The Game Census
Factory Town cover art

Factory Town

Erik Asmussen · 2021-11-17

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

33
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 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 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 90k–201k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,475 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 19 of 42 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

6702026-08-07 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 51 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 43 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 40 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 41 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992019-03-122026-08-302019-03-12 — best price $17.992019-10-11 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-03-16 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-03 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $13.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-09-13 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-01-23 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $7.992024-03-20 — best price $7.992024-06-03 — best price $7.992024-07-23 — best price $7.992024-11-04 — best price $7.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-02-03 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — 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

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.

Player tags

TrainsEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingModdableStrategyAutomationColony SimManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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