Final Factory

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Final Factory is a single player open world strategy game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Never Games Limited and was released on April 9, 2024. It received positive reviews from players.

"Final Factory is a spaceship-building and factory management game with an infinitely generating map. Create and automate space-faring factories, advance through a tech tree, and design ships for exploration, combat, and logistical purposes. Protect your base from alien threats as you expand across the cosmos."

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83%

Audience ScoreBased on 290 reviews

gameplay8 positive mentions

grinding22 negative mentions

The game offers a unique blend of factory building and space exploration, allowing players to create mobile factories that can relocate to gather resources.
The developer is highly responsive to community feedback, frequently updating the game and improving mechanics based on player suggestions.
The game features a deep tech tree and engaging combat, providing a satisfying challenge as players expand their factories and fend off increasing enemy attacks.

The game can feel clunky and restrictive, with limitations on factory size and movement that can hinder creativity and efficiency.
Combat mechanics are often described as boring and repetitive, lacking depth and strategy, which detracts from the overall experience.
Some players find the learning curve steep and the tutorial lacking, making it difficult to grasp key mechanics and progress smoothly.

gameplay
60 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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82%
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The gameplay of this early access factory-building game offers a mix of creativity and complexity, particularly through its unique stability and overheating mechanics that challenge players to design modular stations. While many players find the building mechanics engaging and rewarding, there are criticisms regarding unclear mechanics, clunky logistics, and a lack of late-game content, which can detract from the overall experience. Despite these issues, the active development and community support suggest potential for future improvements.
- “The depth of the building mechanics allows for endless creativity, making every expansion of your factory feel like a significant achievement.”
- “Deep gameplay: there's a surprising amount of complexity hidden beneath the hood, keeping me engaged for hours.”
- “It might take a bit to get used to the stability mechanic, which, at least initially, requires you to build more modular factories rather than one giant station, but that's just part of what makes the game unique.”
- “The stability limits and overheating mechanics of structures aren't very clear when building, and max limits are not explained anywhere.”
- “Unfortunately for me, the end game mechanics were confusing and extremely difficult to set up.”
- “It definitely is not ready for prime time and desperately needs improved mid- to late-game mechanics.”
grinding
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and repetitive, particularly in resource transportation and management. The slow pace of ship movement, convoluted research tree, and lack of logistical flexibility contribute to a sense of monotony, making the gameplay feel more like a chore than an enjoyable experience. Overall, many reviewers express frustration with the grind, questioning the purpose behind their efforts as they face diminishing returns and repetitive challenges.
- “The research tree is too convoluted, resource management too tedious, and the lack of flexibility in logistics just made this game feel like a chore instead of being fun.”
- “After learning the basics of setting up ships and stations, there really doesn't seem to be much more content than grinding out research, which doesn't seem to have a lot of different mechanics behind the very basics you learn from the tutorial.”
- “You start to ask yourself why am I grinding at this and getting nowhere, just dying over and over again for no good reason at all?”
graphics
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some praising the stunning visuals and unique art style that evoke the grandeur of space, while others criticize the overall quality, including poor animations and amateurish artwork. Many users note that the game is in early access, which contributes to its inconsistent visual presentation and technical issues. Overall, the aesthetics are seen as a potential highlight, but significant improvements are needed for a more polished experience.
- “The game's visuals are stunning, with an art style that perfectly captures the grandeur and mystery of space.”
- “From the beautiful, geometry wars-esque neon art style to the incremental upgrades that consistently encourage growth and exploration, it has laid the foundation and started the framework of a serious time consumer.”
- “Pretty cool, cute graphics.”
- “Not at all worth the $30. Animations are bad, gameplay feels weird, and the graphics overall are poor. Unless the developer makes this game not look horrible, it is 100% not worth it. Do not buy.”
- “The game is early access, as evidenced by some decidedly ugly artwork, unexplained mechanics (your mining and research bots have durability and vanish after time, so you need to supply a constant stream of bots - a mechanic that, although unexplained, I find acceptable), amateurish UX, and well, crashes.”
- “The graphics are overall bad, and the game feels unfinished. It needs significant improvements to be worth playing.”
optimization
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, players find the game's optimization to be visually impressive and smooth, with no significant bugs or slowdowns reported. However, some users have experienced occasional performance drops that can be resolved by restarting the game or returning to the menu. The optimization aspect also presents a fun challenge that becomes increasingly complex as players progress.
- “I'm only a quarter of the way through the current research, but I've been having a blast puzzling out optimization.”
- “Everything looks cool and runs smoothly.”
- “This becomes an optimization challenge that gets more complex with time.”
- “- mystery performance drop requiring restarting or returning to menu (both immediately fixing it each time)”
- “- the game is utterly gorgeous, music is great, and so far I haven't encountered bugs or performance slowdowns”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally praised for its immersive soundtrack and sound design, enhancing the overall experience. However, some players find the music to be unremarkable, describing it as "boring" amidst other gameplay elements. Overall, while the visuals are stunning, opinions on the music are mixed, with some players appreciating it and others feeling it falls flat.
- “The immersive soundtrack and sound design complement the experience.”
- “The game is utterly gorgeous, the music is great, and so far I haven't encountered bugs or performance slowdowns.”
- “Combat is boring, research is boring, exploring is boring, and the music is boring.”
- “Combat is boring, research is boring, exploring is boring, and the music is boring.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is praised for creating an immersive experience that evokes the feeling of constructing a vibrant industrial civilization, rather than merely operating a sterile factory environment.
- “The atmosphere in this game makes me feel like I'm building an industrial civilization rather than a lifeless factory.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is minimal, which some players feel is sufficient for the game's experience.