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Mindustry cover art

Mindustry

AnukenDev · 2019-09-26

SteamMicrosoft Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 17, 2017 (Android), Sep 26, 2019 (Linux), Sep 26, 2019 (Mac), Sep 26, 2019 (iOS), Sep 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

596
playing now
96%
positive of 28k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

596 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Mindustry is a free and open-source real-time strategy, factory management, and tower defense game developed and published by Anuken under the GNU General Public License v3. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, where it can be downloaded for free from its author. It can also be bought on Steam and the App Store. As an open-source game, players can mod the game and its client without restriction, and it has no advertisements or in-app purchases; development is supported by donations.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 596 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,541 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~443/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 695k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,811 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-04-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
86086020192026Week of 2019-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 744 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k4812026-08-06 21:00 — 765 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 689 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,379 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 822 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 726 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,376 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 833 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 760 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,482 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 810 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 702 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,363 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 732 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 692 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,374 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 722 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 614 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,276 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,089 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 572 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,200 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,098 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 597 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,150 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,179 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 505 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 989 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,161 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 596 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002019-09-262026-08-262019-09-26 — best price $4.492020-02-01 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $5.092021-09-21 — best price $5.992022-04-14 — best price $5.392022-05-24 — best price $5.992022-06-21 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-07-28 — best price $5.992022-11-12 — best price $4.892022-11-27 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-02-04 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-08-17 — best price $4.992023-09-22 — best price $4.992023-10-03 — best price $4.992023-10-09 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-20 — best price $4.992023-12-27 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.892024-01-14 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

193572026-05-28 — 63 pageviews2026-05-31 — 64 pageviews2026-06-03 — 80 pageviews2026-06-06 — 86 pageviews2026-06-09 — 76 pageviews2026-06-12 — 65 pageviews2026-06-15 — 57 pageviews2026-06-18 — 80 pageviews2026-06-21 — 98 pageviews2026-06-24 — 84 pageviews2026-06-27 — 74 pageviews2026-06-30 — 88 pageviews2026-07-03 — 106 pageviews2026-07-06 — 71 pageviews2026-07-09 — 62 pageviews2026-07-12 — 88 pageviews2026-07-15 — 81 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-21 — 71 pageviews2026-07-24 — 72 pageviews2026-07-27 — 84 pageviews2026-07-30 — 69 pageviews2026-08-02 — 93 pageviews2026-08-05 — 84 pageviews2026-08-08 — 61 pageviews2026-08-11 — 78 pageviews2026-08-14 — 67 pageviews2026-08-17 — 70 pageviews2026-08-20 — 68 pageviews2026-08-23 — 70 pageviews2026-08-25 — 82 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2002026-08-26 19:15 — 6 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 11 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "A Grave Mistake"
13.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud

22 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,2830%87

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DPvERTSCo-opSandboxBuildingStrategyAutomationMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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