ProtonDB | Game Details for Factorio

Just perfect OOTB

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

The default display mode is X11, switch to Wayland if you are on a DE that supports it.

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.13.5-zen1-1-zen

RAM:14 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 570.124.04

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics

donke(15 reports)

1 hour overall

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.13.5-zen1-1-zen

RAM:14 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 570.124.04

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics

DankMcSwank(15 reports)

251 hours overall

DankMcSwank (15 reports)

251 hours overall

Works better than the Windows version

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

No issues at all, been hosting server for friends for weeks without issue. Linux version has a feature called non-blocking save where it will be able to auto save without any interuptions whatsoever, our game saves every 5 minutes and unless you see the green progress bar in the top left corner you wouldnt even realize. 11/10

Native

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:6.13.5-arch1-1

RAM:64 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 570.124.04

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

DankMcSwank(15 reports)

251 hours overall

Native

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:6.13.5-arch1-1

RAM:64 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 570.124.04

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

arex(8 reports)

128 hours overall

arex (8 reports)

128 hours overall

Works OOTB

Works perfectly

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Linux Mint 22.1

Kernel:6.8.0-52-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.120

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

arex(8 reports)

128 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Linux Mint 22.1

Kernel:6.8.0-52-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.120

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

Arttu(13 reports)

Arttu (13 reports)

Works just fine.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Can be run as Wayland-native, just switch the preferred video driver in graphics settings to Wayland.

The Steam overlay doesn't load in Wayland clients but everything else still works fine.

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.13.2-zen1-1-zen

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.4-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.59, 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen)

CPU:Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz

Arttu(13 reports)

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.13.2-zen1-1-zen

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.4-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.59, 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen)

CPU:Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz

henkaipan(4 reports)

23 hours overall

henkaipan (4 reports)

23 hours overall

Works great.

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental, Set launch options

gamescope -w 2560 -h 1080 -W 4472 -H 1872 --force-grab-cursor -F fsr -- %command%

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton Experimental

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.13.1-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.4-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.59, 6.13.1-arch1-1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

henkaipan(4 reports)

23 hours overall

Proton Experimental

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.13.1-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.4-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.59, 6.13.1-arch1-1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

ARC_nazrin(6 reports)

ARC_nazrin (6 reports)

Native

ARC_nazrin(6 reports)

Native

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen(4 reports)

885 hours overall

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen (4 reports)

885 hours overall

This game is a master class in first class Linux support.

Audio:Missing

Audio on the system drops very briefly during launch, or during intense game activity. This is more likely a distro issue being triggered by the game.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Truly first class experience.

The factory must grow.

Native

Distro:Freedesktop SDK 24.08 (Flatpak runtime)

Kernel:6.12.10-200.fc41.x86_64

RAM:128 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.1 (git-c815d651b8)

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 19.1.6, DRM 3.59, 6.12.10-200.fc41.x86_64)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen(4 reports)

885 hours overall

Native

Distro:Freedesktop SDK 24.08 (Flatpak runtime)

Kernel:6.12.10-200.fc41.x86_64

RAM:128 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.1 (git-c815d651b8)

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 19.1.6, DRM 3.59, 6.12.10-200.fc41.x86_64)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core

Lirunex(6 reports)

Owned

Lirunex (6 reports)

Owned

Works pefectly fine out of the box played for at least 20 hours without issues

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Nobara Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.0

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi, navi22, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

Lirunex(6 reports)

Owned

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Nobara Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.0

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi, navi22, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

a(66 reports)

a (66 reports)

Great

Both the Linux version and the Windows/Proton version work without any issues at all.

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Freedesktop SDK 23.08 (Flatpak runtime)

Kernel:6.8.0-47-generic

RAM:24 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.3 (git-b235da6781)

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.8.0-47-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

a(66 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Freedesktop SDK 23.08 (Flatpak runtime)

Kernel:6.8.0-47-generic

RAM:24 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.3 (git-b235da6781)

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.8.0-47-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

GreenTheColour(4 reports)

360 hours overall

GreenTheColour (4 reports)

360 hours overall

Runs well

Tinker Steps:Set launch options

steam-run %command%

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Had some issues where when launching the game it would not detect my GPU. Although might be a NixOS/my config issue

Native

Distro:NixOS 25.05 (Warbler)

Kernel:6.6.69

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.142

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

GreenTheColour(4 reports)

360 hours overall

Native

Distro:NixOS 25.05 (Warbler)

Kernel:6.6.69

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.142

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

TuxMan18(4 reports)

TuxMan18 (4 reports)

Works great out of the box. The native version has worked without any issues.

