Rise of Industry 2

About Rise of Industry 2

Rise of Industry 2 is a single player tactical city builder game with a economy theme. It was developed by SomaSim and was released on June 3, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!

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64%Audience ScoreBased on 116 reviews

gameplay8 positive mentions

optimization6 negative mentions

Deep and complex business management sim with extensive production chains and resource planning.
Unique mechanics such as contract system, VP hiring, relationship management, and investor goals add strategic depth.
Strong 80s aesthetic with charming art style, retro UI, and engaging campaign scenarios that offer satisfying challenges.

Game suffers from bugs, performance issues, clunky and unintuitive UI, and lack of polish at release.
Sandbox mode is limited and uninspired, with repetitive maps and restricted player creativity compared to campaign.
Certain design choices cause frustration like contract amount decimals, inability to move buildings, poor resource management clarity, and lack of loan or bailout options leading to easy bankruptcy.

gameplay
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23% positive mentions, 68% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions
The gameplay offers a complex and interconnected system that rewards strategic planning and provides a compelling experience for genre fans, with engaging mechanics like contract negotiations and production chains. However, it suffers from a steep learning curve, some clunky UI, underdeveloped or redundant features, and occasional tedium, which can detract from overall enjoyment. While promising and enjoyable once mastered, the gameplay currently feels uneven and may require further polish and quality-of-life improvements to fully satisfy players.
- “As you dive deeper into its mechanics, the systems become more complex and interconnected, demanding planning and strategic thinking.”
- “The concept remains compelling, the mechanics are engaging, and the experience feels more confident and complete.”
- “There are a lot more game mechanics and systems to deal with, like utilities, unions, staff, connections (people you know), and lot/land management, adding depth to the gameplay.”
- “There's so many different systems at play but most of them are useless, feeling unfinished or they straight up get obsolete by exploiting some other system/mechanic and those that remain just feel incredibly tedious.”
- “It's like they decided to come up with a load of features and just throw them all in, without any particular thought as to how the mechanisms would work with each other and impact the gameplay experience as a whole.”
- “I want to like the game, but aside from some obvious missing quality of life fixes (mostly related to clunky UI), the gameplay loop still seems broken.”
graphics
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21% positive mentions, 63% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions
The game's graphics feature a distinctive 1980s-inspired art style that many find charming and nostalgic, though some consider them dated or minimalistic. While visually pleasant and improved from the previous installment, the graphics prioritize style over realism and may not appeal to everyone. Overall, the aesthetic contributes significantly to the game's character, despite minor performance and optimization issues.
- “Visually the game has a nice style and flair, with the buildings and UI being reminiscent of 80s movies and aesthetic.”
- “Graphically, it remains pleasant without pushing boundaries, but it is clearly improved in many areas compared to the first game.”
- “The art style is very novel, the 80s theme and general artwork really well together and give it a lot of character.”
- “And it feels like I'm playing a spreadsheet with artwork more than a game.”
- “Also the game seems to be very poorly optimized and doesn't run nearly as well as expected of something with this level of graphics and simulation.”
- “A matter of taste, but personally I am not a huge fan of the visuals.”
optimization
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions
Optimization in the game receives mixed feedback, with several users reporting poor performance, frame drops, and high GPU usage, especially given the game's complexity and graphics. However, others with mid-range or older hardware have not experienced significant issues, suggesting performance may vary based on system configuration. Overall, optimization appears inconsistent and may require improvement.
- “Running on an old 1080 and so far no issues with performance or crashes, though it does have a pretty high usage of the GPU.”
- “A lot of reviews mentioned performance/crashing issues, but I did not have any of those with mid-range specs.”
- “I admit that I did not experience any performance issues, and my mid-range setup includes a simple 3060, an AMD Ryzen 5 7600, and 32 GB of DDR5 RAM.”
- “Rise of Industry 2 feels poorly optimized and massively overpriced for what it offers.”
- “Also the game seems to be very poorly optimized and doesn't run nearly as well as expected of something with this level of graphics and simulation.”
- “However, the horrendous optimization in this game did keep my room warm while I slept.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions
The story centers around managing investor requests and funding through mission-based progression, but the campaign quickly becomes repetitive with similar resource production tasks. While some players enjoy the investor-driven missions and initial guidance, the jump in difficulty and lack of varied objectives can feel sudden and monotonous.
