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Forge Industry

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Quick read

Forge Industry is a factory builder: you chain machines into belts and raise throughput on a map that never fights back.

What kind of game is it?

Automation / factory construction. You chain machines, not armies.

Who is it for?

For players who seek the pleasure of chaining one machine into the next.

How it plays
Loop
Optimizing a factory
Sessions
Long sessions
Progression
A world that stays
Players
Single-player
Structure
Sandbox
Tone
Deadpan · Challenging

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

  • Progression80

    Estimate

  • Social18

    Estimate

  • Session commitment82

    Estimate

Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release
released

2023-07-21

Review score
66%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count
32

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price
$4.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages
6
Demo
Yes
Early Access
No
Next Fest
Yes
Players
Single-player

What makes it different?

You chain machines into belts and throughput, and combat stays off the map.

Core mechanics

How it scores

The fantasy: Optimization and Creativity. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.

Strategy depthEstimate
70 / 100

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: management.

Related rankings

Related teardown

Forge Industry — launch intelligence

A rich store page, a demo still up, Next Fest June 2023, 2,500 declared wishlists — and 32 reviews. The only public week-one numbers on the low-review side.

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Sources

Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.

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