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Kaizen: A Factory Story cover art

Kaizen: A Factory Story

Coincidence · Astra Logical · 2025-07-14

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 14, 2025 (Linux), Jul 14, 2025 (Mac)

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.

92%
positive of 716 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
14h
to beat · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
Kaizen: A Factory Story is an automation puzzle video game developed by Coincidence, a studio formed by Zach Barth after the closure of Zachtronics, and published by Astra Logical. It was released for Windows, Linux and macOS in July 2025.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (237 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 716 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-05-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22022020252026Week of 2025-07-14: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992025-07-142026-07-092025-07-14 — best price $17.992025-07-28 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $15.992026-02-11 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-04 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $19.992026-06-11 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

101162026-05-27 — 42 pageviews2026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 48 pageviews2026-06-05 — 34 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-11 — 27 pageviews2026-06-14 — 37 pageviews2026-06-17 — 34 pageviews2026-06-20 — 35 pageviews2026-06-23 — 31 pageviews2026-06-26 — 51 pageviews2026-06-29 — 41 pageviews2026-07-02 — 83 pageviews2026-07-05 — 41 pageviews2026-07-08 — 49 pageviews2026-07-11 — 28 pageviews2026-07-14 — 40 pageviews2026-07-17 — 32 pageviews2026-07-20 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 36 pageviews2026-07-26 — 36 pageviews2026-07-29 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 40 pageviews2026-08-04 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 26 pageviews2026-08-10 — 38 pageviews2026-08-13 — 35 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 33 pageviews2026-08-22 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
56.4%
earned "Super Defender"
9.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9584%8

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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