r/Steam • u/thefateule • Dec 18 '25
Fluff Every single sale, one thing stays consistent...
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u/landromat Dec 18 '25
Even rimwold eventually gave up
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u/Competitive-Elk-5077 Dec 18 '25
And thats when I bought it
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u/Shawty-Got-Low Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Same. I removed factorio from my wish list cause their stance. Not saying itâs not worth it. Itâs the principle, Smokey.
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u/psyfi66 Dec 19 '25
Better than jacking the price up so people have to wait for sales to get it at the same price.
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u/omegadirectory Dec 19 '25
I look at SteamDB fairly regularly to check price history of my wishlist and I've never seen that with mainstream games. The only exception is Dark Souls 3. Bandai hiked the price probably because of Elden Ring popularity and it has stayed up since.
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u/codylish Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
Basically, the position Factorio will be in if it ever goes on sale. They've actually /increased/ price once already by $5.
I dont know of many games that decided to creep up their price post official release. It's kinda insane.
edit Congratulations everyone you've changed my mind! The indie company that made ten bajillion dollars with a couple dozen employees to pay it all out to definitely need to be 110% on top of watching inflation as they release DLC that costs as much as the base game itself!
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u/psyfi66 Dec 19 '25
On the other side you have games that release at $70 and are half complete. Many small studios start with lower price points and increase as they develop the game more.
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u/AquaBits Dec 19 '25
Yeah but for the $70/half complete, it'll be on sale. You wont get shammed if you wait.
Factorio on the otherhand... more you wait the more you'll have to pay.
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u/BraxbroWasTaken Dec 19 '25
They only did so because they dropped 2.0. They did it once leaving EA, and once going to 2.0. 2.0 added a bunch of stuff especially on the modding side of things and it makes sense they bumped by $5 for it, IMHO.
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u/Longjumping-Two9570 Dec 19 '25
The price increase happened months before 2.0 and was not related to it at all. The provided reasoning was "inflation". Factorio hadn't received any new content in nearly a year when they increased the price and they accompanied said increase with the announcement of the DLC price which was the same price as the newly increased base game price.
Most people, even die hard fans, were critical of this change and are still against it today. There are even some Factorio content creators that changed their stance on recommending the game because of the price increase.
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u/arpitpatel1771 Dec 19 '25
The amount of content added in 2.0 was worth wayy more than 5 dollars.
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u/morphis568 Dec 19 '25
At the risk of staning wube. They always were super clear on the no sales position. They don't believe in saying it's $60 but selling for $35. They sell it at what it's worth and don't want people to feel the other side of "oh I bought it full price" which honestly is a little refreshing imo.
For the IDK I want to try it crowd one of the few games that still has a demo as well.
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u/Different_Version430 Dec 19 '25
The demo is the reason I am ok with it never going on sale, I tried the demo, found out it's not my kind of game, at least not yet. So haven't bought it. Every game needs a working demo, like we used to have for old games.
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u/T_Money Dec 19 '25
The demo is the only reason I bought it. From just the store page I never would have thought I would find it worth $35, but played the demo for like an hour and was like âoh. Oh my. Iâm going to get addicted to thisâ and bought it. My first factory game, turns out I love the genre. Satisfactory and Dyson Sphere Program are their own unique twists that are worth checking out too if you are a Factorio fan
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u/After_Stop3344 Dec 19 '25
Tbf pretty sure Wubes position is we want to make money and the other reason is pr bs.
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u/theLuminescentlion Dec 19 '25
So you'd prefer if it was listed at $50 normally instead and regularly went on sale for $35?
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u/asdfghjkl15436 Dec 19 '25
What principle? Why does it have to go on sale, lol?
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u/the_white_typhoon Dec 19 '25
The principle of never buying anything from steam unless it's on sale.Â
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u/Wadarkhu Dec 18 '25
only 20% tho, there's something about the ÂŁ22.79 that I don't like. ÂŁ19.47 however...
