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Sunshine Heavy Industries

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.

What works

  • Charming characters and writing
  • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
  • Creative freedom in ship design
  • Engaging optimization puzzles
  • Soothing soundtrack and art style

Things to keep in mind

  • Main story is relatively short
  • Some repetition in late-game puzzles
  • Limited social or cooperative features
  • Lack of sandbox mode requested
  • Ui could be improved for part info visibility

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Opus Magnum

  • Last Call BBS

  • ShantyTown

  • Khimera: Puzzle Island

  • PLATiNA :: LAB

  • Mudborne: Frog Management Sim

Less competitive

Games that feels like Sunshine Heavy Industries but with less competition against others

  • FixFox

  • All Hail the Orb

  • Tingus Goose

  • What Lies in the Multiverse

  • CATO: Buttered Cat

  • Kaelaverse: Pemascape

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Sunshine Heavy Industries but with a stronger survival pressure

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • GunSuit Guardians

  • The Last Starship

  • LONESTAR

  • Rogue Voltage

  • Backpack Hero

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Sunshine Heavy Industries: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026