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Factorio
Developer Wube Software LTD.
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… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
787 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
98
LovedLoved
568 positive · 11 negative
95% range 97–99%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 568 | 11 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 39 | 5 | 88 |
| Lemmy * | 18 | 2 | 33 |
| Mastodon * | 6 | 0 | 17 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
144,774 of 147,354 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
97% recommend · 306 yes, 8 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 314 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (229,831 of 235,672 positive).
Players describe Factorio as highly addictive, often comparing it to digital narcotics. [1][2][3] Many reviewers praise the game's depth, polish, and endless replayability. [4][5][6] Some players warn that the game can negatively impact sleep, work, and relationships. [7][8][3]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
20,000+ hours played. At this point, it's almost laughable for me to write a review. If you spend over 20,000 hours playing a game, the recommendation is pretty obvious. I've played for more than 20,000 hours, and I still find myself starting new factories, solving new problems, and optimizing old designs. It has one of the best gameplay loops ever created. Whether you're building your first automated smelting line …
- [1]
A Friendly Warning for Your Social Life. If you are looking for a game to casually "dip your toes into" for twenty minutes before bed, Factorio is the worst financial and physiological decision you will ever make. It is, quite literally, a digital narcotic disguised as a logistics simulator. Commonly referred to by its victims—I mean, players—as "Cracktorio," this is a game that is highly recommendable to people who …
- [13]
I don't think that anyone reading a review should play Factorio. At this point, especially given the game's popularity, if you don't already know if Factorio is going to be for you or not, then it probably isn't. I can imagine someone getting recommended this game but then discovering that it's a complete slog for them. And I'm going to try and articulate why. Learning Curve? What's that? There's a lot of brick …
- [2]
Nah, I'm not 13337, not even 1337. I still play this game in quite a stupid way (imperfect ratios, minimum blueprings of mine..). And I love it. Worth all the time since version 0.15.37. Thumbs down for additional conditions about achievements (map generation). Yes, you can downgrade the game version but I'd appreciate it more if the game had this sorted out already during early access. Oh I almost forgot: The …
- [5]
This game is the definition of a game made by the developers for the developers. Every tiny little issue is fixed quickly and perfectly. I am absolutely blown away by the attention to detail and quality of the game. Also, it's the absolute pinnacle of the genre, best game that I have ever devoted 11,000+ hours to. :)
Summarised from 34 of the 441 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Factorio sits at 98% positive across 579 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Factorio received positive reception from critics while still in early access. By the beginning of 2020, the game had sold two million copies, by the beginning of 2021, the developers reported over two and a half million sold copies, and by its sixth anniversary in February 2022, the game had passed 3.1 million copies sold. In December 2022 the developers confirmed 3.5 million copies sold in total and around 500,000 copies sold per year up to that point. Upon its release in 2020, Factorio received positive reviews. Rick Lane of PC Gamer praised Factorio, calling it "a manufacturing masterpiece". Nicolas Perez of Paste praised the game's use of early access, stating that "Factorio has set an…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 787 · most liked firstI'll leave this positive review here in tribute to Katherine of Sky. 8 years ago, I downloaded a pirated copy of Factorio in a computer cafe, and installed and played this game (v0.16) with my Intel Celeron laptop. I literally can't buy the game because I didn't have a bank account. I even sent an email to the developers if they'd agree if I can mail them cash or pay via Gcash (Now, steam accepts our local payment processor.) Back then, I was utterly lost on what to do right after the old…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am begging for these people to play two hours of, like, Factorio, or Dyson Sphere Project, or literally any management/production line game
neutral · AI labelView post →20,000+ hours played. At this point, it's almost laughable for me to write a review. If you spend over 20,000 hours playing a game, the recommendation is pretty obvious. I've played for more than 20,000 hours, and I still find myself starting new factories, solving new problems, and optimizing old designs. It has one of the best gameplay loops ever created. Whether you're building your first automated smelting line or designing megabases producing thousands (or millions) of science packs per…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, I'm in Operations, and most game devs have no idea wtf Operations is. If you're the type of person who enjoys making a Sim City thrive while not using a infinite money cheat, you may be an Ops person. Other adjacent games you might enjoy: base building, Factorio, and the Sims #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →They should load this game on chromebooks in school and fix the youth for a brighter future
