Rank 01Why this
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- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
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Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: PleasingFungus Games
- Price: $19.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 95% of 59 reviews
- Genres: Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Compare scores with global leaderboards
- Design machines to process symbolic tapes
- Excellent level design with open ended solutions
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Retro
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About Manufactoria 2022
The closest matches to Manufactoria 2022: Kaizen: A Factory Story, Human Resource Machine, The Signal State, 7 Billion Humans, and SpaceChem. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Manufactoria 2022 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kaizen: A Factory Story, Human Resource Machine and The Signal State — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and retro, and single out its conveyor belt assembly and gold medal challenges. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Manufactoria 2022: Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?
Is Manufactoria 2022 worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 95% of 59 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Compare scores with global leaderboards
- Design machines to process symbolic tapes
- Excellent level design with open ended solutions
- Reward creative optimization over brute force
People who play it also play: Kaizen: A Factory Story, Human Resource Machine, The Signal State
Frequently asked about Manufactoria 2022
Can I run it?
Does Manufactoria 2022 run on Steam Deck?
Manufactoria 2022 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Manufactoria 2022 cost?
Manufactoria 2022 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Manufactoria 2022?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Manufactoria 2022 are Kaizen: A Factory Story, Human Resource Machine, The Signal State.
Who developed Manufactoria 2022?
Manufactoria 2022 was developed by PleasingFungus Games.