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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

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?

What works

  • Extensive car and engine customization
  • Realistic and educational simulation
  • Ability to export cars to beamng.drive
  • Active development and modding community
  • Deep and engaging sandbox gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve
  • Campaign mode is underdeveloped and confusing
  • Performance issues and bugs reported
  • Limited engine types and features currently
  • Ui can be clunky and unintuitive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Virtual Circuit Board

  • Main Assembly

  • Retro Gadgets

  • Dream Car Builder

  • Plasma

  • shapez 2 - Factory

Less social

Games that feels like Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Factory Planner

  • Turing Complete

  • Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator

  • Apex Point

  • Production Line : Car factory simulation

  • Modulus: Factory Automation

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Death Roads: Tournament

  • Drive Beyond Horizons

  • Spaceflight Simulator

  • Grey Hack

  • Final Upgrade

  • Space Architect

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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026