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What do I do in the game ?

You will be in charge of a character that is building a factory from scratch. You will be mining resources, automating production, managing energy sources, designing the flow of items in your factory, researching technologies and defending from hostile creatures.

What is the game inspired by ?

We drew a lot of inspiration from Transport Tycoon-like games, Civilization and Minecraft.

Why should I care ?

This game is made by geeks for geeks. The core of the game is building things. You can create huge almost self sufficient factories. There are machines crafting other machines. All the stuff is travelling on transport belts. There are simple means of "programming" the robotic arms that move things around. You also have little logistic robots that transport things among designated containers. The ultimate goal of course is to have self replicating factories:)

When & where can I get it ?

Public demo is available at Factorio.com (win, osx, ubuntu linux). Go and try it now.
The game is at the moment raising funds for further development. If it succeeds the alpha will be released in March 2013.

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Check our website for trailer, screenshots, demo download and more information in general.

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As its huge Winter Sale comes to an end, Steam has revealed the Top 100 best-selling games of 2016 on the digital distribution platform. The games are ranked by gross revenue generated, and divided into four tiers: platinum, gold, silver, and bronze.

What’s noticeable is the strong distribution of indie games across all tiers, including the top platinum tier. While big-budget triple-A titles like Fallout 4, Dark Souls III, and Grand Theft Auto V are included in the tier, so too are indie titles like Rocket League and No Man’s Sky. The latter is most surprising, given its critical reception.


Moving down to the gold tier, more surprise indie hits can be found. Dead by Daylight and Stardew Valley have found a prominent audience, and sit alongside shooters such as Doom, Rainbow Six: Siege, and Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

The silver tier sees popular Steam Early Access titles enter the mix, with the likes of Subnautica, Rust, and Planet Coaster. These unfinished games are butting heads with triple-A open world games like Watch Dogs 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, and Far Cry: Primal.


The final bronze tier sees the largest indie representation. 7 Days to Die, Garry’s Mod, Factorio, Starbound, Darkest Dungeon, Terraria, Grim Dawn, RimWorld, Endless Legend, Firewatch, and Undertale are just a few of the notable indie games on the list. On the bronze triple-A side, the likes of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Hitman, Mafia III, Just Cause 3, and Far Cry 4 share the same status.

What this list shows is just how little barrier is left between indie and triple-A adoption – at least for PC gamers buying their games digitally. With more and more indie games releasing on Steam each year, it will be interesting to see how the ratio changes at the end of 2017, and what the year’s surprise indie megahits will be.

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Players Choice Indie of the Year 2017

Players Choice Indie of the Year 2017

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20 days of voting are over, and it’s now time to announce the winners of the 2017 Indie of the Year awards – as chosen by you!

Players Choice Indie of the Year 2016

Players Choice Indie of the Year 2016

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The time has come, announcing the best Indie games of 2016 as selected by you.

Editors Choice - Indie of the Year 2016

Editors Choice - Indie of the Year 2016

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Welcome to the 2016 Award Presentation, while the old computer crunches the votes, we highlight our favourites from the year.

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Serathis
Serathis

Didn't get into the Indie 2018 top 100? Travesty.

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Sappybunny
Sappybunny

Realistic Sim 10/10

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D.jTeo
D.jTeo

Its in Steam Early Access coming at 25th Feb. Store.steampowered.com
Just 5 more days guys!

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It's such a shame that Space Engineers is in the "Best indie game of 2015" contest, but Factorio is not. Factorio is better is almost every conceivable way. :(

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Serathis
Serathis

Factorio is not out yet. Its not even in early access.

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Serathis
Serathis

Hilariously outdated. The devs probably forgot about this site :)

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Dutcher
Dutcher

Is there more news about when the multiplayer will be integraded into the game?
me and 3 other friends are dying to play this game together.
And the dying part for me means that this game is my most anticipated game of the last 8 months ;)
but i heve promised to not play the game until me and my friends can play it together xD

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Multiplayer is in the game already.

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