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game ruined my life. Naturally I seek to spread my misfortune to others
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game thinking, "Oh, cool, a logistics puzzle game. I'll play this for an hour to unwind after work." My family keeps knocking on my door asking if I'm okay. I tried to explain to them that I can't come out to dinner because I need to refine my main bus. Plus family are inefficient. Pros: - I have never felt more efficient in my life. - I have solved the world's energy crisis (in a simulation). - The factory is growing. Cons: - The sun is too bright now. - I miss my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the definition of a game made by the developers for the developers. Every tiny little issue is fixed quickly and perfectly. I am absolutely blown away by the attention to detail and quality of the game. Also, it's the absolute pinnacle of the genre, best game that I have ever devoted 11,000+ hours to. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Friendly Warning for Your Social Life. If you are looking for a game to casually "dip your toes into" for twenty minutes before bed, Factorio is the worst financial and physiological decision you will ever make. It is, quite literally, a digital narcotic disguised as a logistics simulator. Commonly referred to by its victims—I mean, players—as "Cracktorio," this is a game that is highly recommendable to people who don't want to spend much time on a game, simply because the game will make…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m actually afraid to click "Play" anymore. You tell yourself you'll just fix one conveyor belt, then you blink, and suddenly the sun is up, the birds are chirping, and you have to drive the kids to school in 20 minutes. This game didn't just hook me, it consumed my soul. The factory must grow, but my sleep schedule is ruined. 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game. I decided to run a little experiment on my 10-year-old son: "if you launch a rocket into space, I'll give you $100" Three days later, he launched it Now I'm $100 poorer, but I have a great story and an awesome save file of a base built by someone who tried really, really hard. 10/10, would make questionable financial bets with my child again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice to find out while making the Safe for Baby videogame playlist that at some point due to console ports or whatever that Stardew Valley, Satisfactory and Factorio all got full scale native controller support. ...should I try Stardew Valley? I heard it was just Animal Crossing with more game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cool game and all, but I couldn't optimize my wife's ultimatum. Good thing blue circuit production is up 23%... In unrelated news, the audacity of her to claim half my resources in THE DIVORCE is such a biter move... Tis only a minor setback, The factory MUST GROW!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduce your kid to this game. Kid will never touch drugs — the game is digital crack. Kid eventually becomes some kind of engineer. Optional: occasionally check in and ask, “Engineer yet?” (Mandatory if Asian.) Profit.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am coming to this from Satisfactory. I also work in supply chain management for my day job. Take everything I am about to say with that terrifying context in mind. *A Highly Targetable Mental Illness: This game is engineered for a very specific type of person—the kind of absolute psycho who will willingly torture themselves for six hours just to build a "perfectly optimized" factory. *Actual Career Development: Ironically, it's making me better at my real job. It turns out that fixing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Start Factorio - Skip Tutorial - Think the game is too easy and mess with the settings, accidentally 10x technology costs and 10x enemy attack groups - Die within 20 minutes - Drop the game for a few months - After replaying Satisfactory for the 4th time and seeing multiple Factorio Videos from DoshDoshington deciding to give Factorio another go - Skip the Tutorial again and launch into default Freeplay - Pushing through Oil Processing and building a Nuclear Reactor take a break from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🐛 hey! I made my game Bug Chain available to play in browser over on ianzell.itch.io/bug-chain if youre a fan of games like Pikmin and Factorio would love for you to give it a try! You harvest food with your little bugs, build hives for them, and try to balance a complicated and fragile ecosystem
neutral · AI labelView post →Factorio has a new ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere.
neutral · AI labelView post →Factorio 2.1 is out now with the native ARM64 Linux build to run on Steam Frame, Raspberry Pi and more.
