Best Automation games on PC
Games focused on building and managing systems that perform tasks automatically, often processing resources into useful products. Players design production chains, expand infrastructure, and improve efficiency.
- Automated production and resource processing
- Building and optimizing linked systems
- Expanding infrastructure over time
Related: Base Building, Resource Management, Crafting, Simulation
256 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Palworld
Open-world survival RPG combining creature collecting, crafting, and base automation
95% positive
489K reviews
Schedule I
Open-world crime simulation about building and automating a drug operation
98% positive
317K reviews
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
280K reviews
Factorio
Factory-building strategy game about automating production and defending your industry
98% positive
235K reviews
ASTRONEER
Open-world space sandbox about reshaping planets and building bases
92% positive
139K reviews
Dyson Sphere Program
Space factory automation sandbox about building star-enclosing energy megastructures
97% positive
92K reviews
Dota Underlords
Free-to-play auto battler about building crews and stacking alliances
82% positive
Free
The Planet Crafter
Open-world survival crafting where base building transforms a barren planet
96% positive
74K reviews
Victoria 3
Historical grand strategy centered on economics, politics, and social change
70% positive
61K reviews
AdVenture Capitalist
Idle business management game where automated profits grow offline
88% positive
Free
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Open-world vehicle-building sandbox with programmable air and sea rescues
91% positive
60K reviews
Timberborn
Beaver colony builder centered on water engineering and survival
96% positive
42K reviews
Necesse
Top-down survival crafting RPG with automated settlements and co-op
93% positive
29K reviews
Hydroneer
Mining sandbox with hydro-powered automation and hands-on base building
86% positive
29K reviews
Mindustry
Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense
96% positive
28K reviews
Soulmask
Open-world survival crafting with recruitable tribes and automated bases
77% positive
22K reviews
Craftopia
Open-world survival RPG combining crafting, combat, farming, and automation
76% positive
20K reviews
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
Car company simulation combining detailed vehicle design with business management
94% positive
18K reviews
RoadCraft
Construction simulation about rebuilding roads after natural disasters
75% positive
16K reviews
Melvor Idle
RuneScape-inspired idle RPG built around interconnected skills and combat
90% positive
16K reviews
shapez
2D factory automation sandbox about cutting and combining shapes
96% positive
16K reviews
shapez 2 - Factory
Sandbox factory simulation about automating and transporting geometric shapes
97% positive
15K reviews
Rusty's Retirement
Idle farming simulator that runs along your screen's edge
97% positive
15K reviews
Outpost: Infinity Siege
First-person shooting and tower defense with loot-driven outpost building
65% positive
14K reviews