Automation
16 games reviewed, ranked by score.
Factorio
Every solved problem opens two harder ones. No exit.
Satisfactory
Factorio's obsession, walked through in first person
Dyson Sphere Program
Factory Building That Reaches Past the Stars
Timberborn
Beaver Hydraulics That Run Out of Floods to Fight
Rogue Voltage
Wiring chain reactions that pay off, once the bugs settle
Go-Go Town!
Cozy town-building charms, then runs out of runway
Palworld
Pokémon With Guns Hides a Real Survival Game
Bloobs Adventure Idle
Prestige runway for miles, but 24 skills grind alike
Soulmask
Possess a tribe and automate it, once the menus relent
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Building up a cliff shines, until the save bug bites
MegaFactory Titan
Pull-belt maglevs are genius. The clutter around them isn't.
Fortune Mill
Rooms that fund each other, until NG+ scaling and crashes intrude
Diggin
A mole's descent that pays off, then digs itself flat
Eden Crafters
A warming planet, undone by belts that won't snap
Solarpunk™
Lovely floating islands that empty out in a weekend
Astro Colony
The conveyor loop satisfies, the controls fight every cable