Textorio released on Steam on October 10, 2026 at $3.59, in Early Access, developed by Hyena Studios.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 4739680), checked 2026-10-13
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Textorio Out Now in EA at $3.59: A Factory Automation Game Made Entirely of Text Characters
Textorio is out now in Early Access at $3.59 - factory automation built from text characters, with real electricity, fluid pressure and P.Logic.
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Baseline date: 2026-10-10. Always confirm in-game for anything time-sensitive.
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You crash on Kepler-442b with a wrist terminal while 50,000 colonists sleep in cryo-pods below, and the reactor keeping them alive is off.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 4739680), checked 2026-10-13
Systems are genuinely simulated: electricity flows along wires with brownouts and shorts, fluids have real pressure across multi-tile pipe networks, and steam condenses back into water.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 4739680), checked 2026-10-13
FAQ
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Is Textorio really all text?
Yes - the factory is built from text characters by design, so large bases stay readable like a schematic.
Are the simulations real?
Yes - electricity flows along wires, fluids carry real pressure, steam condenses, and belts carry two independent lanes.
What is P.Logic?
A pneumatic programming language inside the game with sensors, gates, comparators, latches, timers and counters.
How much is it?
$3.59 on Steam, in Early Access.
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What the game is
Textorio is a factory automation game released October 10, 2026 in Early Access at $3.59.
It is made entirely out of text characters - a solo project by a developer from Lithuania.
You mine ore, smelt it, then build the machine that does the mining for you, and it goes from there.
Why text
The developer's reasoning: a factory made of glyphs is readable - when your base is 50,000 tiles, a 3D version becomes a mess you cannot parse.
In text you see the whole thing at once, like a schematic, and bottlenecks show up on their own.
It also runs on almost anything, including integrated graphics and old laptops.
Real systems and who it is for
Electricity flows along wires with grids browning out and shorting; fluids have real pressure; steam condenses back into water.
P.Logic is a pneumatic programming language inside the game - sensors, gates, comparators, latches, timers and counters, enough to build a working memory cell out of pipes.
Four layers - Surface, Caves, Deep Caves and Core Chamber - each a different engineering problem, with Deep Caves overheating machinery until you research thermal management (BOUNDED: official Steam description, checked 2026-10-13).
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