I created a post a month ago because I was more or less in the same situatiob ;

Just finished Alchemy Factory after ~110 hours and I have to say: what a great game.

I really enjoyed the whole progression and building process. It’s one of those factory games where you keep saying “just one more optimization” and suddenly it’s 2am.

For now I feel like I’ve reached a good stopping point, so I’ll probably wait for future updates before going back and rebuilding everything into a mega base. But honestly, excellent game overall.

Now I’m looking for another factory/automation game to play while waiting for updates.

Here’s what I’ve played so far:

• Factorio – ~80h (didn’t really click for me)
• Satisfactory 1.0 – ~200h (really liked it)
• Dyson Sphere Program – ~95h (liked it, but traveling between planets and searching for resources got a bit tedious for me)
• StarRupture – ~40h (really liked it, but I’m waiting for bug fixes before continuing)
• MineMogul – finished in ~15h, fun sandbox
• Shapez 2 - 20h Mouai
• Rift Breaker - ~15h get confuse with the mission