# Mindustry

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Mindustry and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a free, open-source game that mixes factory building with tower defense, and say it is worth a look for fans of Factorio.

## Why people recommend it

- Free, libre, open-source game (1 comments): "i recommend the game anyway (it's libre)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057944))
- Appeals to Factorio and tower defense fans (1 comments): "Mindustry is worth a look if you like factorio and tower defense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667483))
- Addictive, draws players back in (2 comments): "Which is crack-squared, for me at least." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48739351)) "Oh, I need to get back into playing Mindustry." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47670020))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Battle for Wesnoth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/battle-for-wesnoth.md): 39 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Civilization](https://hackerapproved.com/p/civilization.md): 25 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Civilization III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/civilization-iii.md): 20 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alpha-centauri.md): 16 recommend
- [Heroes of Might and Magic III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mindustry", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindustry/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).