# Games like Automachef

> The closest matches to Automachef: Little Big Workshop, Autonauts, Opus Magnum, Human Resource Machine, and Kaizen: A Factory Story. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Little Big Workshop](https://imho.run/games/574720/little-big-workshop) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 989 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/574720/)
2. [Autonauts](https://imho.run/games/979120/autonauts) — Also Programming and Automation, like Automachef. 2,010 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/979120/)
3. [Opus Magnum](https://imho.run/games/558990/opus-magnum) — A frequent pick in Automachef players' libraries, and another Indie. 3,341 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/558990/)
4. [Human Resource Machine](https://imho.run/games/375820/human-resource-machine) — Also Programming and Automation, like Automachef. 1,452 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/375820/)
5. [Kaizen: A Factory Story](https://imho.run/games/2275490/kaizen-a-factory-story) — A frequent pick in Automachef players' libraries, and another Strategy. 457 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275490/)
6. [Bone's Cafe](https://imho.run/games/1739070/bone-s-cafe) — Also Programming and Cooking, like Automachef. 233 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1739070/)
7. [RAILGRADE](https://imho.run/games/1355090/railgrade) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 710 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1355090/)
8. [Big Pharma](https://imho.run/games/344850/big-pharma) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 944 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/344850/)
9. [Satisfactory](https://imho.run/games/526870/satisfactory) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 132,199 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/)
10. [Restaurant Empire II](https://imho.run/games/32900/restaurant-empire-ii) — Also Cooking, like Automachef. 180 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/32900/)
11. [Factorio](https://imho.run/games/427520/factorio) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 114,794 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/)
12. [SpaceChem](https://imho.run/games/92800/spacechem) — Also Programming and Automation, like Automachef. 1,904 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/92800/)
13. [Alan's Automaton Workshop](https://imho.run/games/1289990/alan-s-automaton-workshop) — A frequent pick in Automachef players' libraries, and another Simulation. 68 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289990/)
14. [shapez](https://imho.run/games/1318690/shapez) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 8,214 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/)
15. [Cooking Simulator](https://imho.run/games/641320/cooking-simulator) — Also Cooking, like Automachef. 8,509 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/641320/)
16. [AutoForge](https://imho.run/games/1960480/autoforge) — A frequent pick in Automachef players' libraries, and another Action. 286 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960480/)
17. [MoteMancer](https://imho.run/games/3320980/motemancer) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 178 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3320980/)
18. [SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist](https://imho.run/games/2990510/skybrew-entropic-strategist) — Also Cooking, like Automachef. 63 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990510/)
19. [Recipe for Disaster](https://imho.run/games/1492360/recipe-for-disaster) — Also Cooking and Automation, like Automachef. 276 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492360/)
20. [Neon Noodles](https://imho.run/games/990900/neon-noodles) — Also Programming and Cooking, like Automachef. 62 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/990900/)
21. [Not Monday Cafe](https://imho.run/games/3167540/not-monday-cafe) — Also Cooking and Automation, like Automachef. 183 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3167540/)
22. [Modulus: Factory Automation](https://imho.run/games/2779120/modulus-factory-automation) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 346 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2779120/)
23. [Blueprint Tycoon](https://imho.run/games/454060/blueprint-tycoon) — Also Automation, like Automachef. 689 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/454060/)
24. [Linkito](https://imho.run/games/2312770/linkito) — Also Programming and Automation, like Automachef. 74 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2312770/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=984800&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=984800&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=984800&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=984800
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/984800
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Automachef

Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 984800
- **Developer:** Rhombico Games
- **Publisher:** Team17 Digital Ltd
- **Genres:** Indie, Simulation
- **Categories:** Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jul 23, 2019
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 71
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/984800/automachef)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=984800&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/984800/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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