Learning Factory

Mars factory automation sim where you make goods for cats

Luden.io · Released Jan 27, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 523
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 year ago; Jun 10, 2025

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Learning Factory?

In this factory-building simulation on Mars, you restore an abandoned factory to find out what makes cats happy. Set up production lines, transport goods, stock stores, and route cat customers to the products they want. You can explore procedural worlds, research improvements, and use machine-learning models to analyze sales data.

For you if...

+you prefer unhurried building without enemies or fail states
+you enjoy planning conveyor networks and routing customers to stores
+you want to experiment with machine learning and sales data

Not for you if...

−you want combat or enemies to defend against
−you dislike balancing production with varied customer demands

What players say

86% of 523 reviews are positive

Players praise the approachable factory loop and the logistics of serving cats. They complain about unclear interface elements and cumbersome production changes, and some report late-game performance drops.

Screenshots and trailer

Learning Factory system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
Processor: 3.8 GHz
Graphics: 4GB VRAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 78
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean. Text only: French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Malay.