Upcoming features

This is a list of known information about the upcoming expansion pack Factorio: Space Age:

Plans

Q: What?
- A: "Factorio: Space Age continues the player's journey after launching rockets into space. Discover new worlds with unique challenges, exploit their novel resources for advanced technological gains, and manage your fleet of interplanetary space platforms." [1]
Multiple people, including the modder Earendel were hired to work on the expansion pack. [2]
As of August 2023, development is at the end of step 5 "First pass of tweaking" out of 7 total steps until release. [3]
Friday Facts #367 shows some concept art for the expansion.
Friday Facts #372 shows some item icons from the expansion.
It is planned to be "as big an addition as the whole vanilla game." [4]
The planned price is $30.00. [5]
The expected release date is around August 2024. [6]
Rockets will be significantly cheaper [7]
Tech tree gets overhauled: [8]
- Chemical science unlocks rocket silo and access to space
- Space science unlocks access to other planets
- Artillery, cliff explosives, spidertron, top module tiers and some personal equipment upgrades are unlocked on another planet.

Expensive mode gets turned into a mod. [9]
Train stop disabling will be removed. [10]
Improvements to controlling spidertrons. [11]
Added the ability to use the pipette anywhere, including the crafting menu. [12]
Added the ability to automatically remove fuel from locomotives. [13]
Ghost pipes will visually connect to each other. [14]
Improvements to control of train systems. [15]
- Likely including logic for going to or skipping stations depending on fuel inventory [16]
Better blueprint building. [17]
Improved flying robot behaviour. [18]