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AutoForge
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“What a great gem of a game. Deserves more attention. Recently received direct help from the developer working out kinks with the experimental multiplayer. Had a blast playing with my bro. Highly recommend this one.”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“Very good for an EA game, there are things missing, like graphs and logic (for controlling the machines to prevent overproduction) and the exploration isn't there yet, but there's a lot of potential, looking forward to v1,0”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“Autoforge is the first side scrolling factory builder I've played, and I think it's really well made. The graphics and sound design are both extremely good, and the gameplay overall is also pretty good. Exploring is always fun, and each new chunk explored offers new resources…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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1.0 Release Date Announcement
Puk-puk! Over 7 years ago, I started development on AutoForge as a "shorter" game project. This has been a long time coming but we wanted to build the best game we could. With the 1.0 release we are b
Development Update - August 2026
Greetings Golems We have been working hard on 1.0 and we're making some great progress. Today I want to share with you what I (Jasson) worked on last month. Overall, I think that AutoForge (currently
AutoForge 1.0 Release Window Announced!!!
next Major Update will be the 1.0 release for AutoForge, coming this Fall - this means we have some HUGE plans for it! These massive changes do come with some rebalancing & costs, but they'll be worth
Patch Notes for v0.7.42
Yet another very small patch! These issues were brought to my attention yesterday and I wanted to get a patch out with it before moving back to the next major update for the time being. Changes Resolv
Patch Notes for v0.7.41
Small patch to fix the regression in v0.7.40 that caused power networks to fail. They should be fixed now when you load up the game and not require any work on your end such as tearing down power rela
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Sandbox · Crafting · Exploration · Simulation · Automation · Strategy · 2D · Replay Value · Base-Building · Building · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) Processor: Dual core 3Ghz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10.1 capable GPU with 512 MB Storage: 4 GB available space