Nubby's Number Factory

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Nubby's Number Factory
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Developer MogDogBlog Productions
Publisher MogDogBlog Productions
Platform
ReleaseMarch 7, 2025
Genres Roguelike, strategy
Mode

Nubby's Number Factory is a 2025 plinko style roguelike strategy game created by developer MogDogBlog Productions. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

In it, players control a factory where they are tasked to launch Nubby, a living ball, into a board of pegs to generate higher and higher numbers continuously. [2]

The pegs are all worth different amounts, and players must earn enough points to meet the quota for each round. If they fail to do so, the sun will explode. In between sets of rounds, a shop will pop up with items that grant abilities available for purchase. There's a vial underneath the quota that fills up every time the player scores points. The player wins money if they exceed the quota and fill up the vial. The game also features a perk system and special rounds to diversify runs. [3]

Release and Reception

Nubby's Number Factory released on Steam on March 7, 2025. [4] The game received positive reviews, with reviewers drawing favorable comparisons to Balatro , [5] Peggle , and Ballionaire , [6] also complimenting its price, music, absurd setting and terminology, bizarre art style inspired by 1990s computer shareware and edutainment, [7] style of progression, and addictive gameplay, [8] while criticizing some of the balancing, lack of replay value and the difficulty of the challenges. [9]

References

  1. "5 underrated Roguelikes I can't stop playing". XDA. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. Dawe, Liam (2025-03-20). "Help, I've discovered Nubby's Number Factory, a 'plinko-style roguelike' where you stop the sun exploding". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  3. "Nubby's Number Factory is like Balatro if it were a plinko roguelike and instead of Jokers had items like Squirmy, Pedro, and A Ton of Feathers". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  4. "Nubby's Number Factory on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  5. McClure, Deven (2025-04-06). "This Breakout Indie Game Of 2025 Could Be The Next Balatro". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  6. Allsop, Ken (2025-03-19). "Unassuming new $5 roguelike might be 2025's Balatro, and it's already rated 97% on Steam". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  7. Morooka, Naoto (2025-03-11). "ハイパーインフレパチンコ『Nubby's Number Factory』Steamで「好評率100%」スタート。どことなく2000年代の空気感漂う、奇天烈スコア稼ぎ". AUTOMATON (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  8. Hopley, Alex (2025-03-16). "I've played an hour of Nubby's Number Factory and I'm already convinced it's as addictive as Balatro". Gamereactor UK. Archived from the original on 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  9. Whiteley, Adam (2025-03-28). "Nubby's Number Factory review: A chaotic, addictive twist on roguelike deckbuilders". The Mancunion. Archived from the original on 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-05-08.