Skip to main content

Satisfactory

Satisfactory is finally out of early access, with a plethora of content, and gameplay for all kinds of player. And it's simply superb.
Satisfactory Game Cover
95%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
grinding, stability
97% User Score Based on 153,748 reviews
Critic Score 91%Based on 7 reviews

Platforms

Xbox Series X|SPCTabletXbox Game PassPlaystation 5CloudXbox Cloud GamingXboxNVIDIA GeForce NOWSteam DeckWindowsPlayStation
Buy Nowfrom $23.65
Buy NowGet on Steam €27.29Buy NowGet on Xbox Games Store Buy NowGet on Epic Games Store
Satisfactory Game Cover

About

Satisfactory is a single player and multiplayer open world shooter game with economy and science fiction themes. It was developed by Coffee Stain Studios and was released on June 8, 2020. It received very positive reviews from critics and overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Genres & Tags
Play Modes
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
Satisfactory screenshot
+6
Skip User Reviews

97%
Audience ScoreBased on 153,748 reviews
gameplay2.6k positive mentions
grinding2.2k negative mentions
  • Satisfactory offers deeply satisfying and addictive factory-building and automation gameplay with intuitive mechanics and extensive optimization possibilities.
  • The game features stunning, vibrant 3D graphics, beautiful worlds, and immersive sound design that enhance the overall atmosphere and player engagement.
  • Humor delivered through the AI assistant Ada is witty and adds charm to the gameplay, balancing the intensity with clever and sarcastic commentary.
  • The story is underdeveloped, incomplete, and anticlimactic, often feeling like a weak backdrop rather than a motivating element within the game.
  • The game can become grindy and tedious in mid to late stages, with resource gathering and factory scaling requiring repetitive manual effort without significant evolution in gameplay.
  • Multiplayer suffers from bugs such as desyncs, crashes, and glitches, and performance issues can arise in large factories, especially on lower-end hardware.
  • gameplay
    6,618 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Satisfactory offers a deeply satisfying and addictive gameplay loop centered on factory building, resource management, and automation within a stunning and expansive 3D open world. Its mechanics are intuitive yet provide significant depth, gradually introducing complexity and encouraging creativity in optimizing production lines. Though some players find certain systems like fluid mechanics and blueprinting limiting or tedious, the game's smooth controls, exploration elements, and regular quality-of-life updates create an engaging experience that can captivate players for hundreds of hours.

    • “Satisfactory turns factory creation into an engrossing mechanical symphony where optimisation, exploration, and automation come together in one endlessly satisfying package.”
    • “The gameplay loop is simple, yet addicting and ultimately you can make your monstrosity of a factory however you want.”
    • “The core gameplay revolves around designing and optimizing massive production lines, and it’s incredibly satisfying.”
    • “No solar power, no enemy waves, resources don't run out, and gameplay is glorified cookie clicker.”
    • “The uncertainty of power usage is also a very weird mechanic which I don't think is necessary for a game about automation.”
    • “The gameplay never evolves beyond “connect output to input”, this is all factory building is, for 100 hours straight.”
  • graphics
    5,726 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Satisfactory is widely praised for its stunning and detailed 3D graphics, vibrant worlds, and beautiful environments that significantly enhance immersion and appeal compared to similar factory-building games. While generally optimized to run smoothly even on mid-tier PCs, high settings can be demanding and cause some performance issues or glitches especially in large, complex factories. The game's art style balances realism with a clean, futuristic aesthetic, allowing players to build not only efficient but also visually pleasing factories, with extensive customization options for aesthetics without sacrificing performance.

