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Games like The Penguin Factory

If The Penguin Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Revenant Prince, Game Dev Tycoon and Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — 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 The Penguin Factory: The Penguin Factory is a puzzle game in which you must guide penguins across conveyor belts, turntables, tubes and many other weird and wonderful contraptions into those all important delivery boxes. With 100 challenging levels and a level editor.

2019StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Battenberg Software
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Steam players who put hours into The Penguin 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. The Revenant Prince

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    After gaining the ability to control time, Troy sets off on an adventure, guided by a mysterious voice in an attempt to fulfill his long-time - potentially misleading destiny: saving the world! Kill or show mercy, the choice is yours. Your actions lead to certain consequences and outcomes that cannot be undone!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Game Dev Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Plebby Quest: The Crusades

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

    2020ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tooth and Tail

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Bridge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Tumblestone

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Train Valley

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Penguin Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Penguin Factory at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin 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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Penguin Factory on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 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 The Penguin 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 The Penguin 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 The Penguin Factory.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Battenberg Software

Other recommendable Steam games by Battenberg Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. On A Roll 3D

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind The Penguin Factory. Shares Indie and Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    On A Roll 3D is a fast, colourful 3D platform game. Roll your way through 24 huge levels across six different themes and be prepared to take on spikes, mines, dynamite, conveyor belts, springs, switches, doors, bumpers, lasers, saws, fire, ice, water, electricity, trapdoors and much much more.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Food Run

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind The Penguin Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    The Food Run is a colourful, classic puzzle game with a few tasty twists. The aim is simple - just eat everything you can see on the screen! Enjoy 64 unique puzzles across eight themes. Can you get three stars on them all?!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Wizards Who Fell In A Hole

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind The Penguin Factory. Shares Indie and Casual with The Penguin Factory.

    The Wizards Who Fell In A Hole is a one- or two-player platform game in which each player controls a wizard who can jump and shoot at a variety of monsters, with the aim being to kill all monsters on a level before progressing.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Square Route

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind The Penguin Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.

    Square Route is an classic puzzle game in which you modify the terrain by adding and removing platforms and placing tools to create a safe Route for the Squares to get to their targets. With 120 addictive levels!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Penguin Factory

How much does The Penguin Factory cost?
The Penguin Factory is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Penguin Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Penguin Factory are The Revenant Prince, Game Dev Tycoon, Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine.
Who developed The Penguin Factory?
The Penguin Factory was developed by Battenberg 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 The Penguin Factory.

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