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Automation Empire
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is a decent game. I don't know why people say the devs stopped working on it. While that may be true, the game looks finished so it makes sense on why the devs would stop updating it. It does have nice graphics and a nice puzzle aspect. It would be nice if there was a…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Fun to play. easy to learn , plenty of a challenge to keep you playing. goo d fun all round.”
— a player, Steam review · 104 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Monorail & Modding Update
Hey everyone, we know it's been a while between updates, but our latest is finally ready. With today's update, we're adding a new transport vehicle into the game: The monorail. This vehicle functions
Compound Resources Update
Today we're adding 5 compound resources to the game. These compound resources are different from regular resources in terms of their production process. Each of them requires a unique and somewhat com
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Automation · Base-Building · Sandbox · Building · Resource Management · Management · Economy · Crafting · Singleplayer · City Builder (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit Processor: 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space