Awesome List of Factory Building Games

A curated list of factory building games - like factorio and satisfactory This list will probably be maintained until the genre is formally defined, on steam, or other gaming DB's

Want to find out how, FBG games help you level up as a programmer? You can read more at this article here, which inspired the creation of this list

Defining Factory Building Games

Because the genre is not "strictly" defined and established, we would be using the following as our game definition.

In an FBG, players are typically expected to be ....

Constructing and expanding a large base of multiple building blocks, which are ...
Connected together to build products using an evergrowing continous supply of materials ...
To continously feed a very intensive "resource sink" (the games goal) ...
Which can run automatically without the player interaction for long periods of time

Note: That conveyor belts, by definition is not a requirement

The main list

All games in the list, follows the FBG formluar loop tightly.

Game Title	One liner Description	Genre Mixing	Conveyor Belt	Multiplayer	Other notes	Launch Date
Factorio	The trope codifier		✔️	✔️	Technically, also a survival and tower defense game, but it's very optional. Not considered beginner friendly.	2020-Aug-14
Satisfactory	With fortnite FPS like control scheme	FPS	✔️	✔️	For those who get motion sickness in FPS mode, use the third person view mods	2020-Jun-09
Anno Series	Grandfather of the FPG genre, has almost all the elements, minus the iconic conveyer belt	Colony building	❌	✔️	Considered the predecesor of the genre, logistics is typically island to island, with everything within an island having near instant transportation	Since 1998
- Anno 1800	Classic anno gameplay, through the industrial revolution, with moden graphics	Colony building	❌	✔️	Recommended over all the other anno varient, sadly DLC heavy (and costly)	2019-Apr-16
Dyson Sphere Program	Now in space, across multiple planets		✔️	❌	Your building a dyson sphere !!!	2021-Jan-21
Autonauts	With cute robots, and simple programming	Programming Game	❌	❌	Transportation of goods is drone based (which you program). You can build trains, for hauling large number of goods across long distances	2019-Oct-17
Captain Of Industry	Build your ~~colony~~ factory island, in the new post global warming world	Colony Building	✔️	❌	Very loosely based on real world goods	2022-May-31
Mindustry	Open source FPG, with tower defense		✔️	✔️	Its opensource !!!	2019-Sep-27
Shapez	Minimialistic version, where your factory make shapes		✔️	❌	Its opensource !!!, and has a public web based demo !!!	2020-Jun-07

Literally building a factory

These are typically very loosely inspired by real world factories. And tend to be

More "puzzle" like in nature, as each factory tends to be limited in space.
There is also reduced emphasis, on creating the factories that make building parts,
With an increased emphasis on "money" and "economy" which all goods can be bought and sold for.

Game Title	One liner Description	Genre Mixing	Conveyor Belt	Multiplayer	Other notes	Launch Date
Big Pharma	Manufacture medicine, and hopefully save lives		✔️	❌	Slightly dark humour, on how real life companies exploit lives for money	2015-Aug-27
Factory idle	Slower paced web based idle game	Idle Game	✔️	❌	It is WEB BASED !!!	unknown

Honorable mentions

These tends to mix it up heavily with other game genre, but depends on how you play it, you can endup in hte same FPG game loop. Or you could skip it entirely.

Game Title	One liner Description	Genre Mixing	Conveyor Belt	Multiplayer	Other notes	Launch Date
Oxygen not included	Cute colony simulator, with smaller FBG like game loops	Colony Survival	✔️	❌	With the DLC, you can really ramp it up into a full FBG, spanning multiple astroids	2015-Aug-27
RimWorld	AI generated RPG story events focused	Colony RPG	❌	❌	The FBG elements is completely optional, you can RPG a tree loving cult if you like	2018-Oct-17

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