Mindustry — Steam Gift

Mindustry: a factory you have to defend

Mindustry is the kind of game that quietly changes how you look at conveyor belts in real life. Developed and published by Anuken, the full Steam version launched on September 26, 2019, and it has since built a cult following in the factory-plus-defense niche. On paper the idea is simple: build an automated production line that mines ore, smelts it into materials, and feeds ammunition to your turrets. In practice it's a layered logistics puzzle constantly interrupted by waves of enemies — and if one conveyor jams, your whole defense can collapse within a minute.

Buying from us, you get the full Steam version of Mindustry delivered as a gift straight to your account. No cut-down editions, no DLC — all the game's content is included from the start.

What Mindustry actually is

It's a hybrid of two genres that rarely coexist. On one side, a factory builder in the automation tradition: you run conveyor belts, place drills on ore deposits, build smelters, route resource flows, and tie it all into one living factory. On the other, a classic tower defense: waves of mechanical enemies march toward your core, and you raise lines of turrets that are powered by those very resources. The magic of Mindustry is that the two systems — production and defense — are inseparable. A turret fires only as long as the factory keeps feeding it ammo. Break the supply chain and your strongest cannon becomes useless concrete.

Campaign, sectors and exploring the planet

The main mode is a campaign of conquering sectors across the planets Serpulo and Erekir. Each sector is its own map with unique resources, terrain and threats. You land, set up a base, fend off attacks, and gradually unlock new blocks and technologies in the research tree. Captured sectors produce resources over time and can be raided by enemies, so you have to think not just about the current map but about your whole network of holdings. The planet Erekir, added in the major 7.0 update, changes the rules entirely: different logistics, units built differently, and your old Serpulo tricks no longer apply — effectively a second full campaign.

Sandbox, editor and multiplayer

If the campaign is about progression, the sandbox mode is about pure creativity and experimentation: infinite resources, every block unlocked, zero pressure. It's perfect for prototyping complex automation schemes or simply building enormous factories for the beauty of it. The built-in map editor lets you craft your own scenarios and share them via the Steam Workshop. Multiplayer covers both co-op (build and defend together) and PvP modes where two teams grow their factories and clash. You can host your own servers — the game encourages it.

Why Mindustry hooks you

Nothing here is random: everything that happens is a direct consequence of how you designed your factory. Did the left flank get overrun? Then you under-supplied your turrets with copper or forgot to duplicate a critical conveyor. This is a game about engineering thinking, optimization, and small revelations like "wait, if I wire it this way it runs twice as fast." Yet the entry barrier is gentle: the first sectors teach the basics, and the difficulty and depth scale up with your own ambitions. Mindustry is open source under GPLv3, with an active community, mods and regular updates.

What you get and how delivery works

You're buying the full Steam version of Mindustry, which we send you as a gift (Steam Gift) via a bot. The mechanics are simple: you provide a friend invite link and your account region, place the order, and our bot adds itself as your friend, sends the gift, and automatically leaves your friends list after delivery. You don't need to accept the friend request, and Steam Guard isn't required. Delivery usually takes a couple of minutes from checkout.

Region and the key condition

Two things Steam needs before it accepts a gift. First: your Steam account region must match the gift region — so enter your real country in the order and we'll match the right option. Second: Mindustry must not already be in this account's library — Steam won't let you accept a gift for a game you already own. With both conditions met and friend requests allowed in your profile settings, delivery goes smoothly.

If you love automation, check these too

Enjoy building conveyors and optimizing production? You'll likely enjoy other titles in the genre: Factorio is the gold standard of belt-based factories, Satisfactory takes the same idea into first-person 3D, and Terraria fits if you want more exploration and combat in a similar 2D style. All of them are in our catalog.