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{{short description|Construction and management simulation video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Factorio
| image = Factorio cover.png
| developer = Wube Software
| publisher = Wube Software
| platforms = {{cslist|[[Linux]]|[[macOS]]|[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]|[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]}}
| released = {{ubl|'''Linux''', '''macOS''', '''Windows'''|14 August 2020|'''Switch'''|28 October 2022}}
| genre = [[Construction and management simulation]], [[real-time strategy]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| director = {{Unbulleted list|Michal Kovařík|Tomáš Kozelek|Albert Bertolín}}
| producer =
| designer = Michal Kovařík
| artist = {{Unbulleted list|Albert Bertolin|Václav Benč}}
| composer = Daniel James Taylor<br>Petr Wajsar (''Space Age'' expansion)
}}
'''''Factorio''''' is a [[construction and management simulation]] game developed and published by [[Czech Republic|Czech]] studio Wube Software. The game was announced via an [[Indiegogo]] [[crowdfunding]] campaign in 2013 and released for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], and [[Linux]] on 14 August 2020 following a four-year-long [[early access]] phase to positive reviews. The game was released on [[Nintendo Switch]] on 28 October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #370 - The journey to Nintendo Switch |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-370 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Factorio}}</ref>
The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest [[Natural resource|resources]] and create [[Automation|automated]] [[Manufacturing|industry]] to build a [[rocket]]; however, as it is a [[sandbox game]], players can continue the game past the end of the storyline. There are both [[single-player]] and [[multiplayer]] modes as well as eight additional game scenarios.
On 21 October 2024, a major paid expansion called Space Age was released, adding 4 new planets explorable after the base game's end goal of launching a rocket.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Factorio: Space Age is here! |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/factorio-space-age-release |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Factorio}}</ref>
==Gameplay==
''Factorio'' is a construction and management simulation game focused on resource-gathering with [[real-time strategy]] and [[Survival game|survival]] elements. The player survives by locating and harvesting resources to craft various tools and machines, which in turn create more advanced materials that allow for the progression to more sophisticated [[Technology|technologies]] and machines. The game progresses as the player continues to build and manage their [[Automation|automated]] [[factory]]-style system, which automates the mining, transportation, processing, and assembly of resources and products. Factorio's form of progression incentivize players to design and create their factories in ways that allow for larger scales of production and automation. Players research advanced technologies that allow them to create new structures, items, and upgrades, starting with basic automation and eventually leading to oil refining, robots, and powered exoskeletons.<ref name="apg">{{cite web |last=Jauch |first=Daniel |title=Our Nation's Factorio Review |url=http://apgnation.com/archives/2014/05/15/2020/nations-factorio-review |work=APGNation |access-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead |date=15 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121814/http://apgnation.com/archives/2014/05/15/2020/nations-factorio-review |archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="IS">{{cite web |last=Priestman |first=Chris |title=Factorio Is A Machine-Fetishist's Best Friend |url=http://indiestatik.com/2013/04/15/factorio/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425062337/http://indiestatik.com/2013/04/15/factorio/ |date=15 April 2013 |archive-date=25 April 2013 |work=Indie Statik |access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref>
The game features a blueprint system, which allows for players to create reusable blueprints for factory parts. The blueprints consist of a baseline for construction, allowing for the copying of factory systems or entire factories, and subsequent construction in the current or any other game world.
The game is formally "won" by launching a rocket. Constructing a rocket requires a massive amount of resources, motivating the player to set up a sizeable, effective factory in order to achieve this goal. After launching the rocket, the player can continue to build their factory.
===Combat===
The player is tasked with defending themselves and their factory from the planet's [[Indigenous (ecology)|indigenous]] fauna, known as 'Biters', 'Spitters', and 'Worms', who live in colonies which can be destroyed by the player to prevent further enemy spawning. Additionally, they become increasingly hostile as [[Pollution|pollutant]] emissions created by the player's factory increase, necessitating consideration of the balance between the player's production and the enemy's aggressiveness. The player can utilize defensive turrets, tanks, and other weapons to eliminate enemies.<ref>{{cite news |last=Livingston |first=Christopher |date=28 July 2014 |title=The Lighthouse Customer: Factorio |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/28/factorio-alpha-review/ |access-date=4 June 2019 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]}}</ref><ref name="content">{{Cite web |title=Content |url=https://www.factorio.com/game/content |access-date=10 January 2015 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref> As the game progresses, enemies evolve and become harder to defeat.
