Mindustry

Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense

AnukenDev · Released Sep 26, 2019

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 96% of 28K
Recent reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 95% of 307 in 30 days
Playing now: 676; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 11, 2026

What is Mindustry?

Mindustry combines factory automation, tower defense, and real-time strategy across campaigns on Serpulo and Erekir. You route resources through conveyor networks, manufacture materials and units, supply defenses, repel attack waves, and capture hostile bases. It also supports solo play, cooperative campaigns, team-based PvP, and sandbox games.

For you if...

+you enjoy optimizing factories under constant enemy pressure
+you want campaign objectives alongside sandbox building
+you prefer solo, cooperative, and competitive strategy options

Not for you if...

−you dislike managing production while defending against enemy waves
−you want pure tower defense without commanding attack units
−you prefer simple systems with little optimization

What players say

96% of 28,167 reviews are positive · 95% of 307 in the last 30 days

Players praise the mix of factory optimization, tower defense, and RTS objectives, both solo and with friends. Complaints focus on unclear guidance and slow unit production. Several experienced players say the Version 8 update makes the campaign more linear, weakens sector management, and introduces glitches.

Screenshots and trailer

Mindustry system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7/8/10
Graphics: Any card with OpenGL 2.0 support and the framebuffer_object extension
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 87
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Czech, Romanian, Swedish, Vietnamese, Turkish, Basque, Catalan, Indonesian.