Lazy Witch's Factory

Early access since Aug 2026

Your debt comes due in 30 minutes. Twist the rules through demonic contracts and survive impossible production quotas in this chaotic factory-building roguelite.

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $15.99

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Evaluation

Lazy Witch's Factory entered Steam Early Access on August 21, 2026 and is actively being developed toward a future 1.0 release. Since Early Access launched, the developer has shipped 9 patches over 41 days (through October 1, 2026), covering balance adjustments, new features like an in-game encyclopedia, performance optimizations, new meeting episodes, and numerous bug fixes. The developer has publicly celebrated this patch cadence as evidence of their commitment to player feedback. On October 1, 2026, the developer announced the "Sin of Lust" update season (October–November 2026), focused on introducing a new sponsor character named "Asmodeus." This content includes new contracts, familiars, relics, special missions, meeting episodes, and related unlocks. Development assets such as character portraits and all 7 meeting episode scripts are complete; the developer is currently finalizing familiar stats and contract balance through internal playtesting before release. A September 4, 2026 patch post explicitly stated that two more sponsors are still planned for the future beyond those already in the game, noting that each addition will substantially expand the number of possible sponsor combinations and strategic variety. The developer published a roadmap on the store page at the start of Early Access and has been publicly tracking progress against its milestones. Communication has been frequent and detailed throughout 2026, from a March 2026 engineering update about a full conveyor belt rewrite, through playtests, demo, Early Access launch, and ongoing post-launch updates.

Evidence

Developer announced the 'Sin of Lust' update season for October–November 2026, detailing planned content for a new sponsor 'Asmodeus' including contracts, familiars, relics, special missions, and meeting episodes — currently in active development and not yet released.

news post · Oct 1, 2026 source content planned

high

Developer confirmed that two additional sponsors beyond the current roster are still planned, noting this will significantly expand sponsor combination possibilities.

news post · Sep 4, 2026 source content planned

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Media

Details

Developer

MELTCLOCK.Inc

Publisher

Phoenixx Inc.

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Automation Base Building Cute Roguelite Female Protagonist 2D Anime Dark Humor Strategy Resource Management Time Management Demons Crafting Roguelike Top-Down

About this game

One Shift. One Factory. One Impossible Deadline.

『Lazy Witch’s Factory』 is a run-based rogue-lite factory builder.

You have only a short time to build a factory, make deals with demons, and repay a ridiculous amount of debt.

No time to take it easy.

Make the most of your limited time and resources.

Spaghetti lines and stopgap fixes are allowed.

If you fail to repay your debt before the deadline, you'll...

Actually, never mind.

Contracts Solve Everything (For a While)

Mine resources. Turn them into products. Sell them to pay off your debt.

Unfortunately, that won't be nearly enough. Make contracts with demons.

Short on raw materials? Rewrite the recipe.

Got too much iron ore? Transform it into a gem.

Short on cash? Just make some.

When your shift ends, everything resets. Except what you learned.

With each run, you'll get better at choosing the right contracts for the situation and building smarter synergies.

Middle management in hell is hell itself.

You play as Momoko, who signed up for “passive income” and ended up buried in debt.

Your workers are generally unmotivated and completely honest about their desires.

Whether they can be made to work properly depends entirely on how you manage them.

Salamanders seem to think blacksmithing is part of a workout routine.
Slimes enjoy the pain produced by distillation a little too much, and would rather make it last longer.

Eternal Life, Infinite Overtime

In the beginning, eternal life was the punishment cast upon sinners.

The manager Gehenna thought:

“Wonderful. This solves the overtime problem.”

You were cast down into a truly hellish work environment.

Still, not every demon in Hell wants to make your life worse.

Bored by immortality, the arch-demons now offer their help with your factory operations, each in their own highly questionable way.

Leviathan, a researcher, can greatly improve productivity through experimentation. As a side effect, Hell's entire water supply becomes contaminated.
Mammon, head of the infernal bank, can solve your cash-flow problems. Don't ask where the money came from.

Welcome to hell. Please clock in.

Game Features

A frantic run to pay off your debt within a 30-minute time limit
Highly replayable gameplay that inflates production power through factory design skills and randomized options for greater strategic depth.
Diverse strategies based on sponsor character combinations
Cute characters and sarcastic humor