Factorio
Build automated production chains from mines, furnaces, belts and assembling machines. Factorio asks you to keep materials and electricity flowing while research expands your tools and freeplay works toward launching a rocket.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.4 / 10
About this game
Factorio puts you in charge of building and maintaining a factory. Connect mining drills to furnaces and assembling machines with transport belts and mechanical arms, turning a collection of devices into an automated production chain. Keeping that chain supplied also means providing enough electricity and defending your machinery from hostile creatures. Research opens further automation technologies, while trains extend resource transport across longer distances. In the base game's freeplay, the overarching objective is to construct a rocket silo and launch a rocket. Reaching it involves developing the factory's production and infrastructure together: each new process needs a place in the network you are building.
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For players who want detailed factory planning and are willing to learn its controller interface.
The unchanged base-game systems make production layout, power and research part of the same planning exercise. A radial Quick panel provides a controller route to tools, although players who rely on mods will encounter a clear boundary here.
Strengths
- The base game's automation systems remain intact.
- The Quick panel groups items and tools into a controller-oriented access menu.
Weaknesses
- No mod support limits options for players who enjoy changing the game's systems.
Who it is for: Players interested in designing production networks within the base game's own systems.
Play notes: The original Nintendo Switch version does not support mods or the Space Age expansion.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension New research and the eventual rocket launch can provide direction for players who enjoy setting their own construction priorities. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Retaining the base mechanics preserves the appeal of balancing production, electricity and research for players who like interconnected systems. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The network of belts and machinery can make the factory's operation itself the attraction for players interested in industrial processes. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The radial Quick panel offers a dedicated way to reach tools with a controller, making familiarity with that menu relevant to building workflow. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Wube Software
- Publisher
- Wube Software
- Release date
- Oct 28, 2022
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Management & Building · Primary genre
- Tags
- Top-downMain Story 20–50 HoursSolo-friendlyReplayableSlow BurnCommand-based CombatResource Management3D GraphicsLong-term ProgressionTurn-based Tactics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opSingle playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwideAug 14, 2020
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideOct 28, 2022
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideDec 22, 2025
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Sources
- www.factorio.comSource revision: 1
- www.factorio.com