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Review2026.05.19

Satisfactory

Coffee Stain Studios · 2024

A 3D factory automation game where alien landscapes become layered belt highways, pipe networks, train routes, and power-hungry production hubs.

99
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Review2026.05.14

Dyson Sphere Program

Youthcat Studio · 2021

A space-scale factory builder where planetary production lines grow into interstellar logistics and Dyson sphere construction.

98
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Review2026.05.09

shapez 2

tobspr Games · 2026

A polished abstract automation sandbox about cutting, rotating, painting, stacking, and delivering shapes through clean factory layouts.

97
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shapez screenshot
Review2026.05.04

shapez

Tobias Springer · 2020

A minimalist automation classic focused on belts, cutters, painters, stackers, and the satisfaction of a shape factory that keeps scaling.

96
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Review2026.04.29

Mindustry

AnukenDev · 2019

A factory logistics and tower defense hybrid where every drill, belt, power line, ammo feed, and unit factory affects survival.

95
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Review2026.04.24

Captain of Industry

MaFi Games · 2022

A heavy industry logistics sim about mining an island, refining raw materials, feeding workers, managing waste, and keeping production alive.

94
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Review2026.04.19

FOUNDRY

Channel 3 Entertainment · 2024

A first-person voxel factory game where terrain, belts, power grids, research chains, and robot production grow together.

93
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Review2026.04.14

Techtonica

Fire Hose Games · 2024

An underground first-person automation game about carving alien caves into connected mining, smelting, power, and assembly systems.

92
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