Autonauts similar games & best alternatives

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Autonauts

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

What works

  • Deep and satisfying automation gameplay
  • Accessible programming mechanics
  • Long playtime and replayability
  • Relaxing and chill experience
  • Active developer support and community

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for programming
  • Tedious bot programming and maintenance
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Some ui and quality of life issues
  • Cutesy aesthetic may not appeal to all

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Let Them Trade

  • Blacksmith Master

  • Kubifaktorium

  • Two Point Campus

  • Coffee Shop Tycoon

  • Outpath

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Autonauts but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Settlement Survival

  • FortressCraft Evolved!

  • Sapiens

  • Goblins of Elderstone

  • Autonauts vs Piratebots

  • Don't get lost

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Autonauts but with less leadership over others

  • Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation

  • Factory Town

  • Forage Wizard

  • Block Factory

  • Outpath: First Journey

  • No Place Like Home

More fantastical

Games that feels like Autonauts but with more imaginative fiction

  • Rain on Your Parade

  • Tavern Keeper 🍻

  • Kaiju Cracking Corporation

  • Ooblets

  • Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

  • Alchemy Factory

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Autonauts: 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 Leadership, Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 03/08/2026