Industrial Annihilation

Item: Industrial Annihilation
Rating: 52
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-13

Summary

Promising RTS/factory-building hybrid with strategic potential.
Satisfying gameplay with intuitive mechanics.
Early Access state is unpolished and incomplete.
Poor UI/UX and lacking tutorials.
Tedious resource management slows progression.
Frequent crashes and performance issues.

Categories

Real-time Strategy Factory Building Resource Management Base Building Single-player Story Competitive Multiplayer Logistics Management Automation Game

Reviews (sample size): 305
Helpful reviews: 76%
Unhelpful reviews: 18%
Protest reviews: 6%

52%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
48%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 244
Negative points: 508
Gameplay points: 98
Perf. points: 43
Rec. points: 255
Misc points: 67

Point	Description	Importance
High potential; promising foundation Description The game shows great potential, with many reviewers expressing excitement for its future development. They highlight the solid foundation, promising concept, and fun gameplay, especially considering its early access state. Many are willing to support the game's development. Importance 57%	The game shows great potential, with many reviewers expressing excitement for its future development. They highlight the solid foundation, promising concept, and fun gameplay, especially considering its early access state. Many are willing to support the game's development.	57%
Satisfying and intuitive gameplay Description Reviewers found the gameplay loop satisfying, controls intuitive, and the phased rollout of features beneficial for learning. They enjoyed optimizing builds and managing resources, appreciating the depth added by needing to manage more than two resources. Importance 13%	Reviewers found the gameplay loop satisfying, controls intuitive, and the phased rollout of features beneficial for learning. They enjoyed optimizing builds and managing resources, appreciating the depth added by needing to manage more than two resources.	13%
Addictive, smooth, awesome game Description The reviewer found the game very addictive and awesome. The game runs very smooth with no performance issues. Graphics and sounds are very nice, and explosions are epic. Importance 5%	The reviewer found the game very addictive and awesome. The game runs very smooth with no performance issues. Graphics and sounds are very nice, and explosions are epic.	5%
Frequent and rapid updates Description The game receives frequent updates and patches, often multiple times a week. This rapid development pace is faster than expected and demonstrates the developers' commitment to improving the game. Importance 5%	The game receives frequent updates and patches, often multiple times a week. This rapid development pace is faster than expected and demonstrates the developers' commitment to improving the game.	5%
More strategic than PA Description The reviewer loved the Supreme Commander series and found Planetary Annihilation to be great. The game is expected to be more strategic and fun than Planetary Annihilation. Importance 5%	The reviewer loved the Supreme Commander series and found Planetary Annihilation to be great. The game is expected to be more strategic and fun than Planetary Annihilation.	5%
Experienced development team Description The development team has a strong track record and experience in the RTS industry, particularly with Planetary Annihilation. This experience inspires confidence in their ability to deliver a quality game and improve upon existing foundations. Importance 5%	The development team has a strong track record and experience in the RTS industry, particularly with Planetary Annihilation. This experience inspires confidence in their ability to deliver a quality game and improve upon existing foundations.	5%
Appealing Planetary Annihilation art Description The game successfully recaptures the planet environment style and feel of Planetary Annihilation. The art style is appealing, especially to fans of that game. Importance 4%	The game successfully recaptures the planet environment style and feel of Planetary Annihilation. The art style is appealing, especially to fans of that game.	4%
Functional multiplayer mode Description The multiplayer mode is functional and playable, with some active games available. This indicates that the multiplayer aspect of the game is working as intended. Importance 3%	The multiplayer mode is functional and playable, with some active games available. This indicates that the multiplayer aspect of the game is working as intended.	3%
'Enemy assault' mission is helpful Description The 'Enemy assault' mission is a challenging and fun way to learn the game's mechanics, especially after understanding the recipes and power management. Importance 2%	The 'Enemy assault' mission is a challenging and fun way to learn the game's mechanics, especially after understanding the recipes and power management.	2%
Flying units are exciting Description The reviewer is excited about the inclusion of flying units. The base game units function well and have a good feel. Importance 2%	The reviewer is excited about the inclusion of flying units. The base game units function well and have a good feel.	2%
Legitimate RTS Description The game is worth it for players who like RTS games (PA and SupCom) and don't mind being part of alpha testing. The game is a legitimate RTS. Importance 2%	The game is worth it for players who like RTS games (PA and SupCom) and don't mind being part of alpha testing. The game is a legitimate RTS.	2%