Facteroids

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Facteroids is a single player city builder game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by by Jan Zizka and was released on June 23, 2023. It received positive reviews from players.

Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

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82%

Audience ScoreBased on 57 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

grinding3 negative mentions

Unique 3D factory building on rotating asteroids adds a fresh and challenging twist to the automation genre.
Engaging campaign and asteroid hopping modes offer fun logistics puzzles and a sense of progression.
Developer is responsive and actively improving the game, fixing bugs and listening to player feedback.

Camera controls and automatic zoom are often frustrating and can hinder gameplay experience.
Resource scarcity and limited map sizes cause frequent repetitive rebuilding and micromanagement.
User interface lacks clarity on power usage, belt capacity, and production status leading to confusion.

story
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is structured into varied, progressive missions that provide clear objectives and a sense of advancement, balancing challenge without excessive hand-holding. While the campaign introduces new technologies and encourages strategic problem-solving, some missions involve waiting periods and a slow pacing that may test player patience. Overall, the mission-based format offers freshness and replayability, complemented by a tutorial, leaderboards, and a mission editor for extended engagement.
- “The approach is a bit different than traditional factory games, because it's separated into many "missions" that last between 30 minutes to 2 hours, and require you to restart from scratch on each mission.”
- “There are numerous different campaigns to complete which get significantly harder as you progress, plus an asteroid hopping mission which is akin to a sandbox version.”
- “Facteroids manages to offer missions (in the campaign scenarios) that introduce technologies without excessive "hand-holding." In the tutorial missions, various pieces of tech are introduced, but later in the campaign other items are encountered, and the player's initial reaction may well be "wait."”
- “The tutorial part seemed to bug out, and the first mission of the campaign had me just sitting and watching a ship get filled with fuel, only completing once it launched after 60 seconds.”
- “There is still a lot of sitting around and thumb twiddling—just waiting for things to finish mining. The foothold mission is frustrating as after mining the silicon ore, you'll have to find more which you can't access right away without digging through rock first. This adds to the waiting time and makes progress very slow.”
- “After doing a few really easy missions that were very ADHD levels of easy and short, I realized this wasn't for me.”
gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay features moderately complex mechanics that are easy to learn through a well-designed tutorial and gradual campaign progression. While core mechanics are enjoyable and support both relaxed play and speedrunning, some secondary features feel underdeveloped, leading to a lack of full coherence and endgame depth. Overall, the gameplay provides a solid foundation but could benefit from additional mechanics to enhance the experience.
- “Gameplay is easy and chill, but you can also speedrun missions, so you can compete with other players.”
- “The campaign is well thought out to gradually teach the game mechanics, and they're fun puzzles.”
- “It doesn't feel like there's much of an endgame goal to it, but the core gameplay loop is enjoyable and the systems make sense.”
- “Some mechanics, like flooding to fill lakes, are definitely undercooked.”
- “Game is okay, needs more mechanics to make it a full factory-like building game.”
- “Like the core of the game is there, the mechanics work, the general structure of the game is there, but the coherency that makes everything play together isn't.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics are well-crafted for an indie title, running smoothly on high settings without crashes. Visuals and animations are appreciated for enhancing the gameplay experience, and the settings offer various options to customize graphics quality and display features. Overall, the graphics contribute positively to the game's enjoyment and presentation.
- “For an indie game, this is very well made with 0 crashes so far, running easily on highest quality graphics.”
- “Nice graphics and animation, making it a joy to play.”
- “The graphics are good, and the campaigns so far have introduced something new each time I start a new mission.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is uneven, with some puzzles engaging while others feel trivial or tedious, especially early scenarios where lack of guidance leads to extended waiting. These initial difficulties may discourage players, though they are expected to be improved in future updates.
- “Some of the puzzles are interesting, some of them are trivial, and some are downright tedious.”
- “One of the first scenarios is very tedious as you don't know what you're doing yet, and you spend a lot of time waiting.”
- “The first tedious scenario could put you off the game for good - it almost did for me.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is noted to be somewhat repetitive, with some users suggesting improvements in sound controls such as adjustable volume sliders for music and sound effects. Overall, the audio experience may benefit from more variety and clearer control options.
- “The music is a bit repetitive, and the controls aren't quite obvious.”
- “Sound - sound effects and music volume sliders.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is somewhat hindered by a few bugs and the absence of fixed item speeds on belts, which may frustrate players seeking precise efficiency.
- “It does have a few bugs, and the fact that the belts don't have fixed item speed is going to annoy those who like everything to be optimized.”