r/AutomationGames

1K archived posts · Jul 2015 – Sep 2026

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The top, top shelf:

  • Factorio
  • Satisfactory
  • Dyson Sphere Program (DSP)

Top shelf:

  • Captain of Industry (CoI)
  • Techtonica
  • Outworld Station
  • Shapez 2
  • Rift Breaker

...lower shelf, but of note:

  • StarRupture
  • Foundry
  • Desynced

Some context on my opinions...:

  • I tend to get bored without a "pressure system" (Ex: Bugs in Factorio)
  • I think "infinite resource wells" is lazy/boring compared to "mineable patches." (Satisfactory has infinite wells, Factorio has patches)
  • Story is a "nice to have" but I don't care that much in this type of game. (Techtonica is the only one that really feels like it moves for the story.)

Factorio -

+Everything but graphics/Depth

Easily

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