>> best Automation games on steam the full ranking

These are the best Automation games on Steam, as voted by our community.

Nobody wrote a review to land on this list. Players duelled Automation games out of their own libraries against each other, and a game's percentage is the share of a typical library it beats — so the top of this ranking is what Automation fans genuinely keep coming back to.

Factorio

beats 76%

256 players

percentile across every personal ranking, weighed by the crowd behind it

Games ranked by the share of a typical library they beat.
rk	game	players	beats
02	Satisfactory	336 players	beats 75%
03	Palworld	396 players	beats 75%
04	The Last Caretaker	27 players	beats 77%
05	shapez 2 - Factory	98 players	beats 75%
06	Timberborn	76 players	beats 75%
07	Cash Cleaner Simulator	75 players	beats 75%
08	StarRupture	35 players	beats 75%
09	Lightyear Frontier	31 players	beats 75%
10	Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure	27 players	beats 75%
11	Captain of Industry	26 players	beats 75%
12	The Planet Crafter	135 players	beats 74%
13	Project P.I.T.T.	25 players	beats 75%
14	Solarpunk™	20 players	beats 75%
15	Sandustry	19 players	beats 75%
16	Dyson Sphere Program	115 players	beats 72%
17	ALL WILL FALL	4 players	beats 82%
18	The Crust	10 players	beats 75%
19	Laysara: Summit Kingdom	9 players	beats 75%
20	Parcel Simulator	40 players	beats 71%
21	Infiniclick	6 players	beats 76%
22	Assembly Planter	6 players	beats 76%
23	Blossom: The Seed of Life	6 players	beats 75%
24	MineMogul	31 players	beats 70%
25	Graveyard Keeper 2	5 players	beats 76%
26	The Last Clockwinder	6 players	beats 75%
27	Go-Go Town!	6 players	beats 75%
28	How To Grow a Black Hole	5 players	beats 76%
29	Returns Outlet Simulator	8 players	beats 73%
30	MoteMancer	5 players	beats 75%
31	Junkyard Builder	5 players	beats 75%
32	Nova Lands: Emilia's Mission	5 players	beats 75%
33	Bombe	9 players	beats 71%
34	Airport Baggage Simulator	4 players	beats 76%
35	Stormworks: Build and Rescue	19 players	beats 69%
36	Opus Magnum	66 players	beats 67%
37	Alchemy Factory	32 players	beats 68%
38	The Colonists	11 players	beats 70%
39	Desynced	16 players	beats 69%
40	Pax Autocratica	3 players	beats 77%
41	Figure Shop Simulator	3 players	beats 75%
42	Bloobs Adventure Idle	3 players	beats 75%
43	Tower Networking Inc.	3 players	beats 75%
44	Magic Research	9 players	beats 68%
45	Industry Giant 4.0	3 players	beats 74%
46	RoadCraft	25 players	beats 66%
47	The Signal State	5 players	beats 70%
48	Schedule I	303 players	beats 64%
49	Kubifaktorium	11 players	beats 66%
50	Flippant	5 players	beats 67%
51	Soulmask	14 players	beats 63%
52	Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game	13 players	beats 63%
53	SHENZHEN I/O	32 players	beats 61%
54	Car Manufacture	4 players	beats 65%
55	Meeple Incremental	3 players	beats 66%
56	Orbitmine	6 players	beats 63%
57	Plan B: Terraform	28 players	beats 60%
58	Little Rocket Lab	11 players	beats 60%
59	ASTRONEER	208 players	beats 58%
60	Hydroneer	81 players	beats 58%
61	No Creeps Were Harmed TD	4 players	beats 61%
62	FeeBay Simulator	4 players	beats 60%
63	Final Upgrade	8 players	beats 59%
64	Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft	4 players	beats 60%
65	EXAPUNKS	25 players	beats 57%
66	Automate It: Factory Puzzle	4 players	beats 59%
67	Outpost: Infinity Siege	11 players	beats 56%
68	FEED THE QUEEN	14 players	beats 56%
69	Astrometica: Prologue	4 players	beats 57%
70	Human Resource Machine	45 players	beats 54%
71	Microcivilization	24 players	beats 54%
72	Factory Town	46 players	beats 54%
73	Victoria 3	53 players	beats 53%
74	Execute	18 players	beats 53%
75	Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999	6 players	beats 53%
76	The Magical Mixture Mill	5 players	beats 54%
77	Per Aspera	27 players	beats 53%
78	Ore Factory Squad ⛏️	8 players	beats 53%
79	Kin and Quarry	9 players	beats 53%
80	LORED	10 players	beats 53%
