The Best Automation Games - Page 3

Update : Learning Factory added at rank #26.
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GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena (2019)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.


  • programming
  • auto-battler
  • automation
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • top-down
  • multiplayer-battle
  • robots
  • asynchronous
  • logic
  • tactical
  • multiplayer
  • pve
  • arena
  • isometric

22

Industry Idle (2021)

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IOS iPhone Android Mac OS PC Windows Linux

Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.


  • hex
  • automation
  • transportation
  • grid
  • idler
  • clicker
  • base-building
  • economy
  • resource-management
  • city-building
  • capitalism
  • building
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • procedural

23

IDLE HEROS (2024)

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PC Windows Android

《IDLE HEROS》 is a special placement game, invite your friends to form a fixed team, come to participate in the battle, placement can easily obtain a variety of resources


  • automation
  • idler
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • text
  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • magic
  • card
  • simulation
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • platform

24

Sky (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

SKY is a new way of looking at urban planning strategies. Change voxel landscapes at your discretion, develop technologies, build environmentally friendly cities of the future, and withstand any blows from the elements.


  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • voxel
  • city-building
  • automation
  • open-world
  • multiplayer
  • survival
  • sky
  • procedural
  • pve
  • pvp
  • action-adventure
  • immersive
  • management

25

Fhtagn Simulator (2022)

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PC Windows

In Fhtagn Simulator, you enter the chaotic world of Cthulhu and become bound to offer tribute to the great being in order to break free from their prison. This roguelike card game features mythical creatures, evil spells and relics, and an ever-changing roulette of cards. Harnessing the power of the cards while managing the roulette is key to your success. Be careful, though--if you don't collect enough spirit within the time limit, the ancient gods will punish you with game failure. Are you up for the challenge?

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What we like:
  • Unique and original gameplay
  • Interesting mix of luck and strategy
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Occult flavor and personality
  • Good value for the price
What could be improved:
  • Flat difficulty progression
  • Translation errors and ambiguous card descriptions
  • Limited content and room for more updates

  • auto-battler
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • deckbuilder
  • lovecraftian
  • rogue-like
  • protagonist
  • automation
  • gambling
  • card
  • villain
  • procedural
  • turn-based
  • replay-value
  • pixel

26

Learning Factory (2025)

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Linux Android PC Windows Mac OS

Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.


  • automation
  • base-building
  • science
  • cats
  • building
  • resource-management
  • fishing
  • economy
  • management
  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • crafting
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • education

27

Nova Lands (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dive into Nova Lands, where your creativity fuels an open-world adventure of base-building and automation! Master resource management, befriend or battle exotic creatures, and design a thriving industry with adorable helper bots. Unleash your inner strategist and transform untamed wilds into a flourishing empire. Embark on your journey in Nova Lands today!


What we like:
  • Engaging base-building and automation
  • Diverse biomes with unique challenges
  • Customizable helper bot AI adds depth
  • Satisfying progression and skill tree
  • Charming pixel art and soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Late-game content a bit slow

  • management
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • resource-management
  • automation
  • resource
  • pixel
  • survival
  • base-building
  • farming
  • simulation
  • 2d
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • building

28

Factory Town (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Dive into Factory Town, a vibrant world where you shape a bustling village into an industrial powerhouse. Master logistics, research technologies, and harness magic to create the ultimate production utopia. With a soothing atmosphere and endless possibilities, you're in control of every conveyor and railway. Turn your creative visions into reality and watch your civilization flourish!


What we like:
  • Deep and complex management
  • Engaging and rewarding gameplay
  • Beautiful, immersive visuals
  • No stressful combat
  • Creative freedom in sandbox mode
What could be improved:
  • Overwhelming tutorial for beginners
  • Potential for repetitive gameplay

  • automation
  • base-building
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • city-building
  • sandbox
  • transportation
  • simulation
  • buildings
  • crafting
  • management
  • moddable
  • editor
  • economy
  • level

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Foundry (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Build a factory optimized to perfection or an artistic masterpiece in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your ever-growing production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to mechanical mastery in FOUNDRY.

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  • automation
  • voxel
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • procedural
  • crafting
  • moddable
  • sandbox
  • mining
  • cooperative
  • complex
  • simulation
  • digital
  • sci-fi

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The Last Starship (2023)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS

Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you our most ambitious title ever: Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and railguns and start your galactic adventure in The Last Starship!


  • colony
  • space
  • mining
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • science
  • automation
  • building
  • sandbox
  • sci-fi
  • top-down
  • 2d
  • strategy
  • management
  • exploration

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