Factorio expansion goal is to feel "as big an addition as the whole vanilla game" Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Factorio expansion goal is to feel "as big an addition as the whole vanilla game" We still don't know much about what's in the expansion News by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on Feb. 7, 2022 30 comments One year after announcing a paid expansion for Factorio, the developers still haven't revealed much of what it'll bring. But they have now confirmed something that might not be big but is large: they plan for the expansion to feel as big as the whole base game all over again. Factorio is not a small game, so that's an impressive plan. Watch on YouTube "We still don't want to be specific about many things, not even the expansion name, but we can start by giving you some general idea about the scale of the project," Wube Software said in the a devblog on Friday. "The general goal is to make the expansion feel like as big an addition as the whole vanilla game. This is why we plan to price it at $30.00, and put in enough content to make it well worth the price." Plus a peek at some concept art for the expansion. That's an impressive goal. Factorio really does feel giant. We start out as just a wee fella chopping down trees, as is the way with building games, but soon are covering half a planet with a giant automated industrial landscape of mines, machines, conveyer belts, trains, defences, and more with the goal of building a rocket to leave the planet. We've declared it one of the best management games because it is. "Honestly, making the price (and thus the expected scope) a little bit more concrete in this way, motivates us not only to make enough, but also to not overshoot, so we wouldn't spend another 9 years doing it," Wube continued. "Generally the fact that the team size has increased, and there are a lot of things in the engine that we already solved, should hopefully imply that the expansion takes way less time than the base game." They also gabbed a bit about their plans for different stages of development, and how technically they plan to release it. After initially planning for the base game to become stable with version 1.1 then leave it behind, yeah, turns out games don't really just 'become stable'. Now they plan to update the base game to v1.2 and build the expansion on top of that, with the bonus side effect of the base game benefitting from some of the expansion's quality-of-life improvements and such. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 22 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here