Techtonica

Simulation· Automation· Building· Base Building

Released Nov 2024

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.

64% positive · 3,234 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $8.99 $29.99 −70%

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Evaluation

Techtonica launched into Early Access in July 2023 and shipped five major updates during that period (v0.2 through v0.5), steadily expanding the game's content, biomes, machines, and narrative. On November 7, 2024, the game graduated out of Early Access with its 1.0 "Going Up" release — a massive update that completed the sci-fi narrative (all mysteries resolved), added the Desert Biome, doubled the explorable area, added the Freight Elevator system, a Jetpack upgrade, new machines, and over 40 new recipes. The developer explicitly described 1.0 as delivering "a complete sci-fi mystery narrative" and "all mysteries revealed." There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store — the only listed DLC is the Original Soundtrack, which released in July 2023. There have been no developer posts announcing future content, new expansions, or a post-1.0 roadmap since the November 7, 2024 launch. The news history shows no communications after the 1.0 release date. With the story complete, the Early Access phase concluded, no announced future content, and no post-launch update cadence to speak of since 1.0, the game appears to have launched as a complete, finished product.

Evidence

Techtonica 1.0 'Going Up' launched out of Early Access with a complete narrative ('all mysteries revealed'), a new Desert Biome, doubled explorable area, Freight Elevator, Jetpack upgrade, and extensive new machines and recipes. The developer described this as a release over a year in the making.

news post · Nov 7, 2024 source content shipped

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Developer announced the November 7, 2024 launch date for 1.0, describing it as the completion of the 'Going Up' update with a complete narrative ending.

news post · Sep 26, 2024 source content shipped

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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

Techtonica Original Soundtrack

Jul 2023

Media

Details

Developer

Fire Hose Games

Publisher

Fire Hose Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

Automation Simulation Building Base Building Exploration Immersive Sim Strategy Resource Management Sandbox City Builder Crafting Management First-Person Colorful Mystery

About this game

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.

FEATURES

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.

Last evaluated Jun 24, 2026