Industry Idle overview

FishPond | Sep 13, 2024 | game

Released

25players observed · 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC

Indie Simulation Strategy Free To Play Steam Store

Latest observed players25 · 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak115
Units sold (VGI)44,640
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score77% positive

Industry Idle dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed players25 · 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak115
Units sold (VGI)44,640
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score77% positive
Total reviews627
Release dateSep 13, 2024
DeveloperFishPond
PublisherFish Pond Studio

Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: FishPond Publisher: Fish Pond Studio

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Game overview

Overview

Industry Idle comes from FishPond and is published by Fish Pond Studio. It arrived on Steam on Sep 13, 2024, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Industry Idle's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 25 players at 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC, with a tracked peak near 115. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 77% positive across 627 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Industry Idle is available in 13 languages including:

EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish - SpainRussianDutchSimplified ChineseTraditional ChinesePortuguese - BrazilVietnameseKoreanJapaneseTurkish

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Not listed	Anything that runs Windows	1024 MB RAM	As long as there's one	200 MB available space
Windows	Recommended	Not listed	Anything that runs a browser on top of Windows	1024 MB RAM	Even integrated graphics works well, I mean look at the game!	200 MB available space
macOS	Minimum	Any version that runs Steam	Any CPU that runs Steam	1024 MB RAM	Any GPU that runs Steam	200 MB available space
macOS	Recommended	Any version that runs Steam	Any CPU that runs Steam	1024 MB RAM	Any GPU that runs Steam	200 MB available space
Linux	Minimum	Any version that runs Steam	Any CPU that runs Steam	1024 MB RAM	Any GPU that runs Steam	200 MB available space
Linux	Recommended	Any version that runs Steam	Any CPU that runs Steam	1024 MB RAM	Any GPU that runs Steam	200 MB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Industry Idle has sold up to 44,640 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Industry Idle overview details

Industry Idle combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Feature Highlights - 130+ different factories to build and manage - 90+ different resources to produce, buy and sell - Realistic market simulation that challenges your trading skill - 12+ Procedurally generated maps with both hex grid and square grid - Unlock 50+ powerful policies that drastically change the gameplay - Manage and optimize your economy with detailed charts and data tools - Offline earning based on your company's valuation - Prestige and unlock powerful upgrades Choose Your Own Play Style Each factory has a lot of tweaks that you can micromanage and optimize. Or you can just sit back, trust the game AI and watch the numbers go up, either way, you can enjoy the game with your own play style. And you even get earnings when you are offline! Optimize Your Economy There are a lot of tools in the game to help you analyze your production bottlenecks, wasted resources, and imbalanced resource distribution. There are powerful policies that allow you to take your economy to a whole new direction. Trade with Global Players Trade resources with global players in the real-time player market. Take advantage of lucrative deals from "big sharks" to advance in early games until you become a big shark and outsource your productions to other players. Prestige and Progress Further Prestige allows you to unlock new maps with new resources and endless possibilities. You also earn $wiss money to unlock permanent upgrades to help with start faster and expand bigger.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Industry Idle is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 25 players at 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC, a tracked peak of 115, and 77% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Industry Idle
Steam App ID	1574000
Type	game
Release date	Sep 13, 2024
Developer	FishPond
Publisher	Fish Pond Studio
Price	Free to play
Platforms	Windows, macOS, and Linux
Genres	Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Categories	Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Turkish
Website	Official website

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	25 · 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	115
Positive reviews	483
Negative reviews	144
Total reviews	627
Positive percent	77%
Review type	Mostly Positive
Recommendations	Not available
Average playtime	10,468 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Sep 13, 2024
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	25 July 2026 - 13:49:42 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC

Highlighted achievements

Achievement	Description
Freshman Viking	No description
Graduate Viking	No description
Experienced Viking	No description
Pinwheel Owner	No description
Wind Mill Owner	No description
Wind Turbine Owner	No description
Norwegian Oil Hobbyist	No description
Norwegian Oil Enthusiast	No description
Norwegian Oil Tycoon	No description
Local Car Dealer	No description

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	[email protected]
Support URL	Support page
Legal notice	Not available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/1574000
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574000/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/1574000
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IGDB search	Search IGDB for Industry Idle

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Industry Idle?

Industry Idle's latest SteamPulse observation records 25 players at 23 September 2026 - 05:14:29 UTC, with a tracked peak of 115 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 174 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Industry Idle growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 35 players; the highest observed daily value is 51 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Industry Idle?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (32.4%), Netherlands (8.8%), Canada (8.8%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (29%), Canada (7.5%), Netherlands (6.3%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (36.8%), Canada (7.6%), Netherlands (6.3%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (26.8%), Canada (6.9%), Russia (6.4%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Industry Idle?

Industry Idle currently sits at 77% positive across 627 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 483 positive reviews and 144 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mostly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Industry Idle have?

Industry Idle currently has about 3K tracked Steam followers as of 23 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Industry Idle?

Industry Idle is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mostly Positive

77% positive, 483 positive, 144 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

Platform releases

Steam 29 March 2021

DLC and packages

Industry Idle - Expansion Pack 1Industry 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.dlc #1577540$4.99 Industry Idle - Expansion Pack 2Industry 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.dlc #1807800$4.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 Processor: Anything that runs Windows Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: As long as there's one Storage: 200 MB available space

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 Processor: Anything that runs a browser on top of Windows Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Even integrated graphics works well, I mean look at the game! Storage: 200 MB available space

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