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Factory Town Idle

Factory Town Idle

An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!

Released Jan 8, 2024 Developer Erik Asmussen Platforms Windows · Mac CasualIdlerMinimalistClicker2D
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.4%positive1,085 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I had my eye on this game since it first came out and recently picked it up during the Spring Sale. I'm so glad I got it! This is definitely one of the better idle games I've played. I like the resource management, and the offline progression helps a ton. I got super excited…”

— a player, Steam review · 87 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I really like the Factory Town series, it’s a solid blend of colony builder and automation. The idle model is built on a very well-designed system and can easily keep you engaged for a few weeks. While it requires some active attention at the beginning, later on you can progress…”

— a player, Steam review · 210 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“[b] My review after 100% completion: [/b] This would be a neutral review. The game is neither good or bad. Gameplay is similar to other idle games in which you collect resources to upgrade your buildings in order to collect more resources for the upgrade, until you trigger the…”

— a player, Steam review · 214 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:02 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

61playing at last check
5924-hour peak
2,634all-time peak
0 500 1k 2024 2025 2026 811 avg · Jan 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

74achievements
41.1%median completion
14.0%rarest: World Level 50
93.5% of players 91.4% of players 86.0% of players 82.7% of players 76.3% of players 74.6% of players 73.3% of players 71.3% of players 66.5% of players 64.9% of players 64.2% of players 63.5% of players 61.9% of players 61.8% of players 61.0% of players 59.8% of players 59.0% of players 58.9% of players 58.1% of players 58.0% of players 58.0% of players 55.8% of players 54.8% of players 54.2% of players 53.5% of players 52.9% of players 51.5% of players 47.8% of players 47.5% of players 47.4% of players 45.9% of players 44.9% of players 44.4% of players 41.8% of players 41.3% of players 41.3% of players 41.1% of players 41.1% of players 40.7% of players 40.7% of players 40.0% of players 40.0% of players 39.7% of players 38.6% of players 38.5% of players 37.6% of players 37.3% of players 36.3% of players 34.6% of players 34.5% of players 34.0% of players 33.9% of players 33.6% of players 32.0% of players 29.5% of players 29.1% of players 28.2% of players 28.1% of players 27.2% of players 27.1% of players 93.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.5%Plains Biome — Start a Town in the Plains Biome
91.4%Yellow Coin — Earn 1 Yellow Coin
86.0%Novice Crafter — Craft 500 Items
Rarest badges of honor
14.0%World Level 50 — Reach Town Level 50 in all 8 Biomes
17.1%World Level 40 — Reach Town Level 40 in 7 Biomes
17.3%Victory — Beat the Game (!?)

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$1.24lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 16, 2026
Factory Town 2 demo now available in Steam Next Fest

Hello! I figured if you liked Factory Town Idle, you'd be interested in the sequel I'm working on for the original game.It's called Factory Town 2: Paradise, and in this game you are building up a tro

Oct 04, 2025
Patch Notes 1.3.6a

- Updated Unity version to patch vulnerability CVE-2025-59489

Mar 28, 2025
1.3.5 Patch Notes + Factory Town 2 Announcement!

- Added button to on home page to minimize credits, version notes, feedback, and other misc buttons. This minimization preference is preserved between game sessions. - Included button in this collapsi

Mar 21, 2025
Announcing Factory Town 2: Paradise!

Hello again! I've been secretly working hard on a true sequel to Factory Town. It takes place on a series of tropical islands, where you're building up a town at the foot of a giant (but friendly) vol

Apr 26, 2024
Patch Notes 1.3.4

- Fixed bug: Was able to assign production capacity (workers) to market recipes in excess of available capacity to borrow from other recipes, causing available production capacity to go negative

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsCasual · Idler · Minimalist · Clicker · 2D · Resource Management · Fantasy · City Builder · Automation · Colony Sim · Crafting · Management (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil
Achievements74
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later (64-bit) Processor: Dual core 2Ghz+ Memory: 1 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space