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An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Mindustry is a base-building, resource management and tower defense game developed and published by AnukenDev.
Released on September 26th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 22 languages: 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 and Indonesian.

It has received 22,266 reviews of which 21,329 were positive and 937 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam with a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Mindustry into these genres:

Base-Building Resource Management Tower Defense Strategy Automation Multiplayer Sandbox Building Co-op 2D RTS Online Co-Op Pixel Graphics Singleplayer PvE Survival Indie PvP Management Action

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

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

MacOS

OS: Mac OSX 10.9+
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Anything with OpenGL 2.0 Support
Storage: 200 MB available space

Linux

Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Anything with OpenGL 2.0 Support
Storage: 200 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2026

Great game! Not for me :( I came to Mindustry feeling nostalgic for an old tower defense game called Xeno Tactic, hoping this would scratch that itch with an added RTS dimension layered on top. And the first few levels of the Erekir campaign delivered! It was factory-building first, a little tower defense in the middle, and some RTS flavor as the cherry on top. I'm not an RTS guy, but I was enjoying the mining and factory systems and looking forward to the tower defense side developing into something more substantial. My expectation was that the factory puzzles would get tighter and more complex, and the tower defense would introduce more variety. Maze building, unit diversity, that kind of thing. What actually happened around level 7 was the opposite: the factory and tower defense elements got sidelined in favor of RTS. You spawn into a big open map, the mining challenge nearly disappears, and the game just... hands you half your factory. It felt like the developer knew those parts weren't scaling well and automated them rather than making them more interesting. Then came the real wall. Learning RTS fundamentals is already hard, but having to build a factory just to reach the early game makes it nearly impossible. Imagine if chess required an hour of setup before you could play your first move. That's not a flaw for someone who loves RTS. They'd probably enjoy every minute of it. But I'm not that person. So the same thing that always happens to me with RTS happened again: I'm having fun building, not optimally but genuinely enjoying myself, and then somewhere in the mid-to-late game an overwhelming force creeps out of the darkness and explodes my sand casle because I wasn't fast or efficient enough. And there's nothing I can do about it because it's already too late. I know it's a skill issue. I just have no interest in developing those particular skills. That's entirely on me, not the game.

Jan. 2026

You know, I've always been glad of the fact I never ended up with any serious addiction like drugs or alcohol. I've been blessed to avoid that stuff and lead a relatively happy, productive life. Then I got Mindustry and Factorio. Now, I am basically a crack addict but with building a factory games. Someone should start a support group. Edit: 2700 hours. JFC how shameful.

June 2025

I played this game 7 years ago on Android and it was a lot of fun. Now, with everything they’ve added, it’s like pure drugs. I would not recommend it.

June 2025

I played this game for 30 hour straight had a panic attack and started halucinating by the end of it all i coulx see was mindustry i see it of the wall in the floor and in my dreams over all pretty good

April 2025

I paid for this game on steam before realizing it was free on itch.io, but even if I didn't, I'd do it again to support this game. Mindustry is an amazing game, and I think that it's one of the few games that manages to blend together so many genres and gameplay styles so well. The main point against factory-building games is "As wide as an ocean, as deep as a puddle". In that case, this game is a solo cup that goes to the abyss. At first, it doesn't seem like much, just some turrets, units, factories, and a couple other things. But then you start getting into the interactions between status effects, ammo types, groups of different units, schematics, and it becomes apparent how deep this goes. And that's not even mentioning Erekir. As the other planet that focuses more on the RTS elements, as opposed to the mainly tower defense of Serpulo, it is an EXPERIENCE. And believe me when I say, this ♥♥♥♥ is HARD. You will get beaten down again and again, have your carefully-crafted bases decimated, and have everything your attack destroyed rebuilt by the enemy by the time you get more units. At the time of writing this, version 8.0 has not come out yet, however, in the bleeding edge build on this game's Github, there is a difficulty selection. One difficulty has 2x more enemies with 1.5x more health. Now, this may get adjusted before release, but trust me, START ON NORMAL DIFFICULTY. Serpulo isn't as bad, but Erekir will beat your ass into a corpse before pissing on it in the ultimate act of hatred. Erekir doesn't hold punches. It's almost like you can see the developer spiral further down the rabbit hole of absolute developer insanity, as the further you go, the crazier everything gets, from single-shot turrets to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MASSIVE ELECTRIC CHAINGUNS THAT HAVE ALCHEMICAL SIGILS ON THEM. Erekir will throw everything it has at you. And that's why this is such a great game.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mindustry is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

Mindustry is currently available at a 70% discount. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.

Mindustry received 21,329 positive votes out of a total of 22,266 achieving an impressive rating of 9.35.

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Mindustry was developed and published by AnukenDev.

Mindustry is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Mindustry is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Mindustry is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Mindustry offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Mindustry offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Mindustry does not currently offer any DLC.

Mindustry is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Mindustry does not support Steam Remote Play.

Mindustry 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 Mindustry.

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