Factory Town
Factory Town is a cheerful factory builder about feeding a village, not fighting one.
90% of 4,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 50$19.99
City builders like Factorio
If the replayable and retro rhythm of Factorio stuck with you, this helps. These city builders make natural next picks for you.
Factory Town
Factory Town is a cheerful factory builder about feeding a village, not fighting one. You turn raw materials into food, clothes, tools, books and magical artifacts, then automate the whole delivery chain so nearby towns grow happier and unlock better tech for you.
Replayable, Relaxing
90% of 4,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 50$19.99ReFactory
Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.
Replayable, Minimalist, Relaxing
78% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$11.99MegaFactory Titan
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
Replayable
77% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99Captain of Industry
Start with a crew, a ship of supplies, and an empty island, then build your way to nuclear power and space flight. You mine, farm, smelt, refine, and ship goods by truck, belt, pipe, and train while keeping settlers housed and healthy. A grounded, large-scale city builder for city builder fans who like industry and logistics.
Replayable, Relaxing
90% of 11,272 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,888$34.99Modulus: Factory Automation
A factory sim for city builder fans who like fitting systems into tight maps. You settle sky islands, cut and paint stone cubes into modules, and route belts around gaps and edges until the whole place hums. No enemies, no timers, just layout puzzles and quiet optimization.
Replayable, Minimalist, Relaxing
90% of 846 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99Automation Empire
Automation Empire is a factory and logistics sim for city builder fans who like the infrastructure side: you raise mines, farms and factories from empty terrain, then stitch them together with drones, trucks, trains and rockets until gold, iron and coal flow where they should.
Relaxing
65% of 2,585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$29.99Dyson Sphere Program
Dyson Sphere Program starts you with a small planetary workshop and lets you grow it into a galaxy-wide factory built to cage a star. You will lay conveyor belts, automate production, link planets with transport ships, and design your own Dyson Sphere ring by ring. A slow, satisfying build for city builder fans who like systems over citizens.
Replayable, Relaxing
97% of 83,922 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,784$19.99Belts of Iron
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Relaxing
86% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Facteroids
Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.
Replayable, Relaxing
80% of 75 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Kubifaktorium
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Replayable, Relaxing
79% of 728 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99Builderment
Earth ran out of resources, so you get shipped to a faraway planet to mine, build, and send shipments home. Builderment is a casual factory builder about extractors, belts, and machines turning wood, iron, copper, and more into goods, with research unlocking faster ways to strip-mine in style.
Replayable, Relaxing
68% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$14.99Techtonica
Techtonica is a first-person factory game set in glowing caves under the alien planet Calyx. You mine, build machines, and link them into sprawling automated factories while a voice-acted story unfolds. For city builder fans, the draw is the same loop of planning production and watching it grow, only underground and with conveyor belts instead of roads.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Relaxing
64% of 3,098 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$29.99
Cheaper than Factorio
ReFactory
Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an…
78% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
MegaFactory Titan
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with…
77% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Captain of Industry
Start with a crew, a ship of supplies, and an empty island, then build your way to nuclear power and space flight.
90% of 11,272 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,888$34.99
Modulus: Factory Automation
A factory sim for city builder fans who like fitting systems into tight maps.
90% of 846 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Automation Empire
Automation Empire is a factory and logistics sim for city builder fans who like the infrastructure side: you raise mines, farms and factories from…
65% of 2,585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$29.99
Dyson Sphere Program
Dyson Sphere Program starts you with a small planetary workshop and lets you grow it into a galaxy-wide factory built to cage a star.
97% of 83,922 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,784$19.99
Belts of Iron
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts.
86% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Facteroids
Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space.
80% of 75 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Kubifaktorium
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex…
79% of 728 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Factory Town 2: Paradise
Build a tropical village from scratch, automate everything with belts, trains, boats and ziplines, then feed the output to a friendly volcano god in…
89% of 179 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
Builderment
Earth ran out of resources, so you get shipped to a faraway planet to mine, build, and send shipments home.
68% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$14.99
Hidden gems like Factorio
Modulus: Factory Automation
A factory sim for city builder fans who like fitting systems into tight maps.
90% of 846 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Factory Town 2: Paradise
Build a tropical village from scratch, automate everything with belts, trains, boats and ziplines, then feed the output to a friendly volcano god in…
89% of 179 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
FluxWerks
FluxWerks hands you an empty-looking voxel planet and asks for a working industrial base.
90% of 109 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Outworld Station
As Station Commander in the TAU System, you build a space station from first ore to planet-spanning industry.
83% of 866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$18.99
Whiskerwood
Whiskerwood is a city builder about mice founding an island colony under the paw of demanding cat overlords.
92% of 3,644 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 859$29.99
Craftlings
Guide a village of tireless little workers through handcrafted puzzle levels, one production chain at a time.
86% of 326 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Star Birds
Star Birds is a chill factory builder where you settle tiny asteroids and turn them into buzzing space factories for a crew of birds.
91% of 3,085 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Microtopia
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony and grow it from one queen into a supply-chain settlement spread across islands.
87% of 897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$19.99
Mini Settlers
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder stripped down to supply chains.
84% of 602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$12.99
Mini Settlers: Prologue
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient…
89% of 801 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Desynced
Desynced drops you on an unknown planet with damaged ship, drones, and an AI guide.
79% of 1,913 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$29.99
Factory Town Idle
Factory Town Idle packs a full town builder into menus instead of maps.
90% of 1,247 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 42$1.24
Newest city builders like Factorio
Industry Unbound：无界工业
A factory automation strategy game on an infinite canvas. Mine resources, route logistics, balance power, supply settlements, and research new…
90% of 10 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.94
FluxWerks
FluxWerks hands you an empty-looking voxel planet and asks for a working industrial base.
90% of 109 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
The Crust
The Crust puts you in charge of a lunar colony that keeps Earth supplied.
75% of 3,983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19
Factory Town 2: Paradise
Build a tropical village from scratch, automate everything with belts, trains, boats and ziplines, then feed the output to a friendly volcano god in…
89% of 179 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
Deep Crafter
Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world.
65% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$10.79
MegaFactory Titan
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with…
77% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Belts of Iron
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts.
86% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Outworld Station
As Station Commander in the TAU System, you build a space station from first ore to planet-spanning industry.
83% of 866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$18.99
Space Drilling Station
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet.
89% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Modulus: Factory Automation
A factory sim for city builder fans who like fitting systems into tight maps.
90% of 846 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Timberborn
Humans are gone and beavers run the town. Timberborn is a sandbox city builder where you keep a beaver colony alive through droughts and toxic…
95% of 39,468 Steam reviews are positive$34.99
Desynced
Desynced drops you on an unknown planet with damaged ship, drones, and an AI guide.
79% of 1,913 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$29.99