Games like Plan B: Terraform

Sci-fi city builder simulation. Terraform a planet, manage resources, and build cities.

91% positive from 3,535 · 2025 · 6% finish it · Steam Deck Playable · $15.99 $11.99 -25% · Lowest ever $7.99 (2023-11-01)

Early AccessAutomation Resource ManagementTransportationSimulationSandbox

Six games like Plan B: Terraform

InfraSpace

80% positive from 1,925 reviews20231% finish itDeck Playable

City-builder with complex production chains and traffic management. Players build infrastructure to support growing populations and resource transport.

What players likedPlayers praise InfraSpace as an addicting city-builder like Factorio or City Skylines, where managing traffic and supply chains is key.

The catchThe delivery AI sends trucks across the map past nearby depots, ruining any planning.

Both are tagged Transportation, Automation and Resource Management.

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FOUNDRY

81% positive from 3,850 reviews20244% finish itDeck Playable

First-person voxel factory builder with creative freedom. Automate production, trade goods, and achieve galactic domination.

What players likedPlayers describe FOUNDRY as a 3D Factorio or Satisfactory with unique space station management and engaging optimization.

The catchControls and the belt system feel clunky and unintuitive

Both are tagged Automation, Resource Management and Sandbox.

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Factory Town

91% positive from 4,451 reviews20212% finish itDeck Verified

Factory Town is a peaceful city-builder focused on automating complex production chains with mechanical transport. Players build and optimize logistics systems to supply their growing civilization.

What players likedPlayers praise its relaxing, simple, and cute factory-building gameplay, with a unique mix of belts and NPCs, making it a peak in its genre.

The catchThe UI is clunky and poorly explained, which makes building feel like a chore.

Both are tagged Automation, Resource Management and Sandbox.

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Beltmatic

94% positive from 2,137 reviews20248% finish itDeck Playable

Beltmatic is a factory-building puzzle game where players extract numbers, perform operations with buildings, and deliver them via belts to progress. It features a strategic feel of optimizing complex production lines.

What players likedPlayers say it's like "Builderment" and "Shapez," praised for its fun factory gameplay and crafting objectives.

The catchDepth runs out fast and it becomes copy pasting the same setups for bigger numbers.

Both are tagged Automation, Resource Management and Sandbox.

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Astro Colony

81% positive from 2,641 reviews20262% finish itDeck Playable

Automation and exploration game with destructible voxel planets and galaxy network building. Features base construction, resource management, and co-op multiplayer.

What players likedPlayers praise Astro Colony as a unique automation game, like Factorio or Satisfactory, for its freedom, depth, and dedicated solo developer.

The catchSingle player is fine but co-op is riddled with desync, crashes and missing objects.

Both are tagged Automation, Resource Management and Early Access.

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RAILGRADE

85% positive from 1,223 reviews20233% finish itDeck Verified

A city-builder/simulation game where players build railway networks to manage resource production and supply chains. The core loop involves strategic track placement and train management to optimize industrial output.

What players likedPlayers praise RAILGRADE as an addictive, challenging puzzle game with interesting train configuration, large maps, vertical track building, and a great soundtrack.

The catchIt is a light timed puzzle game, not the train automation sim the store suggests.

Both are tagged Automation, Resource Management and Strategy.

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More about Plan B: Terraform

What players liked

Players praise its satisfying terraforming and environmental engineering, offering a simpler, less polished logistics experience than Factorio.

The catch

Clumsy transport tools force constant rebuilding of supply chains as the map changes.

Reviews: 91% positive from 3,535
Released: 2025
Finish it: 6% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: $15.99 $11.99 -25% · Lowest ever $7.99 (2023-11-01)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 91% positive, but with 3,535 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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