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Rise of Industry

Dapper Penguin Studios · Kasedo Games · 2019-05-02

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 02, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 02, 2019 (Mac), May 02, 2019 (Linux)

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

34
playing now
73%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Rise of Industry is a business tycoon game developed by Spanish indie team Dapper Penguin Studios and published by Kasedo Games. The game sees players build and manage their industrial empires as they attempt to grow and expand in the early 20th century.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (221 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 105k–252k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,192 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at MacGameStore (2025-03-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.03 · on sale 98 of 132 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16916920182026Week of 2018-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4572026-08-06 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 34 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 45 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$32.52$3.892018-02-082026-08-302018-02-08 — best price $24.992018-06-22 — best price $18.732018-09-29 — best price $19.422018-12-24 — best price $22.752019-06-25 — best price $19.492019-09-23 — best price $16.142019-11-28 — best price $17.992020-01-22 — best price $29.992020-03-11 — best price $12.752020-05-05 — best price $11.992020-07-12 — best price $29.992020-08-25 — best price $29.992020-10-11 — best price $25.382020-11-23 — best price $10.502021-01-18 — best price $21.992021-04-13 — best price $25.382021-05-29 — best price $29.992021-08-18 — best price $7.922021-11-20 — best price $25.792022-01-24 — best price $10.192022-04-26 — best price $5.842022-07-30 — best price $29.992022-12-05 — best price $4.702023-03-03 — best price $8.992023-05-26 — best price $22.042023-09-15 — best price $22.042024-02-02 — best price $29.992024-06-05 — best price $3.992024-11-04 — best price $4.792025-03-03 — best price $4.192025-07-24 — best price $22.042025-11-24 — best price $7.492026-02-09 — best price $6.292026-05-02 — best price $26.422026-07-17 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2132026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Entrepreneur"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,3271%27

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

Player tags

IndieEconomySandboxTradingBuildingStrategyIsometricAutomationCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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