PC Gamer, Space Age

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Original: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/factorio-space-age-review/
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Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © PC Gamer / Future plc; quoted briefly for research.
Credit: Rick Lane, "Factorio: Space Age review", PC Gamer, 24 October 2024.
Notes: Score 92/100; calls Space Age "an astounding creation" and Factorio "the greatest game in the genre it spawned". Read from a December 2025 capture, which carries the review's closing update: the score first posted, 90, was a typo.

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Rick Lane scored Space Age 92 in PC Gamer on 24 October 2024 (a typo first showed 90), calling it "an astounding creation", but warned that it adds far more complexity than it removes, and that players new to Factorio shouldn't buy it before trying the base game.	`closing updatebylineconclusionconclusion`	Web
The standfirst of PC Gamer's Space Age review calls Factorio "the greatest game in the genre it spawned", and Rick Lane's conclusion names Satisfactory and Dyson Sphere Program as the factory-building genre's excellent challengers.	`standfirstconclusion`	Web