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
Games like Illuminaria
Looking for that same cute and colorful spark as Illuminaria? These games line up well for what comes next.
Vectorio Classic
A minimalist survival base builder where every resource you claim makes your machines run hotter and the enemy shapes angrier. Research new weapons, plan your power grid, and take down four guardians.
Colorful
93% of 1,474 Steam reviews are positiveFreeProspector
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Relaxing
64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Nova Lands
Nova Lands is a 2D factory building game on a bright, mysterious planet. You start by hand, then build up an industry, hand the work to little helper bots and push out to new islands. Explore caves, meet creatures and people, and automate everything so you can wander instead of grind.
Colorful, Relaxing
90% of 2,536 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99Machine Mind
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
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71% of 587 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$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.
Relaxing
78% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Farlight Explorers
Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...
Relaxing
53% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Ark of Charon
Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.
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75% of 392 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$24.99Cataclismo
Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist. By day you gather resources and raise walls; by night the hordes come, and every block you placed gets tested. A real-time strategy game about building tall, aiming from battlements, and losing gracefully.
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88% of 3,971 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85$29.99Craft Hero
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
81% of 370 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
A survival city-builder about a flying city on the run. You build automated production lines, keep everyone fed and housed, hold off the Dream Plagues, then lift the whole town into the sky when the raids get too rough.
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72% of 554 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$29.99Machinefall
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.
83% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$14.99The Perfect Tower II
A tower defense that grew into a whole island economy. You defend waves, then build a town around it: a mine, a factory, a lab, a power grid, each feeding the next. Write simple commands and an AI runs the busywork while you chase upgrades, mini-games and bosses.
Cute, Colorful, Relaxing
86% of 4,542 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 826Free
Cheaper than Illuminaria
Farlight Explorers
Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive.
53% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Craft Hero
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night!
81% of 370 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Adam: Robot World
Build your stronghold and survive in the wasteland world controlled by artificial intelligence.
77% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Mindustry
Build supply lines, keep your turrets fed and push out to take the enemy's base.
95% of 25,127 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 672$9.99
Signal Zone
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy.
76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Dawnfolk
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.
94% of 675 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.74
ITER-8
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably.
70% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Project Astra Dominium
Project Astra Dominium is a Tower Defense game with Basebuilding and Automation elements.
87% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Scorchlands
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder.
88% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Phoenix Hope
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters…
59% of 166 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Hidden gems like Illuminaria
Dawnfolk
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.
94% of 675 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.74
Star Birds
Star Birds is a relaxed factory game on asteroids. Scan rocks, mine ice and stranger things, and link it all with hand-drawn pipes while your…
91% of 3,085 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Nightwater
Build a gentle automation sandbox on a floating island, at your own pace, with a quiet mystery waiting at the end.
83% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
Machinefall
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map.
83% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Microtopia
Grow a robot ant colony by drawing pheromone trails, sorting workers and raising new queens, all at your own calm pace.
87% of 897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$19.99
The Ember Guardian
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
81% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Desynced
Program drone fleets to mine, build and explore a strange planet, alone or with friends.
79% of 1,913 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$29.99
The Perfect Tower II
Hold the waves, grow an island economy around your tower, and let simple commands handle the busywork while you chase upgrades and bosses.
86% of 4,542 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 826Free
Cataclismo
Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist.
88% of 3,971 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85$29.99
Scorchlands
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder.
88% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
AutoForge
Build Mana-driven production lines as a golem, farm and tame monsters, and unlock a colorful world region by region while a persistent defense…
86% of 445 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Bee Island
Grow a hive, research technology and hold the line against waves of enemies, solo or in online co-op.
86% of 1,653 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Newest games like Illuminaria
Nightwater
Build a gentle automation sandbox on a floating island, at your own pace, with a quiet mystery waiting at the end.
83% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
The Crust
Build a lunar colony Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, keep your colonists fed and…
75% of 3,983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19
Swarmdustry
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs.
86% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Pax Autocratica
Run a totalitarian colony, bend citizens to your will and charge into the war yourself in first person.
90% of 4,157 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$29.99
Machinefall
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map.
83% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Icaria
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed.
74% of 81 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$24.99
Terrafactor
You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you.
90% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
The Ember Guardian
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
81% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Signal Zone
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy.
76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
ITER-8
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably.
70% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Machine Mind
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS.
71% of 587 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Desynced
Program drone fleets to mine, build and explore a strange planet, alone or with friends.
79% of 1,913 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$29.99