    • “The graphics and world you operate from are absolutely stunning.”
    • “The graphics are amazing for a factory game—the world is vibrant, the machinery looks heavy and mechanical, and the sense of scale when you look up at your massive builds is incredible.”
    • “Graphically, satisfactory is nothing short of a visual tour de force, offering landscapes that range from verdant forests and sprawling deserts to alien canyons and monolithic cliffs.”
    • “A great game, a 9/10 but occasionally that drops to 2/10 when the graphics glitch and the sky catches fire.”
    • “The game is rated as playable and even promises the default graphics settings work well on here but as soon as I start a world the video that is supposed to play during the intro is a blank screen and upon exiting the pod my game immediately freezes.”
    • “I set all my graphics settings to minimum and still have this issue.”
  • story
    3,187 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Satisfactory primarily focuses on factory building and automation with a minimal and optional story that provides context and humor without overshadowing gameplay. While the narrative, delivered mainly by the AI assistant Ada, has been praised for its wit, many players find the plot underdeveloped, incomplete, or anticlimactic, often feeling like a backdrop rather than a driving force. The game currently offers limited story content, which is expected to expand with future updates beyond early access, but most reviews recommend enjoying the game for its sandbox and building mechanics rather than its storyline.

    • “The unlock system always gives you a goal but never gets in the way of your self-imposed side quests (time to rebuild my main base again, I need a new power plant, etc.), and the addition of the storyline in the 1.0 release was a huge win.”
    • “Ada's light narrative and Ficsit lore give thematic depth without overwhelming storytelling.”
    • “The new story and "purpose" to drive you to completing the game solidifies this game as a perfect 10 out of 10.”
    • “The story that goes along with the game is also fun, you don't need it and can simply follow the objectives, but it does provide some context and reason for why you're doing what you're doing, as well as a few laughs. The story just never goes anywhere or is not even related to the space elevator plot. All we eventually get is Ada basically telling us she'll handle it, and we get no conclusion to their story.”
    • “The story is pretty weak, to the point that it might be better if it wasn't there at all. After years of early access buildup waiting for the story to release with 1.0, it was overall a huge disappointment. The story feels slapped together and extremely unfinished with no plot twist, no alternate ending, no choices, not even an explanation. In this case, no story at all would have been better than leaving the story unfinished.”
    • “The storyline breaks off in the middle and doesn't continue. It was always fun but now that it's reached the official release, the overarching story makes it feel cohesive, but the story ending is rather lacking and leaves something to be desired. The game feels incomplete with story elements missing and no satisfying conclusion to the plot.”
  • grinding
    2,491 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in this game is a core and defining aspect, characterized as extensive and sometimes tedious, especially in mid to late-game stages where resource gathering and factory scaling become time-consuming and repetitive. While many players find the early game grind manageable and even rewarding due to automation and progress, the later tiers often require significant manual effort, leading to frustration or burnout without efficient planning or multiplayer cooperation. Despite this, the grind is also seen as satisfying and integral to the gameplay loop, appealing to fans of factory-building and resource-management games who enjoy optimizing complex systems over long play sessions.

    • “Phases 1 & 2: decent, not too grindy, feels like a real game.”
    • “Assets with great style, fun optimizing process, almost no grinding, it's perfect automation game.”
    • “The world is beautifully crafted, the progression is rewarding and not too grindy thanks to the massive map to explore.”
    • “The game starts off slow and tedious, resembling a survival game start at first.”
    • “The early game is the worst part, having to manually run around picking up scraps of wood on the floor and manually refuelling 10+ power buildings all by hand every half an hour is just tedious and not fun.”
    • “The building, the farming.”
    • “The core issue is that building a factory is just too tedious for a game primarily about building.”
    • “Grindy and complicated but very fun once you get the hang of it!”
    • “Building factories is all about efficiency, but the developers have steadfastly refused qol changes that would make factory building quicker and less tedious.”
    • “The game can get quite grindy but this can be lessened by learning to use all the tools at your disposal.”
    • “Traveling long distances is really tedious, until you get portals and it becomes trivial.”
    • “One very important unlockable being a coal power plant - until i got this set up (at about 30 hours) i had been tediously filling 8 biofuel generators all by hand every half an hour.”
    • “After 1.0 the game is not as tedious but still your going to spend a lot of time in the game just building 1 line.”
  • optimization
    2,399 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Satisfactory is widely praised for its impressive optimization, running smoothly even with massive, complex factories and on mid-tier or older hardware, thanks to careful performance and engine tuning. While early game and moderately sized builds perform well, users report noticeable slowdowns, stuttering, and crashes in very large or late-game factories, especially in multiplayer, indicating room for further optimization improvements. Overall, the game offers an addicting and satisfying optimization experience, though high-end PCs are recommended for the best performance at scale.

