Automation
23 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
Sandustry
A brilliant physics factory that ends just as it gets going.
Timberborn
Beaver Hydraulics That Run Out of Floods to Fight
Alchemy Factory
A potent potion-factory loop, despite some clumsy construction.
Batomon Showdown
Addictive team-building that trips over a shallow endgame.
Rogue Voltage
Wiring chain reactions that pay off, once the bugs settle
Go-Go Town!
Cozy town-building charms, then runs out of runway
Pax Autocratica
A tyrant loop that clicks, if the workers keep working
The Crust
Its lunar market is a brilliant twist, its finish is not.
Grail
Build the perfect deck. Then pray it knows how to play.
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.
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
A clever robot sandbox buried in busywork and bugs
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