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SomaSim · Published by Kasedo Games · Official site ↗
Mixed — 64% positive (220 reviews) · 50 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
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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Indie, Simulation, Strategy · 2025 · More £15 - £30 games
In Rise of Industry 2, strategize your way through the competitive manufacturing landscape of 1980's America. Make critical decisions to expand your global business network and outmaneuver rivals with SomaSim’s deep simulation gameplay.
About this game
Digital Deluxe Edition
About the Game
80’s USA… a time and place of rapid innovation, globalization and unprecedented profits. To dominate this competitive industrial landscape, you’ll need to build a cutting-edge manufacturing powerhouse and cultivate a rolodex full of jet-setting business contacts. Welcome to the land of opportunity!
In pursuit of unprecedented profits, you’ll need to seize every opportunity to innovate and grow each business you’re tasked with managing. Ever dream of running a hub of automotive production? A world-class winery with sweeping vineyard vistas? A sprawling mining operation extracting and refining valuable minerals? Or an aviation enterprise that assembles airplanes that will soar through the skies of an increasingly interconnected world?
You’ll need to optimize your production chains, import and export goods within the global market, keep up to date with the latest and greatest technologies, maintain strong relations with the local government and expand your business network to stay on top. Make all the right decisions along the way and you just might be able fulfill your American dream.
Conquer 15 unique and exciting scenarios in campaign mode, each with a different challenge. Alternatively, define your own path to success in sandbox mode.
Set up specialized complexes containing factories, power plants, industrial furnaces and farms! Establish utility networks to power your industries, making use of the natural resources around you. Provide the media industry with televisions, cameras, vinyl records, cassettes, computers, and video game consoles. Get distilleries and breweries up and running to create drinks such as vodka, whiskey and beer. Churn out candy, toys, dyes, batteries and so much more!
Capitalize on the emerging global market by signing contracts with executives around the world. Import goods and resources to accelerate your production chains and export your products to make the big bucks!
Build labs and set research strategies to help you acquire new technologies that will broaden your horizons and improve your production chains.
Your social connections are vital – to stay on top you’ll need to know the right people and stay on their good side. Network with CEOs of other companies to trade in materials and finished products, and get introductions to their powerful friends in the industry.
Satisfy your board of directors by keeping your profit margins high and completing goals to ensure further investment. Don’t worry, you’re not alone out there – hire integral executives to expand your business and increase efficiency.
Invest in the local town to keep your workers happy and ensure a strong relationship with the local government.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen 7
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX5700xt
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 3.0.1
Hello board members.We hope you had a great 2025 and we wish you all the best in 2026!To kick off the new year we are pushing out a patch focusing primarily on bug fixes, QoL improvements, and general stability improvements.Patch notes:Adjusted nuclear plant power output to make it more economicalExpanded loading docks are now proportionally more expensive (But still cheaper per truck average)Updated Production Manual to show the dual requirements for pit minesNEW option to restart a sandbox map or campaign scenario added to the in-game pause menuMinor QoL adjustments to sandboxFixed an issue where the Rail Tycoon achievement was not always triggeringFixed an issue where starting lot boundaries were not always appearing in larger mapsFixed an issue where you could get stuck navigating menus while using a controllerFixed an issue where you could begin international negotiations for invalid materialsFixed an issue where pipes which looped would cancel out, causing 0 net flowFixed menus persisting after exiting a mapFixed an issue where cities would refuse to cancel or negotiate contractsFixed an issue where occasionally reordering the construction queue would duplicate tasksFixed some errors with text and spacing for summaries and reportsOil rigs now correctly calculate byproducts/natural gas productionFences now behave as intended and will not multiply unintentionallyPoached candidates (Successful and unsuccessful) now count as one individualOnly one round of candidates can now be active at one timeImproved clarity for construction blockers and issuesTypos and translation changesRead full article on Community Announcements (Thomas Button KG)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 3 - Home and Away
