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I've been watching for a sale, if that ever happens. I just picked up Satisfactory on sale and had a similar conversation with a friend. I said I'm definitely the target demographic for it and Factorio is the other on radar.
I don’t think Factorio ever goes on sale but imo it’s worth full price.
If you like Satisfactory, there’s an extremely high chance you’ll like Factorio. The main differences are the obvious 2D top-down vs 3D 1st person and Factorio has a robust military/combat system with base defense while Satisfactory is mostly peaceful unless you’re exploring.
Oh I don't doubt that I'd enjoy it, I just rarely pay full price for games anymore. It gives me StarCraft vibes.
Perhaps when I've tired myself of Satisfactory, I'll pick it up, if it still hasn't gone on sale by then.
In the meantime though, I also have Mindustry.
I was going to suggest mindustry if you didn't.
Definitely. I got back into it recently too, but when I first found it, I lost many, many hours to it.
It literally never goes on sale lol
You can turn off combat in both games if you just want factory building. Shapez and Shapez2 are all solid entries in the factory game genre.
Factorio never ever goes on sale, out of principle. The devs have stated on multiple occasions. They know what their game is worth and they're upfront about asking every player to pay the same price for it.
If you're interested in Factorio at full price, no harm in buying now. If you will never buy it at full price, you will never buy it.
That's fair, though if it never goes on sale, then there's no rush either. I'll get my fill of Satisfactory first and then probably reconsider it then.
Sure, sure. Just don't want you to wait forever for a bus that won't come. :)
No worries. Knowing that it virtually never goes on sale is still useful information and helpful in my decision making. Thanks!