    • “The optimization is outstanding, making the game run smoothly, even with massive factories sprawling across the map.”
    • “Satisfactory is a masterclass in industrial automation, delivering a deeply satisfying blend of exploration, optimization, and pure engineering creativity.”
    • “Absolutely stunning graphics, beautiful soundtrack, and perfect for the optimization-minded.”
    • “Performance is just... sorry devs, but the performance does suck.”
    • “The game is horribly optimized and even GTA V or RDR2 runs better on my PC than this game.”
    • “If you play with a mix of efficiency and chaos—while my base was a sprawling mess of conveyor belts, I couldn't deny the game’s constant push toward optimization.”
  • stability
    1,552 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Satisfactory is generally stable and well-optimized, running smoothly even on mid-tier and Linux systems, with minimal bugs or glitches during single-player. However, the multiplayer experience is frequently reported as buggy, with issues like desync, freezes, vehicle glitches, and occasional crashes. Despite these problems, the developers actively engage with the community and regularly release updates that improve stability, though some longstanding bugs and optimizations remain to be addressed.

    • “The game has been polished beyond belief, it loads nearly instantly, is pretty much bug free (I have yet to encounter a single one), it runs smooth as butter and the tutorial/gameplay loop is incredibly satisfying, an easy thumbs up.”
    • “The game is full, complete, and overall quite stable and bug free.”
    • “The game is nearly bug free (very very rare crash in multiplayer only) and other than them wanting to finish up more content, I wouldn't even consider this early access, but a full game ready for retail release.”
    • “The worst one is when the game glitches and starts randomly switching between keyboard/mouse and controller, making it unplayable and forcing a task manager kill to close.”
    • “Installed it on a system meeting recommended specs but the game freezes on startup, preventing play.”
    • “Broken buggy mess with massive clipping issues; moving to a new location caused falling through the map and losing all resources, happening multiple times.”
  • humor
    1,198 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in this game is widely praised for its dry, sarcastic, and witty style, often compared to Portal’s GLaDOS, with the AI assistant Ada delivering clever, snarky, and sometimes darkly comedic commentary that adds personality and charm. Players appreciate the corporate satire, quirky writing, funny easter eggs, and humorous bugs that lighten the complex factory-building experience, making it entertaining solo or especially in co-op play. Overall, the humor balances the gameplay’s intensity, bringing laughter and joy throughout long hours of building and exploration.

    • “The core of the game is tight, the voice lines from Ada are usually hilarious, and the factory building is pretty solid.”
    • “Packed with tongue-in-cheek references, snarky AI commentary, and a hearty dose of corporate satire, you'll find yourself chuckling amidst the chaos of interstellar capitalism.”
    • “The writing overall is terrible but there's a great sense of humor so the lines are fun individually.”
    • “Awful writing for the extremely cringe, unfunny wannabe GLaDOS.”
    • “It's not funny, it's incredibly aggravating.”
    • “It's not funny.”
  • music
    1,037 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised for its relaxing, atmospheric, and immersive qualities, perfectly complementing the gameplay and visuals. Players enjoy the chill, synthwave-inspired soundtrack that helps create a calming yet engaging environment, making long building and exploration sessions enjoyable. While generally considered excellent and even better than similar games, some users desire more variety and additional tracks, especially for intense or combat scenarios.

