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Captain of Industry

MaFi Games · 2022-05-31

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

2,356
playing now
90%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
23
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

2,356 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Finding yourself on an abandoned island, you and your loyal crew are starting a new colony after the world has spiraled into chaos. Mine, manufacture, harvest, research, explore & more!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,356 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,513 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~314/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 229k–514k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,431 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2023-05-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20222026Week of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.0k1.7k2026-08-07 00:00 — 2,127 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2,435 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 3,741 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2,358 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 3,376 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 4,536 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2,732 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3,950 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 4,975 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 2,478 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2,517 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 3,930 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 2,181 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2,577 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 3,763 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 2,039 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 2,495 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 4,548 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 2,425 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 2,091 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3,173 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3,039 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2,167 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 4,512 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3,668 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1,707 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2,574 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3,581 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2,356 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$23.992022-05-312026-07-272022-05-31 — best price $29.992023-04-24 — best price $29.992023-06-06 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-10-10 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-12 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-19 — best price $29.992024-06-10 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-07-29 — best price $29.992024-10-14 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-07 — best price $29.992025-05-28 — best price $34.992025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-07-21 — best price $34.992025-09-13 — best price $34.992025-10-06 — best price $34.992025-10-19 — best price $34.992025-12-02 — best price $34.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-01-27 — best price $34.992026-03-16 — best price $34.992026-03-26 — best price $34.992026-04-30 — best price $34.992026-06-13 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-07-27 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

27002026-08-26 19:15 — 58 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 256 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 23 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo Sound3 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

MiningEconomyBuildingStrategySurvivalRealisticAutomationColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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