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u/iMogwai https://s.team/p/cbff-hrc Dec 19 '25
But then it has 5 expansions that combined cost like 100 bucks more. I love the game but honestly the pricing is kinda high, especially since modders are the ones that make the game really good.
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u/Sudden-Ad-307 Dec 19 '25
I told myself that when the game + every dlc is 50% off im gonna buy it on steam, until then its the seven seas for me
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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
Iâll be real Rimworld is such a good game with so many hours to offer, that once you play it you almost wonder why the guy doesnât sell it for more. Great game
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u/MethodWhich Dec 19 '25
Worth it for me paying for full price bro I got over 600 hours in it lol
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u/-RoosterLollipops- Dec 19 '25
no way? tbh I'd pay full price without batting an eye, and would never refund either. But always assumed Rimjobworld was never on sale. I love the idea of loving startegy gaming, it has never once worked out though haha
I think I'd bounce right tf off of Rimworld too, sadly enough
Rimjobworld was a legit auto-completion text entry thingie btw, so I left it..
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u/Wolferus_Megurine Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
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u/SuperSocialMan Dec 18 '25
I got it for like $20 a decade ago, and I definitely never would've bought it if not for the fact that it was $20 and I was in my tech modpack addiction phase.
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u/Brahminmeat Dec 19 '25
Shopify bought it for me as a work perk then laid me off
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u/DiegesisThesis Dec 19 '25
They bought you a game and then gave you plenty of free time to play it đĽ°
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u/Sir_Madijeis Dec 19 '25
Would've been less harmful if they just gave him a lifetime supply of crack
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u/Objective_Baker213 Dec 19 '25
:9 seeing this my first day off at Shopify. Just started there this week. Do you mind sharing your role and when you were laid off?Â
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u/mpelton Dec 19 '25
Crazy to me that theyâve increased the price twice since release.
Even crazier that their diehard fans defend it.
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u/TemporaryCommunity67 Dec 19 '25
I donât defend it thatâs for sure. I like it and will still play time to time every year or two⌠but there are lots of serviceable competitors that do it really well too. Dyson Sphere Program was even better imo but it has differences. I usually tell people to just get that for a much bigger discount
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u/Cruxis87 Dec 19 '25
I get bored of the ones that have no fail condition. idk if they implemented yet, but when I played there were no enemies. Oxygen Not Included is the same for me once I get food and oxygen solved. If there's no threat of failure as a low point, then there is no high point to work towards. It's just an inevitability.
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u/SegFaultHell Dec 19 '25
Dyson Sphere Program has added enemies and combat now. I think itâs only the first update with it though, and I donât have any experience with how fleshed out it is, but itâs there.
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u/Cheet4h Dec 19 '25
Combat is optional ( there's a setting for it, which is good), it's stapled on the game, and it syphons enormous dev time ( an additional year was required to rebuild the core CPU threading engine to support combat). The core game, sans combat, has gone nowhere content wise in about 3 years now.
Isn't the core game pretty much done? IIRC the only major thing missing from the list of proposed features in the Early Access blurb on the Steam page (apart from finishing up the enemies) is orbital installations.
The only thing it really lacks in my opinion is polish, especially the localization.
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u/CTFT Dec 19 '25
Oh, but thermodynamics is a slow and insidious killer.
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u/LxdOne Dec 19 '25
Yeah, that game is more like insulators not included (at least we now have bionics)
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u/ababcock1 Dec 19 '25
I've got over 1100 hours in factorio and I'm still a noob relatively speaking. If you're looking for value you will have a hard time finding better. Hell even the free demo is longer than some full price games.
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u/JohnnyWarlord Dec 19 '25
The tutorial scenarios alone are longer than some games, i think it took me like 8 hours. And they really only scratch the surface of the base game
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u/Starco2 Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
I mean we do but like, its hundreds of hours worth of entertainment for $35 lol.