Players may also elect to set the planet's fauna to "peaceful," during the start of the game. The fauna will still spawn, but will only attack the player and factory in retaliation from direct physical damage on themselves or a neighboring unit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Toms |first=Ollie |date=14 August 2020 |title=Factorio guide [1.0]: 15 top tips to help grow your factory |language=en |work=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]] |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/factorio-guide-1-0-15-top-tips-to-help-grow-your-factory |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>
===Multiplayer===
Multiplayer mode allows people to play together cooperatively or versus one another both [[LAN|locally]] and via the Internet.<ref name="F4">{{cite web |title=Factorio - Content |url=https://www.factorio.com/game/content |access-date=8 November 2020 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Rogers |first=Tristan |date=1 November 2014 |title=Factorio Gets Multiplayer |url=http://sandboxdb.com/factorio-gets-multiplayer/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141121161205/http://sandboxdb.com/factorio-gets-multiplayer/ |archive-date=21 November 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |publisher=SandboxDB}}</ref><ref name="IBTimes">{{cite web |last=Luces |first=Mike |date=24 April 2017 |title='Factorio' Version 0.15.0 Released: Comes With Military, Production, High-Tech And Space Packs |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/factorio-version-0150-released-comes-military-production-high-tech-space-packs-2529972 |access-date=10 September 2020 |website=www.ibtimes.com |quote=Wube Software included new scenarios for PvP…}}</ref> ''Factorio'' supports both [[Game server#Dedicated server|dedicated servers]] as well as player-hosted [[Game server#Listen server|listen servers]]. Originally, the game used [[Game server#Peer-to-Peer|peer-to-peer connectivity]]; this was later removed as more robust options were developed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kovařík |first=Michal |date=15 July 2016 |title=Friday Facts #147 - Multiplayer rewrite |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-147 |access-date=10 September 2018 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref> Saved world files can be seamlessly loaded in either single- or multiplayer. By default, all players on a server share technologies, unless a system of multiple teams has been instituted by the server host. [[Friendly fire]] is present. Players can share construction [[blueprint]]s with other players on their server via a public blueprint library.<ref name="IBTimes" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Majerech |first=Ondřej |date=23 December 2016 |title=Friday Facts #170 - Blueprint library GUI design and redesign |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-170 |access-date=10 September 2018 |website=Factorio}}</ref>
===Modding===
''Factorio'' is designed to be customisable via [[mod (video gaming)|mods]] to create additional content, such as modifications to gameplay or re-texturing of visual elements. The developers offer an online portal on the ''Factorio'' website for mod developers to host their content. To help support the modding community, there is an in-game mod manager that allows players to quickly download them. Mods are written in the [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] programming language.<ref name="APIDocs">{{Cite web |title=API Docs |url=https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref> Mods range from small ones such as Squeak Through, a simple quality-of-life mod allowing you to walk between most buildings, to overhauls like Industrial Revolution 3, which entirely reworks the majority of gameplay.
===Space Age expansion===
The ''Space Age'' [[expansion pack | expansion]] expands the gameplay of the base game to include interplanetary travel and four new planets, as well as a new end goal of [[interstellar travel]]. Each planet features new methods of acquiring resources, unique challenges, and novel technologies to further expand the factory. The planets added are Vulcanus, a volcano-themed "lava planet";<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #386 - Vulcanus |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-386 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Factorio}}</ref> Fulgora, a lightning-plagued desert planet hosting the ruins of an alien civilization;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #398 - Fulgora |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-398 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Factorio}}</ref> Gleba, a lush jungle-like planet of diverse lifeforms;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #413 - Gleba |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-413 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Factorio}}</ref> and Aquilo, a frozen planet covered in a liquid ammonia ocean.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #432 - Aquilo |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-432 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Factorio}}</ref> The expansion encourages users to greatly scale up their factory's production and automate interplanetary logistics, assisted by new machines and equipment.
