Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and survive encounters with the sinister threats that plague SpaceChem.
PuzzleSimulatorStrategyIndieScience fictioncasualdifficultprogrammingspacemanagementsteamsciencehigh scorechemistrygreat soundtracksteam achievementsdigital distributionLinux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
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Character
Plot-driven, cool, contemporary and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
- Developer
- Zachtronics Industries
- Publisher
- Zachtronics Industries
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 29 ratings.
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