Widget Inc.

For it's price point, it's a fun incremental. As far as the automation part goes, it's not really an automation game in the usual sense. The automation part is basically just removing the need for you to play the minigames, which happens almost instantly. You effectively just buy things to make higher tier things, there isn't much thought required behind it besides the placement puzzle (you get bonuses if you place machines in certain ways), which up until the later part of the game is extremely easy. There are no logistics and the machines don't list their production rate clearly, and often don't have clean ratios anyway, resulting in the simple solution of: just build more if you're running low. It also drags it's feet towards the latter parts, around the last 2-3 tiers. The requirements become a bit of a slog to keep up with and balance, often times waiting becomes a better strategy than building more, due to the fact the scaling cost will result in you waiting more to build a machine than just making due with your current production. Cost simply outscales production capabilities. The placement bonus requirements also get very specific and sometimes impossible to meet without sacrificing the bonuses of other machines. I have reached the final objective, but have not finished it. It seems to require an insane amount of scaling which frankly I don't wish to go though since it would be a very repetitive task, with a lot of waiting around for stuff to build. Overall the game was relatively fun, even with that final bit. For something so cheap you will get a few hours of fun, but don't expect much depth.