The ''Space Age'' expansion also includes a chance-based quality mechanism in a separate quality mod to further upgrade the abilities of machines and equipment. The quality mod is required to use the ''Space Age'' expansion, but can also be enabled in the base game, by users who have purchased the expansion. <ref>{{cite news |title=Factorio: Space Age review |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/factorio-space-age-review/}}</ref>
One notable feature of ''Space Age'' is the "Galaxy of Fame", an online star map to which victorious players add themselves, along with a snapshot of their base and gameplay statistics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #434 - Galaxy of Fame |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-434 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Factorio}}</ref>
==Development==
The game has been developed by a team of developers from [[Prague]], Czech Republic, since mid-2012. The development team originally consisted of a single person, but has grown larger. Wube Software was created in September 2014 by Michal Kovařík and Tomáš Kozelek in Prague. To fund the game the development team began an [[Indiegogo]] campaign, which started on 31 January 2013 and concluded on 3 March 2013. The campaign raised €21,626, exceeding its €17,000 goal.<ref name="RPS1">{{cite news |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/05/02/factorio-trailer-demo |title=Factorio Trailer Looks Like A Fun Factory, Has Demo |last=Smith |first=Graham |website=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]] |date=14 May 2014 |access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="IGG">{{cite web |title=Factorio |url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio |website=[[Indiegogo]] |access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="May2014">{{cite web |last=Kozelek |first=Tomáš |date=24 October 2012 |title=Here we are |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/here-we-are |access-date=16 June 2014 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref> Following the [[crowdfunding]] success, Wube sold [[early access]] editions of the game to raise further funds. The developer credits the April 2014 release of the game's [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] as a significant driver of those sales.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=27 May 2014 |title=How a single game trailer turned the tide for Factorio |url=https://gamasutra.com/view/news/218280/How_a_single_game_trailer_turned_the_tide_for_Factorio.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803153341/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/218280/How_a_single_game_trailer_turned_the_tide_for_Factorio.php |archive-date=3 August 2019 |access-date=28 November 2015 |website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> As of February 2024, the team consists of 31 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Factorio - Team |url=https://www.factorio.com/game/about |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref>
Michal Kovařík, the game's lead designer, cited the ''IndustrialCraft'' and ''BuildCraft'' [[Minecraft modding|Minecraft mods]] for inspiration during the game's development.<ref name="reddit.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/nerdcubed/comments/2c9rh7/nerd%C2%B3_fw_factorio/cjdtffh/ |date=1 August 2014 |first=Michal |last=Kovařík |title=kovarex comments on Nerd³ FW – Factorio |website=[[Reddit]] |access-date=5 September 2014}}</ref>
The game was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] as early access on 25 February 2016, but had been available to download from its official website since early on in development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2016 |title=Friday Facts #127 - Steam Status III: Thank You |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-127 |access-date=8 November 2020 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref> It was officially released out of early access on 14 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2020 |title=Friday Facts #360 - 1.0 is here! |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-360 |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brown |first=Fraser |date=14 August 2020 |title=Factorio finally leaves Early Access after 4 years |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/factorio-finally-leaves-early-access-after-4-years/ |access-date=14 August 2020 |magazine=[[PC Gamer]]}}</ref> It was originally planned to be released on 25 September 2020, but was moved up a month as to not compete with the release of ''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]'', which, at the time, was scheduled to be released on 17 September 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/factorio-10-will-come-a-month-earlier-than-expected-to-avoid-cyberpunk-2077 |title=Factorio 1.0 will come a month early to avoid Cyberpunk 2077 |last=Bolding |first=Jonathan |date=30 May 2020 |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reisinger |first=Don |date=18 June 2020 |title=Cyberpunk 2077 release date pushed back again |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/cyberpunk-2077-delayed-november |access-date=20 July 2020 |publisher=[[Digital Trends]]}}</ref>
A port of the game to [[Nintendo Switch]] was released on 28 October 2022. The port does not contain modding features, nor does it support the Space Age expansion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Ollie |date=14 September 2022 |title=Highly Acclaimed Management Sim 'Factorio' Is Heading To Switch |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/highly-acclaimed-management-sim-factorio-is-heading-to-switch |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Iain |date=13 September 2022 |title=Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch next month |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/factorio-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-next-month/ |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Facts #434 - Galaxy of Fame |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-434#:~:text=Factorio%20Space%20Age%20is%20not,will%20not%20fit%20in%20VRAM. |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Factorio}}</ref>