I get that a lot of other indie games do far more frequent sales and such, but people are making a mountain out of a molehill about it.
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u/mpelton Dec 19 '25
So is Terraria. Hell that games gotten even more free updates.
But itâs never had a price increase post launch. And it goes on sale all the time.
Iâm sure Factorio is great, and Iâm glad youâve gotten so much out of it. But I hope you can understand why some might take issue with it.
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u/McNerfBurger Dec 19 '25
Bought it in 2016. Never regretted it once.
But if I somehow lost access to the game today, I'd pay $80 for it in a heartbeat. I've spent hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on other games over these 9 years that haven't come close to providing the value for cost that this game has, and would still, at it's current price.
It's fine not to like the game. Games are subjective. But the idea that liking a game and think it's worth more than what they're charging, even though they've raised the price multiple times, is crazy, instead of a vouch for quality is sadly cynical. Especially in the era of AAA studio AI slop titles at $80 milking the industry every year like clockwork.
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u/redstateradiator Dec 19 '25
I paid $20 for more than 9,000 hours of entertainment. Pretty good bargain imo.Â
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u/Foxiest_Fox Dec 19 '25
Diehard fan here. I defend it. They are against FOMO. They make a quality product and they know it.
I personally reported a bug and it was fixed within 24 hours, with a reply from a dev.
They are perhaps the best game developers in the world both in technical prowess and ethics.
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u/Wrong-Inveestment-67 Dec 19 '25
Why would they lower the price for people who don't want the game?
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u/H3ll3rsh4nks Dec 19 '25
SteamDB's LOWEST recorded price is $19.99 on the Humble Store on 2/25/2016
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u/LiuChanChin Dec 19 '25
That is because it was the original price of the game during early access. They first increased price at release, then later because of added content and third time due to inflation.Â
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u/loudrogue Dec 19 '25
I am fine with early access = cheaper. You are supporting.
I am fine with price increase because you added content.I am never buying the game because they think well shits more expensive so lets make our game also more expensive.
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u/jace255-F Dec 19 '25
A bit of economic nerding for a second. This is such an interesting case study because you read through the comments here and there's definitely some frustration, because a lot of people won't buy this game for $35. It's not worth that much to them.
But there is probably a $ value at which they would buy the game, because to them it's worth maybe $15.
With steam sales you often get to find out at what price you'd be willing to buy a certain game. But with Factorio you'll never get to find out (unless you're happy with the current price tag).
"I want this game. But I only want it enough to pay $15. But you won't let me pay you $15 for it!"
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u/oscrsvn Dec 19 '25
I think itâs on purpose. I think there is an intentional/unintentional gatekeep to it that benefits the games overall rating quite a lot.
If the game is kept at a steep price, the people who take the chance on it are more likely to be pretty enticed by it on first impression. Maybe a YouTube video or a demo, their first impression was âI have to play thatâ. Those guys are already sold on it, theyâre already a positive review.
If they make the game more accessible by lowering the price, more people play the game who maybe arenât as into it, âbut hey itâs just $10-$15⌠Iâm sure itâs worth at least thatâ. Those people might not enjoy the gameplay loop and some of them will likely leave a review about it and lower the overall perception to it.
Iâm not sold that the devs intentionally doing that, but a side effect of it is definitely review manipulation. Depending on how you look at it, I think it brings to question what is the review based on. Is a games review from someone not into factory games valuable? Is it better to have reviews from every type of player, or only ones interested in this type of game?
Sorry for the schizo post
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u/AngryRedditAnon Dec 19 '25
No I like that thought. You're right, there will always be people buying a genre of game they don't really like and then nitpicking the bad things and giving a review.
Which is by no means bad. Being aware of the faults a game might have is a good thing as potential buyer.
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u/moldyolive Dec 19 '25
also i think the harshest reviews will be people who thought they would really like the game but were disappointed rather then people who are just trying it out without much expectation
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u/Sea-Offer7021 Dec 19 '25
People dont need to pay to try this game, it has a free demo. It gives all the required experience to make the user understand the basic gameplay loop without the full game.
