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Factorio

Wube Software LTD. · 2020-08-14

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 10, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 14, 2020 (Linux), Aug 14, 2020 (Mac), Oct 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 22, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

17,209
playing now
98%
positive of 234k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,438
twitch viewers (latest)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (306 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 92% recommend
72h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 217h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$35.00
steam price (US)

17,209 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Factorio is a factory simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer crash landing on an alien planet who 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.

Trailer

Factorio trailer thumbnail

Factorio - Trailer 2020

≈754,757 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17,209 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,094 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,387/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 9,503 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 233,680 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$35.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Humble Store (2016-02-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.00 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days · $15.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4,306 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,978 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,218 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,613 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,710 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,729 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,861 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,010 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,949 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,786 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,454 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5,303 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,433 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,031 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8,088 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,273 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,247 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,120 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,663 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,438 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4,691 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,929 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,753 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,851 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,236 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,724 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,730 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,072 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 920 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,491 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,484 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,426 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,898 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,534 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,342 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,251 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,991 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,808 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,140 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 983 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,164 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,201 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,255 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,324 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,417 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,448 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,240 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,078 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,367 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,237 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,866 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6,750 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,388 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,823 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,514 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,450 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,193 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,343 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,692 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,395 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,199 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,314 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

27k12k2026-08-06 21:00 — 19,266 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 11,881 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 17,433 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 21,424 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 14,294 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 21,518 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 24,389 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 15,515 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 23,604 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 24,696 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 12,515 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 17,777 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 20,376 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 12,253 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 17,616 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 19,314 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 12,441 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 20,697 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 26,506 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 12,872 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 14,389 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 21,417 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 15,278 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 19,228 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 20,991 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 14,071 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 12,479 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 20,499 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 17,209 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$35.00$19.992016-02-252026-08-302016-02-25 — best price $19.992016-02-26 — best price $20.002016-06-16 — best price $20.002018-04-16 — best price $29.992021-03-27 — best price $30.002023-01-26 — best price $35.002023-01-27 — best price $35.002026-08-26 — best price $35.002026-08-27 — best price $35.002026-08-28 — best price $35.002026-08-29 — best price $35.002026-08-30 — best price $35.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7013292026-06-01 — 646 pageviews2026-06-04 — 368 pageviews2026-06-07 — 608 pageviews2026-06-10 — 432 pageviews2026-06-13 — 416 pageviews2026-06-16 — 392 pageviews2026-06-19 — 454 pageviews2026-06-22 — 423 pageviews2026-06-25 — 413 pageviews2026-06-28 — 544 pageviews2026-07-01 — 393 pageviews2026-07-04 — 333 pageviews2026-07-07 — 396 pageviews2026-07-10 — 595 pageviews2026-07-13 — 508 pageviews2026-07-16 — 562 pageviews2026-07-19 — 389 pageviews2026-07-22 — 429 pageviews2026-07-25 — 329 pageviews2026-07-28 — 496 pageviews2026-07-31 — 451 pageviews2026-08-03 — 525 pageviews2026-08-06 — 441 pageviews2026-08-09 — 408 pageviews2026-08-12 — 475 pageviews2026-08-15 — 429 pageviews2026-08-18 — 433 pageviews2026-08-21 — 418 pageviews2026-08-24 — 512 pageviews2026-08-27 — 428 pageviews2026-08-29 — 350 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.2k722026-08-26 19:15 — 947 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,771 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 196 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 303 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 572 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 825 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 719 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 443 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 139 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 255 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 91 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 230 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 656 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 868 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 866 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 875 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 594 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 279 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 311 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 527 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 642 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,082 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 922 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1,483 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 218 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 195 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 193 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 240 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 327 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1,476 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,438 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "It stinks and they don't like it"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls3 DLC

30 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)66,2391%88
Switch (Nintendo)2020%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opSandboxBuildingCraftingModdableStrategySurvivalAutomationManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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