# Industry Idle - Factory Tycoon — Build, Automate and Trade

> Industrial factory management and trading simulation game with offline earnings. (iPhone/iPad app by Ruoyu Sun.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ruoyu Sun](https://appshunter.io/developer/1536577832)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 107 App Store ratings · 76 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 34 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-04-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046/reviews.md

## What is Industry Idle?

Feature Highlights

- 120+ different factories to build and manage
- 85+ different resources to produce, buy and sell
- Realistic market simulation that challenges your trading skill
- 12+ Procedurally generated maps with both hex grid and square grid
- Unlock 50+ powerful policies that drastically change the gameplay
- Manage and optimize your economy with detailed charts and data tools
- Offline earning based on your company's valuation
- Prestige and unlock powerful upgrades

Choose Your Own Play Style

Each factory has a lot of tweaks that you can micromanage and optimize. Or you can just sit back, trust the game AI and watch the numbers go up, either way, you can enjoy the game with your own play style. And you even get earnings when you are offline!

Optimize Your Economy

There are a lot of tools in the game to help you analyze your production bottlenecks, wasted resources, and imbalanced resource distribution. There are powerful policies that allow you to take your economy to a whole new direction.

Prestige and Progress Further

Prestige allows you to unlock new maps with new resources and endless possibilities. You also earn Swiss money to unlock permanent upgrades to help with start faster and expand bigger.

## Key features

- 120+ factories to build
- 85+ resources to produce
- Realistic market simulation
- Procedurally generated maps
- Unlockable game-changing policies
- Detailed economic analysis tools
- Offline earnings

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Expansion Pack 1 | $2.99 | one-time |
| Expansion Pack 2 | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Industry Idle?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay mechanics
- 🚫 No ads or minimal ad interruptions
- 💰 No pay-to-win mechanics or aggressive monetization
- 🧠 Deep, complex strategy requiring thoughtful planning
- 🎨 Clean, minimalist brutalist UI design
- 📊 Detailed statistics and supply chain management
- 🔄 Regular updates and active developer support
- ⏱️ True idle mechanics with offline earnings
- 🌍 Multilingual support available
- 🎯 Rewarding progression system with prestige mechanics

**Cons**

- 🐛 Black screen crashes on startup (especially post-update)
- 📱 Small text and UI scaling issues on smaller devices
- 😕 Steep learning curve and confusing tutorial
- ⏳ Offline idle earnings not working properly
- 🔊 Audio issues when switching between apps
- 🌙 No dark theme option
- 📍 UI elements cut off on certain screen sizes
- 🎮 Game feels like work rather than entertainment
- 😴 Can become boring or grindy for some players
- 🔐 Difficulty accessing player trading system

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Black screen error preventing game launch (February 2022 update)
- Offline idle income showing as zero despite being offline
- Input and output switched in building displays
- Advanced power plants not starting despite having resources
- Cash flow stopping completely after power plant issues
- Audio going silent after using music from other apps
- Player market and statistics agency text cut off on smaller devices
- Offline earnings ad system failing to reward after watching ad
- Game map resetting unexpectedly, losing progress
- Fuel source switching causing production to halt with no recovery option
- Save synchronization issues between Steam and mobile versions
- Bonus offline earnings button disappearing for DLC owners

**Most requested features**

- Dark theme/dark background
- Better tutorial system with highlighted building references
- Sandbox mode for experimentation
- Fuel type switching option in HQ menu
- German language support
- Turkish language support
- Automatic app update notifications
- Cloud save synchronization between Steam and mobile
- Government trading and international expansion mechanics
- Better UI scaling for iPhone 12 and smaller screens
- Improved offline earnings visibility and confirmation

## Recent user reviews (10 of 76)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046/reviews.md

### 5/5 — dark theme

*2025-09-23*

plz, do the dark background 🙏🏻

### 4/5 — Unfortunately,

*2025-08-18, version 2.61*

I love this game but the only one thing that I do not like is that the sound goes silent after using other music from different games. It makes it harder to concentrate.

### 5/5 — とても良い工場ゲーム

*2025-08-12, version 2.61*

ライン構築作業がないタイプの工場ゲーム。でも資源の収支を見て足りない製品を増産してお金稼いで、新しい製品を解放してまた増産するのが楽しい。ずっと続けられるゲームです。

### 5/5 — Good game

*2025-07-31, version 2.61*

The concept, playing and game is fun.

