GamingOnLinux Article RSS For: Automation

Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:40:36 +0000

One to stick into your list to keep an eye on is Nightwater, an open world exploration game that mixes in crafting and automation in a strange world.

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Factorio mod developer and Hooded Horse reveal new automation game Substructure

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:42:16 +0000

This is going to be horrible for my free time. Substructure sounds like a real interesting entry into the factory building automation genre.

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Check out the demo for Chipmatic an upcoming mining and automation game

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:42:35 +0000

A mining incremental inspired by Motherload, Dome Keeper and Super Mining Mechs with some added automation - Chipmatic looks like one to keep an eye on.

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Space Drilling Station looks fun for building and automation fans - with a new Steam Deck compatible demo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:05:29 +0000

Space Drilling Station has you manage and automate a drilling station on a distant planet. The developer detailed their Steam Deck work with a new demo.

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Kaizen: A Factory Story is a great return from the Zachtronics team

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:03:21 +0000

Reformed under the new studio Coincidence, the team from Zachtronics have now released Kaizen: A Factory Story with Linux / SteamOS support.

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SuperWEIRD is a co-op mixture of automation, tower defense and adventuring

Liam Dawe — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:18:59 +0000

SuperWEIRD is the next planned game from developers Luden.io, merging together a few different genres into something thoroughly odd.

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MR FARMBOY is like Stardew Valley but with automation and optimization

Liam Dawe — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:40:52 +0000

Coming to Early Access later in July, MR FARMBOY blends elements of Stardew Valley with automation and optimisation.

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Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics

Liam Dawe — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:48:17 +0000

Fans of automation puzzle games and titles from Zachtronics might like Number Machine, an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics.

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In the side-scroller automation game Sandustry every single pixel is a simulated resource

Liam Dawe — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:37:27 +0000

Sandustry seems a bit like the excellent Noita but a factory sim. Here every pixel is a simulated resource to use.

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Kaizen: A Factory Story announced from former Zachtronics developers

Liam Dawe — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:21:44 +0000

Coincidence, which includes a bunch of former Zachtronics developers, have announced the open-ended puzzle automation game Kaizen: A Factory Story.

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Relaxed factory automation sim Learning Factory 1.0 is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:26:48 +0000

A few years in Early Access and it's now complete. Luden.io have released the 1.0 update for Learning Factory, a chilled factory building automation sim.

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The Programming Games Humble Bundle is another sweet deal worth grabbing

Liam Dawe — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:12:55 +0000

New Year, New You: Programming Games is a fresh Humble Bundle with 7 rather great indie games worth picking up. All games included have Native Linux support.

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Little Rocket Lab is probably the cutest production-line automation sim ever

Liam Dawe — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:56:44 +0000

No More Robots and Teenage Astronauts recently revealed Little Rocket Lab, a cozy take on the production-line automation genre and it looks lovely.

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MMO interplanetary crafting adventure SpaceCraft from Shiro Games (Northgard, Wartales) announced

Liam Dawe — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:03:32 +0000

Shiro Games developer of Northgard, Wartales and Dune: Spice Wars have announced SpaceCraft, and my space-nerd brain is now very excited.

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