Factorio has rolled out of the factory and is now officially out of Early
Access on
GOG.com and
Steam. This is
a simulation for Windows, macOS, and Linux where you build and maintain your own
factories. This carries no release discount, as they reiterate their hard line
on such things: "Discount Disclaimer: We don't have any plans to take part in a
sale or to reduce the price for the foreseeable future." The
Launch Trailer
discusses the game's lengthy production cycle and shows off gameplay.
This post on Steam discusses the release and what's changed in the full
version. Here's the official description:
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.