The official premise of Factorio is that you are an who has crash-landed on a hostile alien planet named Nauvis .

As your factory grows, it produces pollution , which agitates the local fauna known as Biters . You must constantly balance industrial expansion with military defense.

Your goal is to gather resources, build a self-sustaining automated factory, and eventually launch a rocket into space to signal for rescue or escape.

The latest major update and DLC, Space Age , extends the story beyond the first rocket launch. You build orbital platforms and travel to four unique planets— Vulcanus , Fulgora , Gleba , and Aquilo —to establish an interplanetary empire. The Real-World "Story" of the Switch Update

The existence of Factorio on the Nintendo Switch was once thought impossible by the developers at .