steamiqhq
★ Watchlist
Factory Planner

Game overview

Factory Planner

Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.

Casual Indie Simulation Strategy Early Access
Last tracked players
5
All-time peak
44
24-hour change
Unavailable

Delayed observation · last tracked . Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

About this game Read the full description

Factory Planner is a card-based strategy and simulation game where your goal is to build your own factory from scratch by combining different types of cards, managing resources, and optimizing production lines. Each card plays a specific role: gather materials, produce goods, distribute power, or boost efficiency. With the right planning, combinations, and engineers, your factory can become an industrial powerhouse!

he game offers more than just production—it delivers a deep sandbox experience that gives players the freedom to create, experiment, and progress in their own unique way. Whether you want to build the most efficient automation system or explore creative factory layouts, every decision you make will shape the future of your industry.

Use Facility, Organization, Engineer, and Resource cards to create fully functional production chains. Each card has unique input/output nodes and behavior, requiring smart strategy and placement.

Manage solid, liquid, and power connections to ensure a smooth flow. A single wrong connection can halt your entire system. Connections snap in 90° angles, can be broken or rearranged, and dynamically adjust to your setup.

Engineer cards can be assigned to production and storage units to boost efficiency, unlock new recipes, or reduce energy consumption. Assignments take effect after the current production cycle, encouraging careful planning.

Power is at the heart of your factory. Use thermal generators and distribute energy to machines. If power demands exceed supply, systems shut down and the grid alerts you. Use splitters and mergers to control power flow effectively.

Storage units have limits. If production outputs aren't properly connected, systems jam. Excess materials will halt collection. Maintaining transfer speed and flow balance is key to a smooth operation.

Craft new cards or upgrade existing ones to improve your capabilities. As you progress, unlock more complex cards to scale your factory into a highly advanced industrial hub.

Keep track of everything: active cards, working engineers, Facredit balance, and more. The alert system notifies you instantly about issues like full storage, missing materials, or power failures and helps you react fast.

Start with basic materials like wood and iron, then unlock more advanced resources like sulfur and uranium. Eventually, you'll build high-tech factories powered by nuclear energy.

Factory Planner challenges you to think, plan, and produce. Build seamless production chains, manage your resources wisely, and grow your humble workshop into a massive industrial empire.

Keep the lines moving. Let the systems flow. Make your factory legendary.

Key Features

  • Card-Based Factory Building System
    Strategically place and connect cards to design unique production lines.

  • Facility, Organization, Engineer and Resource Cards
    Each card has a distinct role: production, storage, energy or boosting efficiency.

  • Solid and Liquid Flow with Power Management
    Draw connections at 90° angles to manage flow. Wrong links can halt the entire system.

  • Engineer Assignments for Higher Performance
    Assign engineers to cards to improve efficiency, reduce energy use and unlock new recipes.

  • Advanced Power Distribution
    Manage energy from thermal generators and organize flow with splitters and mergers.

  • Smart Storage and Flow Control
    Storage has limited capacity. Poorly balanced input and output may cause system shutdowns.

  • Card Upgrades and Crafting System
    Start with simple cards and evolve them into advanced, high-performance modules.

  • Real-Time Monitoring and Alerts
    Track critical metrics like active cards, resources and energy consumption instantly.

  • Comprehensive Sandbox Experience
    Build at your own pace without time limits or enemy pressure.

  • No Enemies, Purely Production-Focused
    The entire experience is dedicated to building, planning and optimizing your factory.

Player activity

Concurrent players over the last 48 hours.

Loading player history?

Price history

Last 30 days ? prices in the selected region?s currency.

Loading price history?
System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 x64 (Version 1909 or newer)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K (4 * 3400) / AMD FX-8350 (4 * 4000)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 (2048 MB) / AMD Radeon RX 470 (2048 MB)
  • Storage: 6 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 x64 (Version 1909 or newer)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K (4 * 3400) / AMD FX-8350 (4 * 4000)
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 (2048 MB) / AMD Radeon RX 470 (2048 MB)
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Red Axe Games
Brazilian rating
l
Steam Germany rating
0
Features
Single-player, Family Sharing
Languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Hindi, Traditional Chinese, Thai
More analysis Activity patterns, updates & developer tools

Build a competitor report

Game Insights

Buy Verdict

Watch — $5.59.

Decent deal at 30% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.

▲ ~42 days until next sale

Value Score

Great Value — 100th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 100th percentile.

