Upcoming features

This is a list of planned additions and changes that will be part of Factorio's next major release 0.18. [1]

Planned features

Final looks and behaviour of new GUI screens as they will be finished [2] [3] [4]
- Improved blueprint library [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Improved character screen [9] [10]
- Statistics GUIs (production, electric network stats, etc.)
- Entity GUIs (Inserter, Assembling machine, chests, etc.)
- Main screen GUIs (Chat, minimap, etc.)
Better sounds [11] [12] [13]
Graphics [14]
- Offshore pump redesign
- Assembling machine redesign
- Beacon redesign
- HR icons [15] [16] [17]
New player experience is cancelled, "First Steps" (old tutorial) will return [18]
Further sound design improvements
Mini-tutorials
Final game balancing and tweaks
Finalised locale and proofreading