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Games like AutoForge

If AutoForge is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outpath, Nova Lands and FOUNDRY — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About AutoForge: A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.

2024ActionSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Siege Games
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Alien planet exploration feels freshAutomation chains require strategic thinkingExploration matters as much as automationChallengingContemplativeRelaxing

Players who liked AutoForge also play

Steam players who put hours into AutoForge also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Outpath

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with AutoForge.

    Top pick for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2023StrategyAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Nova Lands

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with AutoForge.

    Second-strongest match for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. FOUNDRY

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory automation and a challenging mood with AutoForge.

    Third-strongest match for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with AutoForge.

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation20.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory automation and a contemplative mood with AutoForge.

    Ranked #4 for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Planet Crafter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    2024Adventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Techtonica

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AutoForge.

    Ranked #6 for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Space Trash Scavenger

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with AutoForge.

    Ranked #7 for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with AutoForge.

    Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eco

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AutoForge.

    Ranked #8 for AutoForge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with AutoForge.

    Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

    2018IndieSimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to AutoForge

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AutoForge.

    Reviewers of AutoForge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Starbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with AutoForge.

    Reviewers of AutoForge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Oxygen Not Included

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with AutoForge.

    Reviewers of AutoForge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    2019IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory automation and a contemplative mood with AutoForge.

    Reviewers of AutoForge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Factorio

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with AutoForge.

    Reviewers of AutoForge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below AutoForge at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AutoForge.

    Priced ~50% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with AutoForge.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with AutoForge.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under AutoForge on Steam right now. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with AutoForge.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Nova Lands

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with AutoForge.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory automation and a contemplative mood with AutoForge.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with AutoForge.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Planet Crafter

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    2024Adventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about AutoForge

Is AutoForge verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — AutoForge is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does AutoForge cost?
AutoForge is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to AutoForge?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside AutoForge are Outpath, Nova Lands, FOUNDRY.
Who developed AutoForge?
AutoForge was developed by Siege Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on AutoForge.

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