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Nubby's Number Factory

Nubby's Number Factory

MogDogBlog Productions · released Mar 6, 2025

StrategyPC

A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.4 ↗
89
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “NNF V1.4.7.3 Patch Notes | Added European Spanish localization! (7/1/2026)” (2mo ago)

93%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
95%
Recent sentiment

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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)––0
All-time Steam reviews97%931000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)95%90759
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 91.1, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 19,470 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 1, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 759 total reviews in window · weighted 177.2 up / 8.6 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. NNF V1.4.7.4 Patch Notes | Added Hungarian localization! (8/15/2026)
    Aug 15, 2026
  2. NNF V1.4.7.3 Patch Notes | Added European Spanish localization! (7/1/2026)
    Jul 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. NNF V1.4.7.2 Patch Notes | Russian localization added! (6/19/2026)
    Jun 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. V1.4.7.1 Patch Notes - Nubby in Norway!
    May 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. NNF V1.4.7 Patch Notes (4/27/2026)
    Apr 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. NNF V1.4.6 Patch Notes (4/1/2026)
    Apr 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. NNF v1.4.5 Patch Notes (3/20/26)
    Mar 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. NNF V1.4.4 Patch Notes (3/6/2026)
    Mar 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. Nubby News #14 (2/21/2026)
    Feb 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. NNF v1.4.3 Patch Notes (2/19/2026)
    Feb 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. NNF v1.4.2 Patch Notes (11/23/25)
    Nov 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Nubby News #13 (11/22/2025)
    Nov 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. V1.4.1 Patch Notes (11/17/2024)
    Nov 17, 2025
  14. Update V1.4 - The Big One
    Nov 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. V1.34 Patch Notes (7/11/2025)
    Jul 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. Nubby Patch V1.32 (The Autosave Patch)
    Jun 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. Weekly Nubby News #8 (6/22/2025)
    Jun 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. Weekly Nubby News #7 (News about V1.4)
    Jun 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. Hotfix V1.3.1.5 Patch Notes (5/26/2025)
    May 26, 2025
  20. Bi-Weekly Nubby News #6
    May 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  21. Nubby's Number Factory V1.3.1 (large patch)
    May 16, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. V1.3.1 First-day-after-update patch!
    Mar 31, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  23. NNF V1.3 Patch Notes!
    Mar 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  24. Steam Cloud Added
    Mar 15, 2025
  25. Fixed pyramid bug
    Mar 12, 2025
  26. Update V1.2 - Mostly initial bug fixes
    Mar 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window