Automation Empire
Short description
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!
- Developer
- DOG HOGGLER
- Publisher
- DOG HOGGLER
- Release
- Wed, Nov 20, 2019
- Price
- $29.99
- Reviews
- 2,579
- Positive
- 66%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 100K – 200K
- Concurrent players
- 11
- Genres
- Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $29.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
4 data points since Aug 4, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 132 further data points reach back to Nov 1, 2019 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.
Lowest recorded price: $14.99 on Sep 29, 2025.
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Prison Architect | Double Eleven 12 titles +1 | 5 | − Automation + Colony Sim | $29.99 | 59,846 | 89% | Tue, Oct 06, 2015 | $71.5m $31.8m – $266m |
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Techtonica | Fire Hose Games 7 titles | 5 | − Sandbox + Resource Management | $29.99 | 3,057 | 65% | Thu, Nov 07, 2024 | $3.2m $2.3m – $4.7m |
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Cities: Skylines | Colossal Order 4 titles | 4 | − Automation − Base-Building + City Builder + Management | $29.99 | 219,190 | 93% | Tue, Mar 10, 2015 | $264m $264m – $463m |
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Factorio | Wube Software LTD. first game | 4 | − Simulation − Building + Resource Management + Crafting | $35.00 | 192,850 | 98% | Fri, Aug 14, 2020 | $266m $153m – $307m |
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Stormworks: Build and Rescue | Geometa 3 titles | 4 | − Simulation − Strategy + Open World + Immersive Sim | $24.99 | 54,991 | 91% | Thu, Sep 17, 2020 | $46.1m $25.3m – $46.1m |
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