
Start in a bedroom with one 3D printer and build a manufacturing empire! Manage filaments, upgrade machines, hire staff, and expand into a factory in this addictive idle tycoon game.
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3D Printer Manager is a strategic idle management game that takes you into the addictive world of 3D printing. Start your journey as a hobbyist in your bedroom with a single, noisy printer and a dream. Your goal? To build the ultimate 3D printing empire.
Manage your fleet of machines, optimize your filament supply, and fulfill customer orders to fund your expansion. As you grow, you'll move from a cramped bedroom to a garage, an office, and finally a factory. Whether you're a 3D printing enthusiast or a fan of tycoon games, 3D Printer Manager offers a satisfying blend of strategy, progression, and idle mechanics.
Key Features
Build Your Fleet: Purchase and manage distinct printer types including reliable Cartesian workhorses, lightning-fast CoreXY machines, and tall Delta towers. Each comes with its own speed, cost, and reliability trade-offs.
Master Materials: It’s not just about plastic. Work your way up from basic PLA to advanced materials like ABS, TPU, Nylon, and premium Carbon Fiber. Each filament type commands a different market price and requires careful management.
Deep Upgrade System: Fine-tune your machines for peak performance. Install Klipper firmware to boost speed, improve durability to reduce breakdowns, and upgrade efficiency to cut material costs.
Expand Your Empire: Outgrow your space? Move your operation from a humble Bedroom (4 slots) to a Garage, Office, and eventually a high-tech Factory capable of housing dozens of machines.
Automate & Optimize: You can't click forever. Hire staff ranging from Rookies to Veteran Operators to keep your farm running 24/7. They'll handle print jobs, perform repairs, and prioritize high-value orders while you sit back and watch the profits roll in.
Fulfill Orders: Take on contracts for specific prints, from the classic "Benchy" to complex "Articulated Dragons." Balancing bulk orders with daily production is key to maximizing your reputation and income.
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Languages: English
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Reviews
Decent gameplay loop. Limited printer/print options. Works well on Linux.
game is good, can get a little repetitive so may need more to do later in the game plus more bulk prints and the addition to use one worker and assign them to do multiple types of plastic and not just one. But overall great game.
Straight up the game has good bones, that being said it could really use a playerbase to give feedback for future updates if you are into that sorta thing im sure devman would love you forever. It has a pretty slow start with not much to do other than tend to a few printers, once you get enough to justify hiring an employee you can semi afk it. Basically a idler to throw on the side monitor if you dont have the attention to grind it out. Cant wait to follow the dev on this one and see where it goes!
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Played enough to unlock all the goals in the game, now on Endless mode. It is a simple yet addicting game, and when I say simple, I mean simple. Staying under the time for the orders is probably the most challenging part, but still really easy. It would be nice if the game had a pause button. Every time I have to go AFK I have to do something, I need to force a save and then close the game so I do not miss orders. I have all high tier employees that will auto switch and complete the orders with the only impute from me is accepting the order. I have the Factory and office set to do round robins on all the products so I just mass produce everything. Like I said, its a simple game. Would be nice to eventually be able to click on a printer and see it actually printing the item/design and have the ability to design something custom. Even though I am on endless have have the endless room unlocked, my goal is to upgrade the entire factory to the top printer. But the issue is the price, I get the point of having the prices increase, but there should be a cap on it.
Its a great game! but it takes forever to gain traction and get started, very great game in early access Pros: Cool game Neutrals: Printer animations (2D only, simple) Cons: Takes forever to start and requires alot of patience (maybe a speed up mode will help) Employee managing (fighting to print the specific order, maybe a much better assignment system)
This game is too easy, from the game thumbnail I thought it would be some 3d game, but it's just a UI only game with only waiting. I literally got a worker in the first 20 mins of the game and he did everything, then I went afk and came back to realize my print went viral and now I suddenly got 7k in my account. Then I maxed out my printers with that 7k and the game like did everything automatically, I'll still recommend this game because the developer probably is an indie dev and I don't wanna get his hopes down. Keep up the good work dev.
Honestly a super fun, chill game. It actually reminds me a bit of my IRL workplace, which is kinda funny hihi. The UI is super clean and easy on the eyes, which I really appreciate for a management sim. It’s the perfect game to just leave running in the background. I just tab in to check on my print farm from time to time, though definitely get yourself a worker as soon as you can so they handle the active grind for you. Keep in mind it's still Early Access, but the foundation is already really solid. Looking forward to seeing what gets added in future updates! :)
I hope there is more. After 5 hours I find it a bit lacking. It's early access though so I'm hoping there is lots more in store. Currently it's free so absolutely recommend. I wouldn't pay for this... yet at least. Feels like a browser game.
The game is fun for the first few minutes then it turns into just waiting for more money to buy 59 more 3d printers. There are no additional mechanics to unlock after your first 3d printer. It takes less than a day to reach the end of the game.
It is a nice idle game, well built even though there's UX opportunities. I completed 26/29 achievements in less than 4 hours. Which is the only downside. The game is yet limited in content and in scalability. More printers are needed. Much more blueprints are needed. Mass requests needs to be bigger like 2x or 3x more. To be challenging. Reputation scales too fast, and it's based on the amount produced, it should be based on Who requested, How urgent, How was the deliverable. There more to comment ... but I hope to see new updates!!
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