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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Tunnet Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Dec 2023
Sand:box "Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 24 Nov 2023
Mob Factory Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.

Price -93% 1.08€
Rating 6.8
Release 09 Nov 2023
Cavalry Girls In this refreshing and exciting shooting game, lead the brave and fearless girl soldiers to fight with the enemy. Refit different types of machine armour, reasonably deploy machine soldiers with different skills, repel all kinds of enemies, and protect the Empire behind you in the gunfire.

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Oct 2023
Outpath An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

Price -73% 4.04€
Rating 9.0
Release 16 Oct 2023
RAILGRADE RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Oct 2023
Tribe: Primitive Builder Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.

Price -36% 12.91€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Oct 2023
Station to Station ‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!

Price -99% 0.16€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Oct 2023
InfraSpace Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 7.7
Release 22 Sep 2023
Plasma Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Sep 2023
Vectorio Build. Automate. Defend.

Price -20% 7.80€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Aug 2023
Word Factori Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.

Price 5.89€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Aug 2023
Unnamed Space Idle Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 27 Jul 2023
Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game Vacuum Warrior is a Free to Play incremental idle game. Listen to the crisp crackle of dust and debris entering your vacuum as you vacuum ridiculous amounts of dust. Upgrade your vacuums, idle gains, and robot vacuums, earn achievements, and explore numerous locations in the Vacuum Warrior universe!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 29 Jun 2023
Nova Lands Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

Price -97% 0.66€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Jun 2023
miniBONG "miniBONG" is a lightweight rogue-like game that focuses on dress-up DIY and idle gameplay, while incorporating elements of combat, character development, and strategy.. You can feel the charm of dressing up and fighting at the same time.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Jun 2023
Bombe Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Jun 2023
Jianghu Survivor This is a light casual game of roguelite with Chinese style. Fight your way out of the monsters, either alone or with a group of three or four friends. Play as different characters, form a unique Build game, defeat the final monster, enjoy killing monsters!

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.3
Release 31 May 2023
Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition Start in your bedroom in year 2010. Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto coins. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Apr 2023
Plantera 2: Golden Acorn The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.

Price -88% 0.62€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Apr 2023
Idle Clans Idle Clans is a multiplayer idle game that combines the classic MMORPG experience with simplified gameplay and less time commitment. Features include a player-driven economy, PvE, trading, quests, crafting and opportunities to play, socialize and collaborate with other players.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 07 Apr 2023
Magic Research Magic Research is a text-based incremental game about Magic. You are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic. Will you be able to lead your school to win the prestigious Tournament of Magic?

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Mar 2023
Masterplan Tycoon Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.

Price -91% 1.12€
Rating 7.2
Release 09 Mar 2023
Juno: New Origins Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.

Price -98% 0.44€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Jan 2023
Atrio: The Dark Wild Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 10 Jan 2023
Outpath: First Journey Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 17 Dec 2022
Antimatter Dimensions Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Dec 2022
Final Upgrade Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!

Price -97% 0.61€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Dec 2022
Another Farm Roguelike Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Nov 2022
Boba Simulator : Idle Shop Management Boba Tea shop simulator. Manage recipe, stock and customer satisfaction.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Nov 2022
Retro Gadgets Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Price -15% 16.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Nov 2022
Astro Colony Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

Price -56% 8.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Nov 2022
Bone's Cafe Bone's Cafe is a fast paced, 1-4 Players couch co-op, cooking game. Customize the layout of your kitchen to guarantee your success. Specialize your menu in ingredients and recipes to design your ultimate cafe. Put your necromancy skills to the test and raise your own undead kitchen staff.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 29 Oct 2022
Fhtagn Simulator Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!

Price 6.59€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Oct 2022
Regular Human Workshop Regular Human Workshop is a 2D physics simulation sandbox. There are no predefined goals or objectives. Simply throw objects into the world and interact with them in various ways.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 Sep 2022
Recipe for Disaster Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!

Price -59% 6.09€
Rating 6.8
Release 05 Aug 2022

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