Factor Y overview

Overview

Factor Y comes from Martin Buck Software and is published by Martin Buck Software. It arrived on Steam on Aug 27, 2024, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Factor Y's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 8 September 2026 - 16:20:52 UTC, with a tracked peak near 5. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 78% positive across 23 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Factor Y is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Factor Y has sold up to 720 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $2,890. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Factor Y overview details

Factor Y combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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 conne…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Factor Y is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows and Linux, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 8 September 2026 - 16:20:52 UTC, a tracked peak of 5, and 78% positive reviews.

Support and legal notes

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