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Steam player data · App 427520

Factorio

View on Steam ↗Updated 22 Oct · 04:18 UTC
  • Single-player
  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Steam Achievements
  • Adjustable Text Size
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Store data

UK price
£30.00
US price
Awaiting regional check
Positive reviews
98%
Total reviews
236,013
Release date
14 Aug, 2020
Concurrent players9,927Most recent successful sample
Today's peak11,44526/144 samples
Tracked peak25,985Highest retained daily peak
Steam rating98%236,013 reviews
Steam metadata

Game information

Details supplied by the Steam store
App ID
427520
App type
Game
Supported systems
Windows · macOS · Linux
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Release date
14 Aug, 2020
Last player update
22 Oct · 04:18 UTC
Steam store data

System requirements

Supplied by the developer on Steam

Windows

Minimum
OS
Windows 11, 10
Processor
Quad core 3Ghz+
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
DirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
5 GB available space
Additional Notes
Normal sprite resolution, Low quality compression, 1080p resolution
Recommended
OS
Windows 11, 10
Processor
Quad core 4Ghz+ from 2020 or newer
Memory
16 GB RAM
Graphics
DirectX 11 capable GPU with 4 GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Radeon RX 570, Intel Arc
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
10 GB available space
Additional Notes
High sprite resolution, High quality compression

macOS

Minimum
OS
OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Processor
2016 Mac
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
Additional Notes
Normal sprite resolution, Low quality compression, 1080p resolution
Recommended
Processor
2020 Apple Silicon
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
10 GB available space
Additional Notes
High sprite resolution, High quality compression

Linux

Minimum
OS
Linux (tarball installation)
Processor
Dual core 3Ghz+
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
DirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730
Storage
5 GB available space
Sound Card
PulseAudio
Additional Notes
Normal sprite resolution, Low quality compression, 1080p resolution
Recommended
OS
Linux (tarball installation)
Processor
Quad core 3GHz+
Memory
16 GB RAM
Graphics
DirectX 11 capable GPU with 4 GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Radeon RX 570, Intel Arc
Storage
10 GB available space
Sound Card
PulseAudio
Additional Notes
High sprite resolution, High quality compression
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Player history

Concurrent players

Peak 18,382Average 14,316Latest 9,950
04.6k9.2k13.8k18.4k21 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC22 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC

24-hour and 7-day views use hourly peaks from ten-minute samples. Longer views use retained daily peaks. Up to 24 recent event markers are shown per layer.

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Long-term history

Monthly players breakdown

Calculated from SteamWatch samples
MonthPeakGain% gainAverageAvg % gain
Last 30 days25,092-893-3.4%16,059+0.5%
October 202624,427-1,558-6.0%16,618+5.6%
September 202625,985——15,738—
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About this game

Description

Supplied by the Steam store

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. Add mods to increase your enjoyment, from small tweak and helper mods to complete game overhauls, Factorio's ground-up Modding support has allowed content creators from around the world to design interesting and innovative features. 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, and even add your own custom script to make for interesting gameplay.

Discount Disclaimer: We don't have any plans to take part in a sale or to reduce the price for the foreseeable future.

What people say about Factorio

No other game in the history of gaming handles the logistics side of management simulator so perfectly. - Reddit

I see conveyor belts when I close my eyes. I may have been binging Factorio lately. - Notch, Mojang

Factorio is a super duper awesome game where we use conveyor belts to shoot aliens. - Zisteau, Youtube

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