Factorio

Wube Software's Factorio is a construction and management sim set on an alien planet. After crash-landing on a hostile world, an engineer sets out to mine resources in pursuit of creating a rocket that can take them off the planet. 

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Factorio Tag Page Cover Art
Simulation
Real-Time Strategy
Released
August 14, 2020
ESRB
T For Teen Due To Blood, Violence
Developer(s)
Wube Software
Publisher(s)
Wube Software
Engine
Proprietary Engine
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer

Factorio is a game in which you build and maintain factories. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. In the beginning you will find yourself chopping trees, mining ores and crafting mechanical arms and transport belts by hand, but in short time you can become an industrial powerhouse, with huge solar fields, oil refining and cracking, manufacture and deployment of construction and logistic robots, all for your resource needs. However this heavy exploitation of the planet's resources does not sit nicely with the locals, so you will have to be prepared to defend yourself and your machine empire.

Join forces with other players in cooperative Multiplayer, create huge factories, collaborate and delegate tasks between you and your friends. While the core gameplay is in the form of the freeplay scenario, there are a range of interesting challenges in the form of Scenarios. If you don't find any maps or scenarios you enjoy, you can create your own with the in-game Map Editor, place down entities, enemies, and terrain in any way you like.

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