Native

Distro:openSUSE Tumbleweed

Kernel:6.12.6-1-default

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7600 (radeonsi, navi33, LLVM 19.1.6, DRM 3.59, 6.12.6-1-default)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

TuxMan18(4 reports)

Native

Distro:openSUSE Tumbleweed

Kernel:6.12.6-1-default

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.3.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7600 (radeonsi, navi33, LLVM 19.1.6, DRM 3.59, 6.12.6-1-default)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

Meldanor(3 reports)

Meldanor (3 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

No issues in multiplayer with 2 players, a medium sized factory (800 science / minute) with multiple ships and planets. Playtime: Around 80 hours.

Native

Meldanor(3 reports)

Native

gavclued(2 reports)

gavclued (2 reports)

Tinker Steps:Set launch options

prime-run %command%

Native

gavclued(2 reports)

Native

Avery(60 reports)

Avery (60 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

hosted multiplayer for 13 hours without any problems. (2 players)

Proton 9.0-4

Avery(60 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Allian(2 reports)

Allian (2 reports)

Native

Allian(2 reports)

Native

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Help I'm Canadian (15 reports)

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 9.0-2, Changed configuration

Getting the game to run required downloading a missing .dll which has been linked by Factorio Staff: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=66665

Proton 9.0-2

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Proton 9.0-2

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Help I'm Canadian (15 reports)

Proton 9.0-4 crashes during initial load with error: "Failed to compile shader"

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 9.0-2

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

Proton 9.0-2

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Proton 9.0-2

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Help I'm Canadian (15 reports)

Proton Experimental crashes during loading with error "Failed to compile shader"

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

Proton Experimental

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Proton Experimental

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Help I'm Canadian (15 reports)

Linux Native doesn't launch.

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

Native

Help I'm Canadian(15 reports)

Native

joschua725(1 report)

joschua725 (1 report)

Input:Other

Wenn die Scroll geschwindigkeit des Mausrades in KDE erhöt wird führ das auch zu einen schnelleren Kamera Zoom und das Scrollen in Bluprint Books fängt an einige Einträge zu überspringen. Da es in KDE nicht möglich den Slider für die Scrollgeschwindigkeit genau auf eine 1 zu 1 übersetzung zu stellen führt das dazu, das beim Scrollen in Blueprintbook immer ein eintrag übersprungen wird oder nur bei jeder zweiten bewegung des Mausraden ein Eintrag weiter bewegt wird.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Native

joschua725(1 report)

Native

K(19 reports)

99 hours overall

K (19 reports)

99 hours overall

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Everything ran smoothly, zero issues that I could find.

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.12.1-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.57.01

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

CPU:Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz

K(19 reports)

99 hours overall

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.12.1-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.57.01

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

CPU:Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz

CaptainLama(9 reports)

120 hours overall

CaptainLama (9 reports)

120 hours overall

Works perfectly

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

No issues

Native

Distro:Fedora Linux 41 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.11.8-300.fc41.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.57.01

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super with Max-Q Design

CPU:Intel Core i7-10875H @ 2.30GHz

CaptainLama(9 reports)

120 hours overall

Native

Distro:Fedora Linux 41 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.11.8-300.fc41.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.57.01

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super with Max-Q Design

CPU:Intel Core i7-10875H @ 2.30GHz

Nifri(1 report)

517 hours overall

Nifri (1 report)

517 hours overall

Works great with some tinkering

Tinker Steps:Changed configuration

Changed Linux Preferred driver as i had Heavy Flickering or Blackscreens in the Main Menu In File ~/.factorio/config/config.ini

; Options: x11, wayland
linux-preferred-video-driver=wayland

Depending on your distro it might work OOTB

Native

Distro:NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)

Kernel:6.6.61

RAM:64 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.78

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

Nifri(1 report)

517 hours overall

Native

Distro:NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)

Kernel:6.6.61

RAM:64 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.78

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

Kinsmir(10 reports)

Kinsmir (10 reports)

Works out of the box and I cannot put this game down.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 9.0-3

Kinsmir(10 reports)

Proton 9.0-3

ZergAlpha(1 report)

Owned

ZergAlpha (1 report)

Owned

Tinker Steps:Other

There was heavy blinking (unplayable to be honest) In game settings: Changed "Preferred video driver" from "X11" to "Wayland". Now it work as expected on my setup.

