Spent his childhood with computer games and programming. He started the project and is the creative heart of the team. Balances his time between programming the game and directing its development.

From the beginning he did many things from programming to managing the company. Nowadays active much less, only in bigger decisions and occasional consulting.

The artist and illustrator responsible for the visuals in Factorio. Obsessed by details, meanings, and balance; he translates concepts into pixels to give the best player experience.

Working on the game from Romania. He plays lots of games and likes electronics, RC models and quadcopters. Designed and implemented the circuit network.

Works remotely from Michigan, USA. His all-time favorite tasks are performance optimizations. He is very active in the modding community and on the Factorio Discord.

Former OpenTTD player and modder, who found Factorio as his new toy to play with (and now develop). Prefers a systematic approach to his work.

From the UK. He takes care of the public relations, community, and anything business related. In his free time he experiments with the engine and develops mods for the game.

Loves travelling, nature, and Asian food. She assists the team in a large number of ways, including accounting and office matters.

Working part-time from Germany while studying CS, handling the organization and administration of the Factorio Wiki.

A proclaimed Python and Assembly 'Guru'. He develops and manages our mod portal, multiplayer server, and other web services. Owl by night.

A Graphic designer specializing in corporate design. Working with us on UI and other challenges which arise.

Embedded developer who found breaking Factorio is funnier than playing Factorio.

English Sound Designer, with a special interest in improving player immersion through sound. At weekends, an urban sketcher and painter.

A Czech programmer who likes PC games and tinkering with simulations got his hands on both in the form of Factorio. His hobbies include larping and warhammering.

An artist with a keen interest in how things work. Spent most of their life working on various aspects of game development from game design to concept art, 3d modelling, and programming. Has a special talent for visualising complicated systems.

A 3D artist from Poland. He would love to write what he already did for Factorio, but he is busy creating new assets.

A Brazilian guy that loves Blender. He wishes things in real life also had a 3D gizmo. Works creating and refining Factorio's visual assets.

Self-proclaimed inverse-engineer and machine-spirit disciple. Believes everything in life is better with addition of a few tactically placed jet engines. And cannons.

Working remotely from the UK, he is primarily responsible for creating materials and terrain. When not at work, he can usually be found practicing archery, climbing rocks, fiddling with electronics, or thinking about the vastness of space.

Working from Luxembourg to improve documentation in a multitude of ways. Likes to work on mods and pontificate on the Discord. Loves to cook and grill.

DevOps Dude from Germany. Does everything from planning server racks to integrating auth server bans into Factorio. Has a keen interest in gamedev and indie games.

Working remotely from Germany. Gamer and hobby programmer since middle school, now fiddling with the game he has been enjoying for years already.

Studied game engineering in the UK. Loves all aspects of game programming, from gameplay to optimisations to the rendering pipeline. Enjoys cycling in his free time.

A Californian software engineer turned game developer. Has a sharp sense for code health and a passion to make fun and stable video games.

A computerer interested in game engines, renderers and computer hardware. Enjoys video games, books and bouldering. Lurks.

A developer that spent most of his career creating database solutions for state administration and big corporations fulfilling his dream of creating products that bring people joy.

Programmer, game designer and illustrator from Czechia. Enjoys game jamming, top-down design and inventing new ways to bring stylized art techniques into real-time game graphics.

From Ukraine, working on testing and finding all the bugs and ways to improve the game. Enjoys long cycle trips and watching anime.

Working from the US while studying Computer Science. A prolific Factorio modder and Linux fan. In his free time, he likes to make mods, play the piano, and go snowboarding.

A 2D/3D artist from Slovakia with a background in traditional art and illustration. Assisting with asset generation, and handling various 2D-focused tasks.

Worked with us for over 5 years, helped to develop some of the core features and internals of the game.

Enjoys a wide range of PC and Console games. Worked with us for 10 years in the deepest parts of the game engine and rendering systems, and helped make sure the game is playable for as many players as possible.

A freelancer from the UK who tightly cooperated with us. He is responsible for the music in the base game.

Worked with us for nearly 4 years. He took care of the build and deploy systems, macOS issues, and managed the game services and servers.

Took care of the biters and AI behavior in the game, as well a lot of multiplayer and networking systems. Is a Linux (and games for Linux) fan, and handles all manner of Linux specific issues.

A 3D artist from Germany. He is a big fan of dystopian and utopian science fiction movies, books and games. He likes designing and modelling fictional vehicles.

During his year and a half at Factorio, Jiří ported the game's engine to SDL, helped rewrite the graphics engine, and maintained macOS compatibility.

Competitive programmer from Russia. Heavily optimised some of the core game systems, such as transport belts and decorative entities.

A 3D Generalist from Lithuania. Enjoys every part of developing games and is addicted to analyzing other games technology and art.

Is an Irish programmer. He is interested in FOSS, and is the founder / lead developer of the freeablo project

Worked remotely from Wisconsin, USA. Likes expoloration and factory simulation games. Worked on improvements to the terrain generation.

Worked on fluid network optimizations and GUI programming. A big fan of RPG and RTS games. Enjoys researching and experimenting with AI, robotics, space technologies, and blockchain.

With many years of experience using Factorio for education, he worked with us to develop our campaign and tutorial missions.

Artist from Vienna. Enjoys creating music and art in general. Worked on game and entity visual effects.

Sound designer, DJ, Composer, Music lover, Dreamer; Imperfections are our beauty. Worked on the sound design of the game.

A microwave engineer from Ukraine. Switched his career as he finds it much more satisfying to code for the favourite game. Enjoys maths, physics, cinema, and video games. Had to leave to serve his country.

A Seattle based artist with a focus on orthographic drawing. Shane spends his free time either drawing dinosaurs in city scapes or trying to optimize his house like Factorio.