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The best automation indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 38 automation indie games on Steam, holding 1,554,039 reviews at an average of 90% 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 416,579 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Palworld · 416,579 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  2. Schedule I · 292,987 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. Satisfactory · 236,679 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  4. Factorio · 196,758 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  5. ASTRONEER · 119,232 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  6. Dyson Sphere Program · 83,815 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Hydroneer · 27,291 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  8. Necesse · 24,677 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  9. Craftopia · 18,411 reviews · 76% positive · 2020
  10. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 16,996 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  11. Melvor Idle · 14,747 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. shapez · 14,357 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  13. shapez 2 - Factory · 14,051 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  14. Captain of Industry · 11,171 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  15. The Farmer Was Replaced · 9,495 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  16. Software Inc. · 7,620 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  17. Opus Magnum · 6,074 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  18. Factory Town · 4,161 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  19. SHENZHEN I/O · 3,759 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  20. Plan B: Terraform · 3,635 reviews · 91% positive · 2025

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 estimates, not official sales data.

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