A great factory builder, that builds upon the lessons of previous games in the genre! If you enjoy Factorio, Satisfactory, FortressCraft Evolved or Dyson Sphere Program, you'll probably enjoy Techtonica. It's a mix of all the good elements from those games, streamlined, in a new setting, with a good voice-acted story.

One of the things I really appreciate is that the main story doesn't force you to build duplicates of factories, or rebuild them because upgrades change machine sizes. In the end I was still using my original metal mine/smelter line designs with some upgrades, and I think there was only 1 task (iron/copper frames) where I felt I needed duplicate assembly lines to avoid waiting hours.

I didn't finish all the missions, but I did get to the end of the Early Access storyline, and 24 hours with options to keep playing is a pretty good length for the price & gameplay quality.

Regarding performance, I'm on a 3090 Ti, running at 1440p, and at the end my base was dipping to 50FPS on highest settings, but it was still surprisingly smooth at sub-60 FPS. IMO, this is acceptable for an EA game on highest settings, but lowest detail mode really needs more work - it doesn't add many frames. If you have an older card, you'll need to turn down the resolution too. I doubt 120Hz during end-game is even possible with any available hardware.

A great factory builder, that builds upon the lessons of previous games in the genre! If you enjoy Factorio, Satisfactory, FortressCraft Evolved or Dyson Sphere Program, you'll probably enjoy Techtonica. It's a mix of all the good elements from those games, streamlined, in a new setting, with a good voice-acted story. One of the things I really appreciate is that the main story doesn't force you to build duplicates of factories, or rebuild them because upgrades change machine sizes. In the end I was still using my original metal mine/smelter line designs with some upgrades, and I think there was only 1 task (iron/copper frames) where I felt I needed duplicate assembly lines to avoid waiting hours. I didn't finish all the missions, but I did get to the end of the Early Access storyline, and 24 hours with options to keep playing is a pretty good length for the price & gameplay quality. Regarding performance, I'm on a 3090 Ti, running at 1440p, and at the end my base was dipping to 50FPS on highest settings, but it was still surprisingly smooth at sub-60 FPS. IMO, this is acceptable for an EA game on highest settings, but lowest detail mode really needs more work - it doesn't add many frames. If you have an older card, you'll need to turn down the resolution too. I doubt 120Hz during end-game is even possible with any available hardware.