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Factory Town cover art

Factory Town

Erik Asmussen · 2021-11-17

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2019 (Mac)

Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

Factory Town is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 4479 reviews).

68
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Factory Town trailer thumbnail

Factory Town | Trailer [GOG]

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 84 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (594 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 90k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,479 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-07-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 83 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53453420192026Week of 2019-03-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

115252026-09-14 22:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 29 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 43 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 42 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 38 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 39 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 86 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 54 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 80 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 113 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 74 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 66 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 104 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 65 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 76 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 115 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 56 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 52 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 77 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 64 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 56 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 74 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 56 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k41Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 1,094 · peak 2,629Jun 2019 — avg 185 · peak 839Sep 2019 — avg 131 · peak 273Dec 2019 — avg 220 · peak 456Mar 2020 — avg 133 · peak 303Jun 2020 — avg 104 · peak 319Sep 2020 — avg 102 · peak 215Dec 2020 — avg 125 · peak 219Mar 2021 — avg 97 · peak 181Jun 2021 — avg 84 · peak 213Sep 2021 — avg 104 · peak 205Dec 2021 — avg 440 · peak 892Mar 2022 — avg 134 · peak 241Jun 2022 — avg 161 · peak 357Sep 2022 — avg 104 · peak 205Dec 2022 — avg 149 · peak 273Mar 2023 — avg 103 · peak 213Jun 2023 — avg 101 · peak 268Sep 2023 — avg 85 · peak 142Dec 2023 — avg 90 · peak 161Mar 2024 — avg 85 · peak 165Jun 2024 — avg 76 · peak 138Sep 2024 — avg 68 · peak 129Dec 2024 — avg 58 · peak 111Mar 2025 — avg 67 · peak 164Jun 2025 — avg 52 · peak 99Sep 2025 — avg 47 · peak 92Dec 2025 — avg 55 · peak 103Mar 2026 — avg 53 · peak 101Jun 2026 — avg 53 · peak 99Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 90
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992019-03-122026-10-142019-03-12 — best price $17.992019-10-13 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-05-18 — best price $19.992020-10-31 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-13 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-26 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-15 — best price $19.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-07-14 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-05 — best price $7.992025-08-01 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-02 — best price $7.992026-04-14 — best price $7.992026-06-08 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "Yellow Coin"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,0312%32

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

TrainsEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingModdableStrategyAutomationColony SimManagement

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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