### 4/5 — Pas mal

*2025-07-01, version 2.61*

Un bon idle game sans pub moins facile a maitriser que la majorité…le seul hic , je m’y ennuie vite…

### 5/5 — Was schönes

*2025-06-05, version 2.61*

Finde das Spiel recht entspannend dauert erst ein bisschen den kommt die sucht

### 5/5 — Different idle game concept.

*2025-05-19, version 2.61*

Look at their guide in how to play. Build a few power source ‘windmill’ 7 tiles first on the rim of the map. Put them all next to each other on green percentage tiles. Then 7 basic resource tiles close to the centre. Do not upgrade. Then sell the resources after an hour . That is the start before you start production lines. Games last as long as you want them too. It takes time even for the Swiss money to build at first.

### 1/5 — Offline idle does not work

*2024-12-07, version 2.61*

Spent 6h offline, income was somehow 0. That’s actually my biggest pet peeve with these games.

### 5/5 — Amazing game that I will be investing too much time into

*2024-10-11, version 2.61*

I love this style of game, and the ui presents a brutalist nature to an incremental game which I think pairs extremely well together. I’m still progressing the learning curve this game presents and once I’m comfortable enough with it I will be buying the expansions to get access to the extra content. This game is honestly kind of a breath of fresh air when compared to what the mobile game landscape is currently. 

My only problem is I’m having trouble accessing the player trading system that requires internet connection. I’ve attempted all the obvious steps to pair, I’ve linked my steam and explored the settings trying to establish a connection yet I cannot access the chat or the player trading system. I’m sure that this is likely user error and I’m missing a toggle in the settings but I have looked. Not sure if this may just be a bug with the recent iOS update or not. Regardless, I will be spending my limited free time and then some enveloped in this game.

### 5/5 — Great game… but

*2024-05-04*

This game is amazing and I love it. Except I had to restart. I accidentally switched my fuel source without knowing to batteries. I didn’t find this out until I realized that none of my factories were doing anything and the fuel indicator was at 0/s. I tried to see if I can re-change the fuel type, but there was nothing in statistics, or HQ, or anything. I looked it up, nothing. I suggest that you make a way to change the fuel type in HQ or smth. Like I said, great game, I loved it. I wasn’t very far anyway, so I don’t mind too much.

Update: found out how to re-change the fuel type, but after I reset. Oops. Anyway, great game and not much to fix. 👍

## Frequently asked questions about Industry Idle

### What is Industry Idle - Factory Tycoon?

Industry Idle - Factory Tycoon is a game where you build and manage a large industrial empire. You can construct over 120 different factories, produce and trade more than 85 resources, and optimize your economy using detailed tools and policies. The game also features offline earnings and a prestige system for long-term progression.

### What are the key features of this factory management game?

Key features include building and managing over 120 factories, producing and trading 85+ resources, a realistic market simulation, procedurally generated maps, unlockable policies that alter gameplay, detailed economic analysis tools, offline earnings, and a prestige system for unlocking new maps and upgrades.

### How does the game make money?

The game is free to download and play, but it offers in-app purchases. These purchases can likely be used to speed up progress, acquire resources, or unlock special items, though the description doesn't specify exact details.

### Can I play this game offline?

Yes, the game supports offline earnings. Your company's valuation will continue to generate earnings even when you are not actively playing the game.

### What kind of play style does the game support?

The game supports multiple play styles. You can choose to micromanage and optimize every aspect of your factories, or you can let the game's AI handle operations and simply watch your empire grow. The choice is yours.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.61 — 2024-09-16

Industry Idle is officially out of Early Access! Apart from a version number change, here's the patch notes:
- Bugfix: Do not transfer trading right when cancel a save transfer
- Bugfix: Downgrade Research Lab gives less cash than it should
- Update translations

### 2.60 — 2024-02-02

Update Norwegian, Czech, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese translation

### 2.57 — 2023-11-01

- Fix a bug where Game Center authentication might fail on some devices.

### 2.56 — 2023-10-31

- Added a more detailed error message when Game Center authentication fails

### 2.53 — 2023-10-24

- If you own either expansion packs, you can double your offline earning without watching a reward video
- Bugfix: When Factory Mining policy is active, wholesale orders will not contain natural deposits (reported by @jgestiot, fixed by @FishPond)
- Bugfix: When Pumpkin Battery or Pumpkin Steel is active, the corresponding research buildings are not shown in Research center (reported by @WingedLeo)
- Add in-game notification about seasonal events in Policy Center
- Add a banner and link in Headquarter about CivIdle: Industry Idle's spiritual successor. The banner can be turned off in settings

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