Rise of Industry similar games & best alternatives

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Rise of Industry

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2019

Should you play it?

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

What works

  • Deep and engaging economic simulation
  • Active and responsive developers
  • Complex production chains and logistics
  • Stylized graphics and pleasant music
  • Good replayability with procedural maps

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and limited tutorial
  • Ai competitors are weak and unchallenging
  • Late game can become repetitive
  • Some ui and pathfinding frustrations
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Production Line : Car factory simulation

  • Big Pharma

  • Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™

  • Airport CEO

  • Industry Giant 2

  • Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings

More expressive

Games that feels like Rise of Industry but with more self-expression and customization

  • Modulus: Factory Automation

  • City Bus Manager

  • Mad Games Tycoon

  • Block'hood

  • Software Inc.

  • Little Big Workshop

More fantastical

Games that feels like Rise of Industry but with more imaginative fiction

  • Kingdoms and Castles

  • Hearthlands

  • City of Gangsters

  • Learning Factory

  • Pharaoh™: A New Era

  • Citadelum

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Rise of Industry but with less leadership over others

  • Voxel Tycoon

  • Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation

  • Plan B: Terraform

  • Cardboard Town

  • Another Farm Roguelike

  • Nova Lands

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Last update: 21/08/2026