueliteauto-battlerS
The Home County: Build Your Edwardian Village Dream9/22$13.9994%84life-simcolony-simfarming-simmanagementbase-buildingS
Startron: ASCII Space Colony Sim with Sentient Cats9/21Free100%25explorationspaceautomationstrategytext-basedS
Idyll Isle: Cozy Island Sim That Lives on Your Taskbar7/14$3.9993%99cozyfarming-simidlerrelaxingwholesomeS
Conge's Crunch Time: Drag-and-Drop Programming Puzzler6/27$11.99100%24programmingeducationautomationrobotslogicS
Pacremental: Open Packs, Build Towers, and Dig for Artifacts7/13$3.99100%24incrementalidlertower-defensecard-gamearcadeS
Terraforming Titans: Become an AI Colony Builder on Mars7/17$5.0095%57simulationmarsincrementalcolony-simspaceS
Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine - A Slow-Paced Adventure7/24$9.9994%72real-timeadventurepuzzleidlerautomationS
Uptime: A Cloud Provider Sim - Get Hands-On with Server Hardware7/17$14.9996%46immersive-simsandboxautomationbuildingmanagementS
Fishing On My Desktop: Relaxing Idle Fishing Sim for Your Busy Life4/29$4.9997%38idlercreature-collectorautomationfishingtabletopS
No Creeps Were Harmed TD: Build Mazes, Fry Foes7/27$19.9989%499multiplayerco-optower-defensestrategysingleplayerSShowing 1-50 of 526 items
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