Factorio With High Sales and Problems on Steam Deck
Factorio sales have exceeded 3.1 million copies. The developers also reported how the game is doing on Steam Deck. Technical aspects-wise it's very good, but the controls turn out to be a problem.
Wube Software proudly announced the sales of Factorio and informed about how the game is performing on Steam Deck.
Factorio's impressive sales
- Factorio is still doing great and the sales recently exceeded 3.1 million copies.
- This result is all the more impressive because the game was never discounted or included in any discounted bundle.
Steam Deck Support Issue
Yesterday marked the release of Valve's Steam Deck, so the devs at Wube Software also reported on how Factorio runs on this device. According to Valve's classification the game is "playable," meaning that it runs on the device and play is possible, but not everything works perfectly.
Technically it is very good
- Factorio has a native Linux version, so the developers didn't have to use Proton, a sort of compatibility buffer that enables Windows games to run on Linux-based systems.
- During the test on Steam Deck's medium brightness settings, the battery lasted 5 hours and 45 minutes of gameplay.
- Performance is good and the game holds 60 fps in most scenarios.
The problem is the controls
So the game runs well on Valve's portable device, but the problem is the controls, as the game was designed for a mouse and keyboard combo and monitors with a resolution of at least 1920x1080.
- The devs warn that players will have to work hard to configure the controls to be comfortable.
- No matter how much effort we put into the setup, we still won't get fully optimal controls, which is why the developers are currently working on official controller support, which will benefit both Steam Deck owners and others who want to play with gamepads.
- At the moment, however, the priority is to work on a DLC, so we will have to wait a bit longer for controller support. Nevertheless, we can expect it this year.
- For now, in order to make it easier to play on Steam Deck, the developers are working on changes to the graphics and interface so that they look better on the device's screen, which has a resolution of only 1280x800. These new features should be coming soon.
