Kaizen: A Factory Story

CoincidenceReleased July 14, 2025

StrategySimulationSingleplayer Building Sandbox Economy

GameValio recommendationMaybe

Not urgent, but worth watching: it's in a reasonable spot without being an obvious must-buy.

Losing players
Niche gem - loved by fans, smaller community
Highly rated (699 reviews)

Why “Maybe”

The ring is the score: filled up to 55 out of 100. Each colour is what one signal added; the five bands below show where the score landed.

Skip This
Wait for Sale
Maybe
Worth It
Great Deal

Where to buy

1 store · lowest price first

Steam Cheapest Official store · Price set 14 days ago$19.99Buy

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Behind the recommendation

How we got to this score: each signal, the factors behind it and the data that feeds it.

Value46/100

$19.99: reasonable price

Source: prices from the stores we track, compared with this game's own price history.

Price history

Now $19.99Lowest recorded $9.99

Quality86/100

92% positive (699 reviews): very positive reception
Metacritic 80/100: high marks from professional reviewers
699 reviews: decent but potentially skewed

Source: Steam reviews and Metacritic, collected daily.

Steam review score 92% · Very PositivePositive 641Negative 58

Popularity23/100

Players up 250% in recent days
7 concurrent players: niche audience

Source: Steam concurrent players and review volume, collected daily.

Daily peak concurrent players

Players now 7Peak in period 34

Game details

Developers: Coincidence
Publishers: Klei Publishing
Release date: July 14, 2025
Platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOs
Achievements: 8
Steam recs: 693
Official website: coincidence.games/kaizen
Supported languages: 11 languages, 1 with full audioSee the list
English (audio) · French · German · Spanish - Spain · Japanese · Korean · Polish · Russian · Simplified Chinese · Traditional Chinese · Portuguese - Brazil
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls +6See the list
Single-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing