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I bought it for myself Christmas 2023. I spend the first week of 2024 playing in 36-hour streaks, did not show up to friends and relied on SO to supply me with food. Second week in January i went back to work, but spent most of my time outside of that playing. I restarted social activity in February, around May the addiction had largely burned out and playing increasingly didn't give "the kick" anymore. I had around 500 hrs of Gameplay at that point.

These weeks i still plan to waste every other evening with Factorio, but usually i end up programming or doing housewife stuff instead.

I think i would do that again. Thanks to SO for supporting me when doing silly things.

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The way I stopped myself is by launching the rocket to space once and then never opening the game again, as I have seen everything it has to offer.

I think my worst nightmare would be if Factorio and Civ had a baby, as in the same Factorio gameplay, but with a bunch of playable characters that essentially just tweak the numbers a bit.

[ffsm8]

You might want to check out Dyson sphere program if you haven't already. The fixation will likely go away much quicker then factorio's, but its another take that has its own charm