Facteroids

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Facteroids is a single player strategy game. 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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86%

Audience ScoreBased on 37 reviews

graphics1 positive mentions

grinding3 negative mentions

The game offers a unique 3D twist on the factory automation genre, providing interesting challenges in building and resource management.
The campaign features numerous missions that gradually introduce new technologies and mechanics, making it engaging and rewarding for players who enjoy puzzle-solving.
The developer is highly responsive to player feedback and actively works on improving the game, which enhances the overall experience.

The game can feel repetitive, especially in the Asteroid Hopping mode, where players often have to rebuild factories from scratch on new asteroids with limited resources.
Many campaign missions can be tedious or frustrating due to specific gimmicks that restrict gameplay, leading to a lack of flow and enjoyment.
The game currently lacks essential quality-of-life features, such as clear resource management indicators and intuitive controls, which can hinder the overall experience.

story
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The story in the game features a variety of campaigns that progressively increase in difficulty, offering engaging missions that blend resource management and technology introduction without excessive guidance. Players appreciate the sandbox elements and the challenge of figuring out complex tasks, although some have noted issues with pacing and mission clarity. Overall, the narrative structure provides a unique twist on the Factorio genre, promising hours of fun and exploration.
- “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 on in the campaign, other items are encountered, and the player's initial reaction may well be 'wait.'”
- “Some learning curve stuff and puzzle missions without obvious solutions, but it's a really neat twist on the Factorio genre and I'm genuinely excited to see where it goes!”
- “The tutorial part seemed to bug out, and the first mission of the campaign was just sitting and watching a ship being filled up with fuel, completing only after it launched after 60 seconds.”
- “There is still a lot of sitting around and thumb twiddling though - just waiting for things to finish mining, and the foothold mission still seems frustrating as after the silicon ore is mined, you'll have to find more that you can't seem to access right away without digging through rock first - this just adds to waiting time to get through it very slowly.”
- “After doing a few really easy missions that were very ADHD levels of easy and short, I realized this wasn't for me.”
gameplay
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The gameplay features moderately complex mechanics, with some underdeveloped elements like flooding, but overall, the core gameplay loop is enjoyable and the systems are logical. While the campaign effectively introduces mechanics through engaging puzzles, the game lacks a cohesive endgame goal and additional mechanics to fully realize its potential as a factory-building experience. Overall, it presents a solid foundation but requires further development for a more integrated gameplay experience.
- “The mechanics of collecting resources are quite different.”
- “The campaign is well thought out to gradually teach the game mechanics, and they're fun puzzles.”
- “From the gameplay perspective, the game is a solid base idea.”
- “Some mechanics, like flooding to fill lakes, are definitely undercooked.”
- “Fortunately, they're not core mechanics; they're stuff you'll do once or twice for a puzzle and never again.”
- “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.”
grinding
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be a mixed experience, with some puzzles being engaging while others feel trivial or tedious, particularly in the early stages where lack of clarity leads to excessive waiting. Although these tedious moments are seen as minor irritations, they have the potential to deter players from continuing the game.
- “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.”
graphics
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The graphics and animation are praised for enhancing the overall enjoyment of the game, although some users noted a lack of clear graphical options on the interface.
- “Nice graphics and animation make it a joy to play.”