I remember enjoying The Incredible Machine games as a kid. Those games are pretty old now but their creator made a game called Contraption Maker[1] which might be worthwhile. It has good reviews on steam.
Those games are obviously quite dissimilar to Factorio but I feel like they tickle my brain in the same way.
Autonauts[2] is also pretty good, although it requires scratch like programming and might be a little difficult for that age range, not sure.
There are some other games in the genre but these are the ones I've tried and remember.
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Autonauts[2] is also pretty good, although it requires scratch like programming and might be a little difficult for that age range, not sure.
There are some other games in the genre but these are the ones I've tried and remember.
[1]: https://www.gog.com/en/game/contraption_maker
[2]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/979120/Autonauts/