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The best automation indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 25 automation indie games on Steam, holding 1,439,041 reviews at an average of 91% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Palworld with 355,335 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Palworld · 355,335 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  2. Schedule I · 275,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. Satisfactory · 228,423 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  4. Factorio · 191,633 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  5. ASTRONEER · 117,846 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  6. Dyson Sphere Program · 82,685 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Hydroneer · 26,565 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  8. Mindustry · 23,402 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  9. Necesse · 23,154 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  10. Craftopia · 18,201 reviews · 77% positive · 2020
  11. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 17,356 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  12. Melvor Idle · 15,830 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  13. shapez 2 - Factory · 14,418 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  14. Captain of Industry · 10,949 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  15. The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,532 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  16. Opus Magnum · 6,931 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  17. Clanfolk · 3,870 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  18. The Crust · 3,564 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
  19. Juno: New Origins · 3,447 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  20. Outpath · 3,011 reviews · 93% positive · 2023

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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