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Factorio is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view building game.

General information

Official forums

Official Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Provides DRM-free download for Steam owners.
GOG.com		GOG.com users can register their serial code on the official site.^[2]
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require a Factorio account to download mods.

Demo

A Demo is available on Steam and the official website.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Factorio\config <path-to-game>/game/blueprint-storage.dat^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/factorio/config <path-to-game>/game/blueprint-storage.dat
Linux	$HOME/.factorio/config <path-to-game>/game/config <path-to-game>/game/blueprint-storage.dat

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

On Linux, the game consults the user database (/etc/passwd) to find the user home directory. The value of the $HOME environment variable is ignored.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Factorio\saves\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/factorio/saves/
Linux	$HOME/.factorio/saves/ <path-to-game>/game/saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		The window is fully resizeable.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Game logic is capped at 60 FPS. Install Global Tick Time Scale to change FPS limit and remove limitation.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		Use Colorblind Circuit Network and Colorblind UI Enhancements

Input

Controls Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Official Steam Controller bindings only.
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Disable gamepad support

Use the `--nogamepad` command line argument^[3]

Audio

Sound Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Game effects, GUI effects, Walking sound, Environment sounds, Alerts
Surround sound
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Belarusian
Catalan
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Kazakh
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

An up-to date page of all supported languages can be found here

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		Removed since 0.13.0^[4]
Dedicated		Needs to execute factorio with the argument `--start-server`.^[4] Guide here.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	34197

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	^[7]
OpenGL	3.3	^[7]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows				32-bit is only for versions before 0.14.10 for multiplayer and 0.15 otherwise.^[5] 32-bit is available from BETA tab in game options on Steam.
macOS (OS X)				^[6]
Linux				32-bit is only for versions before 0.14.10 for multiplayer and 0.15 otherwise.^[5] 32-bit is available from BETA tab in game options on Steam.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	3 GHz Dual Core	3 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4850 Intel HD Graphics 5500 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Requires a 64-bit OS.

A system meeting the minimum requirements will be limited to low-resolution sprites and minimal VRAM usage.^[8]

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9	10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15
Processor (CPU)	3 GHz Dual Core	3 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	2012 Mac 512 MB of VRAM	2015 Mac with dedicated GPU 2 GB of VRAM

Requires a 64-bit OS.

A system meeting the minimum requirements will be limited to low-resolution sprites and minimal VRAM usage.^[8]

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	3 GHz Dual Core	3 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4850 Intel HD Graphics 5500 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.3 compatible DirectX 10.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4.3 compatible DirectX 11 compatible

Requires a 64-bit OS.

A system meeting the minimum requirements will be limited to low-resolution sprites and minimal VRAM usage.^[8]

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Factorio - Friday Facts #349 - The 1.0 plan - Steam News - last accessed on 2020-05-29
↑ gog "upgrade key" - last accessed on 15/08/2020
↑ Version 1.1.93 Patch Notes - last accessed on 2023-12-02
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Factorio Wiki - Multiplayer - last accessed on 2022-05-17
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Friday facts #158 - The end of the 32-bit era - last accessed on 25/01/2017
↑ Version 1.1.71 - last accessed on 4 December 2022
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Version 0.17.0 - last accessed on 03/06/2020
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Factorio on Steam - last accessed on 2018-17-4
"Low sprite resolution and Low VRAM usage."

[gamedir-3] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Factorio - Friday Facts #349 - The 1.0 plan - Steam News - last accessed on 2020-05-29

[gog-2] "upgrade key" - last accessed on 15/08/2020

[4] Version 1.1.93 Patch Notes - last accessed on 2023-12-02

[multiplayerwiki-5] 4.0 ^4.1 Factorio Wiki - Multiplayer - last accessed on 2022-05-17

[v015-6] 5.0 ^5.1 Friday facts #158 - The end of the 32-bit era - last accessed on 25/01/2017

[7] Version 1.1.71 - last accessed on 4 December 2022

[v017-8] 7.0 ^7.1 Version 0.17.0 - last accessed on 03/06/2020

[LowRes-9] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Factorio on Steam - last accessed on 2018-17-4
"Low sprite resolution and Low VRAM usage."

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 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
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+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|appdata}}\Factorio\config|{{p|game}}/game/blueprint-storage.dat}}
-{{Game data/config|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/factorio/config}}
+{{Game data/config|OS X|{{p|osxhome}}/Library/Application Support/factorio/config|{{p|game}}/game/blueprint-storage.dat}}
-{{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|linuxhome}}/.factorio/config|{{p|game}}/game/config}}
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 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|appdata}}\Factorio\saves\}}
-{{Game data/saves|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/factorio/saves/}}
+{{Game data/saves|OS X|{{p|osxhome}}/Library/Application Support/factorio/saves/}}
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 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = false
+|120 fps                    = hackable
-|120 fps notes              =
+|120 fps notes              = Game logic is capped at 60 FPS. Install [https://mods.factorio.com/mod/GTTS Global Tick Time Scale] to change FPS limit and remove limitation.
 |hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
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 |touchscreen               = unknown
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|controller support        = false
+|controller support        = true
-|controller support notes  = Official [[Controller:Steam Controller|Steam Controller]] bindings only.
+|controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = unknown
 |full controller notes     =
-|controller remap          = unknown
+|controller remap          = true
 |controller remap notes    =
-|controller sensitivity    = unknown
+|controller sensitivity    = true
 |controller sensitivity notes=
 |invert controller y-axis  = unknown
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 |steam cursor detection notes =
 }}
+===Disable gamepad support ===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use the {{code|--nogamepad}} [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=109241|title=Version 1.1.93 Patch Notes|date=2023-12-02}}</ref>}}
 ==Audio==
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 {{L10n/switch
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+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Kazakh
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Spanish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Latin American Spanish
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Swedish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Thai
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Turkish
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Ukrainian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Vietnamese
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
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 |windows arm app        = unknown
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-|mac os x powerpc app   =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = true
 |macos arm app          = true
 |macos app notes        = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=104009|title=Version 1.1.71|date=4 December 2022}}</ref>
-|linux powerpc app      =
+|linux powerpc app      = unknown
 |linux 32-bit executable= true
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Developers

	Wube Software
Release dates
Windows	August 14, 2020^[1]
macOS (OS X)	August 14, 2020^[1]
Linux	August 14, 2020^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	91
OpenCritic	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Building
Vehicles	Automobile, Train, Tank
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Pixel art, Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi