NGU INDUSTRIES
Skip · Short indie · 2021 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.
- Length
- 312.5h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
NGU INDUSTRIES (sequel to NGU IDLE) is a Free To Play Idle game and Factory Manager! It's packed with weird humor, tons of upgrades, and many hours of content! If you want that sweet, sweet dopamine release that comes with making Numbers Go Up, NGU INDUSTRIES is your game!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
The value story
Value puts it in the top 26 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 69 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Idle Research (free, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats Underworld Idle (free, scores 27).
Finishing takes 312.5 hours; clearing it takes 916, which is 2.9 times the campaign.
28 players were online in it when we last checked, on Sep 29, 14:49 UTC.
The drop-off
35% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
28 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 14:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
NGU INDUSTRIES scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1433990/ngu-industriesReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.
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