Factorio
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You crash on an alien planet and build an ever-growing automated factory to launch a rocket, while defending it from native bugs. It's the purest, most addictive automation game ever made.
Kit's verdict · 9.4/10
The factory must grow, and so will your playtime, to frightening levels.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Incredibly satisfying automation loop
- Rock-solid performance and polish
- Huge modding scene
Not so much
- Can feel like a second job
- Biters can be a distraction for builders
Play it if engineers, programmers and anyone who loves efficiency.
Skip it if players who want stories or quick action.
Cheats & codes
Every Factorio cheat we know
Opens the map editor with instant building and item spawning.PC · Press ~ to open the console and type it. Disables achievements.
Unlocks all technologies.PC · Press ~ to open the console and type it. Disables achievements.
Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.
Tips
Play it better
- Build a main bus: parallel belts of key materials running down your base that you tap off as needed.
- Learn ratios; for example, three copper cable assemblers feed two green circuit assemblers.
- Automate science packs as early as possible.
- Pollution triggers biter attacks, so build turrets and walls before you expand.
- Use blueprints to copy proven layouts instead of building them by hand.
- Trains are the cleanest way to move ore across long distances.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
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Trivia
- Wube Software is a Czech studio that funded early development through a 2013 Indiegogo campaign.
- It famously never went on sale, keeping its full price for years.
- Its 1.0 release came in August 2020 after years of early access.
- The Space Age expansion added new planets in October 2024.
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