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File:Factorio-icon.png About the Game File:Factorio-icon.png
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 ore and crafting mechanical arms and transport belts by hand, but in a 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. ... read more ...
Get the Game
Factorio™ is available from a few major online Video Game retailers, and directly from the Factorio website. Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux platforms are supported.
Current Events
News
Extra extra! Read all about it!
- Nov 22 2024 - FFF #438: Space Age wrap up
- Nov 15 2024 - FFF #437: Cargo Pod Deep Dive
- Nov 08 2024 - FFF #436: Lost in Translation
- Nov 01 2024 - FFF #435: Space Age Soundtrack release
- Oct 25 2024 - FFF #434: Galaxy of Fame
- Oct 18 2024 - FFF #433: Liftoff Initiated
- Oct 11 2024 - FFF #432: Aquilo
- Oct 04 2024 - FFF #431: Gleba & Captivity
- Sep 27 2024 - FFF #430: Drowning in Fluids
- Sep 20 2024 - FFF #429: Vulcanus Demolisher Enemies
New Content
Features and content added to the game in a recent version.
New content
Upcoming content in 0.15:
- Rail Tanker - Transport liquids in a train car!
- HD Textures - Factorio's never looked so pretty!
- Optimisation - Better handling of Transport belts and Gates.
- Science pack rebalancing - Introducing Military science packs, and late game production and high tech science packs.
File:Player icon.png Community File:Player icon.png
Get involved with the community! The Factorio community is full of welcoming, helpful people. Make friends and memories.
- Join the forum
- Plenty of users to answer questions.
- Join the official SubReddit
- A very active subreddit.
- Join the official Discord
- Plenty of players to chat with, with active moderators.
Social media
Tweet us! Like us on Facebook!
- Chat on IRC
- Prefer old fashioned IRC?
- Server: irc.esper.net
- Channel: #factorio
Modding
A fully functional modding API via the Lua programming language is available for making mods.
- The official mod portal
- Download mods from a reputable source!
- Mods
- A general page about mods for Factorio.
- Map editor
- Create your own maps!
- Replay system
- View a history of your save!
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- Install guide
- Install the game.
- Application directory
- Info about where the save/config files are stored.
Beginners and New Players
- Quick Start Guide
- Some basic information.
- Tutorials
- Tutorials for the game, written by the community.
- Let's play
- A grand list of Youtube playthroughs of the game, for the video inclined.
- Keyboard bindings
- Configure them to your liking.
Frequently asked questions
- Official FAQ Page
- The official FAQ.
- Official Help page
- The official general help page.
- Gameplay FAQ
- For solving problems with the gameplay.
- Technical FAQ
- Problems with payment, running game...
- Known issues
- A quite playable and very stable game, but...
Advanced Users
Figure out what's causing issues.
A lua console is provided with the game, to finely control its engine.