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Industry Manager: Future Technologies cover art

Industry Manager: Future Technologies

astragon Entertainment · 2016-10-06

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 06, 2016 (Mac)

INDUSTRY MANAGER: Future Technologies is a classic economy simulation in which you can build your own empire, research new sustainable products, and sweep aside the competition on your way to fame and success.

Industry Manager: Future Technologies is a 2016 Simulation game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 313 reviews).

0
playing now
58%
positive of 313 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (111 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.8k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 313 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.06 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 134 of 135 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920162026Week of 2016-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.932016-07-012026-08-252016-07-01 — best price $14.922016-12-26 — best price $16.992017-05-17 — best price $17.992017-06-16 — best price $17.992017-07-16 — best price $17.992017-11-16 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $9.852018-08-13 — best price $14.322019-01-02 — best price $19.992019-05-16 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $4.992020-02-14 — best price $16.242020-06-01 — best price $14.892020-07-29 — best price $3.112020-12-18 — best price $5.002021-04-25 — best price $2.992021-08-23 — best price $14.992021-11-04 — best price $24.992022-02-07 — best price $22.992022-04-21 — best price $4.992022-07-05 — best price $5.002022-10-30 — best price $24.992023-02-06 — best price $4.442023-06-26 — best price $22.462023-11-20 — best price $3.892024-03-16 — best price $4.722024-06-11 — best price $21.242024-10-07 — best price $2.672025-01-14 — best price $14.242025-05-19 — best price $14.992025-09-03 — best price $11.962025-12-01 — best price $2.672026-02-18 — best price $3.002026-05-06 — best price $14.992026-07-13 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $11.22
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Setting up shop "
18.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3371%79

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

EconomyRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulationResource Management

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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