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FOUNDRY
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “engaging factory automation” (49 of 104 reviews) and “regular updates and active development” (12); the most common complaint is “tedious 3D factory building” (24). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A first-person factory automation game that blends traditional production line building with a more hands-on, immersive perspective. The concept is interesting and it carves out its own niche within the factory genre,…”
“Mild positive. This game is a lot of fun if played 'correctly'. There are a lot of improvements to the game over time, but it needs some tweaking. You NEED the mods "Foundry Commands" so you can create waypoints and…”
“Honestly, Foundry is just plain fun if you’re into building and automation games. It’s got that same “just one more thing before I log off” vibe you get from games like Factorio, but what makes it stand out is the voxel…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've started really enjoying the game more since update 3. It's not a user friendly as Satisfactory and there's no blueprints, but I like that you're building up to build a Galactic business. I think in many ways the…”
“I just wanted to add a positive review to counter one of the negative ones. I've played a few hours on it, bought the Founders Edition on launch after enjoying the demo. A few things listed below: It's enjoyable solo or…”
“It's definitely coming along. It's fun to play now, and it's shaping up to be a really stand-out, awesome factory game. I see it as a platform with huge potential, and I'm excited to see where the devs take it.”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Honestly, Foundry is just plain fun if you’re into building and automation games. It’s got that same “just one more thing before I log off” vibe you get from games like Factorio, but what makes it stand out is the voxel…”
“I've played many many hours of Factorio and Satisfactory, so I was eager to try this one out during the free weekend. I tried if for a couple of hours, and here comes my opinion: So first, it runs fine on my machine,…”
“Foundry is an absolute blast for anyone who loves the satisfaction of building from the ground up. The game strikes a perfect balance between exploration and complex automation, making every new production line feel…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've played many many hours of Factorio and Satisfactory, so I was eager to try this one out during the free weekend. I tried if for a couple of hours, and here comes my opinion: So first, it runs fine on my machine,…”
“I found this more difficult and tedious than Satisfactory and Dyson Sphere Program. It's great, but still needs some work. But I think if you liked those ones, you'll like this. Runs great on my system. No bugs that…”
“Twenty hours in and really enjoying the game. I came from completing Satisfactory (more than once), and this is quite a different game - in a good way. Minecraft vibes with a good amount of factory building. So far no…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I just wanted to add a positive review to counter one of the negative ones. I've played a few hours on it, bought the Founders Edition on launch after enjoying the demo. A few things listed below: It's enjoyable solo or…”
“TLDR; Game is a TON of fun if you like these styles of games. You should buy it. *I tried it on the free weekend with a friend and we both bought it during the 30% sale after* The game is honestly a lot of fun. It has…”
“Very fun, like a 3D factorio, great for building a factory with friends”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Pros: 1. The early game is fun. Cons: 1. Tedium. Things just get more and more complex and byzantine. 2. The "Skill Tree" is poorly organized and hard to read. Just when you think you are ready to unlock something, you…”
“This type of game lives or dies by how good it feels to lay down a bunch of buildings and conveyer belts. Satisfactory nailed this in 3d by just letting you drag connections from one building to another. This game…”
“I've played many many hours of Factorio and Satisfactory, so I was eager to try this one out during the free weekend. I tried if for a couple of hours, and here comes my opinion: So first, it runs fine on my machine,…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A first-person factory automation game that blends traditional production line building with a more hands-on, immersive perspective. The concept is interesting and it carves out its own niche within the factory genre,…”
“Mild positive. This game is a lot of fun if played 'correctly'. There are a lot of improvements to the game over time, but it needs some tweaking. You NEED the mods "Foundry Commands" so you can create waypoints and…”
