shapez

shapez may appeal to engineers as well as fans of conveyors and process automation. The game allows players to buy buildings and upgrade them before crafting geometric figures from elements available - sending them along assembly lines in shapes like circles, squares and triangles that can be cut, rotated or painted as the factory grows larger and production becomes increasingly complex.

Shapez.io recalls Factorio with its constant optimization gameplay, though its graphics and interface differ considerably - noticeably simpler gameplay is present here, along with minimalistic visuals; all focus is placed upon creating production chains without issues related to electricity, resources or enemies since these issues do not arise here.

Sandbox mode offers endless entertainment with 26 levels of puzzles to solve on an infinite map, along with 18 types of buildings you can build with 20 upgrades for them. As you progress further new elements and opportunities arise such as copying building layouts to reconstruct entire complexes - thus necessitating restructuring the plant structure as well as redoing tracks; therefore, in this top-down strategy/puzzle hybrid game there is no story, no lore, and no end - while fan modifications for fan projects.