Factorio Price History and Player Count

Factorio

Steam app 427520

Factorio

Wube Software LTD.Feb 1, 2016Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

$35.00 Overwhelmingly PositiveSteam Deck Verified
  • Automation
  • Base Building
  • Resource Management
  • Sandbox
  • Crafting
  • Strategy
  • Multiplayer
  • Survival
  • Management
  • Open World
Playing now
12,492
Updated 5 minutes ago
24-hour peak
19,471
Last 24 hours
All-time peak
118,166
Oct 1, 2024
Avg this month
16,271
+6.86% vs last month
Steam reviews
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive

Data source: Steam Web APILast updated: How we collect this data

Factorio player count chart

No, Factorio is not dead. 12,492 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 19,471. Over the last 30 days its player count has been stable (about the same on the month before).

History from Feb 1, 2016

Factorio monthly player count

MonthAvg. playersGain% GainPeak players
November 202616,271+1,045+6.86%27,438
October 202615,226-364-2.33%26,205
September 202615,590-1,605-5.86%25,769
August 2026n/a-929-3.28%27,374
July 2026n/a+949+3.47%28,303
June 2026n/a+1,745+6.81%27,354
May 2026n/a-137-0.53%25,609
April 2026n/a-1,020-3.81%25,746
March 2026n/a-2,525-8.62%26,766
February 2026n/a-2,118-6.74%29,291
January 2026n/a+5,798+22.64%31,409
December 2025n/a-956-3.6%25,611
November 2025n/a-1,103-3.99%26,567
October 2025n/a+2,027+7.9%27,670
September 2025n/a-1,737-6.34%25,643
August 2025n/a+2,261+9%27,380
July 2025n/a-5,091-16.85%25,119
June 2025n/a+2,885+10.56%30,210
May 2025n/a+41+0.15%27,325
April 2025n/a-1,344-4.69%27,284
March 2025n/a-4,911-14.64%28,628
February 2025n/a-9,230-21.58%33,539
January 2025n/a-21,833-33.8%42,769
December 2024n/a-48,136-42.7%64,602
November 2024n/a-5,428-4.59%112,738
October 2024n/a+99,986+549.98%118,166
September 2024n/a-1,391-7.11%18,180
August 2024n/a+866+4.63%19,571
July 2024n/a+617+3.41%18,705
June 2024n/a-339-1.84%18,088
May 2024n/a-1,394-7.03%18,427
April 2024n/a-751-3.65%19,821
March 2024n/a+293+1.44%20,572
February 2024n/a-2,455-10.8%20,279
January 2024n/a+2,407+11.84%22,734
December 2023n/a-1,459-6.7%20,327
November 2023n/a-1,105-4.83%21,786
October 2023n/a+1,645+7.74%22,891
September 2023n/a+3,429+19.25%21,246
August 2023n/a+1,244+7.51%17,817
July 2023n/a-570-3.32%16,573
June 2023n/a-401-2.29%17,143
May 2023n/a-1,779-9.21%17,544
April 2023n/a-535-2.69%19,323
March 2023n/a+22+0.11%19,858
February 2023n/a-1,853-8.54%19,836
January 2023n/a+1,320+6.48%21,689
December 2022n/a+1,025+5.3%20,369
November 2022n/a+708+3.8%19,344
October 2022n/a-632-3.28%18,636
September 2022n/a+1,426+7.99%19,268
August 2022n/a+105+0.59%17,842
July 2022n/a-129-0.72%17,737
June 2022n/a-2,260-11.23%17,866
May 2022n/a+107+0.53%20,126
April 2022n/a+3,984+24.85%20,019
March 2022n/a-1,624-9.2%16,035
February 2022n/a-886-4.78%17,659
January 2022n/a+1,963+11.84%18,545
December 2021n/a-1,103-6.24%16,582
November 2021n/a-2,921-14.18%17,685
October 2021n/a-1,300-5.93%20,606
September 2021n/a+4,339+24.7%21,906
August 2021n/a+2,419+15.97%17,567
July 2021n/a-418-2.69%15,148
June 2021n/a-1,581-9.22%15,566
May 2021n/a-29-0.17%17,147
April 2021n/a-429-2.44%17,176
March 2021n/a-4,992-22.09%17,605
February 2021n/a+638+2.91%22,597
January 2021n/a+4,273+24.16%21,959
December 2020n/a-2,542-12.57%17,686
November 2020n/a-3,514-14.8%20,228
October 2020n/a-4,668-16.43%23,742
September 2020n/a-6,290-18.13%28,410
August 2020n/a+22,518+184.85%34,700
July 2020n/a-1,770-12.69%12,182
June 2020n/a-2,466-15.02%13,952
May 2020n/a-2,398-12.74%16,418
April 2020n/a+448+2.44%18,816
March 2020n/a+2,691+17.17%18,368
February 2020n/a+245+1.59%15,677
January 2020n/a+2,236+16.94%15,432
December 2019n/a-692-4.98%13,196
November 2019n/a+391+2.9%13,888
October 2019n/a+920+7.31%13,497
September 2019n/a+1,482+13.36%12,577
August 2019n/a+521+4.93%11,095
July 2019n/a-2,238-17.47%10,574
June 2019n/a-1,782-12.21%12,812
May 2019n/a-1,752-10.72%14,594
April 2019n/a-6,111-27.21%16,346
March 2019n/a+7,307+48.23%22,457
February 2019n/a+333+2.25%15,150
January 2019n/a+1,584+11.97%14,817
December 2018n/a+1,211+10.07%13,233
November 2018n/a-345-2.79%12,022
October 2018n/a+761+6.56%12,367
September 2018n/a+517+4.66%11,606
August 2018n/a-549-4.72%11,089
July 2018n/a-1,123-8.8%11,638
June 2018n/a-1,122-8.08%12,761
May 2018n/a-2,381-14.64%13,883
April 2018n/a+2,987+22.5%16,264
March 2018n/a-227-1.68%13,277
February 2018n/a-1,699-11.18%13,504
January 2018n/a+593+4.06%15,203
December 2017n/a+2,352+19.19%14,610
November 2017n/a+332+2.78%12,258
October 2017n/a-1,322-9.98%11,926
September 2017n/a+1,409+11.9%13,248
August 2017n/a+752+6.78%11,839
July 2017n/a-3,807-25.56%11,087
June 2017n/a-4,937-24.9%14,894
May 2017n/a-430-2.12%19,831
April 2017n/a+10,097+99.34%20,261
March 2017n/a-1,650-13.97%10,164
February 2017n/a+1,021+9.46%11,814
January 2017n/a+2,816+35.3%10,793
December 2016n/a-791-9.02%7,977
November 2016n/a+660+8.14%8,768
October 2016n/a-21-0.26%8,108
September 2016n/a+882+12.17%8,129
August 2016n/a-1,068-12.84%7,247
July 2016n/a+855+11.46%8,315
June 2016n/a-5,569-42.74%7,460
May 2016n/a-2,772-17.54%13,029
April 2016n/a-369-2.28%15,801
March 2016n/a+5,049+45.4%16,170
February 2016n/an/an/a11,121

