Chocolate Factory

About

Chocolate Factory is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Tbjbu2 and was released on June 18, 2024. It received neutral reviews from players.

"Chocolate Factory" is a first-person, factory automation game where you build and manage your own chocolate factory in a candy-coated world. Automate production, exploit resources, and travel in style with various modes of transportation. Customize your factory's color, follow a tech tree, and utilize drones in the end-game. Immerse yourself in an open world filled with your own creations.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 112 reviews

humor2 positive mentions

grinding6 negative mentions

The candy-themed aesthetic is unique and visually appealing, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre.
The tech tree provides a sense of direction and progress, allowing players to unlock new recipes and machines.
The developer is responsive to community feedback and actively pushes out updates and hotfixes.

The game feels like an unpolished clone of Satisfactory, lacking animations and original ideas, which detracts from the overall experience.
Many players report issues with the user interface and gameplay mechanics, making it difficult to understand and enjoy.
The game is criticized for being released as a finished product despite feeling incomplete and lacking in content updates.

grinding
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious, with slow progression and frustrating mechanics that hinder access to essential items. Many express dissatisfaction with the lack of farmable resources and the time-consuming nature of searching for specific items, which detracts from the overall enjoyment of the gameplay. Overall, the grinding experience is seen as a significant drawback, making the game feel more laborious than engaging.
- “Progression is extremely slow. I don't mind a slow pace in a game, but being crippled by a part of the game that is inaccessible is frustrating. I had enough power candies for about 80 overclocks, and then they just vanished. When we unlock power candies, there should be a device or unlock that tells us where they are, similar to how extractors work with milk sugar. It would be great if this item was farmable instead of forcing us to spend hours running around the world to find it, especially when we're already spending hours grinding out other things and waiting for production.”
- “Game is very grindy.”
- “Tedious gameplay and interface.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics feature a distinctive candyland aesthetic that many players appreciate, even at lower settings. However, there are compatibility issues, particularly for AMD Radeon graphics cards and GPUs with less than 1GB of dedicated video memory, which may hinder the experience for some users.
- “Right off the bat, the game is unique with its candyland aesthetic.”
- “I love this game, but heads up, it does not work for AMD Radeon graphics or any GPU that has under 1GB dedicated video memory. I have been playtesting this game.”
- “Even when I have the graphics low, the performance is still lacking.”
- “The graphics are disappointing and do not meet modern standards.”
story
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The reviews consistently highlight a lack of story in the game, with players expressing frustration over the absence of a narrative or purpose behind their actions. There is no quest fulfillment, leaving players feeling unengaged and directionless.
- “I echo other reviews as well, there is no story and no reason you are given that you are building this at all.”
- “No quest fulfillment.”
- “I echo other reviews as well, there is no story and no reason you are given that you are building this at all.”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is mixed; while some users report smooth performance on high-end hardware, others criticize it as unfinished and buggy, lacking essential features like advanced conveyors and extractors, which can hinder gameplay progression.
- “Runs great for me on a 2060 Super and 32 GB of RAM.”
- “Very unfinished and buggy satisfactory clone; no T4/T5 conveyors means you will slow down even harder at the end of the game area, no T3 extractors, and limited overclocking ability.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for being underdeveloped, especially for an early access title, with players expressing disappointment over the announcement of a spin-off that appears to reuse the same mechanics with minimal changes.
- “This, though listed as early access, is lacking in gameplay.”
- “I was willing to look past most of this until the creator announced a 'spin-off' just a few weeks after this game released, using basically the same game with just a new game mechanic.”
monetization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Reviews indicate a strong sentiment that the game's monetization strategy is perceived as exploitative, with many users feeling it prioritizes quick profits over quality and player experience. Several players reported refunds, citing the game as a cash grab lacking genuine effort from the developer.
- “This creator is clearly putting in minimal effort for quick cash grabs.”
- “I had to refund because it felt like a cash grab for the developer to make the game they wanted to publish.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players report significant optimization issues, including frequent stuttering and characters randomly slowing down during gameplay, which detracts from the overall experience.
- “Stuttering and characters randomly slowing down while playing.”
- “Stuttering and characters randomly slowing down while playing.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is characterized by a playful juxtaposition of cute locals and the darkly comedic twist of exploiting them for resources, creating a unique and amusing contrast.
- “The locals are so cute, and there's a funny twist to the way you gather resources from them.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is highly praised, with users describing it as "dope" and enjoyable.
- “The music is absolutely fantastic!”
- “The soundtrack really enhances the overall experience.”
- “I love how the music sets the mood for each level.”