Level 10
Siege Brute
A slow, armoured battering ram that tests your walls and focus fire.
Playable prototype
Cinder Automata
Build a factory. Arm it. Hold the line.
Rogue machines march on your base. You survive by running a factory: mine ore, smelt it, craft ammunition and robots, wire up power, and hold the line through level after level of tougher waves. Factorio and Mindustry, distilled into short, replayable runs in your browser.
Factory-building tower-defence rogueliteBrowser (desktop first)Installable appFree
Play the prototype Desktop recommended
Design pillars
What it is built around
A factory that fights
Your production line is your defence. Every belt you lay ends at a gun.
Short, complete runs
Sit down, play a full run, and stop. No hundred-hour commitment.
Readable at a glance
Clear shapes and colours so you can see what is wrong before it breaks.
Forgiving, not shallow
Mistakes cost you a little, not everything. The depth is in the choices.
The loop
One run, round and round
- 1Build
- 2Fight
- 3Win or lose
- 4Pick a boon
- 5Open a new square
- 6Read the omen
- 7Repeat, harder
Features
A factory that fights back
Real supply chains
Iron, copper, coal, tin, lead, sulfur and wood become plates, gunpowder, bullets, bronze, steel and artillery shells.
Turrets fed by your belts
Upgrade into Scatter guns and Snipers. Add Storm coils and walls to shape the fight.
Build your own army
Robots from small drones to towering automatons that defend the base.
Research you manufacture
New tech is paid for in science packs that your own factory produces.
An expanding map
Start on one square around your core and open new land after every win.
Choose your commander
Start each run with a commander, each with a bonus and a drawback. Back the guns, the robots, the lightning or pure factory.
Omens and boons
A random twist on each fight (Swarm, Ironhide, Two fronts, Ash fog and more) and a choice of upgrades as you go.
Three bosses, then Endless
Siege Brute at level 10, Colossus Walker at 20 and Hive Queen at 30. Then see how long you last.
Autosave and cloud saves
Your run saves as you play, and syncs with a FuzeNova account.
Bosses
Three machines to break
Level 20
Colossus Walker
A towering machine that steps over defences and shrugs off small arms.
Level 30
Hive Queen
Spawns endless drones. Break the swarm, then break the Queen.
Beat the Hive Queen and Endless mode opens up.
Commanders
Pick who leads the line
Each commander brings a bonus and a drawback. They are on the way.
- Coming soon
Gunnery Chief Brakka Vesh
Arsenal
- Coming soon
The Foundry Regent
Robot army
- Coming soon
Stormwarden Ilka Thorne
Lightning
- Coming soon
Forewoman Tamsin Brassgate
Pure factory
Screenshots
From the prototype
Help shape it
Cinder Automata is being built with its players. Get in touch to playtest new builds, report bugs and argue about balance.
FAQ
Good questions
Is it free?
Yes. Cinder Automata is free to play.
Is it finished?
Not yet. It is a playable prototype, and playtester feedback is shaping what comes next.
Can I play on my phone?
It runs in a mobile browser, but a desktop or laptop with a mouse is recommended for factory building.
Does my run save?
Yes. It autosaves on your device, and to the cloud if you sign in.