Extremely addictive gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“You tell yourself you'll just fix one conveyor belt, then you blink, and suddenly the sun is up, the birds are chirping”
Steam review · 1726.2 h played ↗
Factorio
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Wube Software LTD.2020Automation · Base Building · Sandbox
The verdict
A near-perfect, endlessly deep factory-automation game with great mods, but pricey and never discounted. Skip it if you dislike self-directed puzzles or weak tutorials.
Great for
Players who love optimizing systems, logistics puzzles and mods, solo or co-op
Main risk
Steep, poorly explained learning curve and full price may leave you bouncing off the game
What players love
Deep, rewarding optimization and problem solving
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I think the most genius part of this game is how the technologies all build on each other, and how the core gameplay loop encourages you to keep trying to optimize and improve your factory.”
Steam review · 536.9 h played ↗
Huge replayability and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I didn't expect the game to take 220 hours just to finish it once and opening all the technologies and mechanics, that's insane amount of content.”
Steam review · 339.6 h played ↗
Excellent mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Want your game to be easier/harder? Don't like a particular feature in the game? Want construction bots early game? THERES A MOD FOR IT!”
Steam review · 2101 h played ↗
Polished, well-optimized and developer care
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Every tiny little issue is fixed quickly and perfectly. I am absolutely blown away by the attention to detail and quality of the game.”
Steam review · 11684.4 h played ↗
Space Age expansion adds a lot
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“with space age, each planet is legitimately a whole game worth of content.”
Steam review · 296.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Never on sale, high price
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The devs doubled the price and then refuse to reduce the price or engage in any sales.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Tedious, repetitive, constant rebuilding
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game, however, constantly forces you to backtrack, tear down your past work, and rebuild.”
Steam review · 31.8 h played ↗
Dated interface and clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The controls are outdated; modernization with significant simplifications is urgently needed here.”
Steam review · 359.6 h played ↗
Devs' controversial views and politics
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Don't give this guy any more money.”
Steam review · 290.4 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and onboarding
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the game explains nothing. you just had to know how to do everything.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Space Age and Gleba ruined it for some
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“As most of you know, Gleba just sucks. Completely ruined the game for me.”
Steam review · 985.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 11, 10
ProcessorQuad core 3Ghz+
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11, 10
ProcessorQuad core 4Ghz+ from 2020 or newer
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 capable GPU with 4 GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Radeon RX 570, Intel Arc
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows 11, 10
ProcessorQuad core 3Ghz+
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730
Storage5 GB available space
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