Games like Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
by Camshaft Software Ltd
Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
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$19.99Car Manufacture
Aug 1 · STEREO GAMES S.A.
Both: Automobile Sim · Building · Management
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Early AccessAutomationAutomobile SimBuildingEconomyRetroTime ManagementManagementSandboxStrategy👍 1,395
-30%$34.99Cities: Skylines II
Oct 24 · Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order
Both: Building · Sandbox · Management
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
City BuilderSimulationBuildingSandboxManagementSingleplayerEconomyStrategyRealisticModdable👍 64,269
$29.99shapez 2 - Factory
Apr 23 · tobspr Games
Both: Management · Building · Sandbox
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
AutomationManagementBuildingStrategyFuturisticSimulationPuzzleSandboxCraftingBase Building👍 13,868
$14.99My Summer Car
Jan 8 · Amistech Games
Both: Automobile Sim · Realistic · Building
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Automobile SimSimulationOpen WorldDrivingSurvivalRealisticFirst-PersonBuildingSingleplayerRacing👍 108,561
$9.99Auto Sale Life
Mar 12 · OTTO Games
Both: Automobile Sim · Realistic
Build an automotive empire. Buy, sell, and customize cars to create your own brands and showrooms. Become a shrewd entrepreneur in this immersive car trading and customization game.
SimulationAutomobile SimLife Sim3DImmersive SimRealisticColorfulDrivingCinematicIndie👍 652
-50%$9.99Truck & Logistics Simulator
Nov 30 · Simula Games
Both: Automobile Sim · Realistic · Management
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
SimulationAutomobile SimMultiplayerOpen WorldRealisticCasualDrivingManagementEconomySingleplayer👍 2,156
$15.99Mon Bazou
Dec 18 · Santa Goat
Both: Automobile Sim · Sandbox · Building
Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?
Automobile SimDrivingSandboxLife SimRacingChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationBuildingOpen WorldFirst-Person👍 19,936
-33%$20.09City Bus Manager
Jun 25 · PeDePe GbR
Both: Management · Automobile Sim · Sandbox
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
SimulationManagementSingleplayerEconomyAutomobile SimCapitalismCasualLogicStrategySandbox👍 2,407
$14.99Sandustry
Aug 13 · Lantto Games
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Building
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
SandboxCraftingAutomationOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSimulation👍 4,847
$39.99Project Motor Racing
Nov 25 · Straight4 Studios
Both: Automobile Sim · Moddable · Realistic
All the passion, beauty & intensity of pro motorsport merging the most iconic cars & circuits with a new benchmark in handling performance.
RacingSimulationAutomobile SimSportsImmersive SimModdableDrivingRealisticPhysicsFirst-Person👍 1,186
$19.99Potion Tycoon
Oct 4 · Snowhound Games
Both: Management · Building · Sandbox
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
ManagementSimulationBuildingSandboxShop KeeperStrategyMagicEconomyAutomationResource Management👍 629
-75%$11.24F1® Manager 2024
Jul 23 · Frontier Developments
Both: Management · Automobile Sim · Realistic
Lead your team to glory in F1® Manager 2024. A new Formula 1® season has arrived, and with it, the most comprehensive F1® management experience to date. Build a legacy with one of 10 official F1® constructors or create your own team for the very first time.
StrategyRacingSimulationManagementAutomobile SimImmersive SimTime ManagementRealistic3DDriving👍 5,559
$29.99Railroads Online
Dec 5 · Stefan Kelnberger
Both: Building · Automobile Sim · Sandbox
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
TrainsMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldBuildingAutomobile SimPhysicsSandboxDrivingImmersive Sim👍 5,409
$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: Moddable · Building · Management
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
$16.99Car For Sale Simulator
Nov 1 · Red Axe Games
Both: Automobile Sim
Buy used cars and motorcycles, negotiate with sellers, and discover each vehicle’s true value. Drive, repair, repaint, and customize your vehicles before selling them for a profit. Start with a small office, grow your dealership, and become the city’s most successful vehicle dealer!
