Dyson sphere program is another one I play when I’m not quite feeling Factorio.

Worth noting that Factorio never goes on sale. I assume the DLC will never go on sale as well.

It’s worth noting that the various QOL changes and changes to the base buildings like inserters are included in the 2.0 update and are free.

That’s my initial thought as well. The weird thing though is he’s already rich, he could bugger off into obscurity and live a life of luxury, but it seems like he just craves attention.