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Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is a building, singleplayer and co-op game
developed by Massive Miniteam
and published by HandyGames.
Released on May 27th 2025 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, French, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 1,591 reviews of which 1,389 were positive and 202 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.07€ on Gamivo.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 970 4GB / Radeon RX580 4GB or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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I enjoyed the demo of this game, and the full version has some improvements (like having chests full of aether sparks, so you don't need to grind 50 mobs at the start of the game). That said, it will be free on Epic from 4-30-26 through 5-7-26, so maybe get it there and give it a try before buying it here.
I consider this a cozy factory builder, intended more for new players to the genre. It's intentionally slow paced, and any attempt at building a statistically perfect factory is blocked at every turn by the game design. The game itself actually has a lot of depth thanks to the train system, temperature zones, logic layers, and a variety of creature sparks. However I found I ignored a lot of that depth. The logic layer in particular stands out for containing a flip-flop circuit, which seems interesting, but I never found a use for it. In fact, every time I engaged with the logic system I would inevitably tear it down 30 minutes later for a simplier solution. Similarly, the temperature zones are interesting, however building in the wrong zone will only slow down your machines, which can be easily overcome by building a second machine. Overall I found the game relaxing and enjoyable. I loved the art style. My attempts to fit an endless stream of trains on a single trunk line down the centre of the map made me smile. Whether you'll enjoy this game comes down to whether you can appreciate what it is (a chill automation game), rather than what it isn't (a serious factory game). Probably best picked up on sale in any case.
i wish i can put this into a "Mixed" because it does take a lOoOOoOOng time for the game to be good. its not a bad game, its just that you have to be patient a bit. - and after playing a couple of hours, you felt like you did your base so badliy that you want to restart Pros [*] decent graphics [*] the sparks are cute [*] your main character has decent customization Cons [*] very grindy, like sometimes you need like hundreds of an item to complete a quest [*] its hard to mass produce early game since you're ability/inventory space is very limited [*] mass producing sparks in early game has no production benefits (unless its the item carrying sparks and the fighting sparks) to be fair I haven't completed the game yet, so I'm not sure either if the ability is still locked for me - for example the ability to copy/paste your base layout to another location
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure might look like a cozy take on factory games because of its presentation, but don’t be fooled. While it does not lean into heavy min maxing like some staples of the genre (Factorio, Satisfactory) and does not really offer a way to fully centralize your operations, it succeeds by doing its own thing. The key lies in the adventure part of the title. This is as much an automation game as it is an adventure game. Progression is driven by quests, unlocks, and rewards that naturally gate advancement and encourage you to automate specific systems before moving on to the next Tier. Instead of endlessly optimizing for a mega factory, the game pushes you to explore, unlock new tools, and adapt your setups based on where they’re at. Some of the game’s core rules also force you to think differently. There are no conveyor belts. Instead, everything is handled by Sparks, small nature creatures that help you automate tasks so you do not have to do everything manually. They walk on the right side of paths and always turn right, which initially leads to messy overlaps and awkward splitters. Over time, you unlock path addons that allow more precise control and meaningful optimization. At first, you may feel the urge to constantly redesign your early production lines, but that is not really what the game is about. Once you reach Tier 6, the experience opens up significantly with the introduction of trains, a system the game relies on heavily from that point onwards. The train system is in my opinion excellent. You can customize their behavior, reuse tracks, and control everything using logic gates and electrical signals (think Minecraft’s redstone). At that point, it becomes clear that each zone serves a specific purpose, and the challenge shifts to making all of them interact efficiently through a shared train network to keep resources flowing where they are needed, leveraging teleporters for yourself. The game intentionally introduces moments of frustration, usually to make upcoming automations feel rewarding. Something feels tedious or inefficient until you unlock the system that solves it. Farming Aether is a great example, as its progression makes you realize how much easier it could have been with the right tools in place. Remote chests are another strong addition. They are expensive at first, but the ability to build without carrying resources becomes essential later on, especially when mapping and adjusting complex train networks. This game offers a lot without overwhelming the player, it guides you the whole time through the quests, their requirements, and unlocks. Exploration, world discovery, and understanding how Sparks interact with the environment are essential and well paced throughout the game so it feels fresh every time. Combat is more uneven. Monsters provide essential resources and can be a real threat early on if you are not properly equipped. However, they often become trivial once you unlock the next tier of Sparks and rework your production. Combat is the weakest part of the experience for me, mostly because it requires direct control of Sparks, and commands do not always register or behave as intended. Oddsparks is very much a game of trial and error, sometimes to a brutal degree. A single small mistake can snowball and halt entire production chains, forcing you to trace dependencies and fix the root cause. There are productivity tools available, but they often feel more like quality of life features than systems fully integrated into the core gameplay. In the end, it is more casual than the classic automation giants, but it is full of charm, set in a vast and inviting world, and blends adventure and automation in a way that feels fresh and satisfying. Despite a few rough edges, it is a game I genuinely enjoy spending time with and continue to come back to seeing what’s next in my adventure.
