Factorio

2016 factory simulation game

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YEAR 2016

GENRE Strategy, Action, Simulation

PLATFORM Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2

ABOUT THE GAME

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. 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 ported to Nintendo Switch 2 on 22 December 2025. A paid expansion called Space Age was released on 21 October 2024, adding 4 new planets and expanding the game past the initial planet. In June 2026, Wube Software announced that Factorio 2.1 would be the last major update to the game.

Source: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 — Factorio · retrieved October 19, 2026

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