[Update: The Steam release date forSatisfactoryis August 02, 2025,according to Coffee Stain.]
One of these days, I’m going to sink an unholy amount of time intoSatisfactory, a game about building elaborate factories on an alien planet. Today’s news–the release of Update 3, complete with a long-requested pipe-laying system, and a tease for the game’s Steam release–pushes me one step closer.
Along with catching the cinematic trailer, I’d suggest checking out theUpdate 3 patch notes– they’re full of cool gifs. I only have a surface-level understanding ofSatisfactory, but I’m so intrigued. Above all else, I need you to know that you may construct and travel throughFuturama-style “hypertubes.”
Update 3 also includes fluids (to go along with the pipes), an AWESOME Shop that dishes out cosmetic rewards in exchange for unwanted resources, a Dune Desert redesign, the ol’ “crouch and slide,” and a substantial rebalance that affects building requirements, production, milestones, and recipes.
Satisfactoryhas been tied to theEpic Games Storesince March 2019, but Coffee Stain Studios plans to bring the game over toSteam Early Access“soon.” I can easily see it climbing the charts.
“There is still some work we need to do behind the scenes to get everything flowing,” the studio noted ina post on Steam. “But this is a priority for us and we’re doing our best. However… we all know how proficient we are in delays. So, I predict Steam launch at 5:00 p.m. GMT on Tuesday, 2020.”
If you’re gonna leave us hanging, have fun with it. That back-of-the-head Valve tease is perfect.
