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.

1,183 titles match. 234 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 456 support Japanese, and 138 are free.

552 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

Code Rivals: Robot Programming Battle - Automate Your Way to Victory6/26$5.9981% positive 32puzzleautomationprogrammingstrategysingleplayerS

Dawn Apart: Build Your Alien Industrial Colony7/14$19.9970% positive 266colony-simbase-buildingautomationstrategycraftingS

GrumpyTunez: Fast Vehicle Tuning Overlay5/18Free85% positive 20singleplayerfree-to-playracingsoftwareutilitiesS

Cradle of the Dark Brood: Breed, Mutate, and Conquer in a Dark Fantasy Idle Sim6/12$4.9979% positive 39incrementalidler2dauto-battlerautomationS

Chronominion Idler: Strategic Territory Management in a Decaying World3/4$7.9983% positive 24idlerstrategyautomationindiemanagementS

Digital Diamond Baseball V10: The Ultimate Baseball Simulation & Board Game Companion3/31$14.9983% positive 24sportssimulationbaseballautomationartificial-intelligenceS

Karma Keepers: Build a Self-Sustaining Realm8/13$4.9975% positive 65idlerincrementalstrategymanagementautomationS

SysAdmin Odyssey: Back to the Office - Your IT Survival Guide4/24$8.3078% positive 41simulationhardwareautomationlogicidlerS

CFS: Chinese Football Simulator - Build a Brighter Future3/13$9.9968% positive 321sportsfootball-(soccer)immersive-simmoddablecraftingS

Marvellous Inc.: Code Robots, Uncover Corporate Secrets in Puzzle Game4/28$11.9980% positive 30educationpuzzleprogrammingautomationcapitalismS

Conveyor Belt Sushi Simulator: Prologue – Run Your Own Sushi Shop3/21Free76% positive 50simulationlife-simimmersive-sim3dfirst-personS

Lugal: Bronze Age Survival - Lead Your Tribe from Hunter-Gatherers to Kings8/18$14.9977% positive 43craftingsurvivalbase-buildingrpgautomationS

BBS Magica: Magical Girl Cyber Defense5/21$9.9987% positive 15hack-and-slashstrategytop-down-shootersimulationauto-battlerS

Revive & Prosper: Voxel Base Building and Automation Sandbox12/5$19.9973% positive 81survival3dbase-buildingsandboxbuildingS

Red Tape Rampage: Satirical Strategy of Corporate Bureaucracy8/12$3.9978% positive 37incrementalmanagementautomationstrategysingleplayerS

Bleentoro: Minimalist Factory Puzzles & Automation12/7Free91% positive 11casualsimulationpuzzle2dminimalistS

Lumber Jax: The Idle Lumberjack RPG Adventure6/15$3.9991% positive 11casualpoint-&-clickidlerincrementalautomationS

Beastkeepers: Breed, Train, and Battle Your Way to Endless Growth4/9$5.9984% positive 19idlercreature-collectorauto-battlerincrementalcasualS

Droneboi: Conquest – Build, Explore, and Battle in Space9/10$8.9976% positive 45choose-your-own-adventureexplorationsandbox2d-platformerbuildingS

Demon Hunt Journey: Infinite Loot & Xianxia Cultivation RPG4/24$4.9973% positive 71idlerxianxialootautomationrpgS

Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch — Defend Your Lair with Tactical Deck Building5/8$14.9973% positive 70dark-fantasycard-battlertower-defensedeckbuildingrogueliteS

Drugs and Crime Idle: Build Your Criminal Empire in This Free-to-Play Management Game12/11Free67% positive 293idlerfree-to-playgamblingcrimemanagementS

Prospector: Build and Explore an Alien World7/31$14.9969% positive 152resource-managementbase-buildingsandboxopen-worldbuildingS

Tea Garden Simulator: Cultivate Exquisite Teas8/14$19.9973% positive 66simulationsandboxscienceautomationsingleplayerS

