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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Automation on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Automation games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 2 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 3 | Schedule I | $182.2M | 281.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | $1.3M | 100% | 65% | $347.6M |
| 2025 | 36 | $771.8K | 81% | 44% | $251.8M |
| 2024 | 33 | $655.5K | 70% | 33% | $376.4M |
| 2023 | 17 | $232.9K | 59% | 29% | $8.2M |
| 2022 | 9 | $0 | 44% | 22% | $12.6M |
| 2021 | 15 | $528.5K | 53% | 40% | $53M |
| 2020 | 11 | $3.9M | 91% | 82% | $199.8M |
| 2019 | 10 | $2.4M | 80% | 80% | $110.5M |
| 2018 | 5 | $1M | 100% | 60% | $7M |
| 2017 | 2 | $6.8M | 100% | 100% | $13.7M |
| 2016 | 4 | $1M | 75% | 50% | $4.5M |
| 2015 | 11 | $1.7M | 91% | 73% | $37.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Automation launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| $140.6M |
| 232.2K |
| 98% |
| $35.00 |
| 5 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 6 | Timberborn | $47.8M | 40.6K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 7 | Dyson Sphere Program | $38.6M | 91.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Stormworks: Build and Rescue | $31.4M | 59.2K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 9 | The Planet Crafter | $22.5M | 72K | 96% | $23.99 |
| 10 | Soulmask | $22.2M | 22K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game | $17.7M | 17.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 12 | shapez 2 - Factory | $15M | 14.8K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 13 | The Last Caretaker | $13.5M | 12.4K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 14 | RoadCraft | $12M | 16K | 75% | $23.99 |
| 15 | Hydroneer | $10.5M | 28.3K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 16 | Captain of Industry | $10M | 11.2K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 17 | Stationeers | $9.5M | 9.2K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 18 | Necesse | $8.6M | 27.6K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 19 | ASKA | $8.5M | 12K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 20 | Outpost: Infinity Siege | $8M | 13.6K | 65% | $24.99 |
| 21 | StarRupture | $7M | 13K | 81% | $15.99 |
| 22 | Software Inc. | $5.9M | 7.8K | 94% | $22.99 |
| 23 | Mindustry | $5.4M | 27.5K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 24 | Craftopia | $5.3M | 20.2K | 76% | $14.99 |
| 25 | Cash Cleaner Simulator | $5.2M | 7.8K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Airport CEO | $5.1M | 8.3K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 27 | SimplePlanes | $5M | 10.9K | 93% | $12.99 |
| 28 | Per Aspera | $4.5M | 5.7K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 29 | Opus Magnum | $4.2M | 7.1K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 30 | The Wandering Village | $4.2M | 8.3K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 31 | The King is Watching | $4M | 10.2K | 89% | $14.99 |
| 32 | shapez | $3.9M | 15.7K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 33 | Rise of Industry | $3.6M | 4.2K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 34 | FOUNDRY | $3.5M | 3.9K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 35 | The Crust | $3.3M | 3.7K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 36 | KartKraft™ | $3.1M | 4K | 72% | $24.99 |
| 37 | The Farmer Was Replaced | $3M | 8.9K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 38 | Autonauts | $2.9M | 4.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 39 | SpaceCraft | $2.7M | 2.4K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 40 | Turing Complete | $2.7M | 5.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Production Line : Car factory simulation | $2.5M | 3.5K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Human Resource Machine | $2.5M | 4.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 43 | Melvor Idle | $2.5M | 16K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 44 | SHENZHEN I/O | $2.4M | 4.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 45 | TerraTech Worlds | $2.3M | 2K | 63% | $20.09 |
| 46 | Automation Empire | $2.3M | 2.6K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Infinifactory | $2.2M | 2.5K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 48 | Solarpunk™ | $2.2M | 3.5K | 82% | $18.39 |
| 49 | Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure | $2.2M | 1.8K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 50 | Desynced | $2.2M | 2K | 80% | $29.99 |