    • “The soundtrack is immaculate, and I sometimes find myself listening to the OST just for the fun of it.”
    • “The music and atmosphere remind me of Subnautica. There's just one glaring issue with the game, and I'm not sure if it's my PC or the game, but the music is fantastic.”
    • “The sound design and music complement the gameplay perfectly without ever becoming distracting.”
    • “The in-game boombox music stops playing randomly after 15 minutes in multiplayer, making the music feature unreliable.”
    • “The 1.0 anniversary music update released 2 months ago is too cheery, childish, annoying, and overall adds nothing to the game.”
    • “The soundtrack is limited and repetitive; it works with the atmosphere but could use more variety and quality as it sometimes feels generic and forgettable.”
  • replayability
    648 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers extensive and almost infinite replayability, driven by its deep mechanics, varied starting locations, and creative factory-building possibilities, which keep players engaged for hundreds of hours. While the handcrafted, static map somewhat limits replay value for some, mod support, multiplayer, and continuous updates significantly enhance longevity and freshness. Overall, it is praised for rewarding experimentation and optimization, making it highly replayable especially for fans of open-ended, technical sandbox games.

    • “Literally endless hours of replayability, tons of depth, an actual story now, all wrapped up in possibly the best factory game on the market.”
    • “With endless flexibility in how you approach building and optimizing your factories, satisfactory offers near-limitless replayability.”
    • “The game's replay value is high, thanks to the constant drive to improve and expand your factories, and the community and developer support keep things fresh with regular updates and new content.”
    • “The map is static, meaning there's very little replayability once you're familiar with it.”
    • “The biggest con is pretty big... there is zero replayability.”
    • “Because of this the game has as much replay value as it too because you can always find new ways to accomplish what you want.”
  • atmosphere
    341 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its immersive, calming, and richly detailed alien world, enhanced by beautiful visuals, vibrant biomes, and a relaxing yet engaging ambient soundtrack. Players appreciate the unique blend of exploration, creativity, and industrial progress within a chill, often surreal setting that distinguishes it from other factory-building games. This atmospheric depth, combined with subtle humor and well-crafted sound design, keeps the experience captivating and satisfying throughout.

    • “The world design is already beautiful: the landscapes, lighting, time-of-day atmosphere, and overall environmental details are all incredibly well done.”
    • “On the audio side, the ambient soundtrack is relaxing and complements long play sessions, while the hum of machinery and clanking of assemblers create an immersive industrial atmosphere.”
    • “The immersive atmosphere, coupled with the game's stunning visuals and atmospheric sound design, creates a sense of wonder and discovery that keeps you engaged throughout your journey.”
    • “It was probably intentional, but a number of the decisions that are meant to foster a 'chill' atmosphere also lowered my own investment.”
    • “Its currently lacking a bit in atmosphere (e.g. no rain) but it does look like that is being worked on.”
    • “Early on, the game has an extremely well done atmosphere, and I would have probably given it a 5/5 if it stayed that way.”
  • emotional
    130 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players experience a surprisingly deep emotional connection to Satisfactory, often describing strong attachments to their factories, machines, and progress, which elicits feelings ranging from joy and pride to frustration and even tears. The game fosters a wholesome, supportive community and evokes nostalgia and satisfaction through its creative freedom, rewarding automation challenges, and charming developer engagement. Ultimately, Satisfactory offers an emotionally rich experience that goes beyond typical factory simulators, blending grind and achievement into a heartfelt journey.

    • “I honestly can’t remember the last time a game made me feel like this.”
    • “You start out thinking, “oh neat, I’ll automate some iron plates.” Next thing you know, you’ve engineered a spaghetti monstrosity of conveyor belts that looks like a pasta factory exploded, and you’re too emotionally invested to fix it.”
    • “I started playing Satisfactory thinking I’d build a "small, efficient factory." Four hundred hours later, my factory is a sprawling industrial monstrosity visible from orbit, and I’ve developed a deep emotional bond with conveyor belts.”
  • monetization
    57 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely praised for its honest monetization approach, featuring no microtransactions, paid DLCs, or pay-to-win mechanics, creating a respectful and complete experience for players without aggressive advertising or predatory practices. Some minor criticism arises from third-party mods that introduce ads, but the base game itself remains free from such distractions, earning trust and admiration for its developer’s passion and player-centric model.

