Beloved factory management game Factorio launches its sequel-sized DLC to 98% overwhelmingly positive reviews and an all-time player count record

Oct. 21, 2024



Space Age is more than ready for lift-off

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The space age is finally upon us. That is to say that Factorio: Space Age, the long-awaited DLC pack for the beloved factory management game, has finally gone live after a years-long wait. The expansion has already been lavished with praise from players, and the launch has seen Factorio more than double its previous Steam player count record.

In Factorio, you’ve crash-landed on an alien planet and have to start harvesting resources in order to build a rocket to get yourself off of that planet. As the name suggests, Space Age is about what happens afterward, challenging you to find new resources and build new factory chains in space and across a wide variety of new planets with their own biomes. Judging by the response so far and the precedent set by the original game, you can probably expect it to devour hundreds of hours of your free time.

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