With a fully destructible simulated world the factory automation game FluxWerks
8 Sep 2026 at 7:21 am UTC By Liam Squires-HandA factory-building automation sim with a destructible world and simulated heat and fluids, FluxWerks sounds like it's going to stand out in the genre. Created by the husband…
By Liam Squires-Hand
A factory-building automation sim with a destructible world and simulated heat and fluids, FluxWerks sounds like it's going to stand out in the genre. Created by the husband and wife indie team at Metallibitti Oy game studio from Finland, this one arrives in Early Access on September 23rd.
The key point with this one is that the terrain is both a resource and a hazard here. Dig below a lake and the water will flow, computers will heat up requiring cooling and more - there's a lot of world-features that are simulated that sounds like it will be an interesting challenge.
See the trailer below:
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- An infinite world you can reshape
Every block of the endless voxel landscape can be mined, excavated, or built over. Dig shafts to deep ore veins, carve canals for your cooling water, flatten mountains for a mega-factory, or tunnel your logistics straight through the rock. - Heat that behaves like heat
Temperature is simulated across the world and inside your machines. Boilers feed steam turbines, furnaces warm their surroundings, snow melts, and water boils away. Manage waste heat with exchangers and thermostats before your factory cooks itself. - Fluids with real flow
Water, lava, oil, and stranger substances flow, pool, and press against your works. Fluids react where they meet, lava hardens into rock in your cooling channels, and hot springs can power an early base. Pump it, pipe it, and route it by temperature. - Weather with teeth
Each biome has its own temper. Sandstorms scour the desert, blizzards bury the arctic, and in volcanic lands the ground itself erupts. Storms sweep across your factory, and the pollution your industry puts out drifts over the landscape too, so keep those solar panels clean. - Factories that scale
Belts, inserters, pipes, and long-range freight drones connect it all. Copy working designs into blueprints and stamp them across the landscape. The simulation is built to keep tens of thousands of buildings running smoothly. - Computing runs the factory
Advanced automation does not run on power alone, it needs processing. Build and grow computer clusters to keep pace with your expanding factory, and deal with the heat they pour out. Keep the server halls cool and the whole operation hums; let them run hot and you will feel it everywhere.