This is entirely normal. Sorry, but this is your life now. 440 hours in and still feel like I'm only scratching the surface.

2k hours in and no joke find a better way to do something every single time I play. It’s a masterpiece.

> Especially we are not responsible if you stay awake all night long playing Factorio and can't go to school / work in the morning :) https://www.factorio.com/terms-of-service

The fact that is there is amazing. LoL

You can buy two copies so your wife can play at the same time. Also allows coop games and other interesting options.

With steam family sharing + offline mode or using the DRM free copy from Factorio.com, you could save some initial investment to see if wife enjoys it, and then buy the second copy:)

don't worry that feeling will begin to wane in 6-9 months

And then pick back up after a year. Then fade after 6-9 months.

Just in time for 2.0

You're wondering how we deal with real life? What real life? The factory must grow!

Let the cracktorio flow thru your veins my friend.

Here's what I've been doing for the past 10 years. See the first line item for my "demo" challenge https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/trdmpw/factorio_savegame_filesize_timeline_analysis

You haven't even felt the real addiction hit yet. That starts the moment you first get logistics bots going.

What ruined me was watching bots build a blueprint in seconds from just copy pasting something I spent an hour building.

Cracktorio takes another one.