Games like Factorio
If you like Factorio (automation, building and management), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
shapez
- In common: building and thinking
- Difference: less co-op
When you want to optimise without pressure: you can leave it and pick it up whenever you like without losing anything.
Satisfactory
- In common: building and long sessions
When you have a long afternoon and want to build something huge and functional, solo or with friends.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less co-op
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
RimWorld
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less co-op
When you have a long afternoon and fancy managing: each session writes a new chapter for your colony.
Against the Storm
- In common: management and building
- Difference: less co-op
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
Project Zomboid
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more exploring
When you have hours and want the most complete, tense survival simulation.
Timberborn
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: less co-op
When you want to build calmly and watch your dams transform the landscape.
Necesse
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: less thinking
When you want a long playthrough, solo or with friends, beating bosses one by one while your village grows.
Palworld
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: less thinking
When you want a long afternoon of exploring, capturing creatures and watching your base grow, ideally with friends.
Raft
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less thinking
When you want relaxed survival with friends, in afternoons of expanding the raft and exploring islands.
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 Factorio
You land on a planet and start mining ore by hand. Hours later, you're running a giant factory of belts, robotic arms and trains that produces everything on its own. The definitive systems-optimisation game.
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