Techtonica on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

Techtonica is a automation, simulation and building game developed and published by Fire Hose Games.
Released on November 07th 2024 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Dutch and Korean.

It has received 2,744 reviews of which 1,875 were positive and 869 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Techtonica into these genres:

Automation Simulation Building Base-Building Strategy Resource Management Sandbox City Builder Crafting Management Exploration Multiplayer First-Person Immersive Sim Co-op Online Co-Op Colorful Sci-fi Singleplayer Early Access

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 or Later (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core or AMD Ryzen processor (3 GHz or greater / 4 cores or greater)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1650 4GB VRAM (or equivalent) / AMD RX 560 4GB VRAM (or equivalent)
Storage: 15 GB available space
Additional Notes: Internet connection required for mutliplayer.

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

This game is way better than the review score lets on. I believe most of the negative reviews are based on outside factors, and are not reflective of the game itself. The game is a great factory game, tons of content, some unique ideas to separate it from Factorio and Satisfactory. If you are a fan of those games, I HIGHLY recommend trying this one out, and ignoring the negative reviews until you give it a shot. If you're curious, the negative reviews stem from the handling of the game during Early Access, some changes that were unpopular, and a reduction in scope due to the game not having the funding they anticipated. But, again, what they created and what exists here today, is fantastic. The idea that it could have been bigger does not make this a bad game; nowhere near it. If you played during Early Access and expected more, it is understandable that the game didn't live up to what you expected. But if you're approaching it at 1.0 with no expectations, this is a fantastic addition to the automation genre. 100% worth the price and worth playing, coming from a huge fan of Factorio and Satisfactory.

March 2025

In short: This game rocks. In detail: I rarely write reviews. I've played Techtonica for over a year now, well before the most recent, final version was released. Everything from the game play itself to the atmospheric immersion is wonderful. The details are incredible. That lil plant you see growing on the wall? Scan it; there's an entire research entry for it! So, why now? Why write the review? I gifted the game to my friend recently and couldn't help but notice all of the negative reviews. I was shocked and honestly a little frustrated. WHAT the heck was going on? Game rocks, where are the poor reviews coming from? They'd been incredibly positive last time I looked. After reading them I decided to make this review to just outline a couple of things. The devs have been very clear in discord, but since not everyone is in there I will go ahead and paste a quote from them. @devs, I hope this isn't wrong to do; your transparency should be seen across all platforms and honestly my heart hurts reading some of these reviews. Your hard work does not go unnoticed, thank you. "We love Techtonica and would love to keep working on it but we need to eat and pay rent, and right now sales aren't enough for us to keep working on it. Of course if sales improve then things could change but right now we're not doing more development, 1.0 was our final push." The game is complete. If you're reading this, wondering what all is going on and questioning whether or not you should buy it: yes. 100% yes. The game is great. Would I like to see more development? Also yes. Are there bugs in the game? Yes. Do I wish I could rename each Nexus? Yes. Is that a minor detail? To me, yes. The story is fantastic, the execution is stunning, the mechanics are so much fun. Lastly, I just want to say that I'm not trying to undermine anyone's review. It is so important that we can freely discuss games here, and its not about that. I'm just trying to provide some context and wanted to share how much I love the game. Seriously, it is incredible.

Nov. 2024

Plays a lot like Satisfactory but with more of a survival craft feel. There aren't any hunger or thirst mechanics making the game rather peaceful. However there's terraforming/mining as you traverse between natural caves with LOTS of harvestable flora (which can be later grown and automated) sometimes finding derelict outposts with resources. Without spoiling much there is a main story you progress about escaping these caves. While Satisfactory has more of a technical efficiency optimization approach in Techtonica it feels more comfortable to build a wacky base with friends. The graphics are very appealing and set it apart. As a last note Satisfactory was released 4 years before this game. Meaning Techtonica still has lots of time to receive updates and figure out what it wants to be. What is currently available is nevertheless quite enjoyable.

Oct. 2024

Great game - Its Subnautica meets Factorio and Satisfactory. The cave systems are well done and quite pretty.

Aug. 2024

as a long-time player of Satisfactory, this is a refreshing take on the Factory genre. it's wonderfully colourful, has a fantastic premise and the devs are delivering in spades on the storyline. the visuals are next level and it's just damn fun to play. updates are refular and beefy so the devs still have passion for their work and they listen to the player feedback. blah blah blah, play this game. :)

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28.99€

6.7

1,875

869

Online players

142

Developer

Fire Hose Games

Publisher

Fire Hose Games

Release 07 Nov 2024

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