Production Line : Car factory simulation
Released Mar 2019
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
82% positive · 3,479 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $6.24 $24.99 −75%
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Evaluation
Production Line: Car Factory Simulation launched into full release on March 7, 2019, after an extensive Early Access period during which Positech Games shipped frequent feature updates. Following the 1.0 release, the developer shipped two DLC packs: "Doors that go like this" on May 1, 2019 (adding a supercar design with gull-wing doors), and the "Design Variety Pack" on October 23, 2019 (adding cosmetic car model variants for all vehicle categories). Both DLC are released, and no further DLC has been listed on the store.
The October 23, 2019 Design Variety Pack release post included the message "Thanks for all your support during the development of the game" — language that signals a natural wrap-up of the game's content cycle rather than a stepping stone to more. After that point, developer communications on this game's Steam page ceased entirely, with subsequent posts (from 2020 onward) being announcements about other Positech titles such as Democracy 4 and Ridiculous Space Battles. The most recent post on this game's page, from July 20, 2025, is purely a promotional announcement for Ridiculous Space Battles — confirming the developer has moved on to new projects.
With both DLC released, no unreleased DLC on the store, no roadmap or announcement of further content, and no developer posts about this game since October 2019, Production Line is a complete, finished product. The content became complete with the release of the Design Variety Pack on October 23, 2019.
Evidence
Design Variety Pack released — the second and final DLC, adding cosmetic car model variants for all vehicle categories.
Doors that go like this released — the first DLC, adding a supercar design with gull-wing doors.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Positech Games
Achievements
32
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
A modern car factory is a near perfect example of efficiency, process-management and flow. A massive army of precision-controlled robots dance to a milimeter-perfect ballet of engineering excellence with perfect timing. Components snake along conveyor belts to a 'just-in-time' ordering system that leaves no pauses, no delay, no confusion or congestion. Nothing exists but the perfect flowing efficiency of high tech car construction...
theory.
In practice, of course, life is not so simple. When you get to grips with your first factory design, it certainly will not feel in a state of pure flow...or profit for that matter. Making a handful of built-to-order cars and breaking even is one thing...but competing with the big multinationals and churning out thousands of cars for the mass market is a whole new ballgame.
To win market share from the big companies you are going to need planning, an appreciation of future technology, a careful eye on your bottom line, and an ability to design a factory layout that makes use of every square meter, and cuts production costs per car to the absolute minimum. Have you got what it takes to win?
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game from Positech Games, the developers of Democracy & Gratuitous Space Battles, and publishers of Big Pharma. This game is designed to appeal to the efficiency geek in all of us, the person who cannot help but organize things for maximum performance. The closet entrepreneur, the stats-geek, Is that you? if so...welcome to your dream game (we hope!)
The key to understanding production line is the division of labor and the merits of purpose-built machinery. At the start, your factory will be small and the individual slots on your production line will carry out large complex tasks (like fitting the car body). As you research better methods, and earn the funds to expand, you will continue to subdivide those slots into smaller (and faster) production areas which keep the flow of new vehicles flowing smoothly. At the same time, product design researchers will be working out how to enhance your cars with new technologies such as automatic headlights, power steering, bluetooth phone support and voice recognition.
its a race to be productive AND a race to be profitable. Are you ready to compete?
A modern car factory is a near perfect example of efficiency, process-management and flow. A massive army of precision-controlled robots dance to a milimeter-perfect ballet of engineering excellence with perfect timing. Components snake along conveyor belts to a 'just-in-time' ordering system that leaves no pauses, no delay, no confusion or congestion. Nothing exists but the perfect flowing efficiency of high tech car construction...
theory.
In practice, of course, life is not so simple. When you get to grips with your first factory design, it certainly will not feel in a state of pure flow...or profit for that matter. Making a handful of built-to-order cars and breaking even is one thing...but competing with the big multinationals and churning out thousands of cars for the mass market is a whole new ballgame.
To win market share from the big companies you are going to need planning, an appreciation of future technology, a careful eye on your bottom line, and an ability to design a factory layout that makes use of every square meter, and cuts production costs per car to the absolute minimum. Have you got what it takes to win?
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game from Positech Games, the developers of Democracy & Gratuitous Space Battles, and publishers of Big Pharma. This game is designed to appeal to the efficiency geek in all of us, the person who cannot help but organize things for maximum performance. The closet entrepreneur, the stats-geek, Is that you? if so...welcome to your dream game (we hope!)
The key to understanding production line is the division of labor and the merits of purpose-built machinery. At the start, your factory will be small and the individual slots on your production line will carry out large complex tasks (like fitting the car body). As you research better methods, and earn the funds to expand, you will continue to subdivide those slots into smaller (and faster) production areas which keep the flow of new vehicles flowing smoothly. At the same time, product design researchers will be working out how to enhance your cars with new technologies such as automatic headlights, power steering, bluetooth phone support and voice recognition.
its a race to be productive AND a race to be profitable. Are you ready to compete?
Are these done yet?
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