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Sorry I didn't know where else to put this, but I don't want to install steam on my computer so I was wondering if when this game comes out on steam if I could still play it without steam? If not I will not buy your product. You just have to understand that some ppl don't always have all the requirements to play your game.

Are you guys on Steam or Greenlight?
Not yet. We plan to further improve the game and try to get on steam in the 2015.

If I buy the game now will I be able to get a Steam key?
Yes, if we get on Steam you will have a choice whether to "own" the game at our website or on Steam.

Source=Factorio FAQ

Takes 30secs to google it, btw.

Yea but that just states that I will get a steam key, not that I will or will not HAVE to use steam. I don't want steam btw.

it states clearly : at our website or on Steam.

Oh,...... Oops. Guess that's what happens when you skim over things quickly.

Happens to the best of us, np.^^

Yeah, I have several games, Such as Kerbal Space Program, where they started off steam, and moved to steam later, but kept a non-steam version active and updated.
The problem with KSP though is they made a steam MIGRATION, so, if you moved your key, you couldn't use it stand alone anymore.
I bought it again on steam anyway when it was on offer, so I still can use either. But that's a rare case, most games that move to steam give a steam key AND let you continue to download the non-steam version.