Friday Facts #448 - Tuning platforms
Publisher on Steam
Steam edition · Casual / Indie / Simulation / Strategy
Factorio
Windows · macOS · Linux
“Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use…”
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Friday Facts #447 - Factorio that you can touch
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Friday Facts #446 - An ARM and a Frame
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Checked 2026-10-14 · Publisher posts for the Steam edition.
Your content route
Modding this edition
Factorio's Mods menu downloads, updates and enables packages from its Mod Portal. Manual ZIPs stay zipped in the user-data mods directory. Game version, dependencies and expansion requirements must match.
- Open Mods from the main menu and sign into the supported Factorio account flow when required.
- Install a package and its dependencies for the current game and expansion.
- Use the game's synchronization options when joining a modded multiplayer session.
Heimdall uses the route defined for this edition. A catalog listing does not verify an individual package’s compatibility.
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Game details
Where to play
Windows · macOS · Linux
Platforms shown are for this Steam edition. Features and available content can differ on other stores and consoles.
Official game information ↗Steam features
Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Release listed on Steam: Aug 14, 2020
Before you play
Check the store’s current system requirements and available languages for your device.
System requirements ↗Sources & review
Reviewed October 13, 2026. This page covers Steam app 427520. The game’s presence in the most-played snapshot is not a mod compatibility rating.
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