“Pros: 1. The early game is fun. Cons: 1. Tedium. Things just get more and more complex and byzantine. 2. The "Skill Tree" is poorly organized and hard to read. Just when you think you are ready to unlock something, you…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Pros: 1. The early game is fun. Cons: 1. Tedium. Things just get more and more complex and byzantine. 2. The "Skill Tree" is poorly organized and hard to read. Just when you think you are ready to unlock something, you…”
“So, about 230hrs in. At market dominance of 17k and income of 1.6b, billion with a b. Here's all the things I will say. First off, some Quality of Life mods. Blueprints are almost essential to remove the tedious…”
“I really hate this game! Year, let's install another launcher to start this game because Steam can't do that, I guess!!! Why even make a tutorial if your only hint is:"Press F2 and read everything for yourself"? The…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This type of game lives or dies by how good it feels to lay down a bunch of buildings and conveyer belts. Satisfactory nailed this in 3d by just letting you drag connections from one building to another. This game…”
“I've played many many hours of Factorio and Satisfactory, so I was eager to try this one out during the free weekend. I tried if for a couple of hours, and here comes my opinion: So first, it runs fine on my machine,…”
“I really hate this game! Year, let's install another launcher to start this game because Steam can't do that, I guess!!! Why even make a tutorial if your only hint is:"Press F2 and read everything for yourself"? The…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Neat game with active development. LLM generated voices are an unforced error. I understand that voice lines are being added, removed, and reworked with every update and it's not feasible to hire a voice actor in every…”
“I hate carl bot Don't put an LLMTTS-oid into a game and call it ai Get a writer and a VA and I'll turn this thumb upside down”
“Really cool how I bought this game ages ago and now these devs are using AI nonsense. Hard pass on this and uninstalled.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I am one of those people. Someone with 1800 hours in Factorio and 360 hours in Satisfactory and 550 hours in Workers and Resources and Captain of Industry and blah blah... I'll stop there because you get it. Now, this is not a dig at Satisfactory. It's great, but after a while I…”
— a player, Steam review · 132 hrs played“Put simply, this game is amazing! The game runs very well even with truly MASSIVE builds. When I first got Foundry I didn't expect it to be as well optimized as it is, yet here I am, several hundred hours into a single save and the game is still running as smooth as butter!”
— a player, Steam review · 416 hrs played“If you are coming from Factorio, Satisfactory, or early Minecraft, be warned: Foundry has a solid technical foundation but lacks the soul and quality-of-life tools that make automation games fun. Scaling is brutally tedious. By the Red Science pack, you are manually hand-placing…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
DevBlog #114 | Foundry Fridays: How To Blueprint
Hello everyone! This is going to be a little shorter because I’m travelling this week and I have to write it in advance. Today’s blog is about the upcoming blueprint system. I’ll share some more detai
DevBlog #113 | Foundry Fridays: Status Report
Hello everyone! For today’s episode I’ll provide a status report on the next FOUNDRY update and respond to the huge amount of feedback we have received on the last blog about how commerce could be imp
DevBlog #112 | Foundry Fridays: The Future Of Commerce
Hello everyone! If you take a look at the past couple blog posts, you’ll get a good overview of what we’re currently working on for the next update(s). I don’t have any date or timelines yet, but I’m
DevBlog #111 | Foundry Fridays: Blueprint Ghosts
Hello everyone! Two blog posts ago we shared our first preview of the upcoming blueprint system . We asked for feedback about the gamification of the system and the feedback was almost unanimous in as
DevBlog #110 | Foundry Fridays: Lifts & Power
Hello everyone! Welcome back to another FOUNDRY Friday. Today we’re starting with a preview of the upcoming conveyor lifts, and afterwards I am once again asking for your feedback. This time about the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Automation · Base-Building · Sandbox · Resource Management · Crafting · Building · Open World · Robots · Voxel · Co-op · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese, Polish * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * * |
| Achievements | 81 |
| Official site | https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/foundry/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 | AMD® FX™ 6350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 460 (2GB) | ASUS® ROG Ally | AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8 | Intel® Iris® Xe