Satisfactory
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Developer(s) | Coffee Stain Studios |
Publisher(s) | Coffee Stain Publishing |
Engine | Unreal Engine 5[1][a] |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | 19 March 2019 (early access) 10 September 2024 (full game) |
Genre(s) | Factory simulation, Sandbox |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Satisfactory is an upcoming and currently Early Access factory simulation game created by Swedish video game developer Coffee Stain Studios. It is a 3D first-person open world exploration and factory building game. The player, a "Pioneer", is dropped onto an alien planet with a handful of tools and must exploit the planet's natural resources to construct increasingly complex factories for automating all resource needs. The initial goal is to construct a space elevator and begin supplying the company the player works for (FICSIT Inc.) with increasingly numerous and complex components for their unknown purposes. These exports unlock access to new technology that make the next export possible. The factory building aspect of the game has been described as a first-person and 3D version of Factorio.[2]
Satisfactory was made available for early access on 19 March 2019 on Microsoft Windows with cross-platform multiplayer;[3] its full release is scheduled for 10 September 2024.[4] By January 2024, the game had sold 5.5 million copies.[5]
Gameplay
The player has a choice of four starting locations: the Grasslands, the Rocky Desert, the Dune Desert, or the Northern Forest. This choice affects the resources the player has access to in the early game and the amount of flat land available for easy building. However, the player can move to any other part of the map at any time. After landing, the player must salvage the landing pod for parts with which to construct The H.U.B (Habitat and Utility Base), the main base from which most other construction will extend.
During a brief tutorial, titled "Onboarding", the player learns how to mine and process basic materials such as iron, copper and limestone. With these materials, it is possible to construct a simple factory and to begin exploring the "Tier" system. As of May 2021, there are eight such tiers in the game, each of which grants access to increasingly complex and sophisticated materials and equipment.[6] Tiers one and two are unlocked after completing the tutorial; subsequent tiers are unlocked by delivering certain parts to the Space Elevator. (Each delivery to the Space Elevator allows the Pioneer to unlock milestones in the next two tiers.)
As the player unlocks new equipment and technology, it becomes possible to automate more complex materials and items. The ultimate goals of the game are to build a fully automated factory that can manufacture any item without requiring the player's manual intervention and to deliver all required project parts to the Space Elevator. Higher-level machinery requires more power, so the player must research and build power systems including coal and fuel generators, and eventually nuclear power plants.
Exploration and combat are secondary gameplay elements. The player must fight hostile alien life forms and conquer hazardous environments in order to find valuable resources in the wilderness. A limited number of weapons and vehicles are available to make exploration easier. Blueprints allow the creation of templates to facilitate mass construction of production buildings.[7]
Reception
Within three months of its early-access release, over 500,000 copies had been sold.[8] By July 2020, more than 1.3 million copies had been sold,[9] while reaching 5.5 million sales by January 2024.[5] Based on data collected by Simon Carless in mid-2021, Satisfactory had made at least US$11.5 million in revenue, surpassing the amount that Epic Games had assured as a minimum payout to Coffee Stain.[10]
Notes
- ^ Used Unreal Engine 4 prior to the release of Update 8 on 14 November 2023.
References
- ^ Papadopoulos, John (14 March 2023). "Satisfactory will be now using Unreal Engine 5.1, key features detailed". DSOGaming.
- ^ "Satisfactory looks a lot like first-person Factorio". Rock Paper Shotgun. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Satisfactory hits Steam Early Access next month". PCGamesN. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Romano, Sal (5 July 2024). "Satisfactory launches September 10". Gematsu. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b Wales, Matt (2 February 2024). "Satisfactory hits 5.5m sales after five years of early access, 1.0 due "this year"". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Satisfactory Update #4". SatisfactoryGame.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Satisfactory Update #7". SatisfactoryGame.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ Bailey, Dustin (7 June 2019). "Epic exclusive Satisfactory has sold 500,000 copies in under three months". PCGamesN. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ MacGregor, Jody (5 July 2020). "Here's how many copies Satisfactory has sold on Steam and Epic". PC Gamer. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (5 August 2021). "Only one of Epic's 'first wave' of exclusives made money, and it wasn't Metro". PC Gamer. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Official wiki
- Official YouTube channel
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