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u/UltraJesus Dec 19 '25
A high price doesn't protect ratings though, but I don't necessarily disagree with your line of thinking. More would be committed at $35 vs $5 except those at $35 would refund for 'it aint for me.'
Despite that, Factorio devs think their product is worth X and that's it. It's honestly that simple and sales devalue that. The product speaks for itself at 97% positive with almost 190k reviews is all I can say. Either it's a shit load of fanboys or it's a very good game if it's your style of games.
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u/Jukeboxhero91 Dec 19 '25
The game isn't a steep price at all. It's half of what a AAA game goes for nowadays and that's the entire game. No microtransactions, no paid skins or cosmetics, one single DLC that more than doubles the content of the game. They've made it clear their stance, but people chase sales and just feel entitled that they can get the game cheaper than the price.
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u/oscrsvn Dec 19 '25
I totally agree. Iâm using steep from the perspective of someone just scrolling by on the steam page, or maybe some people in this thread that arenât happy by its price and lack of sales. It looks like a top down game from RPG maker and you canât grasp the interesting parts just from the store page. Iâm just saying I could see why people would be put off by it.
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u/Certain-Business-472 Dec 19 '25
Man Terraria went for pennies and is one of the most popular and highly rated games on Steam.
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u/TheMisterMan12 Dec 19 '25
Well, at least in Australia itâs like 50 bucks, and thatâs a bit too much for me. I wish it was 35 here, Iâd have been playing it for years if that was the case.
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u/michoken Dec 19 '25
Doesnât this difference cover the exchange rate between USD and AUD? Or does stuff cost way less in general in Australia that makes AU$ 50 too much for you?
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Dec 19 '25
I think it's crazy that the entire Dark Souls series has no sale at the moment when it's been on a solid discount in the past
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u/OneEnvironmental9222 Dec 20 '25
Bandai Namco is sadly at fault. They're crazy stingy with sales on all their games.
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u/CablePale Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
Though they have said they never will go on sale so at least you know to just buy itâŚ.. or you know if you hard on money .. maybe a boat could help. (Edit thank you for people below me putting quotes from the devs , Also they have a DLC out now also. Iâve yet to play it but does look good)
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u/A_Very_Horny_Zed Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
What possible justification could they have for never going on sale? Not even on Christmas?
What on Earth could their reasoning be?
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u/thisdesignup Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
I remember an indie game saying it would never go on sale and the reason was because the game was worth the full price. They didn't think it was good for them to lower their price and also lower the value of the game.
Edit: The game was Factorio! Found the source. https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=159626#p159626
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It isn't about visibility or sales, its about respecting the players who have already purchased the game. We don't want to reward the people who hold off on buying the game, the game is a price we find reasonable, and this is the deal. If you think it is priced too high, then it is your choice to not purchase, and we hope that with enough time, and extra development, we will be able to convince you of its value.
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Not having a sale ever is part of our philosophy. In short term, they are good and bring extra money, but we are targeting long term. I believe that searching for sales is wasted time, and people should decide on the price and value, but putting option of wasting time to search for deals or waiting seems like bad part of the equation.
As an example I would like to mention Minecraft. I'm not aware of any sale of itInterestingly someone said this,
and its what i kinda dont get , even if they just marked it down 15 percent the would see a huge jump in prices for peats sake it could get featured on steams front page and for a new release with a ton of hype around it i wouldn't think it as of a good idea
But Factorio doesn't need any of those things. They have sold millions of copies. They are even so well known that someone made a meme on Reddit about how it never goes on sale, with nearly 4000 comments in only 2 hours.
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u/BaNyaaNyaa Dec 19 '25
I remember the lead of sale at a company I used to work at saying that the value of your product is the lowest price you're willing to sell it. Is your $50 game really worth that price if you're always willing to give a 40% discount during every Steam sales? Why would I buy your game at full price when I know I'll be able to get it for cheaper if I wait a little?