neutral · AI labelView post →Picked up Little Rocket Lab because I hear it was making chuds on the internet chuds mad, ended up receiving a fun Factorio-meets-Stardew Valley game factory builder
positive · AI labelView post →I've only played this game a little bit. I have so much more to do. Honestly tho, Great game for anyone with ADHD, PTSD and/or Anxiety. I actually get more things done while spending my time in the game than if I'm not playing. I think others with some mental health issue will understand. I hope this info helps someone. =)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beware: Once you play this game, your entire Steam library will disappear (a figure of speech). No other games will interest you for quite a while. Once you install mods....you won't see the outside world for quite a while. I've played almost 100 hours these 2 weeks alone....and I work 10 hours per day. 10.5/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For me, this is one of the very few perfect games I've ever played. Every game is something different. Their may only be one end goal of the game, but the goals you create for yourself are endless. I keep looking for new games that compare to this to give them a try but so far I've found nothing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easily one of the best games ever, infinite replayability and is great for people with autism, my only complain would be that there's way too many unnecessary sex scenes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spent most of the weekend playing Factorio with my partner, and it was time well spent.
positive · AI labelView post →I don't think that anyone reading a review should play Factorio. At this point, especially given the game's popularity, if you don't already know if Factorio is going to be for you or not, then it probably isn't. I can imagine someone getting recommended this game but then discovering that it's a complete slog for them. And I'm going to try and articulate why. Learning Curve? What's that? There's a lot of brick walls of apparent complexity that can feel incredibly daunting when you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought Factorio thinking it was a chill factory builder. It is not chill. It is industrialised obsession. You start automating iron. Then copper. Then circuits. Then you’re redesigning your entire base at 2:47am because one belt is backwards and now the economy has collapsed. The game never tells you to optimise. It just quietly suggests: “That could be better.” And suddenly you’re calculating ratios like it’s your job. Multiplayer is dangerous. You and your mate will begin cooperating and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a Med student, and this game made me consider leaving Med school to have more time; owing to the fact that the factory must grow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Programmers love Factorio because playing this game is the only way they can experience the Pure Joy of Recreational Programming without the Corporate Bullshit and Unnecessary Complexity Slop forced on them constantly for no reason.
positive · AI labelView post →Nah, I'm not 13337, not even 1337. I still play this game in quite a stupid way (imperfect ratios, minimum blueprings of mine..). And I love it. Worth all the time since version 0.15.37. Thumbs down for additional conditions about achievements (map generation). Yes, you can downgrade the game version but I'd appreciate it more if the game had this sorted out already during early access. Oh I almost forgot: The factory must grow! This game is like a digital cocaine!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →perfect game, refunded bc i realized i wouldnt be able to stop playing if i didnt
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My hours spent should speak enough. Endless gameplay and the mods are awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first two weeks of playing this game are the most brain-stimulating experience you will ever have, harder than any drugs you could try. You will lose your job, your friends, your family, your sleep. Not that any of it matters; the factory must grow. The only things on your mind are belts full of iron and copper, inserters, and electronic circuit assembling machines. There hasn’t been a single day since I bought this game that I haven’t recommended it to my friends. If you are autistic and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has ruined other games for me. The amount of love and quality of life Wube has put into this game is absolutely astonishing. I really love city building/automation games and I cannot help but compare every single one of those games to this and I am constantly frustrated playing other games when they are missing little features that this game has baked into it. The modding scene is tremendous and helps make this game extremely replayable, but you can definitely push the base game to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pirated this game for over about 500+ hours and got it just out of pure respect for the game and developers
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a designer and engineer at heart this game allows me to enjoy things that someone with a disability would not be able to do it without people helping them attain the resources. Thank you game designers for making this wonderful game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible game, I lost my relationship over it, my education, my sleep habits, my sense of hunger, my sense of time, my interest in humans, my past time, the present and my future. Gonna keep playing. The factory must grow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Factorio Friday Facts #446 - An ARM and a Frame. Thoughts about the Steam Frame, Factorio's native ARM64 port, and how it integrates into the Steam Frame and Linux ecosystem. Written by Raiguard and Sanqui, the developers who made Factorio's Linux-native build happen.
neutral · AI labelView post →Money is not scarce in Starfield and there actually isn't a ton of stuff to buy except for spaceship building so I'm befuddled that folks want to play Bad Factorio in order to spend time selling thousands of adaptive frames in what basically sounds like Loading Screens, The Game.
