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Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft

2024

Should you play it?

You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.

What works

  • Engaging programming and automation mechanics
  • Accessible visual scripting system
  • Relaxing and creative gameplay
  • Good learning tool for programming concepts
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access bugs and ui issues
  • Limited content and map size
  • Tedious micromanagement of resources like fire and batteries
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some players find progression and goals unclear

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Farlanders

  • Synergy

  • Terracards

  • MewnBase

  • Nova Lands

  • AutoForge

More violent

Games that feels like Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft but with more combat and destruction

  • Infectonator 3: Apocalypse

  • Buggos

  • Creeper World: Anniversary Edition

  • Super Fantasy Kingdom

  • Rogue AI Simulator

  • Crashlands

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft but with less narrative immersion

  • DigDigDrill

  • The Perfect Tower II

  • Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth

  • Another Farm Roguelike

  • Blueprint Tycoon

  • Coal LLC

More idle-friendly

Games that feels like Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft but with a stronger idle, pick-up-and-play feel

  • Rusty's Retirement

  • Mini Settlers

  • Widget Inc.

  • Forager

  • Green Project

  • NGU INDUSTRIES

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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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).

Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

Last update: 03/08/2026