
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.
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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 |
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SteamYou are here | $29.99 | 3.1Kreviews | 64% | — | $3.8M |
| $7.49−75% | 663ratings | 86% | — | not modelled |
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懶人包:很多細節不好,我很喜歡自動工廠遊戲,所以其實是痛苦並快樂的玩著,如果不是很喜歡自動工廠的可能要考慮一下。 [h2]一、基本問題 [/h2] [h3] 1.配方不方便查詢 [/h3] 解鎖配方之後要去哪裡看呢?一開始的確可以去tab製作裡面看,可是後期解鎖第二種配方、粉碎機配方後,遊戲內要看就只能去研究或是去粉碎機看。連製作/消耗速度也是要東西放進去開始運轉的時候才能查看。 建議:可以在弄個"配方"的頁面,顯示各種配方、以及生產/消耗的速度。 [h3]2.效能、優化問題 [/h3] 我4070+i5-13400F,玩到後期FPS從60掉到30,後面還常常20幾而已。 後期會強制要求蓋很多粉碎機跟沙泵(後面會再抱怨),加上要大量產燃料等,還有自動工廠系列本來就會愈蓋愈大。結果這遊戲優化有夠糟,我玩號稱優化有夠糟的荒野都比我玩這遊戲後半時期的平均FPS高。你們不知道自己遊戲優化遭嗎?知道的話你後面還要求蓋那麼多的沙泵是要昭告天下說我們家的遊戲優化就是這麼糟嗎? [h3]3.漂浮/飛行[/h3] 兩下空白後漂浮,要再往上怎麼辦?沒錯,再連按兩下空白,但是第一下空白就會先往下跌然後第二下再往上,有沒有那麼反直覺阿XD [h3]4.被地形、物品擠出去[/h3] 有時候會被擠到某些東西/地形/物品裡,然後上空有空間會往上擠,沒有就會擠回電梯,尤其後期FPS低下的時候更容易被擠出去,頻率變高心情就變差了。 [h2]二、進12層以後體驗糟糕 [/h2] 進12層以後像是換了個遊戲。也不是說不行啦,但... [h3]1.電力[/h3] 12層跟之前的層數電力不相通,然後沒水導致電力變成要手動每小時點一次?你們是要做自動工廠遊戲還是手動工廠遊戲? 你們堅持要電力不相連就算了,至少後期給個能持續轉動發電機、或至少能延長到兩三個小時才點一次的科技吧? 我知道有人要說粉碎機後期可以發電,但抱歉,電力表看不到粉碎機的發電喔>_* [h3]2.破碎機[/h3] 剛好前一句聊到破碎機,這東西不可以讓玩家多自訂一點嗎?今天我要弄個250碎片+120冷卻液的配方,要是碎片250的時候冷卻液還沒120,就直接開始碎250碎片作成其他東西...不想讓玩家像其他機器那樣指定配方,那至少讓玩家禁用配方吧。 還有前面抱怨過的,想看破碎機的配方只能拿著東西打開粉碎機看、或是去研究找看看,有夠難找的。 [h3]3.沙泵[/h3] 來到重點了。 我一來到12層,看到那個要保持N台沙泵持續運轉不然沙子會淹回去的設計真的是有夠頭疼的。我玩這種自動工廠就是喜歡慢慢來,不喜歡被時間追著跑。當然我知道會有些自動工廠會搭配生存、戰鬥要素之類的給玩家一些刺激感,但這遊戲前11層都不是這樣的,我在買遊戲之前也不知道會這樣,導致到了12層發現跟我對這遊戲的期待/想像有落差,一路上差點轉換不過來棄坑。我玩到現在12、13層砂子幾乎清0,14、15層清到一半了,路途中真的好幾次都頭疼到想說不然玩到這邊就好,好不容易挺過來了,然後在等待沙子抽乾的時候來發評論。 (這一段如果數字有錯請見諒,懶得查證詳細數字了)還有最少12層要1台沙泵、13層要3台沙泵抽的速度才會快過沙子淹的速度,結果我一來到14層要24台???我當天看到直接關遊戲平復心情,真的是差一點棄坑了。然後準備到一半挖到15層了,一看只要12台???難度曲線呢??? [h3]4.承一之2的效能、優化問題[/h3] 後期14、15層至少要12、24台沙泵,為了快一點抽砂可能還要再補幾台,這樣四層搞了40多台,每台都要燃料又得大幅擴充燃料產線,然後抽出來的沙還要想辦法消耗掉,於是蓋了一堆破碎機。 前面幾層高級材料都可以先蓋個一台做,想要更快的人就再多蓋幾台,慢慢擴張。怎麼後面變成一定至少要這麼大這麼多,擴的超級大,拉了那麼多輸送帶、產線。 然後呢?代價就是FPS一路往下掉。 既然你們遊戲優化不好,那可以試試看不要逼玩家一定要蓋到那麼大那麼多啊。這樣大部分玩家都蓋的夠就好,可能還不會發現優化那麼糟糕。現在逼得大家都一直擴張,擴張到每個人的FPS都一直掉,強行逼玩家看看你們的優化有多糟糕嗎?
