Good news for Steam Deck players

Automated construction simFactorionow has controller support.

Originally added to the experimental branch with update 1.1.87, it’s now available on the main stable release.

Among other benefits, it means the all-consuming management game should now work better on Steam Deck.

Bustling industry in a Factorio screenshot.

That should no longer be the case now that there’s official controller support.

Controllers such as the Xbox pad are also often better for accessibility than keyboard and mouse.

The base game remains one of thebest management gameson PC.

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