Factorio, the legendary management sim that proved a smash hit on Steam – and later, the Nintendo Switch – will no longer be receiving updates.
Or, well, significant updates, anyway. With patch 2.1, indie developer and publisher Wube Software plans to step away from gameplay development on Factorio and move on to other projects.
The team announces as much in a new blog post on its website, first outlining what the plan with 2.1 is. There are no major additions to the game, perse, but rather quality-of-life tweaks and "some small features," as the studio puts it. The real highlight is the fact that 2.1 marks the end of Factorio – or, at least, its updates.
"We envision 2.1 as our last major update of Factorio," as Wube Software explains, "and we will shift the focus onto long-term support… things like bug fixes, platform support/compatibility, modding features, etc. Other than that, we feel we've reached a good place to conclude the active gameplay development."
It's certainly bittersweet, but it makes sense.
