Engineer Alpha

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Engineer Alpha is a single-player game where you must manage and build a complex factory using various machines and resources. Connect and automate systems such as windmills, constructors, and engines to produce a variety of parts. Shape the primordial planet to your will, harvest resources, and create a world that is entirely your own.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

78%

Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews

graphics1 negative mentions

The game shows great potential and has a solid foundation for an engaging automation experience.
Gameplay is fun and encourages players to explore automation mechanics, with a tech tree that offers depth.
The community is supportive, and players are eager to see the game develop further, indicating a positive outlook for future updates.

The game is very early in development, with basic graphics, limited content, and a lack of tutorials or guidance for new players.
Players have reported frequent crashes and a confusing user interface, making the initial experience frustrating.
The world feels repetitive and lacks diverse biomes, which diminishes the incentive to explore.

gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
67%
The gameplay is a blend of mining, building, and automation mechanics reminiscent of games like Satisfactory and Minecraft, offering a rich world-building and exploration experience. While the game has some rough edges, it provides engaging tech tree progression and production automation, allowing players to unlock new features through resource management.
- “From all the mining and building mechanics to the tech tree and automation of production, it is a lot of fun!”
- “To unlock tech, you need to put stone blocks in the 'structures' cube, and gears into the 'mechanical' cube.”
- “The game itself is rough around the edges, gooey in the middle, and the top might be a little burnt ... bakers reference :) but it has a concept of world building, planet exploration, and automation -- think Satisfactory + Minecraft + most mechanic games -- there is a lot to unfold on the potential lying around in this.”
- “- To unlock tech, you need to put stone blocks in the 'structures' cube, and gears into the 'mechanical' cube.”
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics are criticized for their repetitiveness, as the game features a single biome that lacks variety, leading to a diminished sense of exploration. Additionally, the visuals and animations are described as basic, further detracting from the overall experience.
- “The whole world is just one single biome that seems to repeat itself every few hundred feet, resulting in a lack of incentive to explore, and the graphics and animations are very basic.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Players report that grinding can be surprisingly engaging, with some losing track of time while immersed in the activity for extended periods.
- “I found I'd spent 2 hours grinding away before I knew it.”
- “The grinding feels endless and tedious, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “I feel like I'm just repeating the same tasks over and over without any real progress.”