Games like Factorio

The closest matches to Factorio: Satisfactory, Dyson Sphere Program, Mindustry, shapez, and RimWorld. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Factorio is your kind of game, the closest matches are Satisfactory, Dyson Sphere Program and Mindustry — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, hypnotic and intense, and single out its automation chains and belt optimization. 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.

Factorio is a strategy and simulation game developed by Wube Software LTD. that tasks players with constructing automated factories within an infinite 2D world. The core systems revolve around building automation chains, optimizing belt layouts, designing circuit and logistics networks, and establishing rail-transport infrastructure, with modular clustering allowing for scalable factory layouts. Players describe the experience as contemplative, hypnotic, and intense, with reviewers highlighting how engineering creativity is rewarded and noting that no single optimal solution exists, encouraging players toward endless skill growth. The game's central drive—factory must grow—pushes players toward increasingly complex infrastructure. A robust modding community extends the game's longevity considerably. The game holds a 98% positive rating from over 114,000 Steam reviews and a Metacritic score of 90, and it is verified for Steam Deck. It is priced at $35.00.

About Factorio: 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.