81	The Farmer Was Replaced	85 players	beats 52%
82	Forage Wizard	37 players	beats 52%
83	Voxel Tycoon	9 players	beats 52%
84	A=B	4 players	beats 52%
85	Star Birds	20 players	beats 52%
86	Rail Route	15 players	beats 52%
87	Tribe: Primitive Builder	7 players	beats 52%
88	Astro Colony	18 players	beats 52%
89	Beer Manufacture Simulator	4 players	beats 52%
90	Stationeers	18 players	beats 51%
91	Mini Settlers	28 players	beats 51%
92	Production Line : Car factory simulation	16 players	beats 51%
93	FOUNDRY	39 players	beats 51%
94	Learning Factory	10 players	beats 51%
95	TIS-100	34 players	beats 51%
96	Carpet Cleaning Simulator	10 players	beats 51%
97	Big Pharma	34 players	beats 51%
98	Microtopia	8 players	beats 51%
99	ASKA	18 players	beats 51%
100	Another Farm Roguelike	9 players	beats 51%
101	Spellbound & Shelved	27 players	beats 51%
102	Infinifactory	36 players	beats 51%
103	Beltex	5 players	beats 51%
104	Melvor Idle	92 players	beats 51%
105	Fortune Mill	48 players	beats 51%
106	All Hail the Orb	28 players	beats 51%
107	Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder	6 players	beats 51%
108	Flotsam	25 players	beats 50%
109	Gacha Capsule Shop Simulator - Akihabara	4 players	beats 51%
110	Diggin	6 players	beats 50%
111	Last Call BBS	32 players	beats 50%
112	Rise of Industry	35 players	beats 50%
113	Turing Complete	22 players	beats 50%
114	Little Big Workshop	40 players	beats 50%
115	Block Factory	5 players	beats 50%
116	RAILGRADE	7 players	beats 50%
117	AutoForge	5 players	beats 50%
118	Mindustry	77 players	beats 50%
119	Gamblers Table	63 players	beats 50%
120	Autonauts	44 players	beats 50%
121	Airport CEO	17 players	beats 50%
122	Slots & Diapers	13 players	beats 50%
123	Food Processing Simulator	3 players	beats 50%
124	Hammerting	18 players	beats 50%
125	Nova Lands	46 players	beats 50%
126	Kaizen: A Factory Story	7 players	beats 50%
127	Blueprint Tycoon	23 players	beats 50%
128	Sintopia	11 players	beats 50%
129	Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith	4 players	beats 50%
130	Outpath	40 players	beats 49%
131	Bone's Cafe	4 players	beats 48%
132	Crafting Idle Clicker	30 players	beats 49%
133	Farlight Explorers	3 players	beats 48%
134	shapez	139 players	beats 49%
135	Rock Island	4 players	beats 48%
136	Berserk B.I.T.S	5 players	beats 48%
137	MOLEK-SYNTEZ	13 players	beats 48%
138	Moose Miners	12 players	beats 47%
139	Bots Are Stupid	6 players	beats 44%
140	Linkito	10 players	beats 44%
141	Microtopia: Prologue	4 players	beats 41%
142	Beer Factory	4 players	beats 41%
143	Ecosystem	4 players	beats 41%
144	Suncraft	7 players	beats 42%
145	Techtonica	16 players	beats 42%
146	JUNKPUNK	4 players	beats 38%
147	Little Incrementisle	22 players	beats 41%
148	Farlands: Tiny Harvest	8 players	beats 40%
149	Astrometica	4 players	beats 37%
150	Lootun	12 players	beats 40%
151	Chipmatic	4 players	beats 37%
152	Vectorio	6 players	beats 39%
153	Your Big, Cute Monster Farm	4 players	beats 37%
154	Space Architect	5 players	beats 38%
155	7 Billion Humans	24 players	beats 40%
156	Atrio: The Dark Wild	7 players	beats 38%
157	Idle Colony	37 players	beats 40%
158	Eden Crafters	8 players	beats 38%
159	Astrodle	6 players	beats 37%
160	Military Incremental Complex	14 players	beats 39%
161	Another Brick in The Mall	14 players	beats 38%
162	Whimside	4 players	beats 34%
163	Time to Morp	3 players	beats 31%
164	Black Hole Fishing	15 players	beats 37%
165	Final Factory	5 players	beats 34%
166	Lucky Hunter	3 players	beats 31%
167	Node Farm	5 players	beats 34%
168	Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator	6 players	beats 34%
169	Widget Inc.	31 players	beats 37%
170	Potion Tycoon	4 players	beats 32%
171	InfraSpace	26 players	beats 37%
172	Orebound	9 players	beats 34%
173	Outworld Station	5 players	beats 31%
174	Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding)	4 players	beats 30%
175	FortressCraft Evolved!	23 players	beats 35%
176	Factory Town Idle	22 players	beats 35%
