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
741 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Revolution Idle
Idle incremental game where filling circles drives ever-larger numbers
86% positive
Free
StarRupture
Open-world factory building with alien swarms and recurring planetary disasters
79% positive
13K reviews
Outpost: Infinity Siege
First-person shooting and tower defense with loot-driven outpost building
60% positive
12K reviews
The Planet Crafter: Prologue
Open-world survival crafting about making a hostile planet habitable
96% positive
Free
Captain of Industry
Single-player factory simulation with dynamic terrain and complex logistics
90% positive
11K reviews
ASKA
Viking survival colony sim built around managing working villagers
78% positive
11K reviews
SimplePlanes
Aircraft-building sandbox with physics-based flight and piloting challenges
93% positive
11K reviews
Graveyard Keeper 2
Medieval graveyard management sim with crafting and zombie-powered production
75% positive
11K reviews
The Farmer Was Replaced
Farming automation game where Python-like code runs a drone
95% positive
9,946 reviews
Demo The King is Watching
Roguelite kingdom defense where workers only work while you watch
85% positive
9,447 reviews
Upload Labs
An idle simulation about building and optimizing node-based computer systems
91% positive
Free
Stationeers
Technical space survival sandbox about engineering and automating a station
86% positive
8,954 reviews
Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
Open-world survival crafting with automated factories and giant tidal waves
91% positive
Free
Bitburner
An idle programming RPG built around automating a hacker's work
94% positive
Free
Airport CEO
Airport management sim about building terminals and keeping flights moving
82% positive
8,135 reviews
The Wandering Village
Post-apocalyptic city builder set atop a wandering giant creature
91% positive
8,061 reviews
Software Inc.
Software company management sim with free-form office building
93% positive
8,032 reviews
Cash Cleaner Simulator
First-person cleaning simulator about processing and organizing dirty cash
90% positive
7,645 reviews
Opus Magnum
Open-ended automation puzzles with programmable arms and alchemical machines
97% positive
6,250 reviews
Turing Complete
Logic puzzle simulator about building computers from NAND gates
95% positive
5,918 reviews
Demo Sandustry
Factory automation with destructible terrain and physically simulated resources
97% positive
5,700 reviews
Outpath: First Journey
First-person base building where gathering resources fuels island expansion
97% positive
Free
Antimatter Dimensions
Idle incremental strategy with multiple layers of unlocks and prestige
92% positive
Free
Plantera
Idle gardening game where helpers harvest while you are away
89% positive
4,900 reviews