As for when the expansion will come out or even be properly named and revealed, fans will just have to sit tight for now and perhaps play a few great Factorio mods while they're waiting.

Factorio, for the uninitiated, casts players as impromptu space industrialists, tasking them with building increasingly elaborate contraptions in a ceaseless grasp for ever-more efficient automation.

With interplanetary logistics and four imaginative new ways to build factories, expansion Space Age reaffirms Factorio’s position as the greatest game in the genre it spawned.

Take your factories to the stars.If it sounds familiar, you've probably played Factorio, or maybe Satisfactory. If you like those games, I've got a hunch you'll also like Dyson Sphere Program, now ...

It's dauntingly complex, but offers almost endlessly enjoyable depth for optimizers and survival fans if you take the time to learn its systems.

Also, Factorio features a really clever mechanic whereby insect attacks are triggered by the pollution that your Factory creates.