
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.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.71/day in the week to Aug 20 → 0.43/day in the week after.
About
Welcome to the strangely beautiful, bioluminescent, and mysterious sub-surface alien world of Techtonica. You’ll begin with only the basics for digging, mining, and resource production.
Full Story Campaign
‘Techtonica’ is the only factory automation game to offer a complete, fully voice-acted campaign to play through. Something unknown awaits you beneath the surface of Calyx, Groundbreaker. Untangle and revive the efforts of an expedition gone wrong with the help of cubic companions who have motives, personalities, and secrets of their own.
Build Machines
Discovering everything in Techtonica demands unique equipment, power, and resources. Build specialized machines to optimize gathering and production as you arm yourself with the tools needed to dig higher to the surface.
Explore & Discover
Exploration pays off in Techtonica. Tunnel your way to massive ore deposits, research-rich facilities, and hidden caves to find new technologies, scan aging artifacts, and learn more about the mysteries of this world.
Terraform Entire Caves
Obliterate stone walls with a black hole gun. Drain deserts of sand with towering pumps to uncover what lies beneath. Sculpt the world to fit your subterranean vision.
Create Beautiful, Sprawling Factories
Take your mining operation to new depths by constructing sprawling, efficient factories. Automate production lines with Conveyor Belts and Inserters and a wide cast of machines. Deck out your factory with Eco-Brutalist Base Building parts.
SCI-FI MYSTERY. A genre-first, unravel the mysteries that lie beneath the surface of the rogue planet Calyx.
FACTORY AUTOMATION. Conveyor belts and unique travel systems make sprawling, automated factories easier to build, connect, and traverse.
BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Explore the cavernous depths of Techtonica surrounded by bioluminescent flora in first-person.
REWARDING UPGRADES. Start small and get massive with gameplay systems that continually evolve with new challenges and solutions.
DIG ANYWHERE. Carve out the perfect home for your machines using the MOLE, a black hole gun.
AURAL NIRVANA. Techtonica arrives with a build-inspiring original soundtrack from Cityfires (20XX, Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered).
CO-OP. Techtonica is entirely playable alone or with up to four-player co-op.
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $29.99 | 3.1Kreviews | 64% | — | $3.8M |
| $7.49−75% | 663ratings | 86% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 833 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
맵은이쁜데 지하컨셉이라 그런지 하다보니 좀 답답함이느껴짐
troppo difficile non si capisce che si deve fare
Excellent
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 833 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
factory game with a storyline
Just fine. The sand levels are too time consuming. Also the resource balancing is kinda bad. i ended up with too many shiverthorn extract and there is no way to get rid of it.(you cant just delete item in this game)
Supergut :) viel Atmosphäre und Bauen :)
very fun, i think tho the reason that its mostly negative now is bc its not getting any updates but still consider it has tons of gameplay and people should js enjoy it, and most the negative reviews are from ppl with under 5 hrs in the game which i think is kinda stupid bc u should js enjoy it plus the reason it isnt getting any more updates is bc its not making enough money so if we all worked together to make it enough money it may be able to convice the dev team to make more updates
很好玩 最後的任務做1000科立方體就好 繼續下去好像不會有什麼新的劇情
number, numbers, numbers, numbers
Techtonica é uma grata surpresa no universo dos jogos de automação e construção em primeira pessoa. Desenvolvido pela Fire Hose Games, ele entrega uma experiência singular ao mesclar exploração subterrânea com a complexidade viciante de criar linhas de produção eficientes — tudo isso envolto em uma atmosfera misteriosa e cativante.. 🌌 Ambientação e Imersão: A beleza do desconhecido O primeiro impacto de Techtonica é seu ambiente bioluminescente. O jogo se passa em cavernas subterrâneas alienígenas, iluminadas por flora brilhante e estruturas enigmáticas. Esse visual não é só estético — ele contribui diretamente para a sensação de isolamento, curiosidade e descoberta constante. A trilha sonora discreta, mas atmosférica, também merece destaque, reforçando a imersão com tons sutis que evocam mistério e calma. 🛠️ Automação acessível e inteligente Ao contrário de títulos como Factorio ou Satisfactory, que podem intimidar iniciantes, Techtonica apresenta uma curva de aprendizado muito mais amigável. Os sistemas de automação, produção e mineração são bem explicados e introduzidos de forma gradual, permitindo que jogadores novatos se sintam acolhidos e os veteranos desfrutem de uma construção mais relaxada, mas ainda desafiadora. A interface é limpa, intuitiva e funcional — e a mecânica de "moldar o ambiente" para encaixar suas fábricas nas cavernas é satisfatória e envolvente, o que adiciona um elemento quase artesanal à engenharia industrial. 🔍 Exploração com propósito Um dos pontos mais interessantes é como o jogo equilibra a automação com a exploração. Há segredos, artefatos e pistas narrativas espalhadas pelas profundezas, incentivando os jogadores a saírem da zona de conforto de suas fábricas para explorar novos territórios. A narrativa ambiental é sutil, mas instigante, levantando questões sobre o que aconteceu naquele mundo e por que o jogador está lá. 👥 Modo cooperativo Outro grande destaque é o modo cooperativo. A possibilidade de construir fábricas com amigos torna o jogo ainda mais cativante e divertido. As tarefas podem ser divididas naturalmente, o que adiciona uma camada social à experiência — ótima para quem gosta de planejar grandes projetos em equipe. ✅ Pontos fortes resumidos: Estética visual única e imersiva Curva de aprendizado acessível Excelente equilíbrio entre construção e exploração Narrativa ambiental envolvente Cooperação divertida e funcional Mecânicas de automação intuitivas ✨ Conclusão Techtonica é mais do que apenas mais um jogo de automação — é uma jornada relaxante, visualmente deslumbrante e cerebralmente estimulante. Ele honra o legado de seus antecessores no gênero, ao mesmo tempo que estabelece sua própria identidade com charme e criatividade. Uma joia para quem gosta de construir, explorar e pensar — no seu próprio ritmo. Recomendado sem ressalvas.
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