Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
“addictive, cannot stop playing despite neglecting life”
How it holds up
−50+5
Gameplay
+3.01
Strategy+4.72· Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
“countless synergies and build combinations to discover” (46)
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Story & World
+2.62
Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.
World+3.53· Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
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Content Volume
+4.23
Volume+4.51· How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
“700 hours played over six years, worth the price” (18)
[h1]Мой обзор спустя 700 часов в игре[/h1] Всем здорова. Я играю в факторку на протяжении уже практически шести лет и ни о чем не жалею. Когда игра стоила 550 рублей я долго ломался и ждал скидок. Скидок на игру нет и не будет, просто смиритесь. На сегодняшний день она стоит 1200 рублей, как и пока единственное DLC к ней. Пусть эта цена вас не пугает. Оно того точно стоит. Особенно в том случае, если вы фан хардкорных логистико-экономических тайкунов. Оптимизирована до той степени, что можно играть на электро-градуснике. Эмоционально отбивается за первые 100 часов. Куча модов, которые я бы сов
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Visuals & Sound
+1.82
Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.
Visuals+1.65· Graphics, art style, and animation
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Multiplayer
+3.06
Playing together+3.04· Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
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Pricing & Fairness
+0.55
Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.
Pricing+0.94· Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
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Tech & Support
+3.38
Performance+3.50· Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
Feb 2016Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,123 reviews, peak 47/day
Aug 21Sep 18
per month · 3,989 reviews, peak 1,427/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 7,955 reviews, peak 1,427/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 17,706 reviews, peak 2,722/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 408 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English35%
Russian18%
Spanish10%
Portuguese8%
Chinese8%
Japanese5%
Other16%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
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