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SpaceChem

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!…

1 January 2011

SpaceChem is an indie developed by Zachtronics, released 1 January 2011 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac.

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What SpaceChem is

SpaceChem is an indie game developed by Zachtronics and released in 2011. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

SpaceChem launched on 1 January 2011, within three weeks of LittleBigPlanet 2, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Dungeon Defenders and Back to the Future: The Game.

Released around the same time: LittleBigPlanet 2, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Dungeon Defenders, Back to the Future: The Game.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did SpaceChem come out?
SpaceChem was released on 1 January 2011 for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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