Mindustry
Released Sep 2019
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
95% positive · 28K reviews
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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Mindustry has a well-established history of large, multi-year content updates. Three major numbered versions have shipped since the 2019 Steam launch: version 7.0 on November 11, 2022, and version 8 on April 14, 2026, with earlier major versions preceding those.
The v8 release post (April 14, 2026) is the key signal here. The developer explicitly laid out future plans: the Neoplasm faction — a new enemy faction that had been shown publicly but was deliberately withheld from v8 — is stated to be the "main focus in v9." An Erekir campaign rework was also identified as a target for v10 or beyond. These are clear, named commitments to future content.
Since the v8 release, development has been moving quickly. Build 159 (July 6, 2026) introduced a substantial new in-game asset system allowing maps and servers to bundle custom content, followed by seven additional hotfix and patch releases. The most recent update is Build 160 (September 11, 2026), a substantial feature patch adding new systems for plugins, logic improvements, gameplay balance changes, and more. The Build 160 post also notes that this is the last feature release of v8, and that the developer is shifting focus toward v9 — directly reinforcing the earlier roadmap commitment and confirming active development continues.
Evidence
Build 160 released with extensive new features and balance changes. The post explicitly states this is the last feature release of v8, and that the developer is shifting focus to developing v9.
Build 159 released with a major new data asset system allowing maps and servers to bundle custom sounds, music, images, and blocks, followed by multiple hotfix releases.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
AnukenDev
Achievements
87
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
Mindustry is a factory-building game with tower defense and RTS elements. Create elaborate supply chains to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and construct units. Command units to capture enemy bases, and expand your production. Defend your core from waves of enemies.
Play through the campaign alone or with with your friends in cross-platform multiplayer co-op and challenge them in team-based PvP matches.
Play through the campaign alone or with with your friends in cross-platform multiplayer co-op and challenge them in team-based PvP matches.
Factory Building
- Create elaborate supply chains of conveyor belts to feed ammo into your turrets and produce materials to use for building
- Use production blocks to create a wide variety of advanced materials
- Distribute liquids and fight constant challenges, like outbreaks of fire or enemy flier raids
- Get the most out of your production by supplying optional coolant and lubricant
- Produce a wide variety of units for automatic management of your base or assault on enemy bases
Tower Defense
- Defend your structures from waves of enemies
- Strategically place your turrets to destroy them before they reach your core
- Supply your turrets with ammo, coolant, and power
- Bolster your defenses with powered shields, regeneration projectors and other support buildings
Real Time Strategy
- Set up assembly lines to construct armies of mechanized units
- Use your units to square up against fully functional enemy bases
- Capture more territory to place down more cores and get access to additional resources for expansion
Campaign
- Play through two separate planetary campaigns
- Conquer the planet Serpulo and Erekir as you advance through 35 hand-made maps and 250+ procedurally generated sectors
- Capture territory and set up factories to produce resources while you play other sectors
- Defend your sectors from periodic invasions
- Coordinate resource distribution between sectors via launch pads
- Research new blocks to fuel progress
- Invite your friends to complete missions together
- 250+ technology blocks to master
- 50+ different types of drones, mechs and ships
- 80+ achievements to complete
Community and Modding
- Use the steam workshop to browse community-made maps and schematics
- Join public community servers to play with others across platforms
- Play co-op, PvP or sandbox
- Community servers support plugins for custom maps and gamemodes
- Create your public dedicated server, or invite friends to your own private session
- Customizable game rules: Change block costs, enemy stats, starting items, wave timing and more
- Built-in map editor lets you make your own maps to play and share with the community
- Browse community-made mods to add or remix even more content
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Sep 11, 2026
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