Hah, you were right! I installed the nvidia-package but forgot to install the corresponding libgl... I feel like a right dunce..

Anyways, thanks for the fast help!

Thanks! I didn't even consider trying to start a game. In a new game CPU usage is down to about 50% on all 4 cores. This still feels like a lot for a game that is paused though.

Hello all, I am running factorio on an up-to-date Arch linux on a desktop PC (for gaming) which I assembled only last week. Whenever factorio starts up it uses about 80% of all the cycles on all 4 cores (noticed it by the cooling fans all spinning up, then verified it in htop), it then keeps on usin...