On Steam, the construction game Factorio is currently going through the roof. The reason for this is a new update that nearly doubles the content in the game. The fans are thrilled.
What kind of game is this? The construction game Factorio is one of the most popular games on Steam. With 97% positive reviews from over 150,000 votes on Steam, hardly any game can beat Factorio. The game allows the dreams of hobby engineers to come true and enables anyone to build a mega factory comfortably from home.
In an infinite 2D world, it is not only necessary to peacefully build the factory, but you also have to defend it against attacking creatures.
A small simple factory quickly grows into a gigantic production line. Recently, the first major expansion has been released, which nearly doubles the content of the game. Players are responding accordingly.
With this trailer, you can get an impression of Factorio:
New expansion nearly doubles the content
What kind of expansion is this? With Factorio Space Age, as the name suggests, it goes into space and to other planets. The expansion continues the player’s journey and allows exploration of new worlds and the extraction of new resources.
In space, you move with space platforms that are simply flying factories. You must also defend yourself again, this time against asteroids, for example.
The new planets bring various characteristics with them. On Vulcanus, you can expect burning volcanoes, landscapes covered in dust and ash, and the smell of sulfur. On Fulgora, on the other hand, it is very cold, barren, and bleak, with lots of clouds and storms.
All planets also offer new enemies in the form of unique creatures against which you must defend your base. According to a FAQ on Reddit, the expansion doubles the content of the game.
Have technologies been expanded as well? Yes, the technologies have also been expanded. New are, among other things, the elevated rails that can even cross oceans. The items in the game have received new quality modules with the expansion, and all items and objects now have five possible quality levels.
How are players reacting to the update? Although the expansion Factorio: Space Age is not particularly cheap at €32, it is very well received by players. With 98% positive reviews on Steam, it is even rated better than the game itself.
The expansion is not only well-received, it has led to a surge in players. On Steam, a new player record of 91,801 simultaneous players was set at the release of the expansion on Monday evening. That’s five times as many players as just a week earlier on Monday, when there were only 17,675 players (via SteamDB).
The game is also well-received on Reddit. The Reddit user criiaax thinks: “Happy to see this! Totally deserved <3.” SpaceNigiri is also excited on Reddit about the success and wants to further increase it: “Let’s reach 100k [Editor’s note: players] this weekend.”
Even the developers of the competing construction game Satisfactory are encouraging their followers on X.com to play Factorio. This gesture is well-received in the community. Satisfactory is rated almost as highly as Factorio and is also one of the most popular construction games on Steam: Satisfactory is 96% positive on Steam and is currently impressing everyone, with fans praising the developers for one thing.