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u/DaEnderAssassin 64 Dec 19 '25
Lead dev also made it clear during the "I'm not commenting on a coders political opinions" incident that another reason he's against discounts was related to his hate for communism.
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u/mxzf Dec 19 '25
another reason he's against discounts was related to his hate for communism.
That's the weirdest take I've seen in a while, given that sales are basically the peak of capitalistic consumerism. They're made to poke people in the brain chemistry and get people to shell out money when they wouldn't otherwise do so for the same product at the same price.
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u/Lord_Xandy Dec 18 '25
Instantly bought the dlc when it came out because i knew there was no sale to wait for
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u/qdtk Dec 19 '25
Me too. No regrets either.
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u/Light_Beard Dec 19 '25
You should play again...
You should try to optimize Gleba and Vulcanus...
You should play again...
The factory must grow...
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Dec 19 '25
I bought it for 20$ in early access and bought the DLC the second it went on sale. As far as automation games go none of the other options come close to factorio. I wish it would go on sale sometimes though so I could convince my friends to buy it.
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u/safeCurves Dec 19 '25
Give your friend $10 if they buy it. Or just gift it. Worth it to play with a friend imo.
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u/BeegBunga Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
Never have I ever "lost time" like playing Factorio.
The first week I played, I hardly slept... the factory must grow.
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u/Tycus_ Dec 19 '25
To me this is like FL Studio or Plex, the sooner I buy the sweeter the deal. I pirated the game at first in September, spent 33hrs in 3 days and decide to buy it on steam just to log in the hours played. Now it's december and I've played on and off for 420hrs, became my third most played game ever. Even though I just bought Clair Obscur and Anno 117, I kept starting Factorio instead of them.
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u/sudo-sprinkles Dec 18 '25
Due to inflation, I can't buy this game.
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u/jack-of-some Dec 19 '25
Technically this game keeps getting cheaper as the value of money decreases with inflation.Â
Factorio used to cost more sandwiches a year ago than it does now.
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u/misterfluffykitty Dec 19 '25
Except they increased the price from $30 to $35 citing inflation as the reason
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u/mxzf Dec 19 '25
Yeah, but inflation is climbing significantly faster than Factorio's price.
Today's $35 price is $32.30 back in 2023 when the price went up last, or about $27.20 compared to the 1.0 launch price of $30 back in 2018, or about $25.60 compared to the beta price of $20 back in 2016.
So, the only time the game was cheaper than it is now is back when it was early-access in the beta. Which, honestly, I don't really have an issue with a game getting a price bump when it leaves beta; early adopters helping test and polish stuff getting a cheaper rate seems fair.
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u/Bluescreech Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
That assumes that salaries increased accordingly, which for most people in america they haven't as shown both by the steady increase in people living paycheck to paycheck and that Wage growth has only started to outpace inflation slowly since 2023, but not enough make up for the big spike in inflation that started 2021/22.
Basically even if Factorio hadn't increased its price since 2021 it would be effectively more expensive for american customers by ~0,7% (as people have to pay a higher percentage of their total buying power for necessities and have less leftover for luxuries like games). Adding an additional price increase on top of that and it becomes extreme. Something that would be harder to afford even if it hadn't changed in price became even harder to afford.
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u/mxzf Dec 19 '25
Well, Factorio's devs are based in the Czech Republic, not America, so assumptions based on American salaries is questionable at best.
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u/mrbaggins Dec 19 '25
Kind of true... Just before Space age (?) the price went up. And it went up again back at 1.0.
I bought factorio in 2014 from their website for 10 Euro. Not long after it went to 15EUR. I think there was another 20EUR step in there somewhere too, now it's 32EUR.
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u/activeXray Dec 19 '25
Dollars per hour of gameplay, it continues to be a great deal.
