Stand beside the belt you just built and watch to see whether the next machine gets what it needs. These automation games let you place or operate production equipment from inside the factory. Start with Satisfactory…

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  1. 1Satisfactory (2024)Satisfactory (2024)7.3IGDBReleased Sep 10, 2024Start here if you want to see an enormous factory grow around you. Place miners, conveyors, splitters, and production machines yourself, then watch where a belt backs up. Vehicles and trains give distant production sites another way to feed the main line.0
  2. 2Foundry (2024)Foundry (2024)8.4IGDBReleased May 2, 2024Build among blocks you can mine away, so routing a belt through a hillside is an option. The factory starts with hand production and grows through automated miners and machinery. Pick it if clearing or reshaping the terrain sounds like part of building the line.0
  3. 3Techtonica (2024)Techtonica (2024)Released Nov 7, 2024Lay conveyors and machines inside an underground world and carve more room when you need it. The story gives you reasons to travel between factory projects. Choose it if you like making the location fit the factory as you discover what is already in the caves.0
  4. 4Infinifactory (2015)Infinifactory (2015)8.3IGDBReleased Jun 30, 2015Walk around a puzzle area and build a machine that turns incoming pieces into the required product. Conveyors and welders are useful only if each part arrives at the right angle and time. Each challenge is a compact factory of its own.0
  5. 5Astro Colony (2026)Astro Colony (2026)Released Jun 2, 2026Build conveyors and pipes across floating colonies, then let drones take on transport as distant resources come into play. Choose it if you want the route between production stations to become a design problem of its own. The stations are things you can move around in first person.0
  6. 6FortressCraft Evolved! (2013)FortressCraft Evolved! (2013)6.0IGDBReleased Dec 10, 2013Dig into a voxel world and bring ore back on machinery you position underground. The factory can extend over long distances from the original base, and power and logistics become different problems as you reach deeper deposits. It suits players who liked adding a new wing more than decorating the…0
  7. 7Eden Crafters (2026)Eden Crafters (2026)Released May 7, 2026Set miners, conveyors and processing machines to work on supplies for terraforming. The factory has a purpose you can see changing outside as the planet becomes more habitable. Choose it if you want a first-person production line to support co-op survival and exploration.0
  8. 8Hydroneer (2020)Hydroneer (2020)6.2IGDBReleased May 8, 2020Build a mining wash plant one piece at a time. Pipes and water pressure govern where the equipment works, while drills and conveyors take on pieces of a job you begin by hand. Start here if sorting and hauling materials has to feel physical.0
  9. 9The Last Clockwinder (2022)The Last Clockwinder (2022)Released Jun 2, 2022This first-person VR puzzle uses copies of your own recorded movements as the machines. Teach one copy to pick fruit and another to catch it, then close the loop. Choose it if you like making a few repeated actions fit together in a small workroom.0
  10. 10Main Sequence (2026)Main Sequence (2026)Released Nov 12, 2026Build a spaceship that doubles as a production site. Walk around the vessel, expand its equipment and slot automated production among the parts you need to make it fly. Pick it if you want the machinery you build to make the next trip possible.0