Games like Autonauts
If you like Autonauts (automation, programming and relaxing), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Factory Town
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want something like Factorio but friendlier: GameStar finds it less sober and technical.
shapez
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to optimise without pressure: you can leave it and pick it up whenever you like without losing anything.
Mad Games Tycoon
- In common: management and progression
When you have hours ahead of you and want management with no set ending: the only goal is to make as much money as possible.
Factorio
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: more co-op
When you have many hours ahead and a sharp mind: "five more minutes" turns into three hours.
Satisfactory
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: more co-op
When you have a long afternoon and want to build something huge and functional, solo or with friends.
Timberborn
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to build calmly and watch your dams transform the landscape.
Against the Storm
- In common: building and management
- Difference: more intense
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: harder
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
Graveyard Keeper
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less creative
When you want to optimise tasks calmly and fancy a macabre touch.
Cities: Skylines
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to build something big at a relaxed pace. Watching your city grow session after session keeps you hooked for weeks.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Autonauts
You land on an empty planet with sticks and stones and teach robots to work: press record, do the task and they repeat it on a loop. They end up chopping, farming, cooking and building while you look after colonists grown from a seed.
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