Ore Factory Squad Beginner Guide - Warehouse to Working Factory

Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game from threeW, published by PlayWay S.A. and released on Steam on Jul 16, 2026 at $9.48 in the US. The store text describes a game about buying properties, digging them out, and turning what comes up into a production line.

What the store listing says the game is

The store text opens by naming its own centre: procedural mining and fun at its core. From there it describes a loop that starts with a small warehouse and ends with a factory, with the player digging, processing and selling at every step.

It is tagged Indie and Simulation, and the developer line names threeW with PlayWay S.A. as publisher. The listing supports solo play or up to four players together.

The loop from warehouse to industry

The store page describes the progression as a sequence of expansions rather than a single mechanic, and it reads like a checklist.

• Start with a small warehouse and simple machines.
• Buy properties and dig for the resources under them.
• Process what you extract into higher-value goods.
• Unlock machines and recipes through progression and licenses.
• Move goods on pallets and forklifts.
• Connect machines with conveyor belts for more efficient flows.
• Take contracts, negotiate, prepare deliveries and load trucks.

The listing says each step turns a simple setup into a more capable industrial system.

Procedural mining and the tool ladder

Every property has procedurally generated underground resources with no fixed paths, so tunnels are dug freely rather than following a designed route. The store text adds that resources become more valuable as you go deeper.

• Shovel, for the first layer of digging.
• Pickaxes, for tougher layers.
• Jackhammers, to speed the work up.
• Dynamite, to clear large sections at once.

The listing gives no depth numbers, no ore list and no value table for what the deeper layers contain.

Properties, contracts and growth

Properties are the economic unit. The store text describes buying different types, each with randomised resource distribution and profit potential, and it names four examples: small backyards, big construction sites, forest areas and large quarries on snowy mountains.

Contracts are the other side of the economy. Companies ask for specific products and quantities, and the listing says you negotiate deals, prepare deliveries and load trucks to fulfil orders for higher rewards. Managing stock, using warehouse robots and balancing growth against fast stock sales are all mentioned in the same paragraph.

What the listing does not publish

Four things a new player would want are missing: what the ore types and their values actually are, how many machine tiers exist, how many properties are available, and how long a session runs.

The store text stops at describing the shape of each system. Where the listing is silent, this page stays silent. The platform and spec details are on Availability, and the launch facts are on Launch & Demo.