=== Factorio 2.0 and Space Age ===
In February 2021, the developers announced that a new expansion pack was being developed.<ref name="boudreau" /> The expansion's theme and name, ''Space Age'', were revealed in August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Steven |date=25 August 2023 |title=First Factorio expansion takes us to the stars in Factorio: Space Age |url=https://www.destructoid.com/first-factorio-expansion-takes-us-to-the-stars-in-space-age/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Destructoid |language=en-US}}</ref> It was made to be as big as the base game, extending gameplay to an interplanetary stage.<ref>{{Cite news |author1=Jonathan Bolding |date=2022-02-06 |title=The Factorio expansion will be as large as the main game |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-factorio-expansion-will-be-as-large-as-the-main-game/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref> The expansion was released on 21 October 2024.<ref name=":3" /> The expansion comes in the form of 3 first-party mods: "Space Age", containing the 4 new planets; "Quality", adding the new quality mechanic; and "Elevated Rails", adding a height variation to the game's [[Rail transport]] system. The "Quality" and "Elevated Rails" mods can be used without enabling the "Space Age" mod to play with their respective features in the base game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Friday facts #378 - Trains on another level |url=https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-378 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Factorio}}</ref>
Released alongside this expansion was the "2.0" update, a major touch-up of the base game consisting primarily of quality-of-life and cosmetic changes, but with some gameplay changes as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Factorio to Receive Major 2.0 Update with Space Age Expansion. The DLC Finally Gets Release Date, but It Won't Be Cheap |url=https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/factorio-to-receive-major-20-update-with-space-age-expansion-the/zb701c |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Gamepressure.com |language=en}}</ref> The expansion sold over 400,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Factorio: Space Age DLC Sales Reach 400k in Less Than a Week {{!}} TechRaptor |url=https://opencritic.com/news/8083/factorio-space-age-dlc-sales-reach-400k-in-less-than-a-week-techraptor |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=OpenCritic |language=en}}</ref>
===G2A Audit===
[[Video game key]] reseller [[G2A]] was accused of selling stolen keys on its site, affecting developers of games, specifically in the indie scene. On 5 July 2019, G2A offered to pay the developers of a game ten times the worth of the stolen game keys if the problem could be proven via audit.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Fraser |date=5 July 2019 |title=G2A says it will pay devs 10 times what they lose in chargebacks due to fraud |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/g2a-says-it-will-pay-devs-10-times-what-they-lose-in-chargebacks-due-to-fraud/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref> Wube was the only developer to call on this, stating "G2A - worse than [[Copyright infringement|piracy]]" and emailed a list of 321 canceled Steam keys due to chargebacks.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Talbot |first=Carrie |date=16 July 2019 |title=Factorio devs say G2A hasn't been 'exactly prompt' to compensate over fraudulent key sales |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/factorio/g2a-compensation |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=[[PCGamesN]]}}</ref> After over ten months, G2A confirmed 198 of those keys were sold on the platform and paid Wube Software $39,600 as part of the promise. Due to the sensitive nature of the investigation, the audit was conducted internally.<ref>{{cite web |last=Batchelor |first=James |date=20 May 2020 |title=G2A and Wube Software settle $40,000 chargeback dispute |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-20-g2a-and-wube-software-settle-usd40-000-chargeback-dispute |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Prescott |first1=Shaun |date=21 May 2020 |title=G2A has paid Factorio studio nearly $40,000 over sale of illegitimate keys |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/g2a-has-paid-factorio-studio-nearly-dollar40000-over-sale-of-illegitimate-keys/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Charlie |date=20 May 2020 |title=G2A pays Factorio developer $39,600 over illegally obtained game keys |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/20/21265275/g2a-confirms-it-sold-stolen-game-keys |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=Polygon}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Clayton |first1=Natalie |date=21 May 2020 |title=G2A pay Factorio devs over £32,000 after uncovering stolen key sales |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/21/g2a-pay-factorio-devs-over-32000-after-uncovering-stolen-key-sales/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]}}</ref>
== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 90/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/factorio/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Factorio for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hafer |first1=Leana |title=Factorio Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/factorio-review |website=[[IGN]] |date=19 September 2021 |access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 91/100<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=Lane |first=Rick |date=24 August 2020 |title=Factorio review |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/factorio-review/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref>
