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what is Factorio?

Factorio is a strategy and automation game focused on building and defending factories.

Players mine resources, research technologies, automate production, and defend their factories from enemies. The game supports multiplayer, modding, and custom scenarios, offering deep factory-building gameplay.

It sits in the Prestige / Management / Automation / Strategy / Sci-Fi corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.