Given the irresistible way that the resource management constantly expands, there’s never a time where you’ll just sit back to watch it work, but Autonauts is constantly a satisfying churn without any of the painful digital splinters or muddy boots. Why chop down a tree yourself and turn it into planks when a shiny automaton with a light on its head can do it for you? Just like every other farm sim, you start off with nothing but, like a much more adorable Factorio or Satisfactory, you’ll quickly have scavenged enough goods to start your very own robot takeover. It’s probably a giveaway in the title but this is all about mechanising things for peak productivity. Someone has made Autonauts specifically for you, you wonderful if strangely specific human being.
If the worst part of farming games for you is the ‘actually getting your hands dirty’ bit, then fret no more.
