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Captain of Industry
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“So many incorrect reviews being posted here from accounts with 10 hours in the game. 1) The devs did break mod compatibility with the latest update because they were extending and improving the long-term mod support in the game. This made one popular modder upset and he briefly…”
— a player, Steam review · 553 hrs played“The best factory automation game, the best base builder game, the best resource management game, the best strategy game I've ever played. There's so much to do in this game, it's ridiculous. The amount of production chains to build is enormous. The research tree is enormous,…”
— a player, Steam review · 115 hrs played“How do you get it in your head as a studio to start locking away gameplay features behind a paywall when the main game is still in early access and not even remotely finished??? If you need money so badly then go sell cosmetics and the fans will buy it purely to support the…”
— a player, Steam review · 148 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch notes for v0.8.6a
* Improved belt graphics to make the belt direction more visible. * Temporarily disabled the tower highlight when hovering its area to prevent a game freeze/crash. * Fixed train station modules disapp
Update 4.2 is out now!
Hello, Captains! Update 4.2 has just landed, and it’s a big one: full COI Hub integration directly in the game, modular ramps , a host of new train features , and major performance improvements . We’v
Captain's Diary #56: How we made products rendering 20× faster
Welcome everyone to today's edition of Captain's diary. I am Captain Marek and today I will be talking about some serious performance improvements we've done over the past few months. Are you ready fo
Patch notes for v0.8.5
Improvements * Increased the maximum camera distance by 50%. * Added a new adaptive simulation speed mode that lowers the sim rate before frames start dropping, keeping the game smooth under heavy loa
Patch notes for v0.8.4b
* Train network unload modules now default to 100% threshold (always demand) instead of 0%; load modules still default to 0%. This makes train networks work out of the box without configuring sliders.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Automation · Resource Management · Management · Simulation · Economy · Mining · City Builder · Survival · Colony Sim · Strategy · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Catalan, Estonian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.captain-of-industry.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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