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Coincidence · 2025 · Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam: 91 % positive of 702 reviews, as of Oct 28

Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.

24 games that play like Kaizen: A Factory Story and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: shapez, shapez 2 - Factory and Infinifactory.

Player tags

  • Programming
  • Strategy
  • Puzzle
  • Simulation
  • Automation
  • Logic
  • Difficult
  • Singleplayer
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Plays and looks like Kaizen: A Factory Story

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Kaizen: A Factory Story

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. SHENZHEN I/O95 % positive of 3,762Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation
  2. Good Company72 % positive of 1,481Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Automation
  3. Factory Town90 % positive of 4,161Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Automation
  4. Factory Planner70 % positive of 388Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Automation
  5. Alchemy Factory87 % positive of 2,808
  6. Beltmatic94 % positive of 2,241Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Automation
  7. Software Inc.94 % positive of 7,625Shared: Programming · Strategy · Simulation
  8. River Town Factory87 % positive of 1,280Shared: Simulation · Automation · Building
  9. Last Call BBS94 % positive of 1,225Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Automation
  10. Block Factory76 % positive of 256Shared: Strategy · Puzzle · Simulation
  11. Sandustry97 % positive of 5,608
  12. Beltex86 % positive of 229Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Automation

By look

Looks like Kaizen: A Factory Story

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Barotrauma94 % positive of 62,517
  2. Beltmatic94 % positive of 2,241
  3. Ostranauts76 % positive of 3,217
  4. Nubby's Number Factory97 % positive of 18,379
  5. U.V.S. Nirmana87 % positive of 222
  6. Retro Gadgets87 % positive of 480
  7. Heat Signature94 % positive of 6,867
  8. Atrio: The Dark Wild77 % positive of 559
  9. Unsolved Case86 % positive of 6,745
  10. Modulus: Factory Automation90 % positive of 842
  11. Opus Magnum97 % positive of 6,078
  12. Do Not Feed the Monkeys92 % positive of 10,480

At a glance

What games like Kaizen: A Factory Story have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Kaizen: A Factory Story: Simulation (19 of 24), Strategy (17) and Automation (11).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2026, 5 of them after Kaizen: A Factory Story (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Opus Magnum (97 % positive of 6,078).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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