Idle Industries

Idle Industries

Maxine Tarabbia · July 15, 2023 · Simulation, Casual, Automation, Arcade, God Game

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Idle Industries price by region

Idle Industries costs £4.29 in the United Kingdom, $4.99 in the United States, €4.99 in Europe (EUR), $4.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$6.49 in Canada, NZ$7.39 in New Zealand, A$7.50 in Australia, R$16.99 in Brazil and zł22.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Idle Industries offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £4.29 £4.29 — 1
United Statesyour region $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €4.99 €4.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Canada CA$6.49 CA$6.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$7.39 NZ$7.39 — 1
Australia A$7.50 A$7.50 — 1
Brazil R$16.99 R$16.99 — 1
Poland zł22.99 zł22.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Idle Industries

Idle Industries is a project developed solely by me(Max Tarabbia). Its a factory building sim with several idle game mechanics including a prestige system and offline time resimulation. Start by using miners to get a good base of resources. From there the tutorial will guide you through using belts to transport resources and refineries. Refined materials will have a higher value and are necessary to construct more advanced buildings. After a few dozen hours you'll begin to approach 1 million credits which will then allow you to prestige and start again but this time resources are twice as valuable!

This game features completely original music, and approximately 5 hours of gameplay...but this is an idle game so its all depends on how its played.

Options include a few anti-aliasing options, Key maps for basic controls, volume sliders and unlockable skins!

This game is open source as well!

Check out the code on https://github.com/maxtarabbia/IdleFactory

Idle Industries — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate the core concept of blending Factorio-style automation with idle game mechanics, but feel the execution falls short in several areas. Common complaints include awkward controls that cause accidental placements, a lack of depth in upgrade systems (relying on generic percentage boosts), initial progression being bogged down by excessive waiting for resources, poor audio design, and insufficient tutorial/UI clarity. Some players see potential if the game is expanded with more material variety and better polish, while others who enjoy the prestige mechanic find it offers a few h

Not recommended Jul 17, 2023
I like the idea of combining factorio and classic idle game structure but this unfortunatly doesn't succeed at it. The controls are weird, so I ended up placing things accidentally very often. Everything is very expensive so even during the first 5 mins of gameplay youre already waiting doing nothing just to save up enough resources to place things. The upgrades are very one dimensional, I feel like this is really where there was potential to turn this into an awesome game but simple percentage upgrades are a bit generic. Also the game feels rather hollow due to a lack of interesting sound design.
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Not recommended Dec 1, 2023
The game was okay, but definitely felt much too small... For both an automation based game, AND for an idle game. If the dev takes the current premise, and scales it up to maybe 2-4 times the material options, then it would have better mileage.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 20, 2023
Its a good first level, but needs more depth. Not worth paying for yet.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 9, 2024
Terrible controls and the colour scheme makes it difficult to make out what's what. Desperately needs a tutorial. Feels like a poor attempt to jump on the shapes/ factorio bandwagon
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 16, 2023
I always love any factory type, and idle. so very cool :-)
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 13, 2025
It's a good little game to throw a few hours at. I think it gets fun after the first or second prestige when going for the do not dismantle anything achievement. For sure needs a bit more polish and some things that need to be tweaked still I think. My only real complaint is that by the time I set up my 4x motor assemblers, I already have enough money to prestige. And I think a "Sell all items" button would be very very nice. Overall, I enjoyed the time I spent on this. I'd say if pick it up if you're even a little interested, and at $5? I think that is totally fair. Support indie devs!

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