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Factorio
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Factorio is a construction and management simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest resources and create automated industry to build a rocket; players can continue the game after achieving the end goal. There are both single-player and multiplayer modes, as well as eight additional game scenarios.

Game data

Metacritic 83
Released
2020-08-14
User rating
4.36 / 5
Genres
Casual, Strategy, Indie, Simulation
Platforms
PC, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux

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Game details · IGDB

86Critic score · 2 ratings
86User score · 303 ratings

You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Released
2020
Genres
Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms
Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Engine
Proprietary Engine
Developer
Wube Software
Publisher
Wube Software

Key facts

Video game.title
Factorio
Video game.image
Factorio cover.png
Video game.alt
Cover art of Factorio, depicting various structures, processes and vehicles
Video game.developer
Wube Software
Video game.publisher
Wube Software
Video game.genre
Construction and management simulation, real-time strategy
Video game.modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Video game.designer
Michal Kovařík

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Gameplay
  • Combat
  • Multiplayer
  • Modding
  • ''Space Age'' expansion
  • Development
  • G2A audit
  • Reception
  • Space Age
  • Awards and nominations
  • Legacy
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Factorio is a construction and management simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest resources and create automated industry to build a rocket; players can continue the game after achieving the end goal. There are both single-player and multiplayer modes, as well as eight additional game scenarios.

The game was announced via a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in 2013 and released for Windows, macOS, and Linux on 14 August 2020 following an early access phase, which was made available on 25 February 2016. The game was released on Nintendo Switch on 28 October 2022 and the port to Nintendo Switch 2 on 22 December 2025.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Factorio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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