The building materials industry is the foundation of national economy. Intelligent reforms and digital transformations have deepened the application of new technologies and brought about more digital scenarios, which drives the development of industrial software for the building materials industry and facilitates the high-quality development of the building materials industry. Industrial software is a link that connects industrial design and manufacturing processes with informatization, intelligence, and digitization. In this study, we categorize the industrial software for the building materials industry into the following four types based on industrial characteristics, technical processes, and core functions of the software: operation management; research, development and design; production control; and service support software. Subsequently, the development status of industrial software for the building materials industry in China and abroad is reviewed, and the gap between China and the advanced international level regarding industrial software development is analyzed. The key development directions are clarified from the perspectives of improving weak links, promoting replacement, and developing advantages. The research suggests that the industrial software for the building materials industry should be developed from the following technological perspectives: (1) breaking technical barriers in key areas, (2) ensuring the safety and control of key links, (3) promoting the application of information technology innovations, and (4) building an industry public service platform. Moreover, we propose the following development strategies: (1) optimizing the support policies, (2) improving the industrial software standards system, (3) encouraging industry–university–research–application collaboration to address key problems, (4) cultivating industrial software compound talents, and (5) establishing a good software application ecology.