Autonauts
Games like Autonauts

Games like Autonauts

A cute, low-pressure automation sandbox where you program helper bots to build and run a self-sufficient colony, offering dozens of hours of methodical logistics play.

Autonauts vs Piratebots
A lengthy single-player automation strategy game where you program bots to build and defend bases against Piratebot invasions across five zones, with streamlined mechanics but repetitive combat.
2022-07-28
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric

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Autonauts
Games like Autonauts

Games like Autonauts

A cute, low-pressure automation sandbox where you program helper bots to build and run a self-sufficient colony, offering dozens of hours of methodical logistics play.

Autonauts vs Piratebots
A lengthy single-player automation strategy game where you program bots to build and defend bases against Piratebot invasions across five zones, with streamlined mechanics but repetitive combat.
2022-07-28
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Simulator

The Farmer Was Replaced

A relaxed single-player coding puzzle game about automating a farm with a drone, unlocking tech and optimizing efficiency across roughly 19 hours.

2025-10-10

Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

The Colonists

A relaxing strategy settlement-builder about robots constructing a colony on a distant planet, with co-op and cross-platform multiplayer.

2018-10-24

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Business

Learning Factory

A relaxing, enemy-free automation game about building supply chains for cats, with a research tree and procedural worlds, but a UI that can feel clunky.

2025-01-27

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox
Educational

Outlanders

A cozy, beginner-friendly single-player town-building game where players guide charming villagers to survive and create in a simpler life, with an episodic structure and a median reviewer playtime of about 22 hours.

2023-03-07

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

Havendock

A cozy single-player ocean colony sim where you build a castaway haven, manage resources, and advance to high-tech society—reviewers found it addictive but prone to losing momentum.

2025-04-22

Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

ASTRONEER

A playful space sandbox about reshaping planets, building bases, and automating production, playable solo or co-op, with reviewer sessions averaging roughly 40 hours.

2019-02-05

Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Open world
Sandbox
Kids

shapez

A laid-back single-player factory-builder about automating shape production across an endless map, with a satisfying logical loop.

2020-06-07

Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

shapez 2 - Factory

A self-paced factory-building sim about designing sprawling multi-level space factories and automated production lines, with an addictive loop and no combat.

2026-04-23

Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Open world
Sandbox

Freshly Frosted

A chill conveyor-belt puzzle game in an adorable donut factory that starts simple, grows complex, and takes reviewers about 9 hours.

2022-06-10

Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Arcade

LogicBots

A single-player robot-building puzzle sim about wiring bots to solve logic challenges; reviewers enjoy the tinkering but find the UI clunky.

2017-02-08

Puzzle
Strategy
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

Craftlings

A single-player colony sim blending base building, resource automation, and Lemmings-like route planning for a relaxed yet deeply tactical experience.

2026-01-15

Strategy
Fantasy
Side view
Simulator
Sandbox

Autonauts vs Piratebots