
Simulation
Automation
You build and connect machines, conveyor belts and production lines so that they extract and process resources on their own. The challenge is designing ever more efficient chains and scaling them up without bottlenecks.
Also known as: automation game, factory game, factory builder
This is a basic entry: it has the definition and the classification. Full entries add history, games and a demo.
History
- 2016
Factorio enters early access: you build an automated factory on an alien planet in order to launch a rocket. Version 1.0 arrives in 2020.
Factorio (Wikipedia)