177	Smack Studio	4 players	beats 29%
178	JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator	3 players	beats 27%
179	Ballatory	4 players	beats 28%
180	Tunnet	7 players	beats 31%
181	Trashed	3 players	beats 26%
182	Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPG	11 players	beats 33%
183	Idle Pixel Fantasy	21 players	beats 34%
184	Watch	3 players	beats 25%
185	Dream Engines: Nomad Cities	3 players	beats 25%
186	Universe Horizon	14 players	beats 33%
187	Plasma	14 players	beats 33%
188	Mining Wizards	4 players	beats 27%
189	Mech Mechanic Simulator	9 players	beats 31%
190	MR FARMBOY	6 players	beats 30%
191	Mini Settlers: Prologue	15 players	beats 33%
192	Word Factori	19 players	beats 33%
193	Outpath: First Journey	31 players	beats 34%
194	Creature Clicker - Capture, Train, Ascend!	3 players	beats 24%
195	Recycling Center Simulator	38 players	beats 33%
196	Upload Labs	151 players	beats 34%
197	Magic Research 2	13 players	beats 31%
198	Screeps: World	10 players	beats 31%
199	Good Company	15 players	beats 31%
200	Factory Planner	4 players	beats 25%
201	Plantera 2: Golden Acorn	9 players	beats 30%
202	Calculate It	4 players	beats 25%
203	Desk Space: Idle Spacefleet clicker	4 players	beats 25%
204	Ultimate Theater Simulator	3 players	beats 22%
205	Beltmatic	15 players	beats 31%
206	Automation Empire	4 players	beats 24%
207	Fracture Field	11 players	beats 30%
208	Wireworks	7 players	beats 28%
209	Incremental Factory	9 players	beats 28%
210	PEGGO!	5 players	beats 25%
211	Factory Engineer	5 players	beats 25%
212	Prospector: The First Contract	5 players	beats 25%
213	Tower Factory	6 players	beats 26%
214	Rusty's Retirement	83 players	beats 31%
215	Masterplan Tycoon	12 players	beats 28%
216	Planet Nomads	6 players	beats 25%
217	Idle Research	62 players	beats 30%
218	Great Permutator	4 players	beats 21%
219	Space Trash Scavenger	6 players	beats 25%
220	Luckyest	7 players	beats 25%
221	Profit Sea Incremental	7 players	beats 25%
222	Bioweaver	7 players	beats 25%
223	Fantastic Contraption	7 players	beats 25%
224	DPS IDLE 2	6 players	beats 24%
225	Trimps	49 players	beats 29%
226	Modulus: Factory Automation	8 players	beats 25%
227	Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons	8 players	beats 25%
228	Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue	8 players	beats 25%
229	Tap Heroes	7 players	beats 24%
230	Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations	9 players	beats 25%
231	refarm	9 players	beats 25%
232	Idle Monster TD	8 players	beats 24%
233	Paperwork	9 players	beats 25%
234	Incredicer	41 players	beats 28%
235	Gridkeeper	9 players	beats 25%
236	Beer Factory - Prologue	7 players	beats 23%
237	Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle	14 players	beats 26%
238	Autonauts vs Piratebots	11 players	beats 25%
239	Starvester	11 players	beats 25%
240	Revolution Idle	159 players	beats 28%
241	Havendock	17 players	beats 26%
242	Pet Lands	16 players	beats 26%
243	Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game	24 players	beats 26%
244	Mob Factory	12 players	beats 24%
245	World Crafter TD	12 players	beats 24%
246	Automachef	23 players	beats 26%
247	Bard Idle	19 players	beats 25%
248	Pixel Starships	12 players	beats 23%
249	Plantera	25 players	beats 25%
250	Village Tale	4 players	beats 15%
251	Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition	8 players	beats 21%
252	SimplePlanes	10 players	beats 22%
253	Particul	33 players	beats 25%
254	Sixty Four	33 players	beats 25%
255	Industry Idle	33 players	beats 25%
256	Data Center	6 players	beats 19%
257	Incremental Adventures	39 players	beats 25%
258	Grim Clicker	47 players	beats 25%
259	Incremental Epic Hero 2	29 players	beats 24%
260	CivIdle	46 players	beats 25%
261	Idle Spiral	66 players	beats 25%
262	SpaceChem	69 players	beats 25%
263	Unnamed Space Idle	94 players	beats 25%
264	AdVenture Capitalist	234 players	beats 25%

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