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Autonauts vs Piratebots

2022

Should you play it?

Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

What works

  • Quality of life improvements over original autonauts
  • Engaging programming and automation gameplay
  • Charming visuals and accessible ui
  • Balanced combat and base defense mechanics
  • Good tutorial and learning curve

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat controls and army management can be clunky
  • Limited replayability after completion
  • Some players feel it should have been dlc, not standalone
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Certain mechanics like wuv resource feel underused

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Goblins of Elderstone

  • Holo vs Robo

  • Kainga: Seeds of Civilization

  • Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1

  • Tactical Breach Wizards

  • Yaoling: Mythical Journey

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Autonauts vs Piratebots but with less leadership over others

  • Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation

  • Rain on Your Parade

  • Kill It With Fire

  • Doloc Town

  • Outpath

  • Just Crow Things

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Autonauts vs Piratebots but with a stronger sense of community

  • Stonehearth

  • Schedule I

  • Don't get lost

  • Omega Crafter

  • Blockland

  • Ancient Warfare 3

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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 vs Piratebots: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Cooperation, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026