DrivingTradingMultiplayerImmersive SimSimulationAutomobile SimFPSLife SimOpen WorldFirst-Person👍 20,241
$17.99Motel Manager Simulator
Aug 26 · Denzone Games
Both: Management · Sandbox · Realistic
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
SimulationManagementEconomyImmersive SimLife SimTradingDesign & IllustrationSandboxAtmosphericRealistic👍 1,476
$24.99Industry Giant 4.0
Oct 17 · Don VS Dodo
Both: Management · Building · Realistic
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
ManagementStrategySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementEconomyAutomationModernBuildingRealistic👍 506
$29.99FOUNDRY
May 2 · Channel 3 Entertainment
Both: Crafting · Building · Sandbox
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Base BuildingAutomationOpen WorldMultiplayerCraftingCo-opBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExploration👍 3,277
$39.99The Bus
Mar 26 · TML-Studios
Both: Automobile Sim · Realistic · Moddable
Transport passengers in the city bus simulation The Bus along 1:1 scale routes in Berlin, passing landmarks like the Victory Column, Brandenburg Gate, and Alexanderplatz. In the Scania Citywide LF and other licensed buses, sell tickets, handle traffic, and get everyone to their destination safely.
SimulationDrivingAutomobile SimMultiplayerRealisticRelaxingFirst-PersonModdableSingleplayerEarly Access👍 7,833
$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Both: Sandbox · Building · Realistic
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Sandbox
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
-30%$13.99Car Dealer Simulator
May 29 · Garage Monkeys
Both: Automobile Sim
Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?
SimulationDrivingAutomobile SimTradingLife SimImmersive SimSingleplayerOpen WorldCasualFirst-Person👍 9,857
-20%$22.39Go-Go Town!
Jul 16 · Prideful Sloth
Both: Building · Management · Sandbox
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
SimulationCity BuilderDecoratingLife SimBuildingManagementSandboxFunnyFishingIndie👍 2,476
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Building
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
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$29.99Train Sim World® 4
Sep 26 · Dovetail Games
Both: Automobile Sim · Realistic
Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.
TrainsSimulationTransportationAutomobile SimImmersive SimRealisticDrivingAtmosphericAdventureFamily Friendly👍 3,324
$28.99Scrap Mechanic
Jul 24 · Axolot Games
Both: Building · Sandbox · Crafting
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
BuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldPhysicsCraftingBase BuildingCo-opAdventure👍 109,480
$14.99Junkyard Builder
Apr 8 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Management · Sandbox
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
SimulationManagementFirst-PersonCasualLife SimFamily FriendlyImmersive SimRelaxingSandboxEconomy👍 223
$39.99RoadCraft
May 20 · Saber Interactive
Both: Building · Automobile Sim
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
SimulationBuildingDrivingPhysicsOnline Co-OpAdventureAutomobile SimMultiplayerAutomationNature👍 13,536
$19.99Archean
May 16 · batcholi, FloDKSM
Both: Sandbox · Building · Crafting
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
Early AccessSandboxBuildingProgrammingImmersive SimOpen WorldCraftingScienceSpaceSpace Sim👍 240
-50%$9.99The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Jan 31 · MAXIS
Both: Sandbox · Building · Management
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
SandboxBuildingManagementLife SimCasualSimulationCharacter CustomizationAtmosphericSingleplayerImmersive Sim👍 2,329
$11.99Laundry Store Simulator
Dec 9 · Akhir Pekan Studio
Both: Management · Realistic · Sandbox
In Laundry Store Simulator, you'll start small and work your way up, upgrading your equipment, designing a stylish store, and expanding your services! Are you ready to own the best Laundry Store in the world?
SimulationManagementTime ManagementRealisticFirst-PersonComedyEconomy3DSandboxFunny👍 1,806
$39.99Satisfactory
Sep 10 · Coffee Stain Studios
Both: Crafting · Building · Sandbox
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
$24.99Drive Beyond Horizons
Mar 24 · Drive Beyond Horizons
Both: Automobile Sim · Realistic
Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.
Early AccessDrivingExplorationSurvivalAutomobile SimOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerCo-opRealistic👍 17,915
$24.99InfraSpace
Sep 22 · Dionic Software
Both: Sandbox · Building · Management
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
City BuilderAutomationTransportationSpaceResource ManagementSandboxBuildingEconomyManagementSci-fi👍 1,638

