Games like Kaizen: A Factory Story
If Kaizen: A Factory Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are SHENZHEN I/O, Upalu Mundi and Opus Magnum — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and chill. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Kaizen: A Factory Story: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Kaizen: A Factory Story 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.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Top pick for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Upalu Mundi
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Upalu Mundi is a puzzle game set in a dwarven world at the dawn of railways. Lay tracks, build stations and set switches to keep goods moving and profits soaring. Read the news to see how the public reacts as you shape the future of transportation!
Opus Magnum
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Third-strongest match for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
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!
Train Set Code
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Aim for a high score by creating complex train set layouts. Program points and signals to direct trains and keep them moving. Run more and more trains… but don’t let them crash!
Number Machine: Math Factory
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
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.
Droning On
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Write code that looks and feels just like Python to guide Gizmo through hazardous mazes, devious puzzles, and procedurally generated runs that push you, and your code, to the limit. Learn to code, climb the leaderboards, and customize your robo-homie.
IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Build working robots by wiring visual signal graphs, then watch, diagnose, and tune them in deterministic simulations. Grow a repair shop from its first piston to PID control, autonomous navigation, robot arms, and a walking humanoid.
The Ultra Code
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Ranked #8 for Kaizen: A Factory Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Build machines... break codes... win the war! It's 1942 and the world is engulfed in war. Meanwhile, in a country mansion in South East England, a group of expert mathematicians are fighting a war of their own, breaking an unbreakable Nazi code... Enigma!
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SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Opus Magnum
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
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!
SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
EXAPUNKS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
MOLEK-SYNTEZ
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Last Call BBS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
Warp Factory
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
An automation puzzle game in which the player must build factories to produce various shapes and patterns, as well as to perform more dynamic tasks - featuring a system of portals that allow one to cut apart and reconnect space in paradoxical - and productive - ways.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Reviewers of Kaizen: A Factory Story cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is here! Inside you will find all seven Zachtronics solitaire games, updated with new 4K graphics, plus one brand new Tarot-themed solitaire variant only available here.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kaizen: A Factory Story at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Kaizen: A Factory Story.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Kaizen: A Factory Story
- Does Kaizen: A Factory Story run on Steam Deck?
- Kaizen: A Factory Story 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 Kaizen: A Factory Story cost?
- Kaizen: A Factory Story is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kaizen: A Factory Story?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kaizen: A Factory Story are SHENZHEN I/O, Upalu Mundi, Opus Magnum.
- Who developed Kaizen: A Factory Story?
- Kaizen: A Factory Story was developed by Coincidence and published by Astra Logical.
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