Factor Y

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Factor Y will soon not be available on itch.io https://buckmartin.de/posts/2025-02-22-leaving-itch-io.html

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Play Modes

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

74%

Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews

music2 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

Factor Y offers a chill and relaxing factory-building experience without the stress of hostile creatures, making it accessible for casual players.
The unique module system allows for innovative production line designs, providing a fresh take on factory automation.
The game is lightweight on system requirements, making it suitable for players with older hardware, and the music is enjoyable during extended play sessions.

The user interface is clunky and unintuitive, making basic actions like building and managing structures cumbersome and frustrating.
There are significant gaps in the game mechanics, such as the inability to move storage chests without losing their contents, which detracts from the overall experience.
The game feels incomplete and lacks a proper tutorial, leading to confusion and a steep learning curve for new players.

graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
28%
43%
The game's graphics are described as basic and spartan, lacking the visual appeal of titles like Factorio, which may benefit players with older hardware. While the aesthetics are simple, they do not detract significantly from gameplay, though some users hope for improved visuals in future updates. Overall, the graphics are functional but could enhance the experience if more polished.
- “Simple in aesthetics but a full-featured factory game with a tech tree, large multi-planet map, and some unique features such as nesting modules.”
- “This could be a blessing if you have an older hardware system and cannot afford something that requires heavy graphics to handle.”
- “The graphics and the animation work just fine if you are not focused on style over substance in your gameplay.”
- “A more consistent visual style is coming later, I hope; some parts look different from others.”
- “I am not too keen on this game mainly due to the unneeded complexity and the graphics being so basic.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The gameplay is accessible with low system requirements and a basic tech tree, but it suffers from mechanical gaps that can lead to idle-like play. While the graphics are adequate, the controls detract from the overall experience, despite the presence of interesting systems and potential. Overall, it offers a fun problem-solving experience at a reasonable price for genre enthusiasts, though it could benefit from more refined mechanics.
- “It's difficult to put into words, but sometimes a simple presentation with well thought out mechanics makes a fun game where you focus on solving the problem, and at this price it's definitely worth it if you like the genre.”
- “There's definitely a lot of systems and potential and interesting mechanics, but the controls make all of that unfun.”
- “It demands little on system specs, offers a sparse but adequate tech tree to work with, but has a few gaps in the game mechanics that force you to run factors like an idle game.”
- “The graphics and the animation work just fine if you are not focused on style over substance in your gameplay.”
- “Considering a good number of the planets have ice and water, a game mechanic could have been used to melt the ice or siphon the water for use in a steam engine.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's music is generally well-received, described as easy to listen to even after extended play, with an intriguing quality that may appeal to some players while potentially polarizing others. Overall, it leans more towards a positive reception.
- “The game music is easy on the ears even after a few hours of repetitive playing.”
- “The music is kind of intriguing; it might be a love or hate thing, but personally, I'm more on the love side.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of Factor Y to be slow and tedious, especially when compared to the more efficient manufacturing speeds in games like Shapez I and Factorio.
- “When compared to manufacturing speeds found in Shapez I and Factorio, Factor Y is a very slow and tedious grind.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Players have noted that the game experiences lag issues after reaching a certain point in progression, specifically around research level 3. However, as it is currently in beta, there is an expectation that further optimization will be implemented.
- “After a certain progress, it became a bit laggy (around research 3), but I'm in beta, so some optimization will be done for sure.”
- “The game suffers from significant performance issues, especially during intense battles, making it frustrating to play.”
- “I encountered frequent stuttering and frame drops, which really detracted from the overall experience.”