Factorio

Factorio is a <a href="/facts/Construction_and_management_simulation/l1wPvF2T">construction and management simulation</a> game developed and published by <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech</a> studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest <a href="/facts/Natural_resource/w9WXxMx3">resources</a> and create automated <a href="/facts/Manufacturing/3qW7bcdy">industry</a> to build a <a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">rocket</a>; players can continue the game after achieving the end goal. There are both <a href="/facts/Single-player/tXoWyFJh">single-player</a> and <a href="/facts/Multiplayer/8CC60Nwj">multiplayer</a> modes as well as eight additional game scenarios.
The game was announced via an <a href="/facts/Indiegogo/YGJql5Sh">Indiegogo</a> <a href="/facts/Crowdfunding/u9gwrlYI">crowdfunding</a> campaign in 2013 and released for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> on 14 August 2020 following an <a href="/facts/Early_access/03kf1CDn">early access</a> phase, which was made available on 25 February 2016. The game was released on <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch/UPy7Bcyu">Nintendo Switch</a> on 28 October 2022.
A major paid expansion called Space Age was released on 21 October 2024, adding 4 new planets and extending the game past the rocket launch.

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