    • “Coffee Stain’s commitment to an honest business model is also commendable: no paid DLCs or microtransactions—just a complete game that respects the player's time.”
    • “Despite being "early access," this game is more finished than many "released" games by triple-A developers, and unlike the garbage shoveled out by most triple-A developers there's no pay-to-win, loot boxes, or any other form of additional monetization beyond buying the game.”
    • “Customization and aesthetic stuff such as different foundation materials, support beams, catwalks, and a super useful little factory cart™ are all unlocked by literally throwing excess resources into a grinder for coupons to spend in an in-game store (no microtransactions, I promise).”
    • “Then fell off when they started adding in game purchases and all that nonsense.”
    • “Many years ago when I first tried this game, I thought it was just a cheap cash grab on Factorio's popularity.”
    • “Nor was it a cheap cash grab, or imitation.”
  • character development
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The character development aspect is largely criticized for its lack of depth and meaningful progression. While some acknowledge the effort put into character design, many users find the designs visually unappealing or difficult to appreciate, especially due to limited visibility of the player’s own character in single-player mode. Overall, the character development fails to engage players beyond superficial design elements.

    • “Art and character design have kept me very engaged, even though I've seen all the creatures there are to see.”
    • “No character development.”
    • “I hate playing it though because the character design is so lame.”
    • “You can't really see your own character at this point, especially in single player, but I know a lot of work has gone into the character design and I wish we could appreciate it more.”
Skip Critic Reviews

91%Critics’ scoreBased on 7 critic reviews
Skip Game Offers

Buy Satisfactory

65h Median play time
203h Average play time
101h Main story
208h Completionist
18-250h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1,433 analyzed playthroughs
Skip Videos

Videos

Skip Games Like Satisfactory

Games Like Satisfactory

Factorio Image
91%138.3kreviews

Factorio

2020Open World City Builder
Nintendo SwitchLinuxPC+6
Games like Factorio
Dyson Sphere Program Image
97%43.8kreviews

Dyson Sphere Program

2021Open World City Builder
PCCloudNVIDIA GeForce NOW+1
Games like Dyson Sphere Program
ASTRONEER Image
83%45kreviews

ASTRONEER

2019Simulation
Nintendo SwitchPlaystation 5Playstation 4+11
Games like ASTRONEER
Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue Image
90%1.8kreviews

Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue

2024Open World Management
PCWindows
Games like Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
Planet Crafter Image
96%35.8kreviews

Planet Crafter

2022Open World Management
PCXboxWindows+1
Games like Planet Crafter
More games like Satisfactory
Skip Game News

Huzzah! Satisfactory version 1.2, now in beta, lets you actually pause your game, and you can take selfies now too

March 17 on rockpapershotgun.com

Where to find coal in Satisfactory – all location maps and useful recipes

March 4 on escapistmagazine.com

All Satisfactory Console Commands, what they do, and how to use them

March 4 on escapistmagazine.com

How to Light Up Your Production Lines in Satisfactory

February 23 on gamespot.com

Automation builder Satisfactory is now Steam Deck Verified, becoming one of the most dangerous additions to Valve's handheld ever

February 14 on pcgamesn.com

A former Rockstar dev is making a Satisfactory-style survival game about doomed expeditions on a strange planet

February 9 on rockpapershotgun.com

Satisfactory Multiplayer: The Basics For Peer-to-Peer And Dedicated Server Hosting

January 19 on gamespot.com

How to Use Satisfactory's Smart Splitters

January 19 on gamespot.com
Skip FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Satisfactory is a open world shooter game with economy and science fiction themes.

Satisfactory is available on Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5, Steam Deck and others.

The main story can be completed in around 101 hours, while the entire game is estimated to take about 208 hours to finish. On average players spend around 203 hours playing Satisfactory.

Satisfactory was released on June 8, 2020.

Satisfactory was developed by Coffee Stain Studios.

Satisfactory has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Satisfactory is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Factorio, Dyson Sphere Program, ASTRONEER, Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue, Planet Crafter and others.