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Infinifactory

Infinifactory

Zachtronics · released Jun 29, 2015

IndieSimulationPCPlayStation 4

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

Steam page ↗Metacritic 70 · users 7.5 ↗
88
VGC Score
·No trend datamedium confidence
84%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
70%
Press
89%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–706
All-time Steam reviews95%891000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)89%831
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 88.5, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,497 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 3 reviews sampled · 1 total reviews in window · weighted 1.6 up / 0.2 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 50
    Push SquarePush Square
    trust 69Jan 18, 2016

    “Infinifactory certainly has the building blocks of something great, as it's uber-satisfying piecing together your own production line and watching it all work as intended. Sadly, while there's real satisfaction to be gleaned from craftily concocting your own creative solutions, the cumbersome controls and occasionally unintelligible explanations mean that this game has ultimately failed to pass our rigorous quality assurance test.”

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  • 80
    Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    trust 57Feb 2, 2016

    “Infinifactory sounds like paying Earth money to play as the most under-paid drone in the shittiest vocation ever, but you’d be surprised by how much job satisfaction there is to be had here. [February 2015, p77]”

  • 50
    Brash Games
    trust 56Jan 3, 2016

    “It stands as a puzzle game that challenges you to K’Nex together your own brand of productivity while listening to wonderful audible treats. The aspects of fun and intrigue, unfortunately, don’t seem to come with this particular playset.”

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  • 80
    Playstation Official Magazine UK
    trust 52Mar 7, 2016

    “For those who see beauty in a solved Rubik's cube, this is the therapeutic engineering equivalent of an adult coloring book. [March 2016, p.88]”

Patch history

  1. UPDATE: More leaderboard bug fixes
    Jan 9, 2024
  2. UPDATE: Fixing missing leaderboards
    Jan 9, 2024
  3. UPDATE: Fixing the crash handler and histograms
    Nov 14, 2020
  4. UPDATE: Fixing a broken texture
    Oct 25, 2018
  5. UPDATE: Fixing a crash related to OneDrive on Windows
    Oct 23, 2018
  6. UPDATE: Infinifactory soundtrack now included!
    Aug 1, 2016
  7. UPDATE: Infinifactory soundtrack now included!
    Aug 1, 2016
  8. UPDATE: Upgrade to Unity 5.1.2, FMOD 1.6.6
    Jul 18, 2015
  9. UPDATE: Upgrade to Unity 5.1.2, FMOD 1.6.6
    Jul 18, 2015
  10. UPDATE: Bug fixes
    Jul 8, 2015
  11. UPDATE: Bug fixes
    Jul 8, 2015
  12. UPDATE: Performance improvements
    Jul 3, 2015
  13. UPDATE: Performance improvements
    Jul 3, 2015
  14. Infinifactory has left Early Access!
    Jun 30, 2015
  15. Infinifactory has left Early Access!
    Jun 30, 2015
  16. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 5
    Jun 29, 2015
  17. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 5
    Jun 29, 2015
  18. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 4
    Jun 28, 2015
  19. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 4
    Jun 28, 2015
  20. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 3
    Jun 26, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  21. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 3
    Jun 26, 2015
  22. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 2
    Jun 24, 2015
  23. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 2
    Jun 24, 2015
  24. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 1
    Jun 24, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  25. UPDATE: Pre-release update, take 1
    Jun 24, 2015
  26. UPDATE: Bug fixes for achievements and lasers
    Jun 22, 2015
  27. UPDATE: Bug fixes for achievements and lasers
    Jun 22, 2015
  28. UPDATE: Small bug fixes
    Jun 20, 2015
  29. UPDATE: Small bug fixes
    Jun 20, 2015
  30. UPDATE: Infiniupdate #3
    Jun 19, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  31. UPDATE: Infiniupdate #3
    Jun 19, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  32. UPDATE: Small bug fixes
    Apr 13, 2015
  33. UPDATE: Small bug fixes
    Apr 13, 2015
  34. UPDATE: Infiniupdate #2
    Apr 11, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  35. UPDATE: Infiniupdate #2
    Apr 11, 2015
  36. UPDATE: Miscellaneous bug fixes
    Mar 25, 2015
  37. UPDATE: Miscellaneous bug fixes
    Mar 25, 2015
  38. UPDATE: Linux fixes, quality settings
    Mar 20, 2015
  39. UPDATE: Linux fixes, quality settings
    Mar 20, 2015
  40. UPDATE: Small bug fixes
    Mar 17, 2015

…and 17 earlier patch announcements.