Free games like Factorio

shapez is the calm side of Factorio. Extract shapes from the map, then cut, rotate, stack and paint them on conveyor belts and deliver what the hub asks for. Every level wants a more complex shape, so your factory keeps growing. This is the official web version with the first levels.

Mindustry Classic adds the danger: drills mine ore, conveyors carry it into your core, and turrets fed with ammo hold off the waves of enemies that try to destroy it. It is the original version of Mindustry, the factory tower defense that later grew into a big open-source hit.

OpenTTD is the logistics classic. Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, it lets you build railways with signals and junctions, road routes, airports and harbours, and carry coal, goods and passengers between towns and industries. If the train networks are your favourite part of Factorio, start here.

All three games are free, need no download and are best played on a computer with a mouse and keyboard.