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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Kaizen: A Factory Story
Coincidence · Published by Klei Publishing · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 92% positive (721 reviews) · Metacritic 80 · 8 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
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Simulation, Strategy · 2025 · More £15 - £30 games
Navigate through the intricate puzzles of Kaizen: A Factory Story, where you design and refine manufacturing processes for classic products like calculators and camcorders in a simulation that blends strategy with creativity.
About this game
The year is 1986 and you are David Sugimoto, born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Thanks to a family friend, you’re headed to Japan for your very first job at Matsuzawa Manufacturing.
Japan’s economy is booming. They’re looking for smart, young, motivated business professionals just like you. You’re going to go get to live that 80s executive life and jet-set around the globe, right?
…Right?
Initially promised a job with the international sales team, you show up at your new job and it isn’t a shiny office. It’s one of Matsuzawa’s old factories in the outskirts of Tokyo. You’re quickly put to work designing automated production lines. Do you have what it takes to survive as a rookie thrust into the fascinating world of factory automation?
From the creators of Opus Magnum, SpaceChem, and Infinifactory comes Kaizen: A Factory Story — another masterfully engineered game.
Weld, rivet, cut, and drill the optimal design and share your solutions to build the simplest, fastest, and sleekest items in your factory. Export animated GIFs to show them off.
But wait! There’s more! In case you want to take a break from factory life, you can spend your days playing Pachi-Sol, an exciting new pachinko-themed solitaire game.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE: Fixing a background image
Today's update fixes the level select background image for chapter 6 so that the driveway is marked correctly for driving on the left side of the road.Read full article on Community Announcements (krispykrem)AnnouncementsOfficial
Kaizen: A Factory Story is 50% off! (Also, we made a new game!)
For the next week, Kaizen: A Factory Story is 50% off on Steam!Design production lines to create the iconic products of 1980s Japan. Flip, weld, and cut blocks to build products, with classic features like histograms and new features like rewinding and real-time editing. When you need a break, there's even a pachinko-themed solitaire!We're also releasing a new game today, U.V.S. Nirmana!Set off on the Unreturning Void Ship Nirmana as it continues a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe. Stop by distant worlds and ancient civilizations, helping them as part of your pilgrimage with your companions, the Renunciants.Read full article on Community Announcements (krispykrem)AnnouncementsOfficial
The 2025 Steam Awards
The Steam Awards 2025 are open for nominations, and with your help, we think Kaizen: A Factory Story could win this year's Best Game You Suck At award.Not that you suck at it. It's more about how bafflement can turn into feeling brilliant in a single moment. How an idea coalesces into a complex machine that miraculously does exactly what you wanted it to do. And then seeing your friend beat your score.So if Kaizen has ever made you feel proud, frustrated, confused, delighted, or all of the above in the same five minutes, we would be honored to have your nomination. A Steam nomination (and reviews!) does more than earn us bragging rights as a newly formed co-op studio -- it boosts visibility and helps more folks join in the fun of thinking there's something wrong with the game and e-mailing Zach about it before realizing there really is a solution out there, waiting to be found.Thanks for building, breaking, and occasionally questioning life choices with us!Read full article on Community Announcements (Astra Logical Publishing)Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE: New achievement
Today's update adds a new achievement for solving every puzzle in the game.Read full article on Community Announcements (krispykrem)Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE: Variants tutorial fixes
Today's update localizes the variants tutorial images and fixes a bug where the variants tutorial was not automatically opened when opening a puzzle using that mechanic.Read full article on Community Announcements (krispykrem)
