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Build an industrial economy by placing factories, balancing resource chains, trading goods, and restarting for lasting upgrades.
Released 13 Sep 2024
Balance Factory Chains
Trade Changing Prices
Build Across Maps
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Developed by FishPond · Published by Fish Pond Studio







You manage an industrial company, building a production network that turns basic resources into more complex goods. Expand your operation across maps as you develop your economy.
Place factories and manage linked production chains, balancing resource inputs and outputs. Grid layouts and tile bonuses affect placement, while transport and energy needs can shape how you arrange your facilities.
Sell goods on a market with changing prices, or use player-to-player trading. Policies and research unlock further options, while prestige lets you restart with permanent upgrades; the game also provides offline earnings.
Some players enjoy optimizing production chains, watching an industrial operation grow, and choosing between active management and relaxed idle play. Market trading and long-term upgrades also appeal to some reviewers. Others find the game difficult to learn, the later grind repetitive, or trading and account restrictions frustrating.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 71 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |