Factorio

absolutely amazing game! just get lost for hours. just one more line, just one more component. couldn't recommend it more!

Period. From top to toe - this game is fantastic, it can be as complicated as I never saw in another game and simple as you make it - I love the graphics, the sound, the mechanics... My engineer guy always have to learn something new. Just waiting for the expansion now. I hope they release it here too - fingers crossed... The game is so beautiful and honestly I do not even know how much hours I have sunk in it and I still have to learn... Here you create an entire factory just to expand it and create new technologies and machinery. It expands and expands and from small furnace and a pickaxe, you get a rocket and get in space. From coal to Nuclear reactors. The entire industrial history recreated by you. Cannot wait to go to new planets now... The soundtrack is cool too. And trains! And signals! And automation! And logic! I still cannot get all of it... so much depth to it! Every project I start very soon outgrows itself and becomes hungry hydra - you have to learn automating things otherwise you will run a lot (like me), and the projects are going to go slow. Do NOT stay on the rails, it is bad habit... :D Now for the last word - honestly this game is one of the very few that did not gave me the "buyers remorse". This is creation of art (seriously) and I love every bit of it. It deserves every dollar of the price.

I don't need needles and syringes Just give me clean inserters and rails

The factory must grow. It's all that matters. It will take over your life. Optimize and grow. I'm not even close to the end game yet.

If your financial situation requires you to maintain steady employment, this game may not be for you. Factorio is highly addicting, twice I have woken up on my day off, sat down to play and what feels like 20 minutes later, I'm 14 hours in and haven't eaten all day. The game is essentially a moving puzzle, with the constant need to juggle resources, realign pieces, and defend your factory against the local wildlife. The dopamine surge from finally working out how to get every piece of your factory working in complete automation cannot possibly be understated. Oh, and since you will deplete resources over time, you have to rework that perfect setup a few times during a playthough giving multiple braingasms over the course of the game. Solid procedural map generation with the ability to tailor the map to your liking means the game is never too hard or too easy (unless you want it to be). All in all, an easy Top 10 from a lifetime gamer (been gaming for 25 years and I see myself continuing playing Factorio again and again for years to come).