Tag: Automation

Wild West Supermarket Simulator transforms the quiet life of running a frontier general store into an engaging management adventure. Although it doesn't reinvent the simulation genre, its satisfying progression, charming setting and relaxing gameplay loop make it surprisingly difficult to put down.

Mini Airways transforms one of the world's most stressful professions into a beautifully addictive strategy game. Beneath its clean minimalist presentation lies a relentless test of organisation, quick thinking, and nerves of steel that is incredibly difficult to put down.

The Artifactory transforms factory management into a joyful exercise in creativity and cooperation. Beneath its colourful presentation lies a surprisingly clever puzzle game that rewards communication, experimentation, and just enough organised chaos to keep every production line entertaining.

Bellwright begins as a humble survival game about gathering sticks and building shelter, but over dozens of hours it transforms into something far more ambitious. Part kingdom builder, part army commander and part medieval role-playing adventure, it is a sprawling sandbox that rewards patience with some of the most satisfying progression currently available in the genre.

Solarpunk offers a refreshing alternative to survival gaming's obsession with danger and destruction. Trading monsters and misery for floating islands, renewable energy, and creative freedom, it delivers a peaceful sandbox that feels like a deep breath in a genre often built on stress.

There is something inherently fascinating about watching a machine work perfectly. A conveyor belt feeds a smelter. The smelter supplies a factory. The factory...

Mashina feels like somebody built an entire video game out of cardboard, clay, tape, and pure affection. Beneath its cosy digging loop lies one of the warmest and most genuinely human indie adventures of the year.

Eden Crafters transforms survival crafting into something unexpectedly hopeful, blending automation and terraforming into a deeply satisfying journey about rebuilding dead worlds one patch of grass at a time.

Hydroneer transforms the simple childhood joy of digging in the dirt into a sprawling, muddy obsession filled with clanking machinery, collapsing pipe systems, and moments of accidental engineering brilliance. Beneath its rough edges lies one of the most satisfying sandbox experiences to arrive on consoles in years.

A calm, creative take on factory automation, Modulus: Factory Automation transforms logistical problem-solving into expressive system design, encouraging players to build intricate modular factories and monumental structures at their own pace without pressure, timers, or combat.