How many people are playing Factorio?

Right now, 12,492 players are in Factorio on Steam. That makes it the #87 most played game on Steam at the moment. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 19,471 players. Today's peak is 7% below its 30-day average daily peak of 20,961.

Factorio player count history

Over the last 30 days Factorio averaged a daily peak of 20,961 players, up 2% compared with the 30 days before (20,555). Its highest point this month (27,438) is 1% below the same period last year (27,670). In its first month after release (Feb 1, 2016) it peaked at 16,170 players. Today's player count is 11% of its all-time peak of 118,166, set on Oct 1, 2024.

Best time to play Factorio

Based on the last 14 days, Factorio is busiest around 20:00 UTC (3 PM in New York) and quietest around 06:00 UTC (1 AM in New York), when about 50% fewer people are online. For the fastest matchmaking, play close to the peak hour.

Factorio players by hour and weekday

When Factorio has the most players online, by weekday and hour, shown in your time zone. Busy hours mean faster matchmaking and fuller servers; quiet hours are best for solo play.

BusiestSunday at 19:00 UTCabout 25k players on average
QuietestThursday at 06:00 UTCabout 9,361 players on average
Busy vs quiet2.7xmore players at the busiest hour
Fewer playersMore playersTimes in UTC. Hover or tap a cell.

Average players for each hour of the week over the last 28 days, from our Steam player counts.

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About Factorio

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Developer
Wube Software LTD.
Released
Feb 1, 2016
Genre
Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Steam Deck
Verified
Languages
30 languages

Screenshots

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Factorio price history

$35.00
price now (US)
$35.00
lowest recorded · no discount seen since Oct 2026

Good time to buy? No sale seen yet. Factorio costs $35.00 and we have not recorded a discount for it so far.Next Steam sale: Steam Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. See the countdown

US price on Steam. Checked daily.