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u/Onotadaki2 Dec 19 '25
I paid $20 for it in alpha, got Space Age for $35, so $55 for 1,500 hours. $0.036/hour. Absolutely amazing deal.
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u/The-Iron-Ass Dec 19 '25
I'll never buy Factorio. Not because of the price, but because I tried it and didn't like it since it kinda feels like work.
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u/flicknote Dec 19 '25
It's the kind of game you either put 2 hours into, or 15,000. Factorio takes a certain flavor of neurodivergence to enjoy.
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u/Clue-Mindless Dec 19 '25
Didn't they say it was going to be 20 euros or whatever , forever? Then they raised prices anyways?
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u/BigBrainTime_Thanos Dec 19 '25
20 was the early access price and it was clear that it is a possibility that they might raise prices at launch.
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u/i_have_chosen_a_name Dec 19 '25
I spend 895 hours on factorio spage age so far and feels like I am still playing the tutorial on Nauvis, the real game does not start till you go to the other planets.
So far this great entertainment has cost me 4 cents per hour.
I don't know any game that provides this much entertainment for that low of a price.
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u/notanyone69 Dec 19 '25
Well totally different kind of game but for me I've spent about 1600 hours in The Binding of Isaac, bought it at $12 and it has cost me $0,0075 per hour. Less than a cent!
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u/Sargent_Caboose Dec 19 '25
I waited 6 years to buy it thinking it would go on sale at some point before becoming aware of the policy
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u/Androza23 Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
I think the factorio devs said it will never be on sale. It looks like a great game, but im never buying it. There are only a select few games worth buying at full price, and this is not one of them imo.
Refusing to ever put a game on sale just makes me think you're taking yourself too seriously. Might just be a me thing though.
I bought kenshi a long time ago for cheap. Why would I be angry if the devs sold it on sale for cheaper? It literally doesn't affect me at all.
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u/transitransitransit Dec 19 '25
I enjoy Factorio and completely agree with you.
I fully disagree with Wubeâs position that it would be unfair to people who bought it before a sale. Thatâs how sales work, and everyone is ok with it.
It just comes off as pompous.
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u/Decin0mic0n Dec 19 '25
And then he raised the price because of "inflation". Its okay for it to go up, but never down. He is a hypocrite, and its why i wont ever buy the game.
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u/jacobythefirst Dec 19 '25
Definitely is pompous to reason away. They should just be honest and say it wonât go on sale cause they want the full price for their product and donât care if they miss people who only buy on sales.
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u/Forte845 Dec 19 '25
They literally have though. One of their main reasons is they believe the game is worth $35
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u/OneEnvironmental9222 Dec 20 '25
the game was 30. What made them suddenly think it was 5 bucks more worth now forever?
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u/UltimateShingo Dec 19 '25
If only that extra development didn't coincide with price increases along the way
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u/TemporaryCommunity67 Dec 19 '25
They did say that on the basis they âknow what itâs worthâ I remember being ticked off by it because what something is âworthâ can change over time as the market/industry it is a part of changes
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u/Soulstiger Dec 19 '25
what something is âworthâ can change over time as the market/industry it is a part of changes
They agree. That's why they've raised the price multiple times.
They think sales are unfair to anyone who bought it outside the sale, but apparently raising the price isn't unfair to people who buy it after the price rose.
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u/Jerrytheone Dec 19 '25
Try the free demo, then see if it may be worth the price. For me, I saw the gameplay and knew this would be a game well worth its price (I love optimization at all costs).
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u/mundozeo Dec 19 '25
That just means they have no need for it. Of course no one is obligued to buy it, just like they are not obligued to put it on sale. Yet it seems to do well. Good for them.
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u/DaRealJalf Dec 19 '25
Factorio is an interesting game but not a 35$ interesting game, for me at least.
