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Games like Number Machine: Math Factory

If Number Machine: Math Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Opus Magnum, Fractal Foundry and Kaskade — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Number Machine: Math Factory: Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindows · macOS · Linuxby ARIELEK
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Steam players who put hours into Number Machine: Math Factory also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Opus Magnum

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

    2017IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Fractal Foundry

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Kaskade

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Connect an evolving delivery network in Kaskade, a minimalist strategy game. Construct intricate paths to ensure each delivery gets to the right destination. Unlock upgrades to manage the increasing complexity as your network grows. Relax to the ambient soundtrack and the satisfying puzzle vibes.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Linkito

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Automate It: Factory Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Factory 95

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Build PowerPoint factories in Windows 95! Manage space, make increasingly complex slides and worry about Y2K in this challenging factory builder.

    2026Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Kaizen: A Factory Story

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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.

    2025StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Number Machine: Math Factory

What games are most similar to Number Machine: Math Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Number Machine: Math Factory are Opus Magnum, Fractal Foundry, Kaskade.
Who developed Number Machine: Math Factory?
Number Machine: Math Factory was developed by ARIELEK.

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