Automation Hidden Gems on Steam

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Idle Monster TD An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Jun 2021
GolfTopia DESIGN, BUILD and MANAGE your own futuristic golf course. Keep 200 persistent visitors fed, hydrated, and happy. Defend your creation from a growing infestation of weeds with robotic workers and defensive turrets. Evolve your course into a mega resort where nobody wants to go home, EVER!

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 30 Mar 2021
Bird You are a bird, you are free in this small place, but you can't get out, all you can do is fly around.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 17 Feb 2021
Pumping Simulator Pumping Simulator As an active member of a gas station in a major city around the world, you can play with up to 10 friends in a multiplayer co-op mode or single player mode to help you understand what the pumpers are going through, and maybe will make you rich.

Price 5.19€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Dec 2020
Rover Mechanic Simulator As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.

Price -97% 0.41€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Nov 2020
Incremental Adventures Lead your heroes in their neverending adventures! A minimalistic Idle game where combat is fully automated. It's up to you to make the most of that automation to reach extremely high numbers!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 11 Aug 2020
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.

Price -98% 0.65€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Dec 2019
Automachef Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 6.9
Release 23 Jul 2019
Evospace Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.

Price -60% 5.06€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Feb 2019
The Colonists Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

Price -87% 3.18€
Rating 8.1
Release 24 Oct 2018
Gunsmith Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

Price 17.50€
Rating 7.1
Release 25 May 2018
Human-powered spacecraft A nostalgia-infused pixel clicker in a comedy wrapper.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 03 May 2018
Blueprint Tycoon Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Price -75% 0.74€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 May 2016

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