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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755300/Smart_Factory_Tycoon/

Mixed good ratings though! I will pass. :P
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755300/Smart_Factory_Tycoon/

Yay! Thanks Ant

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755300/Smart_Factory_Tycoon/

Mixed good ratings though! I will pass. :P

Seems like it's utterly pointless and so involved it's basically a job
you do not get paid for.
Analyzing markets, purchasing materials, all to make toys in a factory
with robot workers.

I'll stick to the likes of Dungeon Keeper, at least it had a point and
involved fun for people who don't think being an accountant or actuary
is just way too much fun for them.

Sometimes "Free" isn't enough compensation and this is definitely a game
you would have to pay me to play.

Passing on it.

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:36:10 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755300/Smart_Factory_Tycoon/

Mixed good ratings though! I will pass. :P

I somehow already have this one in the library already (I think it was
part of some bundle I purchased to get other, more interesting games).
I'm not sure if this situation pleases The Number or not. On the one
hand, I have the game. On the other hand, I don't get to add a /new/
game. The Number can be fickle!

But "Smart Factory Tycoon" is not normally a game I'd get anyway. I'm
generally not interested in 'tycoon'-style business management games,
and even less so with factory games where figuring out the perfect
path for your assembly is the goal. And even in that genre, this title
doesn't seem to be that well regarded. Stuff like "SatisFactory" of
"Factorio" are better choices if you enjoy this sort of game.

Still, I'm sort of grumpy that I can't tick The Number one higher. ;-)


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On 1/18/2026 8:41 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:36:10 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755300/Smart_Factory_Tycoon/

Mixed good ratings though! I will pass. :P

I somehow already have this one in the library already (I think it was
part of some bundle I purchased to get other, more interesting games).
I'm not sure if this situation pleases The Number or not. On the one
hand, I have the game. On the other hand, I don't get to add a /new/
game. The Number can be fickle!

But "Smart Factory Tycoon" is not normally a game I'd get anyway. I'm generally not interested in 'tycoon'-style business management games,
and even less so with factory games where figuring out the perfect
path for your assembly is the goal. And even in that genre, this title doesn't seem to be that well regarded. Stuff like "SatisFactory" of "Factorio" are better choices if you enjoy this sort of game.

Still, I'm sort of grumpy that I can't tick The Number one higher. ;-)

Games like this are puzzle games. Getting a production line working is somewhat like doing a jigsaw puzzle.
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