Best Automation Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated automation games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Automation games on Steam.

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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 -53% 6.99€
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 -68% 6.58€
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 -98% 0.37€
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 -99% 0.36€
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 A minimalistic base-building tower-defense game. Collect and automate resources, research new technologies, setup supply chains, and fight back against the ever growing onslaught of enemy forces with a variety of powerful defenses.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Aug 2023
Desynced Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

Price -49% 15.07€
Rating 7.9
Release 15 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 -98% 0.43€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Jun 2023
Bombe Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 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
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 -89% 0.57€
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 7.1
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 -90% 1.18€
Rating 7.2
Release 09 Mar 2023
Plan B: Terraform Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

Price -24% 12.26€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Feb 2023
The Last Starship The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

Price 24.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Feb 2023
The Farmer Was Replaced Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

Price 6.89€
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Feb 2023