Factorio

The goods must flow in Wube Software's astounding factory management game.

Like the gears in an engine, everything in Factorio has a purpose. There is little in terms of extras here but what is present in this factory management sim does its job beautifully. Despite some issues with the way the Switch port is presented and controls, these are minor issues in an otherwise stellar game that will have you obsessing over the best possible layout for your factory or wanting to keep playing to see what the next research tree unlocks.

The sheer amount of stuff there is to do in Factorio is breathtaking and a bit frightening. Even with over 40 hours on my most-played save, some of the higher-end factories I've seen others build look like absolute witchcraft – it’s the kind of game that can become a second job if you let it. But thanks to an ever increasing alien threat and some well-placed keystone techs that give you new toys and really change things up, I never hit a point of complete monotony where I felt like I was just building things to build more things for no particular reason. I could easily see myself sinking hundr...

Factorio is a game that’s been culminating a lot of love ever since releasing onto Steam as an Early Access title back in 2016. It’s a game that allows players to get lost within the 2D world, always striving to push the boundaries and take their production lines to the next level. It’s a game that can feel limitless yet daunting as you build and iterate upon your automated factories, becoming absorbed within the ever increasing complexity and logistical simulation. Now that the game ha...