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Games like Autonauts

2019PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable89 % positive19.99 €

You colonise an alien planet by teaching little robots, through simple visual scripting, to gather resources and run whole production chains. The relaxed tinkering and optimising slowly grows into a sprawling robot empire.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Economy and management
  • Cosy, great for unwinding

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In short: Games like Autonauts

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Autonauts special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Learning Factory

96 %Match

2025PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified84 % positive−35 % 14.79 € 9.61 €

Brings what grabs you about Autonauts: a sandbox with your own goals, building and crafting as well as economy and management.

A relaxed factory-building sandbox where you process resources across a multi-layered map, sell goods to cats, and use their data for machine learning to found Catopia on Mars.

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Dyson Sphere Program

Sandbox with your own goals

A space factory-automation game where you build production chains across multiple planets and ultimately wrap a star in a Dyson sphere. The appeal lies in optimizing sprawling logistics networks on a galactic scale.

Factory Town

Sandbox with your own goals

A relaxed factory-building game where you automate and optimize a village on procedurally generated 3D terrain using conveyors, railways and marble-run chutes to keep your residents supplied with goods.

Nova Lands

Cosy, great for unwinding

A relaxed factory-building and island-management game on an alien planet where you explore, automate production chains, and handle light combat along the way.

Parkitect

Sandbox with your own goals

A charming theme park management game in the spirit of the classics, where you design coasters, shops and staff logistics while keeping guests happy. Relaxed building meets economic tinkering.

The Colonists

Cosy, great for unwinding

A relaxed colony-building and logistics sim where you guide robot settlers as they build a settlement on a distant planet. You plan resources, production chains and buildings at a calm pace.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Sandbox with your own goals

The classic theme park management sim where you design your own roller coasters piece by piece and steer your park to profitability across varied scenarios. Charming isometric visuals and a hugely flexible coaster editor make it an endlessly creative sandbox.

Railgrade

Cosy, great for unwinding

A relaxed construction and logistics game where you plan railway networks on distant colony worlds, connect industries and optimize production chains to jump-start a struggling economy.

MineMogul

Sandbox with your own goals

A physics-based automation sandbox where you dig up resources underground and build your own factory with machines and conveyors. The chaotic physics make for relaxed yet tricky optimization fun.

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