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NGU INDUSTRIES

4G · 2021-04-05

Steam

Free To PlayIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Apr 05, 2021 (Mac), Apr 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

NGU INDUSTRIES (sequel to NGU IDLE) is a Free To Play Idle game and Factory Manager! It's packed with weird humor, tons of upgrades, and many hours of content! If you want that sweet, sweet dopamine release that comes with making Numbers Go Up, NGU INDUSTRIES is your game!

NGU INDUSTRIES is a free-to-play Free To Play, Indie and Early Access game released in 2021, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive (77% of 1573 reviews).

29
playing now
77%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (935 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 9,637 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82682620212026Week of 2021-04-01: 826 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

40172026-09-15 18:00 — 40 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 24 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 26 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 27 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 26 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 27 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 24 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 34 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 35 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.9k24Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 3,890 · peak 8,369Jun 2021 — avg 1,412 · peak 1,818Aug 2021 — avg 895 · peak 1,123Oct 2021 — avg 460 · peak 664Dec 2021 — avg 299 · peak 381Feb 2022 — avg 208 · peak 263Apr 2022 — avg 184 · peak 251Jun 2022 — avg 154 · peak 203Aug 2022 — avg 120 · peak 166Oct 2022 — avg 106 · peak 145Dec 2022 — avg 85 · peak 123Feb 2023 — avg 74 · peak 105Apr 2023 — avg 73 · peak 98Jun 2023 — avg 64 · peak 85Aug 2023 — avg 60 · peak 81Oct 2023 — avg 60 · peak 78Dec 2023 — avg 72 · peak 98Feb 2024 — avg 73 · peak 101Apr 2024 — avg 62 · peak 94Jun 2024 — avg 54 · peak 75Aug 2024 — avg 62 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 55 · peak 77Dec 2024 — avg 53 · peak 76Feb 2025 — avg 60 · peak 83Apr 2025 — avg 52 · peak 74Jun 2025 — avg 45 · peak 67Aug 2025 — avg 40 · peak 59Oct 2025 — avg 41 · peak 60Dec 2025 — avg 37 · peak 57Feb 2026 — avg 39 · peak 58Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 39Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

10
achievements tracked
35.3%
earned "How immature."
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7251%10

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

Player tags

2DIdlerComedyClickerParody BuildingCartoonyStylizedAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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