Best Automation Games Under $5
The 25 highest-rated automation games you can get for under $5, ranked by Steam reviews, with the cheapest key across 21 stores.
- #197% of 6,585 Steam reviews
2024Rusty's Retirement
$6.99 -69%$2.14driffle & 17 storesIdlerFarming SimAutomationSteam97%Achieve71DeckgoldView All Prices$6.99 -69%$2.14driffle & 17 stores - #296% of 8,406 Steam reviews
2020Shapez
$9.99 -97%Historic Low $0.25kinguin & 24 storesAutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSteam96%Achieve45DeckgoldView All Prices$9.99 -97%Historic Low $0.25kinguin & 24 stores - #396% of 1,152 Steam reviews
2018Exapunks
$19.99 -96%Historic Low $0.64kinguin & 13 storesProgrammingPuzzleHackingSteam96%Achieve16DeckgoldView All Prices$19.99 -96%Historic Low $0.64kinguin & 13 stores - #495% of 2,250 Steam reviews
2016Shenzhen I/O
$14.99 -70%$4.46driffle & 9 storesProgrammingAutomationPuzzleSteam95%Achieve6DeckplatinumView All Prices$14.99 -70%$4.46driffle & 9 stores - #594% of 6,932 Steam reviews
2015SimplePlanes
$12.99 -86%$1.73kinguin & 15 storesFlightSandboxPhysicsSteam94%Achieve72DeckgoldView All Prices$12.99 -86%$1.73kinguin & 15 stores - #694% of 1,066 Steam reviews
2022Last Call BBS
$19.99 -98%Historic Low $0.39kinguin & 14 storesPuzzleRetroAutomationSteam94%Achieve9DeckplatinumView All Prices$19.99 -98%Historic Low $0.39kinguin & 14 stores - #793% of 1,641 Steam reviews
2023Outpath
$14.99 -91%Historic Low $1.22driffle & 22 storesAutomationBase BuildingCraftingSteam93%Achieve88DeckplatinumView All Prices$14.99 -91%Historic Low $1.22driffle & 22 stores - #894% of 891 Steam reviews
2026All Hail the Orb
$6.99 -61%$2.72eneba & 6 storesExplorationIncrementalSimulationSteam94%Achieve46View All Prices$6.99 -61%$2.72eneba & 6 stores - #994% of 566 Steam reviews
- #1091% of 2,418 Steam reviews
2019Factory Town
$19.99 -81%$3.77difmark & 14 storesAutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSteam91%Achieve32DeckgoldView All Prices$19.99 -81%$3.77difmark & 14 stores - #1194% of 398 Steam reviews
2026Rogue Voltage
$15.99 -75%$3.94kinguin & 4 storesDeckbuildingAutomationCard BattlerSteam94%Achieve78DeckpendingView All Prices$15.99 -75%$3.94kinguin & 4 stores - #1290% of 2,028 Steam reviews
2019Autonauts
$19.99 -91%$1.67g2a & 17 storesAutomationProgrammingSimulationSteam90%Achieve26DeckplatinumView All Prices$19.99 -91%$1.67g2a & 17 stores - #1392% of 646 Steam reviews
- #1492% of 499 Steam reviews
- #1590% of 1,129 Steam reviews
2023Nova Lands
$19.99 -98%$0.31GameSeal & 27 storesAutomationBase BuildingSandboxSteam90%Achieve24DeckplatinumView All Prices$19.99 -98%$0.31GameSeal & 27 stores - #1695% of 95 Steam reviews
- #1796% of 70 Steam reviews
- #1888% of 531 Steam reviews
2025Microtopia
$19.99 -89%Historic Low $2.04driffle & 23 storesColony SimAutomationProcedural GenerationSteam88%Achieve16DeckgoldView All Prices$19.99 -89%Historic Low $2.04driffle & 23 stores - #1989% of 199 Steam reviews
- #2089% of 191 Steam reviews
- #2189% of 152 Steam reviews
- #2286% of 686 Steam reviews
2018The Colonists
$24.99 -94%$1.35kinguin & 17 storesCity BuilderColony SimAutomationSteam86%Achieve27DeckgoldView All Prices$24.99 -94%$1.35kinguin & 17 stores - #2386% of 366 Steam reviews
2021The Signal State
$19.99 -90%Historic Low $1.90driffle & 18 storesPuzzleLogicSimulationSteam86%Achieve15DeckplatinumView All Prices$19.99 -90%Historic Low $1.90driffle & 18 stores - #2483% of 1,042 Steam reviews
2021Infraspace
$24.99 -97%$0.56kinguin & 20 storesCity BuilderAutomationTransportationSteam83%Achieve32DeckgoldView All Prices$24.99 -97%$0.56kinguin & 20 stores - #2582% of 2,158 Steam reviews
2017Production Line
$24.99 -97%Historic Low $0.74difmark & 6 storesManagementSimulationStrategySteam82%Achieve32DeckgoldView All Prices$24.99 -97%Historic Low $0.74difmark & 6 stores
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