In Response to Common Complaints: (For context, I am currently 60 hours in, have nearly 1k hours in Satisfactory, a sizable chunk in Shapez/Zachtronics-verse/Atrio, and no less than three separate therapy appointments that have used the fact that I refuse to buy Factorio, because I don't like the visuals, as a metaphor for why I think I'm going to die alone.) TL;DR This is not Conveyor Belt Automation. This is secret Programming Automation wrapped in adorable visuals. There's an optional Minecraft-style Redstone dynamic to provide efficiency, flexibility, and less line spaghetti. I can spend three hours writing a text wall about my complicated feelings, or I can spend 15 minutes drawing a flowchart that explains how (I think) my brain works, and then lose myself for 16 hours making that flowchart both readable and pretty. This game is for me. If you just want more conveyor belts (Satisfactory, Shapez, and I assume Factorio) then you might find this game annoying and limiting. That's totally fine. That's what those games do very well, and they're all amazing. If you, like me, have Programmer's Brain, but are such a violently visual thinker that text-only programming is a struggle, it's a treat. -If have Rock? Go right. If no have Rock? Keep walking. It's relaxation therapy for people who like to label everything. -Are your little dude going down the wrong paths? That's a bug report. -Are your little dudes running in circles and looking insane? There's ways to give them a rest. -Did you clear-cut and strip mine the map before finding infinite resource generators? You can regrow that. --You can even set up harvest/growth cycles if you're into that. The game literally weaponizes your empathy to push you towards more efficient, sustainable solutions. But, it also lets you ignore all of that and just infinite-resource your way through everything. There is a lot of flexibility, but instead of providing it to you through more and more machines, it provides it to you with sparks (your dudes), and the layout of the world itself. Some minimun-spoilery things to help avoid frustration: -The game proceeds through wood, stone, and then metal. (If there's more, I haven't gotten there yet) -Either hold off on massive factories until you're in stone (you'll know when). --Or, always build with a mind towards converting to one-way paths overs long distances or high-traffic areas. -Combat gets exponentially easier with each stack of active sparks. --Manual combat will (for the most part) only ever be necessary for short spurts as you reach a new infinite harvestable. --- I know there's a tower defense portion at the end of the game, I've yet to reach it, and can't apply the above to that portion. I'll update this review to reflect that portion when I reach it. Especially as I loath tower defense, and am curious how they approach it I wrote this mini-essay because there's been a recent flood of negative reviews, and it would be a shame to see this game get panned for what people think it should be, rather than liking it for what it is. And, because the negative reviews put me off buying it until I got cranky and decided to buy it anyway. It is ironic that I, an older, nurospicy, catlady gamer, got cranky on Ada Lovelace Day, because the resulting sale saved me from paying full price. Finally: Please do yourself a favor and pay attention to the fact that the first spark you get is literally a log. Stubby legs, no arms. A cylinder whose front 50% contains its only visual sense organs (eyes), and back 50% is just wood. Just. Wood. And yet! When placed on a machine run it, they flop down face-first and roll--on their faces--to make the buttons go. If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the intelligence of the sparks, and the humor of the visuals, nothing else will.
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Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
No, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure received 1,389 positive votes out of a total of 1,591 achieving a rating of 8.32.
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Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure was developed by Massive Miniteam and published by HandyGames.
Yes, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is not playable on MacOS.
No, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is not playable on Linux.
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
Yes, there are 6 DLCs available for Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure. Explore additional content available for Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure on Steam.
Yes, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
45
Developer
Massive Miniteam
Publisher
HandyGames
Release
27 May 2025
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