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Best Automation Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated automation games.

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Human-powered spacecraft A nostalgia-infused pixel clicker in a comedy wrapper.
Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 03 May 2018
Stationeers Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Price 33.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 Dec 2017
Opus Magnum Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
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Price -22% 15.33€
Rating 9.4
Release 07 Dec 2017
Card Creator Card Creator is a powerful, deep and easy to use card creation software, the best tool for games designers (amateurs or pro) and fans of card and tabletop games. Card creation made easy, fast and fun!
Price -35% 25.54€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Apr 2017
SHENZHEN I/O BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Price -69% 4.65€
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Nov 2016
Blueprint Tycoon Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Price -75% 0.77€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 May 2016
Plantera In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.
Price -71% 0.89€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Jan 2016
SimplePlanes Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
Price -85% 1.98€
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Dec 2015
FortressCraft Evolved! FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Price -85% 2.03€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Nov 2015
Human Resource Machine Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Price -81% 2.89€
Rating 9.0
Release 15 Oct 2015
Big Pharma What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Price -45% 13.48€
Rating 7.5
Release 27 Aug 2015
TIS-100 TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Price -88% 0.87€
Rating 9.3
Release 20 Jul 2015
Infinifactory Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Price -67% 8.12€
Rating 9.1
Release 30 Jun 2015
Tap Heroes Welcome to the first puppet show RPG! Participate in battling a ton of foes, buy new upgrades, cast magic and recruit new Heroes. Or just sit back and enjoy the show as your Heroes fight on their own while you watch or do other things.
Price -68% 0.97€
Rating 7.1
Release 05 Jun 2015
Software Inc. Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Price 22.54€
Rating 9.1
Release 01 May 2015
AdVenture Capitalist Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Mar 2015
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
Price 26.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 Mar 2015
SpaceChem Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Price -45% 5.39€
Rating 8.9
Release 02 Mar 2011

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