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

Legends of Wasteland: Idle RPG with Deep Customization4/30$6.9964% positive 337idlerincrementallootautomationcombatS

Barman Simulator — Run Your Own Bar!11/27$4.49-55%70% positive 70simulationlife-simimmersive-simfirst-person3dS

Kitchen Quest: Master Your Dream Restaurant & Cook Up a Storm8/16Free85% positive 13cookingautomationsandboxbase-buildingsimulationS

Restaurant Scramble: Manage Your Menu, Satisfy Customers11/5$2.9985% positive 13casualidlerincrementalstrategycapybarasS

Professional Chef: An Incremental Cooking Simulation Game7/23Free76% positive 29incrementalcasualsimulationidlerautomationS

Mining and Dwarves: The Idle Ore Empire Builder8/27$6.9966% positive 145incrementalidlerautomationminingmanagementS

Ooglians: Tower Defense Base Builder from a Fever Dream12/15$1.9964% positive 257early-accessco-opmultiplayertower-defensebase-buildingS

Clicker Kids: Deep Progression in a Modern Clicker Adventure2/14Free68% positive 902dfree-to-playindiestrategyautomationS

Fellwood: Build Your Lumber Empire with Physics-Driven Chaos8/14$6.9967% positive 103incrementalidlercasualcapitalismresource-managementS

Desk Top Racer: Idle Racing Management on Your Desktop9/8Free64% positive 211idlerracingmanagementincrementalauto-battlerS

Reincarnation: Hero of the Gun - Idle Text Adventure2/26$0.9968% positive 82idlertext-basedword-gameautomationcasualS

Assignment 42: Program Robots to Save Civilians in a Maze7/28Free73% positive 37puzzlerobotsprogramminglogicsingleplayerS

Exhibitors: Build Factories on Giant Sky Creatures4/8Free71% positive 48base-buildingautomationopen-worldresource-managementsandboxS

Capybara: Grow Your Herd in This Free-to-Play Incremental Adventure8/30Free66% positive 115free-to-playcasualincrementalsingleplayer2dS

Kill the Lich Idle: Master Time Compression in This Minimalist Incremental Game4/14Free67% positive 92incrementalidlerautomationcasualsimulationS

uFactory: Master Industrial Logistics and Automation7/14$9.9969% positive 64strategysimulationindieautomationlogicS

Vespera: Forge Your Legend in a Dark Fantasy Idle RPG9/4$1.9962% positive 339idlerincrementaldungeon-crawlerauto-battlerautomationS

Mycelium Conquest: Evolve Your Fungal Network on an Alien World5/25$9.9981% positive 16automationbase-buildingresource-managementpveexplorationS

Automata Empire: Command Fuzzy Legions in a Cellular Strategy Game4/8$8.9970% positive 53automationbase-buildinglemmingswargameidlerS

Energy Collector: Master Idle Automation and Resource Management6/9$3.9974% positive 31idlerautomationcasualpixel-graphicsindieS

Webstore Mogul: Build Your E-Commerce Empire12/9$8.9974% positive 31simulationlife-simeconomymanagementcasualS

Minicology: Tiny Planets, Infinite Automation4/25$14.9968% positive 72simulationspace-simaliensopen-world-survival-craftsandboxS

PEGGO!: The Ultimate Incremental Pachinko Experience7/22$3.9966% positive 105singleplayercasualincrementalidlerarcadeS

Inventory Manager: Become a Goblin Shopkeeper Extraordinaire10/8$0.9972% positive 39strategyincrementalidlerpoint-&-click2dS

Steam Revolution: The Age of Rail - Design Your Railway Empire3/6Free67% positive 84free-to-playsimulationbuildingtrainsautomationS

A Game About Needle In A Haystack: A First-Person Hay-Digging Simulation10/16$4.47-36%68% positive 69simulationbase-buildingautomationincrementalphysicsS

Fluffy Kitchen Saga: Cozy Diner Management with Adorable Animal Guests11/21$0.83-88%62% positive 289simulationidlerfarming-simmanagementautomationS

Little Learning Machines: Train Your AI Companions in a Whimsical Simulation3/6$14.9977% positive 22casualsimulationpuzzlestrategyartificial-intelligenceS

TEEFS: Goblin Idle Clicker - Build a Brutal Green Economy4/30$4.9977% positive 22casualincrementalpoint-&-click2ddark-fantasyS

Crayon Computer: A Physics-Based Programming Puzzle2/16$3.9973% positive 33programmingcasualsimulationabstractpuzzleS

What is in the Black Box? – An Intellectual Meditation Puzzle12/11$1.9971% positive 42singleplayerpuzzledesign-&-illustrationidler3dS

Realindustry — Hyper-realistic industrial simulation: 236 materials, 3549/22$14.9969% positive 54steamsimulationrealisticscienceautomationS

Craftlands Workshoppe: Build Your Business in an Otherworldly Sim12/17$19.9963% positive 176tradingmanagementautomationcraftingcity-builderS

Trade Bots: A Technical Analysis Simulation4/18$11.9965% positive 106immersive-simeducationsandboxidlercapitalismS

Gun Factory Simulator: Build Your Arms Empire4/4$14.9963% positive 165managementeconomyimmersive-simcasualsimulationS

Assembly Line 2: Master Your Industrial Empire8/1$6.9967% positive 70simulationstrategyautomationmanagement2dS

Code World: Program Robots and Solve Logic Puzzles9/11$4.9970% positive 44programminghackingautomationtext-basededucationS

Super Life: Franchise Lord - Build Your Business Empire5/12Free64% positive 122incrementaltime-managementidlercapitalismsimulationS

Factor Y: Multi-Planetary Factory Automation Sandbox8/27$2.9975% positive 24strategyautomationsandboxbase-buildingcasualS

Miseria: Descend into the Abyss in this Auto-Battling RPG8/7$7.9960% positive 372idlerincrementaldungeon-crawlerauto-battlerautomationS

Gray Trading: Incremental Automation and Market Manipulation7/9$3.9983% positive 12casualincrementaltradinggamblingindieS

Idle Geometry Defense: Upgrade Your Future Against the Cube Swarm1/14$4.9983% positive 12strategyspace-simautomationtower-defensesci-fiS

Black Saint: Goku - Ascend to Buddhahood in this Idle RPG8/5$3.9980% positive 15idlersimulationstrategyrpgautomationS

Pet Lands: First Steps - Your Idle Creature Collector Adventure9/11Free63% positive 139adventureincrementalcreature-collectorsimulationidlerS

Roboplant: Build Your Hydroponic Empire in Space10/29$11.9965% positive 83farming-simresource-managementmanagementagricultureautomationS

AFK Industry: Build Your Automated Factory Empire7/12Free71% positive 34simulationautomationbase-buildingcity-builderpixel-graphicsS

Market Chain 98: Build Your 90s Desktop Empire7/29$6.9972% positive 29incrementalidler1990'sautomationgod-gameS

Survival Vacancy: Build an Underground City in a 2D Automation Sim2/19$19.9964% positive 86colony-simstrategysimulationindiebuildingS

Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator - Build Your Oil Empire9/10$14.9961% positive 167simulationcasualautomationresource-managementbuildingS

IdleTale: Your Epic Journey of Ever-Growing Numbers9/20Free58% positive 455rpghack-and-slashincrementalautomationauto-battlerS

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.