Factorio LAN: how to play with friends

With this guide you will be able to set up Factorio to play with your friends like in local network.

Radmin VPN setup

To create connection between you and your friend you'll need a special software in this guide we'll use Radmin VPN

Download Radmin VPN
In Radmin VPN go to
Network -> Join existing network -> Gaming network tab
or you can create your own private network and invite your teammates
Make sure Radmin VPN will work smoothly by setting up your firewall

Go to Play -> Multiplayer -> "New game" for the first game or "Load game" if you've played before.
Click "Generate" and "Play"

Play -> Multiplayer -> Connect to game

Copy host's IP address

and paste it here

Join Radmin VPN Discord server

Or follow the link to join Factorio Discord chat

If you can't see your friends or any servers in the game:

make sure you all have the same game version
make sure you did all the steps in the instruction above
set up your firewall
if you're getting some errors with Radmin VPN here are the solutions to most of the errors