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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.
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The reviews saying it's "unfinished" are maybe a little harsh. I would instead say it's a game that's a little unpolished and whose vision isn't fully realized. I never played before 1.0 so i can't comment on the drastic changes made to the map. I would recommend this game, especially on sale, to fans of the factory genre looking for a new experience or new optimization puzzles that are a little different from what's offered by Factorio or Satisfactory (the gold standards of the genre). Techtonica definitely has something fun to offer despite it's issues, those being some minor bugs and a some potential small frustrations with a lack of QoL features. The sand levels due have the potential to frustrate if you're not prepared. Using the Techtonica Calculator website and it's maps is recommended. Total actual playtime to 100% is about 60 hrs on easy, which is the experience I would recommend.
I so very much wanted to like this game after enjoying Satisfactory. I did like it initially. BUT THE TEDIUM GOT ME! Every. single. thing. must. be. built. by. manual. placement. The only semi automatic placement is structural elements and your tech tree items. WHY!? the building was tedious. the expansion was tedious. (drilling never really felt good, and was all but mandatorially manual.) the new tech was tedious. (welp! gotta rebuild my tedious factory now to allow for the different tech options!) Besides the incredibly tedious gameplay, the difficulty made very little sense. There is a difficulty jump in the mid-late game that EVERYONE hates. and it makes no sense. Put that at the end as a type of climactic conclusion to your otherwise smooth progression and challenge curve! The devs messed up with that. It feels like they knew their ending was bad so they added a mountainous climb before the actual ending so you wouldn't GET to the actual ending. The artwork/animation was good. The sounds/music was good. The characters were good (not an easy accomplishment with an automation game). But the glaring issues with the tedium element not being addressed and the difficulty arc made it so I couldn't even finish it. I got to the soft ending, saw the mountainous final ending and quit. I have better games to spend my time on.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3612080141 Игра - весёлая, за ссылку можете не переживать, там лишь скриншот бага XD
Les changements de la version 1.0 n’ont visiblement pas été appréciés par beaucoup, au vu des avis très négatifs. Je partage donc mon avis pour contrebalancer. L’exploration en open world était très laborieuse en Early Access. Maintenant, elle a été remplacée par un système de niveau que vous allez devoir découvrir en "minant" (comprendre ici le fait de mettre des drills dans une machine qui débloque des niveaux). Ce nouveau système permet d’introduire les mécaniques du jeu et les ressources de manière plus fluide, tout en offrant un accès plus rapide aux gisements intéressants grâce à la téléportation entre les niveaux. De mon côté, je n’ai rencontré aucun bug depuis que j’ai repris en 1.0, avec plus de 30 heures de jeu à ce jour. Certes, il est moins complexe qu’un Satisfactory ou un Factorio, avec une gestion moins fine des ressources, des convoyeurs, etc. Mais pour contrebalancer, je le trouve plus agréable et plus gratifiant que ces derniers. Le côté scénario apporte une fraîcheur et une immersion que les cartes souvent assez vides de Satisfactory n’ont pas. Une belle alternative, une sorte de Satisfactory/Factorio lite qui change agréablement :)
friend got me this wish he did not waste his money quite possibly the worst/laggiest factory game i have ever played, The story is annoying the damn cube never shuts up, oh you built 100 conveyer belts again let me tell you how much of an accomplishment that is for the 30th time.
its like satisfactory but its easier to understand
I actually like this game! I'm not sure why so many people are against it. It's a nice factory game with a compelling story. It would need some refinement here and there, but the game is there. So sad the developers gave up. After finishing the game, I am more aligned with most of review: the ending levels are just annoying as hell. you reach a point in which I just had to let my pc there (fans screaming in pain) to just get the production going for hours and hours. it suffers from what is the most common problem of the genre. the scaling up of everything you've done multiple times or... wait. It could be a great game with just some fine tuning.
It's a Game, I guess
For everyone that might want to ever play this game, it wasn't abandoned by the DEV's it was Finished by Them, The ones to Abandon it were the Players that don't understand that if you put your Reviews to negative nobody is going to buy the game, and if nobody is going to buy the game, the devs don't get money from sales since there is no sales, money is needed to continue development, no money no development And for Future Buyers, do Buy the Game, Play The Game and Give it a Good Review, Know that it has problems, but would you rather have this game in state it is? or Don't have it at all?
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