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Automation
138 games in our corpus·Review scores in line with what games in our database typically receive.
Total Estimated Market
>$1.33BMelvor Idle
000K copies
$000K
276.39h avg
44.63h med
★ 90%· 14.4K reviews
9.75 €Space industrial empire
000K copies
$000K
228.41h avg
29.59h med
★ 86%· 1K reviews
5.89 €Factorio
000K copies
$000K
189.80h avg
37.83h med
★ 97%· 193.3K reviews
32.00 €Stormworks: Build and Rescue
000K copies
$000K
150.88h avg
23.23h med
★ 90%· 53.9K reviews
24.50 €Loot of Baal
000K copies
$000K
122.67h avg
30.00h med
★ 62%· 1.3K reviews
8.79 €Satisfactory
000K copies
$000K
100.26h avg
45.20h med
★ 97%· 231.6K reviews
38.99 €Related Niches
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Top 10 Automation games by Average Playtime
| # | Game | Release Year↕ | Developer↕ | Publisher↕ | Revenue | Units Sold | Average Playtime↓ | Median Playtime↕ | Review Score↕ | Price↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Games by Malcs | Jagex Ltd | Unlock → | Unlock → | 276.4h | 44.6h | 90% | $9.75 | |
| 2 | 2024 | 游戏养家工作室 | 游戏养家工作室 | Unlock → | Unlock → | 228.4h | 29.6h | 86% | $5.89 | |
| 3 | 2020 | Wube Software LTD. | Wube Software LTD. | Unlock → | Unlock → | 189.8h | 37.8h | 97% | $32.00 | |
| 4 | 2020 | Geometa | Geometa | Unlock → | Unlock → | 150.9h | 23.2h | 90% | $24.50 | |
| 5 | 2025 | Gleamer Studio | Gleamer Studio | Unlock → | Unlock → | 122.7h | 30.0h | 62% | $8.79 | |
| 6 | 2024 | Coffee Stain Studios | Coffee Stain Publishing | Unlock → | Unlock → | 100.3h | 45.2h | 97% | $38.99 | |
| 7 | 2025 | foolsroom | foolsroom | Unlock → | Unlock → | 98.2h | 50.6h | 97% | $2.99 | |
| 8 | 2022 | MaFi Games | MaFi Games | Unlock → | Unlock → | 98.0h | 15.6h | 94% | $33.99 | |
| 9 | 2021 | Youthcat Studio | Gamirror Games | Unlock → | Unlock → | 82.1h | 16.3h | 97% | $16.79 | |
| 10 | 2017 | RocketWerkz | RocketWerkz | Unlock → | Unlock → | 80.7h | 17.3h | 87% | $33.99 |
Steam-wide market context
Based on 1,498 Automation games across the full Steam catalog · snapshot Jul 12, 2026 — official Steam data, beyond our tracked corpus.
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