Automation Empire
Skip · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 11, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Reviews
- 66% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 660, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
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 drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $14.99, set in September 2025. It has been discounted 26 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 34 percent off, with about 13 weeks between sales.
It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 84 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Factory Town ($19.99, scores 79) and Good Company ($24.99, scores 23) both outscore it.
Of the 709 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 11 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 30 percent of the 292 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
6% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
12 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 02:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Automation Empire scores 11/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1112790/automation-empireReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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