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Factor Y

Martin Buck Software · Published by Martin Buck Software · Official site ↗

Mostly Positive — 75% positive (24 reviews)

Last updated 27 Sept 2026

Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.

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3 Sept 2026Lowest: £2.49 · Highest: £2.498 Oct 2026

Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2024 · More under £5 games

Dive into Factor Y, where you mine resources, craft items, and construct your own building blocks to grow sprawling factories. Expand your operations across various planets in this relaxing simulation experience from Martin Buck Software.

About this game

Introduction

Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game.
Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks.
Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.

Demo

There's a demo of Factor Y which offers all the features of the full game except for the ability to load games.
With the demo you can freely test the entire game and pick up where you left once you decide to get the full version (you'll have to manually copy the savegames folder).

Mining

Use miners combined with arms and belts to extract the planet's natural resources to feed your factory's ever-growing hunger.

Processing

With the help of furnaces you can turn raw ores into plates.


Which can then be used to craft items in assemblers with increasing complexity. Craft new structures such as belts and arms to further expand your factory.


Research

Unlock new technologies to increase your factory's throughput and size and to unlock more useful structures.
You can later also unlock buffs that affect your current and future factories on all planets.

Modules

Use the planner feature to create custom blueprints.


Which can then be turned into new buildings blocks (modules) for your factory. This way you can create new, custom 'assemblers' which may support any recipe.
You can even use your previously generated modules when planning new ones.

Expand

Use your custom modules to further expand your factory. There's more than enough 'space' left.

Multiple Planets

Colonize new planets and transfer resources between them to connect their factories.

Production Stats

Every placed structure and produced item within your factory is tracked and can be viewed via detailed graphs.

Plugins

Unlock plugins which enable you to add additional behavior to your structures. Filter for specific items or limit the throughput.

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (Please try the demo before purchasing)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 | 2GB VRAM

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Supported Languages

English

Latest news

  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Version 1.3.0 fully available | Steam page rework

    Version 1.3.0 is now fully available, enjoy :) Note that I'm also updating all Steam assets (store page, library, screenshots, trailer, ..) Previously it was only launched as beta, see : https://steamcommunity.com/games/2220850/announcements/detail/4666382108635175248 Full Changelog: https://buckmartin.de/factor-y/2024-09-28-v1.3.0.html
    Read full article on Community Announcements (Martin)
  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Version 1.3.0 now in beta

    Version 1.3.0 with a major graphics update is now in beta. Full Changelog: https://buckmartin.de/factor-y/2024-09-28-v1.3.0.html How to play the beta: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2220850/discussions/0/6382252485046842697/
    Read full article on Community Announcements (Martin)
  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Version 1.2.0 fully available

    Version 1.2.0 is now fully available, enjoy :) Previously it was only launched as beta, see : https://steamcommunity.com/games/2220850/announcements/detail/7101702525892492070 Changelog : https://buckmartin.de/factor-y/2024-09-13-v1.2.0.html
    Read full article on Community Announcements (Martin)
  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Version 1.2.0 in beta

    Version 1.2.0 is now available on the beta Steam Beta Branch. I wrote a guide on how to enable the beta here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2220850/discussions/0/6382252485046842697/ Changelog https://buckmartin.de/factor-y/2024-09-13-v1.2.0.html
    Read full article on Community Announcements (Martin)
  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Launch

    Factor Y is now officially launched and no longer in early access. I'd like to thank everyone for suggesting ideas, reporting issues and playing Factor Y. Please keep providing feedback since that's always very much appreciated. Have fun with the game :)
    Read full article on Community Announcements (MBS)

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