Factorio price by region

RegionSteam priceIn USDIn EURvs US
United States$35.00$35.0031.18 EURbase
Euro area32,00€$35.9232.00 EUR+3%
United Kingdom£30.00$40.3835.97 EUR+15%
CanadaC$ 45.00$32.2228.71 EUR-8%
AustraliaA$ 50.00$35.0031.19 EUR0%
New ZealandNZ$ 50.00$28.1125.04 EUR-20%
BrazilR$101,99$18.6616.62 EUR-47%
MexicoMex$ 400.00$21.5219.17 EUR-39%
Argentina (LATAM USD)$17.00$17.0015.15 EUR-51%
Poland130,00 zł$33.2429.62 EUR-5%
SwitzerlandCHF 40.00$48.9143.57 EUR+40%
Norway400,00 kr$43.0238.33 EUR+23%
Turkey (MENA USD)$17.00$17.0015.15 EUR-51%
Azerbaijan (CIS USD)$17.00$17.0015.15 EUR-51%
South AfricaR 300.00$18.2716.28 EUR-48%
India cheapest₹1,500.00$15.8814.15 EUR-55%
IndonesiaRp 300 000$16.6014.79 EUR-53%
China¥130.00$19.4917.37 EUR-44%
Japan¥4,000$25.2422.49 EUR-28%
South Korea₩ 40,000$29.7526.50 EUR-15%

Converted with the European Central Bank reference rates of 5 Nov 2026. Steam sells each region's price only to accounts in that region.

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Factorio reviews over time

97% Overwhelmingly Positive97% of 236,117 Steam reviews are positiveRead reviews on Steam

Positive and negative Steam user reviews per month, from Steam's review history.

Factorio on Twitch

309
watching now
31
live channels
471
24-hour peak viewers
586
7-day average viewers

Twitch category "Factorio", sampled every 30 minutes since Oct 13, 2026. Most watched games on Twitch

Factorio Twitch viewers per day, last 90 days

Average viewers per day (line) and the highest count of each day (dotted line).

Best day: 26 Oct 2026, with a peak of 5,037 viewers and 1,370 on average.

Factorio streamers right now

  1. Ultrasaurus178
  2. Gearomatic33
  3. hy_speed15
  4. NeuroplasticIdeas11
  5. Jitsu_Games11

Top Factorio streamers this week

  1. Giantwaffle1,692
  2. Deadlyslob1,537
  3. AntiElitz464
  4. EliaStellaria419
  5. Nilaus340

Average viewers while live.

Top Twitch streamers across all games

Factorio achievements

Factorio has 88 Steam achievements. On average a player has unlocked 19.9% of them; the rarest, Keeping your hands clean, is held by 1.1% of players.

