Games like Modulus: Factory Automation
If Modulus: Factory Automation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cog Foo, Biofactory and Factory Town 2: Paradise — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and contemplative. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Modulus: Factory Automation: Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
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Steam players who put hours into Modulus: Factory Automation 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.
Cog Foo
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Top pick for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?
Biofactory
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.
Factory Town 2: Paradise
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
A combination Town Builder + Factory Sim where you build a tropical island village, produce tons of goods, automate everything, and feed a giant sentient volcano in exchange for super powers!
Substructure
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.
Block Factory
WHY THIS
Shares factory building, optimization, puzzle and a chill mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Ranked #5 for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
shapez 2 - Factory
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Ranked #6 for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Ranked #7 for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
Factory Town
WHY THIS
Shares automation, resource management and a relaxing mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Ranked #8 for Modulus: Factory Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
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shapez
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
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!
shapez 2 - Factory
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Infinifactory
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Dyson Sphere Program
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Captain of Industry
WHY THIS
Shares production chains and a cozy mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Reviewers of Modulus: Factory Automation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Modulus: Factory Automation at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
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.
People Playground
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Priced ~60% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
PowerWash Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Modulus: Factory Automation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
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.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Happy Volcano, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Almost Gone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Modulus: Factory Automation.
Another title from Happy Volcano, the studio behind Modulus: Factory Automation.
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Happy Volcano, the studio behind Modulus: Factory Automation.
You Suck at Parking® is the only racing game where your goal is to stop and parking your ride is more important than your driving skills. It’s a hot race against the clock as you drift, cruise, and go airborne over 250 frustratingly fun, wild levels.
Midnight Moments
WHY THIS
Another title from Happy Volcano, the studio behind Modulus: Factory Automation.
A small, cyberpunk diorama-building game where you create cozy rain-soaked backstreets, glowing apartment blocks, or quiet neighbourhood corners. Decorate your designs with props and place citizens, crafting stories that bring your city to life. At your own pace. No goals. Just vibes.
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Frequently asked about Modulus: Factory Automation
- Does Modulus: Factory Automation run on Steam Deck?
- Modulus: Factory Automation is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Modulus: Factory Automation cost?
- Modulus: Factory Automation is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Modulus: Factory Automation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Modulus: Factory Automation are Cog Foo, Biofactory, Factory Town 2: Paradise.
- Who developed Modulus: Factory Automation?
- Modulus: Factory Automation was developed by Happy Volcano and published by Kwalee.
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