The space age is finally upon us. That is to say that Factorio: Space Age, the long-awaited DLC pack for the beloved factory management game, has finally gone live after a years-long wait. The expansion has already been lavished with praise from players, and the launch has seen Factorio more than double its previous Steam player count record.
Factorio went 1.0 after a lengthy stay in Steam Early Access back in 2020, and at that time the game reached a peak concurrent player count of 34,700, as SteamDB shows. In 2021, developer Wube Software announced its follow-up would be a major expansion pack, and in 2023 it was announced that this expansion would be Space Age, built in part by one of the game's most notable modders.
