Games

Satisfactory

Coffee Stain Studios

2024•Strategy•PEGI 3•About 236 hours

Taste attributes: adventuredisasterscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a wide-ranging, otherworldly strategy game, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

84 / 100

214 ratings

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About This Game

Satisfactory is a first-person factory simulation game set on an alien planet. Players take the role of a Pioneer, an employee of the megacorporation FICSIT Inc., tasked with harvesting natural resources and constructing increasingly complex automated production lines. The goal is to manufacture components for "Project Assembly," delivered via a space elevator to an orbital platform. The game features a hand-crafted open world spanning approximately 30 square kilometers across multiple biomes, a tiered technology progression system, cooperative multiplayer, and extensive logistics management through conveyor belts, pipelines, and vehicles.

Summary: IGDB

Story

An unnamed Pioneer employed by the megacorporation FICSIT Inc. is dropped from orbit onto the surface of an alien planet designated MASSAGE-2(AB)b. The drop pod malfunctions, and the Pioneer barely survives the landing, awakening with no memories. Guided by FICSIT's artificial intelligence, ADA, the Pioneer learns she is one of few to have landed successfully in the region. ADA instructs her to begin constructing infrastructure for ""Project Assembly,"" described only as part of a larger initiative called the Save the Day Program, intended to rescue Earth from an unspecified catastrophe. As...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureDisasterScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

CraftingBase buildingFactory

Where to play

Details

Developer: Coffee Stain Studios
Publisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
Released: 10 September 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 93h rushed, 236h normally, 440h complete
Age rating: PEGI 3
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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