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The best automation indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 29 automation indie games on Steam, holding 1,469,411 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 356,085 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Palworld · 356,085 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  2. Schedule I · 276,252 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. Satisfactory · 229,323 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  4. Factorio · 191,955 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  5. ASTRONEER · 117,913 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  6. Dyson Sphere Program · 82,756 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Hydroneer · 27,976 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  8. Necesse · 27,331 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  9. Mindustry · 26,869 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  10. Craftopia · 20,061 reviews · 77% positive · 2020
  11. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 17,398 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  12. Melvor Idle · 15,859 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  13. shapez · 15,505 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  14. shapez 2 - Factory · 14,499 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  15. Captain of Industry · 11,014 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  16. The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,613 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  17. Opus Magnum · 6,950 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  18. Clanfolk · 3,885 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  19. The Crust · 3,582 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
  20. Juno: New Origins · 3,451 reviews · 89% positive · 2023

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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