negative · AI labelView post →Keeping @themonstrous.thepack.space's pussy trained and occupied with some heavy vibrations while it does the tedious manual labor in His Factorio game.
neutral · AI labelView post →How about a nice game of Factorio?
neutral · AI labelView post →Title: You don’t play Factorio. You exist across it. Factorio starts as a simple factory builder, but it doesn’t stay that way for long. At first, you operate in a “microworld.” You place belts, machines, inserters... You are directly involved in every action. Every piece matters, and every decision is local. But as the factory grows, something changes. You stop interacting with individual elements and start managing systems. Production lines, train networks, logistics chains...…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like crack cocaine, Satisfactory is like weed. Satisfactory takes awhile to get started, while Factorio just gives the you high IMMEDIATELY. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You literally forget to eat, drink and the concept of time while playing it. Triggers massive Hyperfocus episodes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My wife's put her first game on Steam! It would be very helpful to her and meaningful to us if you helped share and/or wishlisted the game. It is "A Typing-Based Factorio-like Wingspan-esque Roguelite Deckbuilder With Significant Killer 7 Elements". I don't know what that means but it sounds fun!
neutral · AI labelView post →THE factory game if there are "Souls-like," "Rogue-like," "Metroidvania-like," then god forbid factorio defines the factory genre as "Factorio-like"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Itch in brain, game scratch itch in brain good, game good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look at my playtime. Now look at me. I love this game. Good game is good. You may catch me complaining about minor issues, but that's only out of love for the game. I love Factorio enough to play for this long, so it must be a good game. Yeah?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have sank nearly 50 hours into Factorio in the last two weeks, it topped my play time record on path of exile even, Factorio is now my second most played game and its inching close to Warframe
positive · AI labelView post →Pure, legalised and unfiltered cocaine. Build, calculate, optimise, remove, repeat. Infinite math, infinite optimisation, infinite sleepless nights or night of dreaming of factorio while sleeping. Cocaine is probably healthier but this is more fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Faced with the "Play any other game" vs. "push for an optimized tileable processing units setup in Factorio" decision and once again making the choice that contributes to Never Finishing Games
positive · AI labelView post →Guh, I need to interact with some media that has characters I wanna embiggen. I'm not powerful enough to embiggen Mewgenics cats or fatten the Factorio Engineer with some wacky food factory or whatever roguelite game I'm fixated on at any given time
neutral · AI labelView post →After SO MANY years of owning this game, I finally beat Factorio! 🚀
positive · AI labelView post →Oh dang, Mindustry is an EXCELLENT game, and this update has been a very long time coming. Factorio meets tower defense. You can buy it on Steam (which gets you slightly easier multiplayer setup and Steam Workshop support), but it's free on Itch and fully open-source.
neutral · AI labelView post →what else can i say it's a very good game just gleba,i do not like gleba
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games I've ever played. It rewards you for creating systems, and then punishes you for creating them in the dumbest way possible.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun, but incredibly addictive game. It's basically the Cities Skylines / Mini Metro / Factorio equivalent, but for building an internet. If you're the kind of person that can blink and accidentally lose a couple of hours when playing those other games, then set a timer before you click!
positive · AI labelView post →Trapped on Linux. Despite how this may feel, this post really is about Linux. Lately I've been thinking a lot about trying to daily drive ... something else. OpenBSD. RedoxOS. 9front, Plan9. Heck, MINIX3. Some of it is that I've always wanted to try living on a micro-kernel, as I strongly agree with the design principles; but more recently a lot of it is because of what's going on in both user space and the Linux kernel. I can escape from systemd by running Artix or Void or a dozen other…
neutral · AI labelView post →missed work this whole month and haven't slept for 23 days 19 hours 9 minutes and 52 seconds. hallucinations of inserters and belts. wife divorced me after getting mad at rail signals. 15/10. Great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am trying to find a video game to play during Christmas, and here I am, just sitting and thinking about Factorio with @zenith.pawgge.rs.
neutral · AI labelView post →
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