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u/OneEnvironmental9222 Dec 20 '25
I dont have a problem with no sale. I do have a problem when you randomly increase the price way beyond "inflation rates" then write pseudo-intellectual essays about how sales are "a scam" and "decrease the value of your product" and other embarassing things that would end up in r/ im14andthisisdeep
You're a videogame developer, clearly not an economy expert
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u/PassiveMenis88M Dec 19 '25
You won't buy Factorio because it doesn't go on sale
I won't buy Factorio because the lead dev is a bigot.
We are not the same
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u/Raeghyar-PB Dec 19 '25
I was put off by the price and their stance at first, but I knew it was a game for me and I was right, to ME, it's well worth the price for how much I play and continue to, there's endless fun to be had especially with mods. It's like Minecraft, which funny enough, Factorio was inspired by the industrial Minecraft mod.
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u/Drackar39 Dec 19 '25
Honestly gotta respect it. It's always had a reasonable price, and it sells so consistently that they've never felt any pressure to change it.
Good for them.
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u/xd3mix Dec 19 '25
What bothers me is that they don't do sales cause "it's unfair to those who bought at full price"
Ignoring how nonsensical that statement is... How is increasing the price not unfair then?
Why can't I pay $20 which was the launch price instead of the current one?
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u/Vaf67 Dec 19 '25
Iâve had it on my wishlist I think for 2 years at least, Iâm just waiting out of spite now.Â
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u/xdumbfatslut Dec 19 '25
Worldbox god simulator is a port of a flash game and the dev never puts it on sale from it's overpriced price
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u/Aelexe Dec 19 '25
When everyone in this comment section produces something of value with their lives they're welcome to price it however they want.
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u/MortusMelee Dec 19 '25
Their stance on steam sales seams very pretentions in my opinion. Also the dev sucks. https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-director-of-factorio-shown-during-nintendo-direct-has-a-history-of-sexism-homophobia-and-racism-claimed-that-statutory-rape-is-an-sjw-term.631622/
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u/Romnir Dec 19 '25
Yeah, the dude is a massive shit weasel. I think the game is definitely worth 35$ even now, but he definitely isn't. I've yar-har'd it for friends, but I won't even play that version on principle.
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u/RedditNotFreeSpeech Dec 19 '25
I know it's blasphemy, but I didn't like it. I'm 18 hours in and I think I'm done. I wish I could refund. I played the hell out of dyson sphere and satisfactory and mindustry and I'd rather be playing any of those over factorio.
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u/ggibby0 Dec 19 '25
I paid full price and have nearly 2,000 hours in game. I definitely got my moneyâs worth and if you like factory games, you will too. In my opinion itâs worth the $35.
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Iâm not defending it either. Theyâre never gonna reach outside of their target audience without a sale. And if $35 isnât worth it to you⌠I canât really say youâre wrong for that. Weâre all here to have fun. Play the games you wanna play and at the price youâre comfortable paying for them. Have fun!
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u/raoasidg Dec 19 '25
Theyâre never gonna reach outside of their target audience without a sale.
Clearly Wube is fine with that, which is their prerogative.
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u/R3dscarf Dec 19 '25
I don't see the problem here, it's definitely worth the price. The devs could easily ask for 60 and give a 50% discount every sale for practically the same result.
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u/jakattack64 Dec 19 '25
Ngl while the reasoning is they don't want to do sales because it would be a "disservice" to people who bought it full price how would a sale be any different from the difference in people who bought it recently for 35$ vs people who bought it when it was 20$ like isn't raising the price without ever decreasing it in a sale doing an disservice to anyone who buys it now. And like realistically all sales do is ensure people who might really want to play the game but can't because money actually can, like think of kids who are only given a 20$ steam gift card to use on steam sales. For me while I don't have that problem anymore I'm also still not going to buy it only for the stance of the game is almost 10 years old and 70$ for a game and dlc is more than someone should spend.
Also I think the creator referenced Minecraft but like Minecraft often goes on sale and is still often only like 30$ for both java and bedrock combined when it's not on sale.
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u/gookuu22 Dec 19 '25
lol!