Welcome board members! We are thrilled to announce the third update for Rise of Industry 2 - Home and away🏢🏖️ Get ready to explore 6 new maps from Kauai, Hawaii to Key West, Florida with an expanded, truly random, sandbox mode allowing you to tailor your sandbox experience with new optional randomness and more control over where you start. With these new maps comes new resources to exploit and the nerds over at R&D have cooked up new pharmaceuticals for you to introduce to the market.But that's not all! Cities have also been tweaked with new interactions and impact on your industries. They may even request material support depending on your production lines! So, what exactly has changed?✈️6 new maps:With Frank taking some time outside of the states and the prying eyes of regulatory alphabet agencies, new business opportunities have opened up in his wake.Explore the islands of Key West, Florida, see the engineering masterwork of the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada. Conquer diverse terrains from the rugged mountains and valleys of Cortez, Colorado to the tropics of Puerto Rico. Follow the setting sun and relax on the beaches of Guam, or head east and explore the rich volcanic island of Kauai, Hawaii. We promise the volcano is mostly dormant.These maps are available in the newly expanded Sandbox mode.🏢City rework:Cities have been given an expansion with new ways to interact with and support your workforce, whilst making management more important. Balancing housing and jobs has been made more impactful, your workers will become unhappy and less productive if there is too much housing without jobs, or if they have to travel from out of town to work.It’s not all challenges however. Cities can request contracts of various consumer goods which will greatly boost your worker’s happiness (as well as your wallet’s), ranging from basic goods like lumber or sand, to end products like soft drinks, or tires.💊Pharmaceuticals:New land also means new products! Pharmaceutical drugs...Read full article on Community Announcements (Thomas Button KG)Patch NotesOfficial
Content update 2 - Contracts - Now live!
Hello board members!We are excited to announce the next major update for Rise of Industry 2 - The Contract update!This update aims to help you maximize profits with new types of domestic and international contracts, alongside tidying up some paperwork so you can spend more time being the influential business tycoon that you are. So what are these contracts I hear you ask? New Domestic contracts:Domestic contracts were very similar to one another. Now suppliers and buyers will occasionally negotiate further. This can range from a simple signing bonus, to a change in terms such as increased production or different materials entirely. If you can meet their requirements, they will reward you with better terms to sweeten the deal. Make sure you don’t fail though, as repercussions will follow swiftly and your reputation will be tarnished. Be careful however, not every relationship will be smooth sailing. International contracts:As you grow from a small grassroots company to an industrial empire, making waves across the business world, your company is destined to get noticed. You can now trade outside of the states after dominating domestically.Construct a new International Trade complex, send your VP of sales overseas, and expand your grip on the market after establishing your presence as a true tycoon.These come with their own considerations. Travel and transport take time, so negotiations and deliveries will take longer, however, you can freely control how much is being delivered or sold. Critical events:Certain critical events will now require immediate attention. Your board of executives is not going to allow you to hide behind your desk anymore and will demand action if a decision isn’t made. New Shortcuts:No business mogul should have to sift through paperwork to find what they want, that's what your staff is for! To rectify this, you can now jump from the build menu to the appropriate production manual page with a brand new shortcut.Collapsing notifications:Previou...Read full article on Community Announcements (Thomas Button KG)Patch NotesOfficial
Small bug patch 1.0.11
- Squash/golf options for socializing now available for all potential contacts, not just current business partners - Large video game contract was referring to the name of the large cardboard contract - Large video game contract was missing unlock requirements - Some contracts were in the incorrect order causing some sub-optimal list displaysRead full article on Community Announcements (SomaSim)Patch NotesOfficial
Small bug patch 1.0.10
2025.07.25 Version 1.0.10 - When using VP of HR, sometimes they would try to fill the CEO position, so we eliminated the internal coup bug - Possible crashes during autosave while also trying to poach an executive - Oil wasn't loading at the extended tanker loading building - A few typos and some rewording for clarityRead full article on Community Announcements (SomaSim)
