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Version 1.1 · 2026-10-27
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Silicon Factory: Retro Puzzle
In 1977, in a Palo Alto garage, someone switches on a soldering iron.
Helping GamesStore ratingNo rating
Price$1.09Listed price
Age4+Store age rating
CategoryGames
DeveloperHelping Games
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- $1.09 to download.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 1.1, updated 2026-10-27.
Preview
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About this app
In 1977, in a Palo Alto garage, someone switches on a soldering iron. Forty years later, that same person builds the phones in our pockets. That person is you.
Silicon Factory is a factory puzzle game: lay belts, machines and sorters, press PRODUCE and see whether your line delivers the order before the shift ends.
BUILD AT YOUR PACE, PRODUCE AGAINST THE CLOCK Plan your line with the clock stopped. Once it runs, every machine plays in time with the music, and a good line sounds like a song. If something jams, the game tells you why.
SIX ERAS, 90 PUZZLES • The garage (1977): circuit boards, soldering irons and the first home computers. • The cartridge era (1986): sorters, crossings and the console wars. • CD and 3D (1996): faulty parts, quality control and the Y2K panic. • Handhelds (2001): batteries that run flat and orders in phases.…
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Assessment record
- Status
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- App identifier
silicon-factory- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
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Google Play
- Store rating
- Not supplied
- Version
- 1.1
- Updated
- 27 Oct 2026
- Price
- $1.09
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- Not supplied
- Developer
- Helping Games
- Category
- Games
- Listing price
- $1.09
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Limits of this report
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