Satisfactory is currently soaring on Steam. The game boasts 96% positive reviews on Steam. Players praise not only the game but also the developers.
How is Satisfactory performing? When Satisfactory entered Early Access in 2019, the game was already quite playable. However, even though the enjoyment of building was present, it took another 5 years for the game to be released on September 10, 2024.
On Steam, the game is more popular than ever. Version 1.0 impresses nearly all players, and with 96% positive reviews, the game ranks among the highest-rated titles on the platform. But fans not only praise the game itself; the developers are also well-received by the players.
Here you can watch the trailer for the full version of Satisfactory:
This is how Early Access should always be conducted
What do fans praise? The developers at Coffee Stain Studios have gained many points of sympathy from players over the years of developing Satisfactory. The community is currently discussing on Reddit how well the development has gone.
The key point that players mention is the listening. The developers of Satisfactory have done this so well that players emphasize it explicitly. In a Reddit post by user Jirezagoss
, players see the success of the game as a result of the transparent development.
They listened to fans, took their concerns, ideas, and suggestions seriously, and implemented them. This should also show in the optimization of the game.
For example, creator Josh from the YouTube channel Let’s Game It Out has caused a stir with several videos. In the videos, he littered the world of Satisfactory or built monster factories that rendered the game nearly unplayable because they were so large that the frames per second dropped to a minimum.
The developers watched the videos and made sure that even in such extreme examples, the world still runs smoothly, claims SolomonSinclair on Reddit.
Is the success just a coincidence? Some luck is certainly part of every successful game, but the community believes that other studios should take it as an example.
creepy_doll
writes on Reddit: “It is much easier for successful ‘Early Access’ games to do everything right when they have the necessary funding. For every indie game that achieves success through word of mouth, there are dozens, perhaps hundreds, that are doing everything they can but cannot afford to hire two dedicated community managers to handle their users’ inquiries.”
So it might not be possible for all games to work extensively with the community, especially when the studio’s resources are limited. The fact that Satisfactory has succeeded in this shows that games today thrive on their community. In Baldur’s Gate 3, the community helps, even when it comes to terrible deeds: Players want to kill every living being in Baldur’s Gate 3, but the community knows where he might fail miserably
