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The best automation indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 38 automation indie games on Steam, holding 1,599,531 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 409,299 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Palworld · 409,299 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  2. Schedule I · 287,984 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. Satisfactory · 234,628 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  4. Factorio · 234,322 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  5. ASTRONEER · 139,217 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  6. Dyson Sphere Program · 83,444 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Hydroneer · 27,101 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  8. Necesse · 24,347 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  9. Craftopia · 20,243 reviews · 76% positive · 2020
  10. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 16,775 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  11. Melvor Idle · 16,188 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. shapez · 14,187 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  13. shapez 2 - Factory · 13,715 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  14. Captain of Industry · 11,538 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  15. The Farmer Was Replaced · 9,238 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  16. Software Inc. · 7,565 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  17. Opus Magnum · 7,199 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  18. Factory Town · 4,141 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  19. SHENZHEN I/O · 3,730 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  20. Plan B: Terraform · 3,514 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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