Strategy · September 26, 2019

Mindustry (2019)

trophy89 achievementslocal_offer-55% current discountgroup1M–10M ownerstrending_up658 peak concurrentrecommend21.1k recommendations
Mindustry is a factory-building game with tower defense and RTS elements. Create elaborate supply chains to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and construct units. Command units to capture enemy bases, and expand your production. Defend your core from waves of enemies. Play through the campaign alone or with with your friends in cross-platform multiplayer co-op and challenge them in team-based PvP matches. Factory Building Create elaborate supply chains of conveyor belts to feed ammo into your turrets and produce materials to use for building Use production blocks to create a wide variety of advanced materials Distribute liquids and fight constant challenges, like outbreaks of fire or enemy flier raids Get the most out of your production by supplying optional coolant and lubricant Produce a wide variety of units for automatic management of your base or assault on enemy bases Tower Defense Defend your structures from waves of enemies Strategically place your turrets to destroy them before they reach your core Supply your turrets with ammo, coolant, and power Bolster your defenses with powered shields, regeneration projectors and other support buildings Real Time Strategy Set up assembly lines to construct armies of mechanized units Use your units to square up against fully functional enemy bases Capture more territory to place down more cores and get access to additional resources for expansion Campaign Play through two separate planetary campaigns Conquer the planet Serpulo and Erekir as you advance through 35 hand-made maps and 250+ procedurally generated sectors Capture territory and set up factories to produce resources while you play other sectors Defend your sectors from periodic invasions Coordinate resource distribution between sectors via launch pads Research new blocks to fuel progress Invite your friends to complete missions together 250+ technology blocks to master 50+ different types of drones, mechs and ships 80+ achievements to complete Community and Modding Use the steam workshop to browse community-made maps and schematics Join public community servers to play with others across platforms Play co-op, PvP or sandbox Community servers support plugins for custom maps and gamemodes Create your public dedicated server, or invite friends to your own private session Customizable game rules: Change block costs, enemy stats, starting items, wave timing and more Built-in map editor lets you make your own maps to play and share with the community Browse community-made mods to add or remix even more content

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume22.3k Steam reviewsTop 22% in Strategy
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 13%
Concurrent peak658 playersTop 25% in Strategy by live player count
Engagement hours20 h averageTop 43% for session depth among Strategy

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Base-Building · 503
  • Resource Management · 454
  • Tower Defense · 452
  • Strategy · 411
  • Automation · 407
  • Multiplayer · 290
  • Sandbox · 282
  • Building · 274
  • Co-op · 236
  • 2D · 181
  • RTS · 180
  • Online Co-Op · 171
  • Pixel Graphics · 161
  • Singleplayer · 151
  • PvE · 147

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 22.3k reviews

21.4k positive · 891 negative

Curator recommendations

21.1k

Peak concurrent players

658

Strategy releases from 2019

7 Strategy titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

20h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

89

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 26, 2019
DeveloperAnukenDev
Base price$4.49 -55%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External links[email protected]

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Mindustry