# The Factory Must Survive

Summer DB entity ID: 3aaaa62e\-d237\-4f68\-bc5a\-59e057d3c730

Steam App ID: 879780

The Factory Must Survive , formerly the  Strive for Infinity  project started in early 2018, is an ambitious strategy set in a dystopian future during the galactic war of attrition waged between the Rogue Megacorporations and the Empire spanning thousands of worlds\.  Play as the first artificial general intelligence, the Machine, the ultimate invention of mankind\. Establish an autonomous factory of the rising Megacorporation\. Command the resources of an entire star cluster through automation on an unprecedented scale\. Supply the galactic warfront with heaps of military hardware and resources or ship medical supplies offworld to reduce war tensions\. Outproduce the Empire to turn the tide in a war of attrition\. Will the ends justify the means? Do you dare to start producing weapons of mass destruction?  Key features planned for the Early Access:    Conveyor\-less factory desing for optimization reasons to aim for an unprecedented scale    Simulation of a single solar system having multiple playable voxel planets    Procedural generation of planetary surfaces, space encounters and solar systems    Factory building on a multi\-planetary scale including combat units production    Resource management, interplanetary supply lines, space battles, space stations    Optional storyline revealed during the game with a single ending    Cooperative multiplayer and player hosted dedicated servers\!    Space exploration, automation, megastructures and more\!   The Factory Must Grow The Factory Must  Survive

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Sebastian Fitt

- Publisher: Sebastian Fitt

- Release date: Coming soon

- Coming soon: true

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Co\-op, Online Co\-op, LAN Co\-op, Cross\-Platform Multiplayer, Full controller support, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_d912ff4a5d7d84878d0162cb1ec162fc0afa5341\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_b54db48c7994e7f5e5d152c0f4b7cd91d666b856\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_c196636dce683563bf95950435819edb623fd455\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_4d69b8f7b2898fe57822d018599f0a0e7b0adbf0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_557b0a5a5737d4bce4c0b3c1f140abb0e556c984\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_931c1fa6f856ad5942ed8d75b414308ccbee1e74\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_43cb0851c0506822d1ded2bd480b64e793ca3398\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_81e3d891420970e9c60efbfde1d1d263c970d9aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/879780/ss\_d9063964adb032d1a2afec1b8ebc4f6b00827abf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1637790403

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 0

- Steam positive reviews: 0

- Steam negative reviews: 0

- Steam positive percentage: Not collected

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/3aaaa62e-d237-4f68-bc5a-59e057d3c730/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/3aaaa62e-d237-4f68-bc5a-59e057d3c730/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:21:04\.479777\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:21:05\.715167\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/879780/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/3aaaa62e-d237-4f68-bc5a-59e057d3c730)