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Kaizen: A Factory Story

Factory automation puzzles with an eighties Japanese workplace story

Coincidence · Published by Klei Publishing · Released Jul 14, 2025

SimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 712
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
5
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
3 months ago
Jul 20, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 970
4 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)

What is Kaizen: A Factory Story?

A single-player automation puzzle game set at a factory outside Tokyo in 1986, where a new employee expecting a sales job gets assigned to production instead. You arrange machinery to weld, rivet, cut, and drill parts, then refine your production lines for speed and simplicity.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy careful planning and experimenting with different solutions
  • +you like slice-of-life stories alongside engineering challenges

Not for you if...

  • −you want cooperative factory building with friends
  • −you prefer reflex challenges over planning and problem solving

What players say

92% of 712 reviews are positive

Players praise the puzzles, the clear interface, and tools for quickly testing and revising designs. Some find the engineering too simple, while recent negative reviews criticize how much time the story takes away from factory work.

Screenshots and trailer

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Kaizen: A Factory Story system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 970, 4 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
2.0 GHz
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Kaizen: A Factory Story have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Kaizen: A Factory Story run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
8
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does Kaizen: A Factory Story use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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