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Games like Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat

If Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat is your kind of game, the closest matches are NationForge, European Seafreight Tycoon and Eco — 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 Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat: Build a global industrial empire on a 3D planet earth. Mine resources, manufacture complex goods, trade across continents, and shape your company’s reputation through powerful policies. Control every step of the supply chain and turn industry into influence.

2026IndieSimulationEarly AccessWindowsby Chett Fitzgerald
Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat — Steam game cover

Players who liked Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat also play

Steam players who put hours into Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat 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. NationForge

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    A nation-scale city builder focused on city planning and production chains. Strategically place and develop multiple cities, shape them with synergistic policies, and use transportation and trade as supporting systems for a growing planned economy.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. European Seafreight Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Build your own maritime freight company, plan trade routes between European ports, and manage ships, crews, and operating costs. Transport containers and specialized cargo, optimize your fleet, and grow your business into one of Europe's leading logistics networks.

    2026SimulationEarly Access9.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Eco

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

    2018IndieSimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Captain of Industry

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mad Tower Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Voxel Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. InfraSpace

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat

What games are most similar to Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat are NationForge, European Seafreight Tycoon, Eco.
Who developed Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat?
Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat was developed by Chett Fitzgerald and published by MicroProse Software.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

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