Indie · May 2, 2019
Rise of Industry (2019)
Rise of Industry is a strategic tycoon game where you build and manage your growing industrial empire in a living, breathing, and procedurally generated world set in the 1930s that is constantly evolving and adapting to your playstyle. As a budding entrepreneur, you will build factories, construct efficient production lines, move raw materials, produce finished goods, and arrange trade with the world's developing cities, providing them with the resources they need to flourish - for as they grow and prosper, so do you. However, it won’t always be a smooth ride to magnate status. Random business events and stock auctions will keep you on your toes, all while A.I. rivals compete for market share and look for ways to grow and exploit enemy weaknesses - beware of the hostile takeover. Designed with an eye towards both accessibility and depth, Rise of Industry has enough strategic complexity and replayability to satisfy the most experienced fans of the genre, while its simple-to-understand mechanics ensure that new players will love it as well. Experience tailored for every player - Specialise in just trading, production, gathering or any combination and research your way to bigger and better things. Bid for contracts to get the upper-hand over your rivals. Produce over 150 individual products, managing every step along the way from raw material to end product. Only the highly skilled entrepreneur will complete the complex production chains and take items such as cars, computers and other luxury products to market. Build and manage a solid transportation network to enable the efficient transfer of goods via plentiful trucks, speedy trains and high capacity airships. Be prepared for fierce competition – Advanced town and city A.I., make for an intelligent and changing game world so you won’t be the only one looking for the best deal. Town personalities – adapt a suitable approach for every town or face their economic backlash. Huge, procedurally generated maps mean that you’ll always have room to expand your empire, whether in testing scenarios or sandbox mode where imagination is your only limit. Be quick to adapt to the current business climate with contracts and random events keeping you on your toes and cash flowing in. Balance environmental impact with productivity. Churn out the products at the expense of nature, or be a conscientious industrialist, balancing the delicate lay of the land with your hunger for profit.
Indie releases from 2019
38 Indie titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Management · 323
- Strategy · 300
- Economy · 287
- Simulation · 283
- City Builder · 259
- Resource Management · 235
- Indie · 194
- Base-Building · 180
- Trading · 169
- Building · 137
- Singleplayer · 133
- Sandbox · 127
- Automation · 124
- Isometric · 121
- Capitalism · 119
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 4.1k Steam reviews | Top 59% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 73% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 92% |
| Metacritic | 62/100 | Genre average 77 — top 97% of Indie titles |
| Engagement hours | 6 h average | Top 75% for session depth among Indie |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
73%Mostly Positive · 4.1k reviews
3.0k positive · 1.1k negative
Metacritic
62/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.1/10
Curator recommendations
3.1k
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Simplified Chinese
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
6h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
3h
Typical completion time
Achievements
27
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | May 2, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Dapper Penguin Studios |
| Publisher | Kasedo Games |
| Base price | $7.49 -75% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 4 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Cloud
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Editions & Packages
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