Monster Flipper: Smash, Earn, and Automate Your Way to Riches7/15$2.9975% positive 48idlerstrategyincrementalmanagementsimulationS

Dig Deep: Become a Mining Tycoon5/20$4.9969% positive 149multiplayercasualminingminimalistlocal-co-opS

Gridkeeper: Build Your Fuel Empire in This Visual Incremental Strategy7/3$1.9969% positive 149strategyincrementalidlerbuilding2dS

XiuzhenWorld2: Ascend from Mortal to Immortal in a Semi-Idle RPG9/27$12.9969% positive 141rpgidlerlootautomation3d-platformerS

Incremental Factory: Build Your Industrial Empire1/29$8.9967% positive 249automationidlerresource-managementsimulationcraftingS

Star Crafter: Build Your Own Star System9/26$19.9970% positive 110open-world-survival-craftcraftingbase-buildingminingadventureS

MMA Empire: Build Your Fighting Dynasty in This Free-to-Play Management Sim2/10Free80% positive 25simulationsportsmanagementmartial-artstext-basedS

Packing House — Build Your Own Online Store Empire12/10$9.9971% positive 89runnerimmersive-simeconomycapitalismmanagementS

Builderment: Automate Your Way to Galactic Resource Recovery10/24$14.9969% positive 127automationbase-buildingcraftingresource-managementcity-builderS

Sisyphus's Worst Day (again): A Comedic Puzzle Game of Eternal Torment7/7Free83% positive 18casualstrategypuzzlegod-game3dS

Cozy Factory: Automate Your Dream Bakery in a Pastel Paradise3/12$2.9986% positive 14automationstrategyjob-simulatorcookingshop-keeperS

Palm Farm: Idle Crops – Relaxing Desktop Farming Adventure7/15$1.9986% positive 14idlercraftingbuildingmanagementautomationS

Sublime Element: Discover New Creations Through Combination7/17$1.9986% positive 14puzzleautomationprogrammingatmosphericlogicS

Automate It: Factory Puzzle – Master Industrial Automation5/27$6.24-50%71% positive 80singleplayerreplay-valuesimulationstrategysandboxS

Programmer Dungeon Knightress – Conquer Dungeons with Code9/22$7.9981% positive 21programmingpuzzlesimulationautomationindieS

Tulips & Windmills: Cultivate Your Dutch Tulip Empire2/5Free71% positive 72free-to-playcasualincrementalidler3dS

Raccateer: Build Your Trash Empire with Raccoon Crews10/15$5.9990% positive 10idlercolony-simsimulationcasualautomationS

MotorSim 3: Fine-Tune Your Car's Straight-Line Performance2/1$2.9990% positive 10racingautomobile-simimmersive-simrunnercraftingS

Taskbar Armory: Cozy Incremental Idle Game for Your Desktop9/30Free90% positive 10idlerrpgincrementalstrategyautomationS

A Factory Roguelike: Automate Your Way to Victory6/1$11.9979% positive 24automationstrategyrogueliteroguelikecraftingS

SimPocalypse: Rebuild Civilization in a Post-Apocalyptic Idle Sim5/11$9.9968% positive 114idlerincrementalautomationchoices-mattersimulationS

AUTOMATE DEATH: Industrialized Tower Defense with Physical Goblin Swarms10/30$4.50-10%80% positive 21actiontower-defenseidlerincremental2dS

Food Factory: Automate Your Culinary Empire8/20$17.9971% positive 63relaxingbuildingautomationfarming-simmanagementS

凡人修仙传之韩老魔传奇: The Legend of Old Demon Han5/22Free71% positive 63lootpoint-&-clickincrementalmmorpgrelaxingS

Chipmatic: Mine to Earth's Core in This Underground Automation Sim4/20$11.9966% positive 179miningsimulationautomationundergroundjob-simulatorS

Automation: Master PLC Ladder Logic Programming1/24$14.9972% positive 53educationstrategyautomationpuzzlesimulationS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.