▲ Market pricing tier

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 0%
Value Ratio Top 0%

Activity Heatmap

UTC+0 (Your Timezone)
10
Peak Activity
4
Avg Activity
85
Active Hours
65%
Sample coverage
Less Active
More Active
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Sun
Sunday 0:00
No samples
Sunday 1:00
4 players · 1 samples
Sunday 2:00
No samples
Sunday 3:00
4 players · 1 samples
Sunday 4:00
5 players · 2 samples
Sunday 5:00
No samples
Sunday 6:00
4 players · 1 samples
Sunday 7:00
2 players · 2 samples
Sunday 8:00
No samples
Sunday 9:00
3 players · 1 samples
Sunday 10:00
7 players · 2 samples
Sunday 11:00
No samples
Sunday 12:00
6 players · 1 samples
Sunday 13:00
5 players · 2 samples
Sunday 14:00
No samples
Sunday 15:00
No samples
Sunday 16:00
6 players · 2 samples
Sunday 17:00
5 players · 1 samples
Sunday 18:00
No samples
Sunday 19:00
8 players · 2 samples
Sunday 20:00
3 players · 1 samples
Sunday 21:00
No samples
Sunday 22:00
4 players · 2 samples
Sunday 23:00
4 players · 2 samples
Mon
Monday 0:00
No samples
Monday 1:00
No samples
Monday 2:00
6 players · 3 samples
Monday 3:00
No samples
Monday 4:00
No samples
Monday 5:00
4 players · 2 samples
Monday 6:00
3 players · 1 samples
Monday 7:00
No samples
Monday 8:00
4 players · 2 samples
Monday 9:00
5 players · 1 samples
Monday 10:00
4 players · 1 samples
Monday 11:00
6 players · 1 samples
Monday 12:00
3 players · 1 samples
Monday 13:00
7 players · 1 samples
Monday 14:00
9 players · 1 samples
Monday 15:00
No samples
Monday 16:00
3 players · 1 samples
Monday 17:00
6 players · 1 samples
Monday 18:00
7 players · 1 samples
Monday 19:00
4 players · 1 samples
Monday 20:00
No samples
Monday 21:00
4 players · 2 samples
Monday 22:00
No samples
Monday 23:00
3 players · 1 samples
Tue 📍
Tuesday 0:00
1 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 1:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 2:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 3:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 4:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 5:00
1 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 6:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 7:00
4 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 8:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 9:00
5 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 10:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 11:00
2 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 12:00
8 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 13:00
No samples
Tuesday 14:00
7 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 15:00
3 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 16:00
No samples
Tuesday 17:00
7 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 18:00
5 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 19:00
No samples
Tuesday 20:00
No samples
Tuesday 21:00
4 players · 2 samples
Tuesday 22:00
0 players · 1 samples
Tuesday 23:00
No samples
Wed
Wednesday 0:00
No samples
Wednesday 1:00
2 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 2:00
5 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 3:00
5 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 4:00
3 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 5:00
4 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 6:00
5 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 7:00
1 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 8:00
5 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 9:00
2 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 10:00
2 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 11:00
2 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 12:00
No samples
Wednesday 13:00
No samples
Wednesday 14:00
4 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 15:00
No samples
Wednesday 16:00
No samples
Wednesday 17:00
No samples
Wednesday 18:00
4 players · 2 samples
Wednesday 19:00
3 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 20:00
No samples
Wednesday 21:00
3 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 22:00
4 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 23:00
No samples
Thu
Thursday 0:00
4 players · 1 samples
Thursday 1:00
5 players · 1 samples
Thursday 2:00
No samples
Thursday 3:00
No samples
Thursday 4:00
4 players · 2 samples
Thursday 5:00
No samples
Thursday 6:00
No samples
Thursday 7:00
4 players · 2 samples
Thursday 8:00
3 players · 1 samples
Thursday 9:00
3 players · 1 samples
Thursday 10:00
7 players · 1 samples
Thursday 11:00
4 players · 1 samples
Thursday 12:00
No samples
Thursday 13:00
5 players · 1 samples
Thursday 14:00
No samples
Thursday 15:00
6 players · 1 samples
Thursday 16:00
No samples
Thursday 17:00
4 players · 1 samples
Thursday 18:00
5 players · 1 samples
Thursday 19:00
No samples
Thursday 20:00
1 players · 1 samples
Thursday 21:00
No samples
Thursday 22:00
6 players · 1 samples
Thursday 23:00
1 players · 1 samples
Fri
Friday 0:00
No samples
Friday 1:00
No samples
Friday 2:00
2 players · 1 samples
Friday 3:00
6 players · 1 samples
Friday 4:00
0 players · 1 samples
Friday 5:00
3 players · 1 samples
Friday 6:00
5 players · 1 samples
Friday 7:00
No samples
Friday 8:00
6 players · 1 samples
Friday 9:00
4 players · 1 samples
Friday 10:00
4 players · 1 samples
Friday 11:00
5 players · 1 samples
Friday 12:00
4 players · 1 samples
Friday 13:00
No samples
Friday 14:00
No samples
Friday 15:00
6 players · 2 samples
Friday 16:00
No samples
Friday 17:00
No samples
Friday 18:00
0 players · 1 samples
Friday 19:00
4 players · 1 samples
Friday 20:00
No samples
Friday 21:00
No samples
Friday 22:00
3 players · 1 samples
Friday 23:00
3 players · 2 samples
Sat
Saturday 0:00
No samples
Saturday 1:00
2 players · 1 samples
Saturday 2:00
3 players · 1 samples
Saturday 3:00
No samples
Saturday 4:00
4 players · 1 samples
Saturday 5:00
No samples
Saturday 6:00
5 players · 1 samples
Saturday 7:00
3 players · 1 samples
Saturday 8:00
No samples
Saturday 9:00
3 players · 2 samples
Saturday 10:00
No samples
Saturday 11:00
No samples
Saturday 12:00
7 players · 1 samples
Saturday 13:00
10 players · 1 samples
Saturday 14:00
No samples
Saturday 15:00
No samples
Saturday 16:00
7 players · 2 samples
Saturday 17:00
No samples
Saturday 18:00
No samples
Saturday 19:00
5 players · 1 samples
Saturday 20:00
6 players · 1 samples
Saturday 21:00
No samples
Saturday 22:00
2 players · 2 samples
Saturday 23:00
3 players · 1 samples

Developer Analytics

Loading competitors...

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Factory Planner worth buying right now?
Watch — $5.59. Decent deal at 30% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
When does Factory Planner go on sale?
Decent deal at 30% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Is Factory Planner free to play?
Factory Planner costs $5.59 on Steam.
What genre is Factory Planner?
Factory Planner is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access game.
Who developed Factory Planner?
Factory Planner was developed by Lebleby Games and published by Red Axe Games.
What platforms does Factory Planner support?
Available on Steam for Windows.