Independent Japanese developer sakastudio has announced a closed beta for moorestech, its factory automation anime RPG, scheduled for June 2026. Registration is already live through the game's Discord server, giving interested players a way to get in early on what looks like a genuinely fresh take on the genre.
If the factory automation loop sounds familiar - think Factorio or Satisfactory territory - moorestech carves out its own lane by wrapping the whole experience in an RPG structure with a proper story campaign. That's not a small distinction. Having a narrative thread running through your production lines and tech trees could make the genre far more accessible to players who bounced off pure automation sandboxes.
Tech progression from windmills to fusion
According to Noisy Pixel, the game's progression system takes players from early mechanical technology like windmills and waterwheels, then pushes them through steam power and electricity before eventually reaching fusion energy. That kind of sweeping industrial arc gives the game a satisfying sense of scale, and it maps well to the RPG leveling fantasy of starting small and ending up as an unstoppable force.
The anime aesthetic is doing some heavy lifting here too. Factory builders tend to lean into gritty industrial visuals, so a colorful, anime-styled presentation could pull in a crowd that wouldn't otherwise touch the genre. sakastudio seems to be betting that the combo of accessible visuals and deep systems is a gap worth filling.
Why this one is worth watching
Indie factory games have had a strong run lately, but most of them are iterating on established formulas rather than genuinely hybridizing with other genres. moorestech looks like it's swinging for something different - a game where the automation is in service of a story, not just an end in itself.
The June 2026 beta window is far enough out that the team clearly isn't rushing this one to market. For a small independent studio tackling a scope this ambitious, that patience is probably a good sign. If you want to get into the beta, your best bet right now is to join the Discord and register through the official channel before spots fill up.