- “I just finished the first scenario of the campaign, had a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to the progression system between campaign missions (e.g., could take over some good VC into the permanent staff so should be able to use them in future missions).”
- “I love the investor aspect and the missions that come with them.”
- “So, about the game: it's a simulation where you get requests from investors, they give you funding money, and when you complete their missions you can then get more investors that will give you more money.”
- “But after a while, the story becomes repetitive. The quests in the campaign are nothing more than setting up factory X, producing Y amount of resource, rinse and repeat until you complete all resources designed for the campaign map.”
- “The progression is a little sudden in the missions.”
- “It goes from mission 1 hand holding to mission 3: brew 15,000 crates of beer.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is considered tedious and made worse by the lack of navigation aids like maps, which hampers exploration. Many systems feel unfinished or easily bypassed, leading to a repetitive and frustrating experience that encourages rushing through objectives rather than engaging deeply. Additionally, limited tutorials and a cumbersome UI contribute to the overall grind fatigue.
- “There's so many different systems at play but most of them are useless, feeling unfinished or they straight up get obsolete by exploiting some other system/mechanic, and those that remain just feel incredibly tedious.”
- “It's so tedious that it's much more playable to just overbuild to instability and rush the investor goals before you run out of funding.”
- “Then, there is no overview map nor minimap, so navigating around and exploring the region feels very tedious.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 80% negative mentions
The game currently suffers from numerous bugs and stability issues, including UI glitches and unoptimized performance, making it inconvenient and frustrating to play. However, developers are actively addressing these problems with frequent hotfixes, suggesting improvement is underway.
- “It is not bug-free and could have probably benefited from a short early access phase, but the developers are very active on Discord so far and are pushing out quick hotfixes.”
- “If the buggy and poorly thought out notification system is anything to go by, I would stay far away from this game until major fixes occur.”
- “It also is a bit buggy, not unplayable just inconvenient, like UI not showing proper daily production for natural gas and number overlapping, making it not really navigable.”
- “This is a buggy mess and doesn't even reach 10% of Rise 1.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The humor in the game is noted for its amusing and somewhat ironic moments, especially with the generated CEO character who can't do much. Players appreciate the hilarious FMV interludes and find the setting, visuals, and soundtrack contribute to the game's quirky charm despite some minor technical issues.
- “I encountered some minor jank, but sounds like more fixes and QoL stuff are on the way soon... The setting, visuals, and soundtrack more than make up for it, plus the FMV interludes are actually pretty hilarious.”
- “You can read the entire text here (it's kinda funny and sad at the same time): https://medium.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The music effectively enhances the game's retro atmosphere, complementing the visuals and dialogue, while the soundtrack and FMV interludes add charm and humor. Despite minor audio glitches, ongoing fixes and quality-of-life improvements are anticipated.
- “They’ve done a great job of making it feel retro, from the music to the dialogue to the live action stuff (weirdly gives me classic Command & Conquer vibes).”
- “The setting, visuals, and soundtrack more than make up for minor jank issues, plus the FMV interludes are actually pretty hilarious.”
- “Sounds like more fixes and quality of life improvements are on the way soon, enhancing the overall audio experience.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game’s replayability is limited, primarily confined to the campaign mode, with little incentive to revisit other content. Its repetitive and tedious mechanics reduce creative play, often encouraging rushed strategies to meet goals before resources run out.
- “One issue is that the game doesn't have a lot of replayability outside of the campaign.”
- “I don't see much replayability in the current game past the campaign maps, and a big limitation to creativity.”
- “It's so tedious that it's much more playable to just overbuild to instability and to rush the investor goals before you run out of funding.”

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5h Median play time

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5-5h Spent by most gamers

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Rise of Industry 2 is a tactical city builder game with economy theme. Common tags for Rise of Industry 2 include indie, trading, relaxing, building, resource management and others.

Rise of Industry 2 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing Rise of Industry 2.

Rise of Industry 2 was released on June 3, 2025.

Rise of Industry 2 was developed by SomaSim.

Rise of Industry 2 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Rise of Industry 2 for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Rise of Industry 2 is a single player game.

Similar games include Rise of Industry, Production Line, Railroad Corporation, Good Company, KAISERPUNK and others.

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