Developer Coffee Stain Studios announced on February 3rd, “Satisfactory” has been announced to be officially released within 2024. The official website has started recruiting participants for the closed beta test of version 1.0. This work is currently available in early access for PC (Steam/Epic Games Store).
“Satisfactory” is a factory construction game set on an unknown planet. Early access distribution began on the Epic Games Store in March 2019, and early access distribution for Steam began in June 2020. In this game, players become employees of FICSIT and explore the open world in solo or cooperative play. Obtain resources, build your own factories, and expand and develop by automating and increasing efficiency.
This game’s game engine was updated to Unreal Engine 5 in Update 8, which was released in November last year. Various changes were included, including improved graphics and increased flexibility in architecture. As of this writing, 130,000 Steam user reviews have been received, with 97% of them giving it an “overwhelmingly positive” status. It is a highly popular work, having sold 5.5 million copies as of the end of last year.
This time, a video announcing the future of “Satisfactory” has been released. Initially, a false roadmap was introduced as an “opening joke” that included a “romance element with creatures,” but the real plan was revealed around 3 minutes and 20 seconds into the video. Although the timing has not been determined for this work, it is said that an update to version 1.0 will be distributed and officially released within 2024.
On the other hand, it seems that no updates for this work will be distributed before the official release. This is because the development team has been splitting up since 2020 and has been developing version 1.0 in parallel with update development after Update 5. On the other hand, after implementing Update 8 mentioned above, the development team has been integrated and is concentrating on version 1.0.
The development stage of version 1.0 is currently alpha. After all the content planned for implementation has been developed and moved to the beta stage, a closed beta test (CBT) will be conducted with a limited number of people to refine it in preparation for release.We are already recruiting participants for CBT.Official siteIt has been started at.
Although the elements scheduled to be implemented in version 1.0 were not shown in this video, new elements, bug fixes, and elements that will allow you to clear the game after finishing the story will also be introduced. There are also plans to implement dedicated servers. The elements implemented in version 1.0 will be unveiled in a future video on the official YouTube channel. Those who are interested should check it out.
At the end of the video, they expressed their gratitude to the players who supported the early access distribution. It is expected that development of this work will continue even after the official release. It is currently undecided whether the content after the official release will be paid DLC or a free update.
“Satisfactory” is a PC (Steam/Epic Games Store) is now available for early access.
