Amount of players playing Factorio

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Amount of players playing Factorio

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Factorio 1,706,659

at least according to a "data leak" in one of the Steam API.
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/ ... -of-games/

nice to see that Factorio gets played alot :)

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There are also many players who play using non-Steam versions of the game. I assume that the number you quoted does not take these players into account.

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FFF128 wrote: I believe I can say that we sold slightly more during this week on steam, than during the whole last year on our page
If we assume this ratio didn't change too much, then there should be 1,706,659 * (53/52) = 1,739,479 players.
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