Games like Captain of Industry

[Blitz4]

I'm curious what games are like COI

I used to say Factorio + Anno, but there's a better answer.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (Realistic Mode)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ7K1B4sh9c


Are there any other games similar to COI?

[Raptor2277]

Factorio, Dyson Sphere Program, Satisfactory are the big other 3.

[SpeedDaemon]

Factory Town

[Peter34]

There's also Industry Empire, which is... not a good game at all.

(EDIT: I think maybe the name is Automation Empire.)

[Tux]

Originally posted by SpeedDaemon:

Factory Town

I am looking for 'games like Captain of Industry' as well that are 2D (ish).
I will look into factory town, any other suggestions?

[Kaery]

If you're looking for 2D (ish), Factorio is the big one.

[Tux]

Originally posted by Kaery:

If you're looking for 2D (ish), Factorio is the big one.

yeah, its on my wish list and I have tried it, I cant get passed the dark themed graphics but it is a good suggestion for sure.

which is ironic for me because I do enjoy Song of syx which is dark themed graphics as well

[SpeedDaemon]

Factorio is definitely the 900lb gorilla of factory games, and you can't go wrong with it (especially with the amazing mod support). I have thousands of hours in Factorio.

Satisfactory is also great, but I'm waiting to start another save at this point, because my play time is so limited that they're changing things that mess with saves faster than I can play through them.

Factory Town is a bit more cartoon-y, but also has a population to support.

Automation Empire has a bit more of a puzzle game feel to it due to some of the limitations on building.

Little Big Workshop is starting to step outside of the genre a bit, but was still a lot of fun.

[Blueberry Muffins!]

Originally posted by Tux:

I cant get past the dark themed graphics

In no particular order, Autonauts, OpenTTD, Shapez, Mini {Metro,Motorways}, Opus Magnum might scratch the itch.

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by Tux:

Originally posted by Kaery:

If you're looking for 2D (ish), Factorio is the big one.

yeah, its on my wish list and I have tried it, I cant get passed the dark themed graphics but it is a good suggestion for sure.

which is ironic for me because I do enjoy Song of syx which is dark themed graphics as well

try it. steam gives you 1hr 59min playtime and you still can return any game, no question asked. Factorio is like that old civilization phrase, "just one more turn." So make sure you set a timer and then Alt+F4 when the timer goes off.

check out how saturated/bright the original images were of the game
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio#/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qOCAM9Syw



Also they set a $20k goal for a game that grossed somewhere between $225-350M and is in the top 5 rated games, in all of Steam. Wild.

Seriously. If you enjoy these types of games...
You can do things yourself to increase the brightness of the game if that's all holding you back. Brightness & contrast of your monitor, it may have a different mode you can use just for these games. Color & Brightness in your video cards settings. Turn on windows HD color mode and crank that dial to 11. One of those should help. Beyond that. There's mods, i'm playing one right now that makes the world or ground different colors.

There's also a discord for the game that will get you sorted, I suggest heading there if you do the sub-2 hour test and voicing any concerns, to get a faster response.

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/
search the page for 'discord'




post kickstarter. Now look at the game, lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErdHbEgJG58

[Tux]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Originally posted by Tux:

yeah, its on my wish list and I have tried it, I cant get passed the dark themed graphics but it is a good suggestion for sure.

which is ironic for me because I do enjoy Song of syx which is dark themed graphics as well

try it. steam gives you 1hr 59min playtime and you still can return any game, no question asked. Factorio is like that old civilization phrase, "just one more turn." So make sure you set a timer and then Alt+F4 when the timer goes off.

check out how saturated/bright the original images were of the game
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio#/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qOCAM9Syw



Also they set a $20k goal for a game that grossed somewhere between $225-350M and is in the top 5 rated games, in all of Steam. Wild.

Seriously. If you enjoy these types of games...
You can do things yourself to increase the brightness of the game if that's all holding you back. Brightness & contrast of your monitor, it may have a different mode you can use just for these games. Color & Brightness in your video cards settings. Turn on windows HD color mode and crank that dial to 11. One of those should help. Beyond that. There's mods, i'm playing one right now that makes the world or ground different colors.

There's also a discord for the game that will get you sorted, I suggest heading there if you do the sub-2 hour test and voicing any concerns, to get a faster response.

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/
search the page for 'discord'




post kickstarter. Now look at the game, lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErdHbEgJG58

I did, twice I think.

[Peter34]

Some games have deliberate dark colours and go out of their way to make it hard for th player to do anything about it, such as They Are Billions, but Factorio isn't that kind of game. I'm fairly sure there's Colour Blind mode support, at least as a mod.

Also, I've heard numerous fairly "big" YouTubers say that YouTube makes games look darker than they actually are. That has implications for shadowy barey-visible entities in some games, such as the Reaper Leviathans in Subnautica.

However, Factorio has plenty of cheap in-game options to make things brighter during the short night cycle, even building Lamps. Or if you want light from day one then use a Torches mod, such as the one made by Factorio dev Klonan.

So give it a try, despite how "dark" it looks on YouTube.

[Blitz4]

oh if dark as in night time dark. you can set mods to force it to always be day. similar to how wr-sr does it.

[bbqr]

Dyson Sphere Program is Factorio in 3D and in space. And it will get combat in the following few months. It's a game worth playing. With combat incoming soon (tm), it's worth delay playing it until then.

[Kaery]

Not strictly in space... But it is interplanetary and actually even interstellar. Basically imagine Planetary Annihilation, but you're playing Factorio instead of Supreme Commander. So your transport routes are between planets and even star systems.
Actual space infrastructure... Floating stations around gas giants count, I guess? And of course the titular dyson sphere that you end up building.

[Tux]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

oh if dark as in night time dark. you can set mods to force it to always be day. similar to how wr-sr does it.

no, think of the colors in Graveyard Keeper.
Then think of the colors in Song of Syx

that is what I mean, however, I have a lot of contradiction. For example, I think First Fudeal and Song of Syx are awesome games and yet they have the same dark theme as Factoriol
so I dont know, but the bottom line is, I tried the game twice, it didnt speak to me unfortuntaly for whatever reason. Its like NOT the reason I am giving though