Games like The Farmer Was Replaced
by Timon Herzog
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
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-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Education · Programming · Automation
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
-30%$20.99Desynced
Mar 5 · Stage Games Inc.
Both: Automation · Programming
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
StrategyAutomationProgrammingBase BuildingSandboxCity BuilderRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSimulation👍 1,880
$5.99Idle Colony
Dec 16 · Faith G.
Both: Automation · Idler
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
IncrementalCasualAutomationStrategyIdlerEconomyManagementColony SimRogueliteBuilding👍 553
$4.99Frood Robotics
Jul 31 · Frood Designs
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Automation
Get your robot to the trophy! The catch: you can't control the robot directly, you must program it with a crude and cruelly limited programming language. Avoid pits, press buttons, and remember, if it's a bug but it works, then it is not a bug.
ProgrammingRobotsPuzzleRetroSokobanAutomationPixel GraphicsGrid-Based MovementEducationWord Game
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Automation · Resource Management
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
$4.99Factory Town Idle
Jan 8 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Idler · Minimalist · Resource Management
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
CasualIdlerIncrementalMinimalist2DResource ManagementFantasyCity BuilderAutomationColony Sim👍 1,232
-40%$4.19Fracture Field
Apr 20 · Type Ten
Both: Idler · Automation · Resource Management
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
IncrementalIdlerMiningAutomationResource ManagementCasualRelaxingBuildingSingleplayerManagement👍 1,199
$5.99Space industrial empire
May 24 · 游戏养家工作室
Both: Automation · Idler
This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!
AutomationSpaceIndieManagementIdlerStrategyLootCasualSingleplayerWord Game👍 1,022
$12.99XiuzhenWorld2
Sep 27 · Noforgetit
Both: Idler · Automation
《XiuzhenWorld2》is a 3D world where your goal is to level up from a mere mortal into an immortal at the end. Its a semi-idle game with fun immortal cultivation mechanics such as - leveling up to become stronger. - capturing monsters as pets to fight for you. - AFK(Away From Keybourd).
RPGIdlerLootAutomation3D PlatformerOpen WorldCreature CollectorMythologyMagicCollectathon👍 134
$6.99Auto Rogue
May 23 · 定期的な宝物
Both: Programming · Automation
A roguelike where you automate combat. Combine skills and conditions to find your own optimal solution! No complicated controls at all!! Sit back with a coffee and watch the beautiful battles you've crafted unfold! Utilize a variety of skills, conditions, and relics to craft the ultimate build!
RoguelikeProgrammingIndieAutomationAuto BattlerReplay ValueRogueliteStrategy2DPixel Graphics👍 719
$39.99Satisfactory
Sep 10 · Coffee Stain Studios
Both: Automation · Resource Management
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!
Base BuildingAutomationOpen WorldCraftingMultiplayerCo-opBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExploration👍 235,059
-32%$4.07Tiny Pasture
Feb 17 · CaveLiquid
Both: Idler · Farming Sim
Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!
IdlerCuteFarming SimIncrementalPixel GraphicsCasualCreature CollectorManagementRelaxingDesktop Companion👍 7,060
$5.99Magic Research 2
May 21 · Maticolotto
Both: Idler · Text-Based · Automation
Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.
Auto BattlerIdlerText-BasedAutomationRPGMagicFantasyManagementIncrementalCrafting👍 610
$24.99Lightyear Frontier
Mar 19 · FRAME BREAK
Both: Farming Sim · Resource Management
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Early AccessBase BuildingCraftingOpen World Survival CraftMechsFarming SimOnline Co-OpResource ManagementAgricultureExploration👍 4,258
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Automation · Resource Management
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
$25.99Farm Together 2
May 30 · Milkstone Studios
Both: Farming Sim
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!
Farming SimAgricultureSandboxFamily FriendlyLife SimCuteCharacter CustomizationTime ManagementFishingCasual👍 4,458
-20%$4.79xiuzhen idle
Feb 4 · 游戏养家工作室
Both: Idler
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)
IdlerIndieWord GameCasualRPGEarly AccessSimulationIncrementalStrategyTime Management👍 2,314
-50%$9.99Microtopia
Feb 18 · Cordyceps Collective
Both: Automation · Resource Management
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Colony SimAutomationProcedural GenerationResource ManagementSandboxSci-fiRobotsFuturisticBase BuildingCity Builder👍 881
$19.99Farmer's Life
Oct 20 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Farming Sim · Education
🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life", where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.
SimulationFarming SimAgricultureFirst-PersonFarmingSandboxSingleplayerCasualEducationLife Sim👍 2,373
$7.99PC Tycoon 2
Mar 28 · Insignis Games
Both: Idler
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
EconomyTime ManagementIdlerSandboxArtificial IntelligenceCapitalismManagementStrategyGame DevelopmentPvE👍 320
FreeThe Perfect Tower II
Nov 30 · Fire Sword Studios
Both: Idler · Automation · Resource Management
The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!
Tower DefenseIdlerStrategyAutomationResource ManagementActionMinigamesVoxelBase BuildingIncremental
$29.99Farming Simulator 25
Nov 12 · GIANTS Software
Both: Farming Sim
Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!
SimulationFarming SimMultiplayerRealistic3DEconomyFirst-PersonTime ManagementBuildingManagement👍 39,753
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Automation · Resource Management
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Early AccessAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSandboxCraftingBuildingProcedural GenerationExplorationMultiplayer👍 439
-34%$2.96ScreenSaver Idle
Aug 1 · mana
Both: Idler · Automation · Resource Management
A screensaver-inspired idle incremental game. Unlock skills, explode your income, and feel the thrill of the perfect corner hit.
IdlerIncrementalStrategy2DRelaxingCasualPixel GraphicsAutomationResource ManagementSingleplayer
-42%$8.69River Town Factory
Feb 6 · iFAction Studio
Both: Automation
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
AutomationBase BuildingPixel GraphicsOpen WorldSimulationSandboxTime TravelAlternate History2DIndie👍 1,277
$23.99ShapeHero Factory
Sep 17 · Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Both: Automation · Resource Management
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
AutomationBase BuildingTower DefenseRogueliteResource Management2.5DCuteStrategyBuildingSimulation👍 991
$4.99Samawa Idle
Nov 13 · Samharia Studios
Both: Idler
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
IncrementalIdlerRogueliteAuto BattlerTower DefenseRPGRoguelikeCharacter Customization2DTop-Down👍 600
$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: Resource Management · 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!
TrainsStrategySimulationResource ManagementAutomationCity BuilderModdableBuildingManagementEconomy👍 1,207
-60%$7.99I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
Nov 13 · Mandragora
Both: Farming Sim
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
CasualSingleplayerFarming SimRPGSimulationAgricultureCraftingSandboxBuildingIndie👍 4,017
-20%$3.99Vibe Lab: Idle Dev Sim
3 days ago · Green Growth Digital
Both: Idler · Resource Management
A cozy idle game about vibe-coding with AI. Hire a crew of agents, climb a five-branch upgrade tree, and dress the whole lab from 80 cosmetics across five tiers. Progress lands in minutes, not days — no subscriptions, no daily check-in. Numbers go up, vibes stay immaculate.
IdlerCasualSimulationResource ManagementPixel GraphicsRetroRobotsSingleplayerArcade2D
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Automation · Resource Management
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738




