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Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Captain of Industry is a base-building, automation and resource management game
developed and published by MaFi Games.
Released on May 31st 2022 is available only on Windows
in 20 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Catalan, Estonian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese and Ukrainian.
It has received 7,154 reviews of which 6,737 were positive and 417 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 23.79€ on Steam with a 30% discount.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or newer
- Processor: Dual-core CPU @3.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated graphics card, GTX 770 2GB
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
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I really love this game, it's an excellent factory sim with a port theme to it. I recommend a try for fans of the genre or crunchy city builders like Workers and Resources. The game is currently being review-bombed because they decided to released paid DLC while in early access. I agree with the criticism on how this update has been marketed; they should declare the game a full release before paywalling content. When you buy an early access game, there is an implication that you haven't quite "gotten what you paid for" until the 1.0 release, so dropping paid DLCs feels wrong. That said, I thought it was important to say that the game itself is awesome and deserve the thumb's up.
Captain of Industry is an in-depth industrial, logistics and survival game that balances complex economic management, advanced production chains and demanding resource planning. Where many city-builders focus on stylish urban planning or leisurely economic loops, this game places you in the role of an engineer-captain on a remote island, starting with a handful of survivors and a rusty naval factory. From there, you must build a self-sustaining industrial society from the ground up. The game stand out by being a production and logistics game first , and a construction game second. The game offers one of the most detailed resource cycles in the genre. Earth is moved in huge quantities with trucks and dumpers, mines gradually sink, the terrain deforms dynamically, and you have to plan your excavation areas to avoid triggering disasters. In addition to classic raw materials such as iron, coal and oil, you will later gain access to refined chemicals, electronics, environmental components and even advanced fuels such as hydrogen. Everything is integrated into logical, realistic production chains, where errors in one place can destabilize your entire economy. A dry tank of diesel or lack of cooling water can go from a minor problem to a complete production stop in a matter of minutes. Transportation is a core component. Trucks move almost everything in the beginning, and their routes, fuel, and numbers are critical factors. Later, you can build huge belt networks , pipelines, and conveyor-based superfactories, but planning requires thought—especially when the terrain changes or you've dug up half the island. The progression is heavily technology-driven. You start with simple mechanics and fuel production and end up, after many hours of play, with full automation, nuclear power, advanced chemical processes and global transport via container ships. Captain of Industry has a steep learning curve. The UI and tutorials help you along the way, but the complexity of production and logistics requires long-term planning, frequent restructuring, patience and desire to optimize. On the other hand, the reward becomes all the greater when you manage to transform a raw, unproductive island into a hyper-optimized industrial complex that feeds thousands of residents. The graphics are functional, clear and uncluttered. It's not a visually flashy game like Cities: Skylines , but everything is easy to read, vehicles have good animations, and industrial complexes look impressive when running at full power. The sound effects support the industrial atmosphere well without becoming noisy. Captain of Industry excels as a deep, complex, and technically demanding industrial simulation that rewards players who love to delve into detail and build gigantic, interconnected production systems. It's one of the most ambitious and satisfying games in its niche - both because it challenges your planning skills and because it offers a rare feeling of building an entire industrialized civilization from scratch. A must for engineering game enthusiasts and logistics geeks. 9/10 DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | GOOD | GREAT | AMAZING | MASTERPIECE Reviewed on: Win11 Home 64-bit, Intel i5-11600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB PRIME, 32GB DDR4-3600 RAM, 2 x Kingston NV1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, Internet Broadband 1000/1000 Mbit If you like this review, then please consider giving it a thumbs up. I've also reviewed other games that you might find interesting. If so please follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27418263/] Top of the Chart.
I've played a lot of production simulator games (Factorio, Satisfactory, car production simulators, etc.) this is one of the best. I worked in an industrial production environment as an engineer my whole career (nuclear power, oil refining, and polymer production), and this game comes as close as I've seen to being realistic as far as production chains go (raws in, finished products out)... not perfect, but the inaccuracies are probably to maintain playability. A definite buy!
Man, I don’t even know where to start... Remember that carpet from childhood? The one with little roads and houses printed on it? And you’d drive hot wheels around like you were the mayor of legotown? Yeah! This game is that, except now the carpet is an island, your toys are diesel-powered, and you can DIG HOLES IN THE CARPET The digging The filling The terraforming It’s stupidly satisfying Therapy? Nah, just give me an excavator and a cliff to flatten Difficulty? Somewhere between mild anxiety and existential logistics crisis One wrong pipeline and boom! Welcome to the Death Spiral™ Farms stop working, trucks go on strike and your fuel economy turns into Mad Max But if you survive? That endorphin rush hits like a haul truck Only gripe: the ship system feels like I gave a guy a to-do list, pushed him out to sea, then he came back three days later with loot and no explanation. Immersion 7/5 Wishlist: More variety in construction and hauling machines (holds up picture of Bagger 288 like it’s Simba) Tunnels? Moar real piracy on the sea Anyway Eternal gratitude to the devs for giving grown-up me a valid excuse to play with dirt, trucks and power plants again I’m not procrastinating life I’m optimizing throughput 11/10 would terraform myself into a corner again
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Frequently Asked Questions
Captain of Industry is currently priced at 23.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Captain of Industry is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 23.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Captain of Industry received 6,737 positive votes out of a total of 7,154 achieving an impressive rating of 9.11.
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Captain of Industry was developed and published by MaFi Games.
Yes, Captain of Industry is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Captain of Industry is not playable on MacOS.
No, Captain of Industry is not playable on Linux.
Captain of Industry is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Captain of Industry. Explore additional content available for Captain of Industry on Steam.
No, Captain of Industry does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Captain of Industry does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Captain of Industry is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Captain of Industry.
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Developer
MaFi Games
Publisher
MaFi Games
Release
31 May 2022
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