Game: Object Factory
Genre: Puzzle
System: Steam (Windows and Linux) (also available for itch.io, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch)
Developer | Publisher: Kistler Studios
Controller Support: Full
Price: US $8.99 | UK £7.99 | EU € 9,19
Release Date: November 3, 2025
Review code provided, with many thanks to Kistler Studios.
Object Factory is a factory game where you create different types of objects. You can cut them in half, paint them, rotate them, stack them, and all sorts of other things to make the correct shapes.
I Love Shape-Building Games
I’m a big fan of the shape-building genre, including games like shapez 2. I was pretty excited to see how Object Factory would compare to those I have played before.
Just like many of the others I have played in the past, Object Factory is all about getting objects moving, then manipulating them to get the right combination of shapes and colors. You get machines like cutters, rotators, painters, and conveyor belts to get your shapes in shape and to the right place.
You can mine shapes like spheres, cubes, pyramids, and cones to cut in half, change the color of, and combine. In Object Factory, you have 15 stages of items you are trying to make, nine unlockable tech tree items, and 16 achievements. It’s a pretty short game, but there is a creative mode you can unlock at the end.
The Pros and Cons Of Object Factory
I found Object Factory to be difficult to play. There are a lot of menus to get through just to grab a cutter or whatever you need, and some of the items are not in the menu you would assume they would be in. For example, the splitter is in with the machines and not the other conveyer belts.
When using the conveyer belts, you can sometimes easily turn a corner, but sometimes you have to go into the menu to grab the corner yourself. I’m not sure why this wasn’t automatic; it doesn’t make the game more interesting or fun.
The music and sound design are both pretty mid; the music in the background doesn’t make much sense for the genre. The noises Object Factory makes for placing and moving objects are also kind of annoying with headphones, which is how I play all games.
So I decided to mute Object Factory. I pressed ESC, then I realized the settings menu isn’t in the game. You have to quit out to the main menu to change any settings. After quitting out, I realized there was no volume in the menu as well as no keybinds, no accessibility settings. There is little you can do to change your experience in Object Factory.
I took out my headphones and hopped back in the game, figuring I could listen to the TV or something. That’s when I noticed there is no autosave, and Object Factory had deleted all my progress. Most games at least give you heads up if you are going to end up deleting progress, but there was no confirmation step.
I tried both Arcade and Factory modes; there honestly isn’t much of a difference between them. There is also Easy, Normal, and Hard modes. I tried both easy and normal; normal is the mode that had swiss cheese for a floor.
Conclusion
All in all, I did not enjoy my time with Object Factory. I was pretty bummed when I lost all my progress. I found the lack of a menu explaining keybinds made the game way harder than it had to be. The conveyers weren’t fun to place like they are in shapez 2. The visuals are a little plain, and the music is not great. I can’t bring myself to recommend this one, folks.
Final Verdict: I Don’t Like it.
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