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.
Beltmatic
Factory automation game where conveyor belts move numbers through calculations
95% positive
2,256 reviews
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Space drone-building simulation with destructible planets and automated machines
79% positive
2,172 reviews
7 Billion Humans
Programming puzzles where office workers execute instructions together
94% positive
2,142 reviews
Taur
Sci-fi tower defense with a cannon you control directly
80% positive
2,110 reviews
Screeps: World
Persistent multiplayer strategy sandbox where your JavaScript controls a colony
86% positive
2,098 reviews
Desynced
Sci-fi automation strategy built around programmable drones instead of belts
80% positive
2,062 reviews
Driftland: The Magic Revival
Fantasy real-time strategy with floating islands and indirect unit control
72% positive
2,016 reviews
Cavalry Girls
Top-down mech shooter with customizable loadouts and city defense
89% positive
1,988 reviews
InfraSpace
Space city builder focused on production chains and traffic management
80% positive
1,967 reviews
Havendock
Ocean colony sim with scavenging, settlers, and automated production
79% positive
1,963 reviews
Station to Station
Railway puzzles about linking stations across changing voxel landscapes
89% positive
1,962 reviews
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical management sim about arranging machines and production lines
77% positive
1,939 reviews
Idle Research
Free incremental management game built around research and automation
84% positive
Free
EXAPUNKS
Open-ended programming puzzles about hacking networks with programmable agents
95% positive
1,898 reviews
Good Company
Tech company management sim centered on automated production lines
73% positive
1,793 reviews
Voxel Tycoon
Sandbox management sim about factories, trains, and growing towns
78% positive
1,790 reviews
Sand:box
A falling-sand sandbox for circuits, contraptions, and destruction
94% positive
1,750 reviews
Incremental Epic Hero 2
Idle fantasy RPG with automated battles and layered progression systems
73% positive
Free
The Last Starship
Top-down space sandbox for building ships and taking contracts
75% positive
1,700 reviews
Sixty Four
Incremental factory clicker that grows from manual production to automation
74% positive
1,665 reviews
Last Call BBS
Retro computer puzzle collection spanning factories, circuits, and solitaire
92% positive
1,594 reviews
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Mountain city builder with avalanche defenses and intertown trade
82% positive
1,488 reviews
Vectorio Classic
Top-down survival base building with resource logistics and tower defense
93% positive
Free
Beer Factory
First-person factory management sim about brewing beer and handling logistics
41% positive
1,477 reviews