  • It stinks and they don't like itTrigger an alien attack by pollution.64.4%
  • Iron throne 1Produce 20k iron plates per hour.61.6%
  • Eco unfriendlyResearch oil processing.60.2%
  • Mass production 1Produce 10k electronic circuits.57.1%
  • Getting on trackBuild a locomotive.50.3%
  • Circuit veteran 1Produce 1.0k advanced circuits per hour.47.1%
  • Reach for the starsCreate a space platform.44.3%
  • Steam powerStart producing electric power by steam engine.43.5%
  • Research with automationResearch a technology using automation science packs.42.1%
  • Automate this!Build an assembling machine 1.39.7%
  • Research with logisticsResearch a technology using logistic science packs.36.0%
  • Run Forrest, runDestroy 100 trees by impact.34.7%
  • Trans-Factorio expressHave a train plan a path 1,000 tiles or longer.33.5%
  • Automated constructionConstruct 100 machines using robots.33.3%
  • Make it betterManually insert a quality module into a module slot.33.0%
  • Pest controlDestroy a biter spawner.32.8%
  • Visit VulcanusTravel to planet Vulcanus.32.3%
  • Automated cleanupDeconstruct 100 objects with the construction robots.31.7%
  • Computer age 1Produce 500 processing units per hour.31.7%
  • Research with metallurgicsResearch a technology using metallurgic science packs.29.5%
  • If it bleeds, we can kill itKill a small demolisher.29.3%
  • You've got a packageSupply the character by logistic robot.28.9%
  • Watch your stepGet killed by a moving locomotive.28.0%
  • Visit FulgoraTravel to planet Fulgora.28.0%
  • Get off my lawnDisturb a demolisher by building on its territory.27.6%
  • Computer age 2Produce 1.0k processing units per hour.27.0%
  • Solar powerStart producing electric power by solar panels.26.2%
  • Research with electromagneticsResearch a technology using electromagnetic science packs.25.6%
  • Research with militaryResearch a technology using military science packs.25.6%
  • Visit GlebaTravel to planet Gleba.25.5%
  • Research with chemicalsResearch a technology using chemical science packs.25.0%
  • Circuit veteran 2Produce 10k advanced circuits per hour.24.6%
  • Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfastLaunch a rocket to space.24.1%
  • Iron throne 2Produce 200k iron plates per hour.23.4%
  • Mass production 2Produce 1M electronic circuits.21.5%
  • Research with agricultureResearch a technology using agricultural science packs.21.5%
  • SolarisProduce more than 10 GJ per hour using only solar panels.20.9%
  • SteamrolledDestroy 10 spawners by impact.20.8%
  • Delivery serviceSupply the character with 10k items delivered by logistic robots.20.3%
  • Crafting with qualityCraft a quality module 3.19.7%
  • It stinks and they do like itAttract a group of pentapods using spores.19.0%
  • Research with productionResearch a technology using production science packs.17.3%
  • Research with utilityResearch a technology using utility science packs.15.8%
  • Visit AquiloTravel to planet Aquilo.15.1%
  • Circuit veteran 3Produce 25k advanced circuits per hour.14.9%
  • Iron throne 3Produce 400k iron plates per hour.14.0%
  • Research with cryogenicsResearch a technology using cryogenic science packs.13.9%
  • We need bigger gunsKill a medium demolisher.13.8%
  • Nuclear powerStart producing electric power by nuclear powerplant.13.7%
  • Computer age 3Produce 5k processing units per hour.13.3%
  • Research with spaceResearch a technology using space science packs.11.8%
  • Fusion powerStart producing electric power by fusion powerplant.11.7%
  • TerraformerDestroy a cliff.11.6%
  • You are doing it rightConstruct more machines using robots than manually.11.5%
  • Mining with determinationCompletely deplete a resource patch.11.0%
  • Look at my shiny rare armorEquip rare or better quality of power armor MK2 or mech armor.10.3%
  • Tech maniacResearch all technologies.9.7%
  • GolemSurvive a hit of 500 damage or more.9.6%
  • PyromaniacDestroy 10k trees with fire.9.6%
  • My modules are legendaryCraft a legendary quality module 3.9.6%

Showing the 60 most unlocked of 88 achievements.

Global unlock rates from Steam, most common first.

Factorio DLC

Factorio has 3 DLCs and soundtracks on Steam, newest first.

DLCReleasedPrice (US)
Factorio: Space Age, Soundtrack ↗Oct 30, 2024$7.00
Factorio: Space Age ↗Oct 21, 2024$35.00
Factorio, Soundtrack ↗Feb 25, 2016$7.00

Factorio FAQ

Is Factorio dead?

No, Factorio is not dead. 12,492 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 19,471. Over the last 30 days its player count has been stable (about the same on the month before).

How many people play Factorio?

12,492 people are playing Factorio on Steam right now. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 19,471 concurrent players.

What is the all-time peak player count for Factorio?

Factorio reached its all-time Steam peak of 118,166 concurrent players on Oct 1, 2024.

Is Factorio growing or declining?

Factorio is stable. Its average daily peak over the last 30 days was 20,961, about the same compared with the previous 30 days.

When is Factorio most active?

Factorio usually has the most players around 20:00 UTC (3 PM in New York) and the fewest around 06:00 UTC (1 AM in New York).

How much does Factorio cost?

Factorio costs $35.00 on Steam in the US. Prices are checked daily and can differ by region.

What is the lowest price Factorio has been on Steam?

We have not seen Factorio discounted on Steam since October 2026, so the lowest US price we have recorded is its regular $35.00.

Is Factorio on sale right now?

No, Factorio is at its full price of $35.00 on Steam right now.

Where is Factorio cheapest on Steam?

Of the 20 Steam regions we check, Factorio is cheapest in India at ₹1,500.00, about $15.88 or 55% below the US price of $35.00. Steam only sells each regional price to accounts from that region.

Is Factorio good?

Steam players rate Factorio Overwhelmingly Positive: 97% of 236,117 reviews are positive.

When did Factorio come out?

Factorio was released on Steam on Feb 1, 2016.

Who made Factorio?

Factorio was developed by Wube Software LTD..

Is Factorio still worth playing?

Factorio has a big, active player base on Steam today (12,492 playing right now), and players still rate it well (Overwhelmingly Positive).

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