Captain of Industry
Worth it · Strategy · 2022 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $34.99.
- Length
- 89.1h
- Value
- $0.39/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Dedicated graphics card, GTX 770 2GB, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
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 drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $23.99, set in May 2023. 32 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 20 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Factory Town ($19.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Blacksmith Master ($19.99, scores 55).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 16 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2026 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 431 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
3.2K players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 11:45 UTC, 4 years after release.
Players
3,168 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 11:45 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Love this game. It is very well made. Runs butter smooth, great graphics, great game play. It satisfies the Model Trains, big trucks, construction vehicles, sand box playing 10 year old boy part of my brain, without making any real messes or breaking anything real. :)
Absolutely incredible and challenging game, and truly excellent software. The level of craftsmanship and attention to detail can be seen throughout and even in the patch notes. 10/10. The in-game help guides and tutorials are well made. i cannot recommend this game highly enough. P.S. I recommend playing with all the realism settings enabled for the full experience.
Captain of Industry is an amazing game. If you like factory building games then this game will be a great addition to your library.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Captain of Industry scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1594320/captain-of-industryReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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