Graphics:Heavy Artifacts

Blinking

Native

Distro:NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)

Kernel:6.6.34

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.78

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

ZergAlpha(1 report)

Owned

Native

Distro:NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)

Kernel:6.6.34

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.78

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

Justice3000(10 reports)

Justice3000 (10 reports)

Just works out of the box!

Proton 9.0-3

Justice3000(10 reports)

Proton 9.0-3

nineball(6 reports)

nineball (6 reports)

works out of the box

Proton 9.0-3

nineball(6 reports)

Proton 9.0-3

MBA(3 reports)

30 hours overall

MBA (3 reports)

30 hours overall

Its literally a drug.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

This game runs perfectly with no issues at all.

Native

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:6.8.8-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.76

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics

MBA(3 reports)

30 hours overall

Native

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:6.8.8-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.76

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics

Niels(16 reports)

Niels (16 reports)

Native build, just works

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Good

Native

Niels(16 reports)

Native

asen23(6 reports)

asen23 (6 reports)

Native version works great ootb

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Native

asen23(6 reports)

Native

Shogun(1 report)

Shogun (1 report)

Works perfectly with my imported steam cloud savegames from windows times. No tinkering required.

Proton 9.0-3

Shogun(1 report)

Proton 9.0-3

MrLixam(9 reports)

173 hours overall

MrLixam (9 reports)

173 hours overall

Works out of the box natively, mods work perfectly also

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Hosting and joining servers worked flawlessly

Overall (local):Excellent

Works as well

Native

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:6.7.4-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 545.29.06

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

MrLixam(9 reports)

173 hours overall

Native

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:6.7.4-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 545.29.06

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

AuHunter(8 reports)

71 hours overall

AuHunter (8 reports)

71 hours overall

Runs perfectly natively.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Flawless.

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.11.3-arch1-1

RAM:31 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.4-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6800 (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.3-arch1-1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

AuHunter(8 reports)

71 hours overall

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.11.3-arch1-1

RAM:31 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.4-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6800 (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.3-arch1-1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

SESKIS(2 reports)

210 hours overall

SESKIS (2 reports)

210 hours overall

Works perfectly without any tinkering

Picked right back up from where I was playing on Windows without any issues, just loaded the save from my steam cloud and started playing.

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.11.4-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 560.35.03

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

SESKIS(2 reports)

210 hours overall

Native

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.11.4-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 560.35.03

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

eaglez|*Hunter(5 reports)

eaglez|*Hunter (5 reports)

If every game would launch this smoothly, Windows would not be an issue for gamers any more.

Native

Distro:Linux Mint 22

Kernel:6.8.0-44-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.183.01

GPU:NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

CPU:13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H

eaglez|*Hunter(5 reports)

Native

Distro:Linux Mint 22

Kernel:6.8.0-44-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.183.01

GPU:NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

CPU:13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H

Erebos(10 reports)

Erebos (10 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 9.0-3

Erebos(10 reports)

Proton 9.0-3

Pizza(11 reports)

218 hours overall

Pizza (11 reports)

218 hours overall

Works exactly as intended

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Online multiplayer works as it did on Windows, even works when heavily modded and accross operating systems.

Proton 9.0-2

Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

Kernel:6.9.3-76060903-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 555.58.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

CPU:Intel Core i5-8300H @ 2.30GHz

Pizza(11 reports)

218 hours overall

Proton 9.0-2

Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

Kernel:6.9.3-76060903-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 555.58.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

CPU:Intel Core i5-8300H @ 2.30GHz

Shadowbert(13 reports)

Shadowbert (13 reports)

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Overall (local):Excellent

Proton Experimental

Shadowbert(13 reports)

Proton Experimental

MrPoc(1 report)

MrPoc (1 report)

The game works greats natively, no problems at all and no tinkering needed!

Native

MrPoc(1 report)

Native

nicolaxe(25 reports)

82 hours overall

nicolaxe (25 reports)

82 hours overall

Runs better then on Windows