| NLife = {{rating|8|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cannon |first=Trent |date=28 October 2022 |title=Factorio Review (Switch eShop) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/factorio |website=[[Nintendo Life]]}}</ref>
}}
''Factorio'' received positive reception from critics while still in early access.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/07/factorio-review-early-access |title=Factorio: The End Of Management Games |last=Meer |first=Alec |date=7 March 2016 |website=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]] |access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-02-26-meet-factorio-the-wonderfully-complex-game-about-designing-factories |title=Meet Factorio, the wonderfully complex game about designing factories |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=26 February 2016 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> In the 2018 [[Steam Awards]], ''Factorio'' was voted by Steam users as a runner-up in the "Most Fun with a Machine" category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Steve |date=15 February 2019 |title=Steam Awards 2018 Winners Announced, And Most Aren't From 2018 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-awards-2018-winners-announced-and-most-arent/1100-6464905/ |access-date=7 February 2019 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> By the beginning of 2020, the game had sold two million copies,<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2019 |title=Friday Facts #327 - 2020 Vision |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-327 |access-date=30 December 2019 |website=Factorio |publisher=Wube Software}}</ref> by the beginning of 2021, the developers reported over two and a half million sold copies,<ref name="boudreau">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/factorio/expansion |title=Factorio is getting an expansion |first=Ian |last=Boudreau |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=[[PCGamesN]]}}</ref> and by its sixth anniversary in February 2022, the game had just passed 3.1 million copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/factorio/3-million-sales |title=Factorio has passed 3.1 million sales in 6 years |first=Chris |last=Capel |date=26 February 2022 |access-date=26 February 2022 |work=[[PCGamesN]]}}</ref>
Upon its release in 2020, ''Factorio'' received positive reviews. Rick Lane of ''[[PC Gamer]]'' praised ''Factorio'', calling it "a manufacturing masterpiece".<ref name=":1" /> Nicolas Perez of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' praised the game's use of early access, stating that "''Factorio'' has set an example of what the Early Access system is truly capable of."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Nicolas |date=21 August 2020 |title=Factorio Is an Ambitious Game That Lives up to Its Intentions |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/factorio/factorio-10-review/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=Paste Magazine}}</ref> It was named IndieGameReviewer.com's Indie Game of the Year, after also naming it one its most anticipated in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2021 |title=Top 10 Best Indie Games of 2020 |url=https://indiegamereviewer.com/top-10-best-indie-games-of-2020-indiegamereviewer/ |access-date=13 May 2021 |website=Indie Game Reviewer |publisher=Indie-Game-Freak}}</ref> In 2021 ''[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]'' ranked ''Factorio'' the 7th best management game for the PC.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Graham |date=22 April 2021 |title=The best management games on PC |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-management-games-on-pc-2020 |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
The ''[[Financial Times]]'' noted that despite the simplicity of the graphics, the game had earned the nickname ''Cracktorio'' due to its addictiveness. [[Tobias Lütke]], a co-founder of [[Shopify]], allows his staff to write-off their purchases of Factorio as a [[business expense]].<ref name="u151">{{cite web | title=How 'Factorio' seduced Silicon Valley | website=Financial Times | url=https://www.ft.com/content/b9e419c6-acf1-420b-8ae6-908feb52c94e | access-date=2024-10-28 | first = Ned | last = Beauman | date = 24 October 2024 }}</ref>
== Legacy ==
''[[Neobuthus factorio]]'' is a species of [[scorpion]] from the family [[Buthidae]] found in [[Somaliland]]. It was named after the game by one of the researchers who first described the species, František Kovařík, who is the father of the game's lead designer, Michal Kovařík.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kovařík |first1=František |last2=Lowe |first2=Graeme |last3=Ibrahim Awale |first3=Ahmed |last4=Sh Abdirahman Elmi |first4=Hassan |last5=Hurre |first5=Ali Abdi |date=2018 |editor-last=Fet |editor-first=Victor |title=Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XVII.Revision of Neobuthus, with description of seven new species from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somaliland (Buthidae) |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2018/iss271/1/ |journal=Euscorpius |volume=2018 |issue=271 |pages=1–72 |doi=10.18590/euscorpius.2018.vol2018.iss271.1 |issn=0003-3022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Chloe |date=13 November 2020 |title=There's A Scorpion Named After Factorio |url=https://www.thegamer.com/african-scorpion-named-after-factorio/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}</ref>
''[[Satisfactory]]'', a factory-building game created by [[Coffee Stain Studios]], has been compared to ''Factorio'' and described as a [[First-person (video games)|first-person]], 3D interpretation of the game.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=12 June 2018 |title=Satisfactory looks a lot like first-person Factorio |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/06/12/satisfactory-looks-like-first-person-factorio |work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]] |quote=Satisfactory sure does resemble Factorio but first-person. Which, really, I am up for. |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>
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