City builders like ReFactory

If ReFactory scratched a minimalist and replayable itch for you, keep reading. These city builders are worth a look next.

Factorio
Factorio starts with you chopping trees and mining ore by hand, and ends with solar fields, oil refineries, trains and robots running a factory the size of a city. For city builder fans, the appeal is the layout puzzle: belts, power and production lines that keep growing until the whole map hums.
Minimalist, Replayable, Relaxing
97% of 197,445 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18,175$35
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$19.99
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 Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
Replayable
77% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
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 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$29.99
Facteroids
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$14.99
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. 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$19.99
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. 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$34.99
Modulus: 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.
Minimalist, Replayable, Relaxing
90% of 846 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Builderment
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$14.99
Outworld Station
As Station Commander in the TAU System, you build a space station from first ore to planet-spanning industry. Mine asteroids, chain factories together, found new stations on other planets, and build civilian and military starships while something out there pushes back.
Replayable, Relaxing
83% of 866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$18.99
Boppio
Boppio is a game about obtaining materials, constructing buildings, and assembling a spaceship to return home. In order to succeed you will need to automate and optimize your base. Mine minerals and combine them into new items that will help you build your return vessel.
Replayable, Relaxing
51% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Infindustry
A relaxing industry/factory builder where you build, manage, automate, optimize, and expand an industrial village by exploiting various resources to create items.
Replayable, Relaxing
55% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$16.99

Cheaper than ReFactory

Boppio

Boppio is a game about obtaining materials, constructing buildings, and assembling a spaceship to return home.

$9.99

Factory Town Idle

Factory Town Idle packs a full town builder into menus instead of maps.

$1.24

Blueprint Tycoon

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

$2.99

The Last World

The Last World is a sci-fi simulation game with elements of space, adventure, survival, modding and automation.

$4.99

River Town Factory

You crash-land a thousand years in the past and open a workshop in River Town.

$8.69

The Final Earth 2

The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony.

$9.99

CLOUD DWELLERS

CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands.

$9.99

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

$6.99

MicroTown

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

$9.99

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…

$5.94

Aven Colony

Found humanity's first extrasolar settlement on Aven Prime and grow it from a few domes into a sprawling sci-fi city.

$5.99

My Colony

Build a space colony from a single rover, grow it into a sprawling economy, and rule it your way.

$4.99

Hidden gems like ReFactory

Modulus: Factory Automation

A factory sim for city builder fans who like fitting systems into tight maps.

$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…

$19.99

FluxWerks

FluxWerks hands you an empty-looking voxel planet and asks for a working industrial base.

$24.99

Outworld Station

As Station Commander in the TAU System, you build a space station from first ore to planet-spanning industry.

$18.99

Craftlings

Guide a village of tireless little workers through handcrafted puzzle levels, one production chain at a time.

$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.

$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.

$19.99

Mini Settlers

Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder stripped down to supply chains.

$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…

Free

Desynced

Desynced drops you on an unknown planet with damaged ship, drones, and an AI guide.

$29.99

Factory Town Idle

Factory Town Idle packs a full town builder into menus instead of maps.

$1.24

Havendock

Havendock is a cozy colony sim where you build a floating town in the middle of the ocean.

$19.99

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