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Mindustry

Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense

AnukenDev · Released Sep 26, 2019

Strategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 27K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 318 in 30 days
Players
623
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
4 weeks ago
Oct 8, 2026
Minimum PC
Any with OpenGL 2.0 suppo…
1 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk
Full requirements

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

95% of 26,604 reviews are positive · 97% of 318 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.

Players over time

▼ -10% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 1,035 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026623
Nov 6, 2026424
Nov 5, 2026463
Nov 4, 2026535
Nov 3, 2026487
Nov 2, 2026510
Nov 1, 2026690
Oct 31, 2026638
Oct 30, 2026507
Oct 29, 2026472
Oct 28, 2026494
Oct 27, 2026467
Oct 26, 2026485
Oct 25, 2026648
Oct 24, 2026549
Oct 23, 2026442
Oct 22, 2026430
Oct 21, 2026426
Oct 20, 2026484
Oct 19, 2026494
Oct 18, 2026680
Oct 17, 2026626
Oct 16, 2026477
Oct 15, 20260
Oct 14, 2026489
Oct 13, 2026550
Oct 12, 2026554
Oct 11, 2026760
Oct 10, 2026623
Oct 9, 2026587
Oct 8, 2026535
Oct 7, 2026633
Oct 6, 2026589
Oct 5, 2026550
Oct 4, 2026649
Oct 3, 2026520
Oct 2, 2026467
Oct 1, 2026427
Sep 30, 2026432
Sep 29, 2026448
Sep 28, 2026456
Sep 27, 2026555
Sep 26, 2026525
Sep 25, 2026462
Sep 24, 2026436
Sep 23, 2026676
Sep 23, 2026422
Sep 22, 2026413
Sep 21, 20261,035

How many players finish Mindustry?

4.1% of Steam players have unlocked «Serpulo Completion», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Mindustry screenshot 1

Mindustry system requirements

Minimum: Any with OpenGL 2.0 suppo…, 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Mindustry have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online; PvP online. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.

Does Mindustry run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

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

Does Mindustry use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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