This retro Windows‑95‑style automation game hits every nostalgia button and might pull you into the genre for good

Base-building automation games are becoming quite a popular genre these days, with titles like Satisfactory garnering over 120,000 positive reviews on Steam.

I'm personally not familiar with the genre as it's relatively new to me, but this new automation game that launched on April 22, 2026, is making me consider giving it a try purely on its nostalgic aesthetic alone — Factory 95.

Here's everything you need to know about this title.

In Factory 95, you are put in charge of creating PowerPoint factory slide-shows for clients by navigating an operating system modelled after Windows 95.

To build these factories, you will need to create slides that connect between pages by using various tools you download as you progress through the game.

Along the way, you will need to juggle emails, manage your limited resources and space to put slides, and use your tools at the right times to complete your clients' requests and earn revenue for your company.

Windows Central's take

As someone who's never played a base-building automation game before, Factory 95 looks deceptively simple to play but complicated to master once you start experimenting with its various mechanics at play.

What caught my attention the most with this game is its retro art style.

One of the first computers I ever owned during the 1990s had a Windows 95 OS installed, and this game perfectly captures its graphical aesthetic from the blocky program windows/interface, old versions of Microsoft Paint and PowerPoint, to the Clippy-inspired "Pinny" acting as a tutorial guide.

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Sadly, my Windows 95 computer didn't last long. My younger self was suckered into visiting websites that had fake info about video games and anime, and unknowingly downloaded a Trojan virus that killed my computer over time.

Part of me wishes I could go back and correct my mistake, but I wouldn't have learnt my lesson about being careful when browsing the internet if I did.

So I'm perfectly content with just kindling my nostalgic memories with Factory 95 (now available on Steam) and seeing why the base-building automation genre has become so popular among the kids these days.

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