Give factorio.exe a modern high-DPI icon

nemofication · Post by **nemofication** » Fri Jan 23, 2026 2:49 am

TL;DR

factorio.exe deserves a high-dpi icon

What?

Please update Factorio’s Windows icon resources so factorio.exe includes a modern high-DPI (Vista-style) ICO.
It will render sharply on Windows 11 Start/Desktop/Taskbar instead of the current classic low-res icon.

Here are 2 versions I made from the high-res icon in the press kit using redketchups ICO tool:

: (note the ugly frame around the current Factorio icon, something only "classic" icons suffer from); 01-23-2026, 02-40-03.png (535.84 KiB) Viewed 786 times

Why?

Reinforces Factorios brand quality at essentially zero runtime cost and minimal dev effort.
Removes the ick on Windows 11 where low-res icons look blurry next to modern apps.

nemofication · Post by **nemofication** » Sun Feb 15, 2026 3:40 am

Here is the .ico file in case anyone else wants a temporary fix. It includes all resolutions as recommended by Microsoft although only the resolutions that are smaller than the original 382x382 asset.

: 02-15-2026, 03-37-50.png (200.03 KiB) Viewed 599 times

nemofication · Post by **nemofication** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:35 pm

Please consider this low-hanging fruit before you release the final version of Factorio. This issue will only become more jarring as time passes.

Post by **Rseding91** » Wed Jun 24, 2026 11:43 pm

In my opinion it’s simply not important to bloat the exe with a huge icon.

Post by **Harkonnen** » Thu Jun 25, 2026 6:43 am

.exe works as memory-mapped file during execution, so it won't affect performance or ram usage, just a bit of address space, but who cares in 64-bit era

nemofication · Post by **nemofication** » Sun Jun 28, 2026 7:09 am

I don't think 188 KB worth of "bloat" is a steep price to pay for Factorio to look like it belongs in a modern game library.

: 150% DPI, which is very common today; 06-28-2026, 08-06-49.png (661.04 KiB) Viewed 49 times

: 300% DPI, which will probably be more common in half a decade but is still not unheard of today; 06-28-2026, 08-08-06.png (1.23 MiB) Viewed 49 times

I mean just look at this... It is embarrassing.

Not only does it get that weird "look at how legacy I am"-border around it, it also looks blurry.

nemofication · Post by **nemofication** » Sun Jun 28, 2026 7:13 am

And while we're at it, I wouldn't mind if Wube released a 17280px render of the Factorio wheel just for the lulz. It could make for a great poster in my living room.

pioruns · Post by **pioruns** » Sun Jun 28, 2026 9:09 am

Not only icon is lagging. I read that they are using vulnerable OpenSSL library (for mods downloading) from 5 years ago, too

Certain things are due an update, for sure.

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