Factorio
Construction and management simulation video game
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| November 20 2024 | Factorio was nominated for 'Music Supervision – Video Game' at the 15th Hollywood Music in Media Awards |
| October 21 2024 | Space Age expansion and the free '2.0' update were simultaneously released, introducing significant gameplay and quality-of-life changes. |
| October 21 2024 | Space Age, a major paid expansion for Factorio, was released, adding 4 new planets and extending gameplay beyond the original rocket launch objective. |
| August 2023 | The expansion's theme and name, Space Age, were revealed, designed to be as big as the base game and extend gameplay to an interplanetary stage. |
| October 28 2022 | Factorio was released on Nintendo Switch, expanding the game's platform availability to console players. |
| February 2022 | On its sixth anniversary in February, Factorio passed 3.1 million copies sold. |
| 2021 | Rock Paper Shotgun ranked Factorio the 7th best management game for PC. |
| 2021 | By the beginning of 2021, Factorio had sold over two and a half million copies. |
| March 2 2021 | Factorio was nominated for 'Best Debut Game' at the 17th British Academy Games Awards |
| February 2021 | Developers announced the development of a new expansion pack for Factorio. |
| February 22 2021 | Factorio was nominated for 'Simulation' at the 20th National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards |
| 2020 | The game reached two million copies sold by the beginning of 2020. |
| 2020 | Factorio was officially released, receiving positive reviews from critics, including praise from Rick Lane of PC Gamer as a 'manufacturing masterpiece'. |
| 2020 | Factorio was named IndieGameReviewer.com's Indie Game of the Year. |
| August 14 2020 | Factorio was officially released out of early access, a month earlier than originally planned to avoid competing with Cyberpunk 2077. |
| August 14 2020 | Official full release of Factorio for Windows, macOS, and Linux, concluding the early access development phase. |
| July 5 2019 | G2A was challenged by Wube Software regarding stolen game keys, offering an audit to prove the extent of key reselling. |
| December 31 2018 | Factorio was nominated for 'Most Fun with a Machine' at The Steam Awards |
| February 25 2016 | Factorio entered early access, allowing players to experience and provide feedback on the game before its full release. |
| September 2014 | Wube Software was officially created by Michal Kovařík and Tomáš Kozelek in Prague. |
| April 2014 | The game's trailer was released, which significantly boosted sales during the early access period. |
| March 3 2013 | The Indiegogo campaign concluded, raising €21,626 and exceeding its €17,000 goal. |
| January 31 2013 | Wube Software launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to support Factorio's development. |
| 2012 | Factorio game development began in mid-2012, initially by a single developer in Prague, Czech Republic. |
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