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Factorio cover art

Factorio

Wube Software LTD. · 2020-08-14

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Factorio is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $35.00, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 234863 reviews).

11,390
playing now
98%
positive of 236k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
251
twitch viewers (latest)
13.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (306 ratings)
24
Nexus mods (90k downloads)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 92% recommend · from 14 critics
72h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 217h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$35.00
steam price (US)

11,390 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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
  • · 11,390 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,434 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,304/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,497 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 4.7M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 235,804 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 51 observed days · $15.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20182026Week 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: 1,262 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

25k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 12,332 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 12,372 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 10,596 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9,662 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 10,302 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 11,997 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 14,513 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 16,980 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 18,809 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 18,763 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 13,464 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 12,116 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 11,455 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 17,365 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 25,165 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 12,996 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 11,354 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 17,930 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 13,932 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 15,947 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 17,274 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 12,825 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 9,835 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 16,197 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 20,116 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 10,162 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 14,039 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 16,357 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 10,152 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 17,717 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 23,831 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11,738 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 11,438 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 11,390 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
54k2.2kFeb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 2,159 · peak 11,105Jun 2016 — avg 4,517 · peak 7,404Oct 2016 — avg 4,413 · peak 8,061Feb 2017 — avg 6,441 · peak 11,814Jun 2017 — avg 7,404 · peak 14,715Oct 2017 — avg 6,838 · peak 11,915Feb 2018 — avg 7,532 · peak 13,405Jun 2018 — avg 7,339 · peak 12,761Oct 2018 — avg 6,937 · peak 12,287Feb 2019 — avg 8,182 · peak 15,100Jun 2019 — avg 7,071 · peak 12,127Oct 2019 — avg 7,503 · peak 13,459Feb 2020 — avg 8,914 · peak 15,614Jun 2020 — avg 8,546 · peak 13,911Oct 2020 — avg 13,747 · peak 23,613Feb 2021 — avg 13,177 · peak 22,392Jun 2021 — avg 9,619 · peak 15,488Oct 2021 — avg 11,930 · peak 20,587Feb 2022 — avg 10,725 · peak 17,634Jun 2022 — avg 11,112 · peak 17,861Oct 2022 — avg 11,522 · peak 18,559Feb 2023 — avg 11,774 · peak 19,829Jun 2023 — avg 10,314 · peak 17,088Oct 2023 — avg 13,502 · peak 22,854Feb 2024 — avg 12,121 · peak 20,279Jun 2024 — avg 10,999 · peak 17,913Oct 2024 — avg 30,768 · peak 118,166Feb 2025 — avg 18,514 · peak 33,520Jun 2025 — avg 17,432 · peak 30,070Oct 2025 — avg 15,958 · peak 27,611Feb 2026 — avg 17,254 · peak 29,291Jun 2026 — avg 16,727 · peak 27,322Aug 2026 — avg 17,369 · peak 27,350
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#82#822026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #822026-09-16 — #822026-09-17 — #82
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
65652026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 46 new positive2026-09-17: 43 new positive2026-09-19: 44 new positive2026-09-19: 3 new negative2026-09-21: 45 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 30 new positive2026-09-23: 34 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 30 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 49 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 44 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 34 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 31 new positive2026-10-03: 44 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 38 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 36 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 36 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 36 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 65 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 21 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$35.00$19.992016-02-252026-10-152016-02-25 — best price $19.992016-06-16 — best price $20.002021-03-27 — best price $30.002023-01-27 — best price $35.002026-08-27 — best price $35.002026-08-29 — best price $35.002026-08-31 — best price $35.002026-09-02 — best price $35.002026-09-04 — best price $35.002026-09-06 — best price $35.002026-09-08 — best price $35.002026-09-10 — best price $35.002026-09-12 — best price $35.002026-09-14 — best price $35.002026-09-16 — best price $35.002026-09-18 — best price $35.002026-09-20 — best price $35.002026-09-22 — best price $35.002026-09-24 — best price $35.002026-09-26 — best price $35.002026-09-28 — best price $35.002026-09-30 — best price $35.002026-10-02 — best price $35.002026-10-04 — best price $35.002026-10-06 — best price $35.002026-10-08 — best price $35.002026-10-10 — best price $35.002026-10-12 — best price $35.002026-10-14 — best price $35.002026-10-15 — best price $35.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6463252026-06-01 — 646 pageviews2026-06-05 — 475 pageviews2026-06-09 — 562 pageviews2026-06-13 — 416 pageviews2026-06-17 — 434 pageviews2026-06-21 — 408 pageviews2026-06-25 — 413 pageviews2026-06-29 — 423 pageviews2026-07-03 — 386 pageviews2026-07-07 — 396 pageviews2026-07-11 — 396 pageviews2026-07-15 — 481 pageviews2026-07-19 — 389 pageviews2026-07-23 — 440 pageviews2026-07-27 — 643 pageviews2026-07-31 — 451 pageviews2026-08-04 — 455 pageviews2026-08-08 — 408 pageviews2026-08-12 — 475 pageviews2026-08-16 — 390 pageviews2026-08-20 — 375 pageviews2026-08-24 — 512 pageviews2026-08-28 — 413 pageviews2026-09-01 — 439 pageviews2026-09-05 — 355 pageviews2026-09-09 — 467 pageviews2026-09-13 — 402 pageviews2026-09-17 — 392 pageviews2026-09-21 — 528 pageviews2026-09-25 — 524 pageviews2026-09-29 — 391 pageviews2026-10-03 — 343 pageviews2026-10-07 — 424 pageviews2026-10-10 — 341 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.6k452026-10-01 14:34 — 145 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 873 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 236 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 311 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 345 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 257 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 447 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 254 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 191 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 980 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 1,017 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 353 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 819 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 624 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 482 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 1,072 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 555 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 1,287 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 443 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 1,079 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 295 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 603 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 1,325 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 563 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 2,120 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 296 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 2,374 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 300 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 2,611 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 251 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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-02-25, latest 2024-10-30 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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