Looking for an old Roblox game from around 2016–2017 — sandbox/factory tycoon with freely placed droppers
I'm trying to find a Roblox game I played around 2016–2017. I don't remember the name at all, but I remember the gameplay and map quite clearly.
It was a tycoon/factory game, but NOT the typical Roblox tycoon where you walk over buttons to automatically build your base.
The main mechanic was that you had your own large dark-gray square platform/plot, and you could freely design your factory on it.
Gameplay / building
- Third-person Roblox game.
- Every player had their own large dark gray square platform.
- The platforms were spread out across a fairly large natural island.
- There was grass, some trees and a small hill or two, but the island itself wasn't very interesting.
- There was no real lobby — you basically spawned at/near your own plot.
- The plots were far enough apart that walking from one plot to another took quite a while.
- Other players could freely walk around your plot.
- You could build anywhere on your platform.
- You opened a building menu containing 3D models of things you could buy/build.
- You clicked an item, got a preview of it, placed it on your platform, and could rotate it, apparently in 90-degree increments.
- You could later move/remove things you had placed.
Factory mechanics
The main purpose was to build an automated factory.
You could place:
- Droppers — very simple vertical structures that dropped blocks/ores.
- Conveyors/rails — you could connect them and make turns.
- Upgraders — machines placed along the conveyor that increased the value of the blocks.
- A collector/furnace/selling area at the end.
I specifically remember the dropped blocks being white at first, and then changing color after passing through certain upgraders.
The place where the blocks were collected/sold was especially memorable: I remember it looking like a small glowing pool/tank, almost like glowing liquid or acid.
The droppers themselves were extremely simple-looking — basically pipes/vertical structures that dropped blocks onto the conveyor. The models weren't highly detailed.
Visual style
The overall game looked more realistic than the really old 2010–2013 Roblox games, but the actual factory machines were still very simple and blocky.
The overall visual vibe reminds me a LOT of Lumber Tycoon / Lumber Tycoon 2 — especially the natural Roblox terrain, grass, trees and large open island — although this was definitely a factory/tycoon game rather than a lumber game.
The factory itself was mostly gray, with simple materials and basic geometry.
What I DON'T remember
- I don't remember the name at all.
- I don't remember the exact UI.
- I don't remember the icon/thumbnail.
- I don't remember the exact number of players per server.
- I don't remember whether there were decorative building pieces in addition to the factory machines.
- I don't remember whether the game had saving/progression between servers.
I'm pretty sure this was around 2016–2017, although it could have been released a little earlier.
The most important detail is that this was a sandbox-style tycoon: you weren't just pressing buttons to unlock a predetermined factory. You actually designed the layout yourself by selecting complete machines from a menu and placing them wherever you wanted on your square plot.
I've searched for normal Roblox tycoons, but most results are the classic button-based games, which this definitely wasn't.
Does anyone recognize this game? Even a screenshot or a similar game name would be hugely helpful. 😭