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E-Startup

E-Startup

E-Startup is a sandbox business simulation game in a low-poly universe. Build, buy resources to create products and complete contracts, invest in the stock market to become rich and popular!

Released Apr 26, 2018 Developer Polytale Games Platforms Windows SandboxCapitalismManagementEconomyTrading
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

47.6%positive168 reviews
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“Has potential, super early access of course, so a lot of bugs expected. Almost unplayable due to core game mechanical bugs, such as the contracts randomly switching after accepting others, along with the delivery delay timer draining too fast and having no correlation to the…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this game. It is highly unpolished and has many game-breaking bugs. The developer has admitted that he has all but abandoned it (saying that it was developed in free time, and now he has basically gone on to new and better things?). I had high…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Overall Reviews: Mixed That explains everything”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

10achievements
25.1%median completion
8.3%rarest: Make our planet great again !
86.5% of players 66.9% of players 58.6% of players 36.5% of players 29.4% of players 25.1% of players 13.7% of players 12.7% of players 11.4% of players 8.3% of players 86.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.5%Good luck ! — Create your startup
66.9%No more alone ! — Hire employees
58.6%Securised and fast — Make an online purchase
Rarest badges of honor
8.3%Make our planet great again ! — Get enough electricity from renewable Energy to sell it
11.4%We are a team — Hire 10 employees
12.7%First month — Reach day 31

Latest official news

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Jan 31, 2024
E-Startup 2: Business Tycoon 2 will be available on June 21st.

Playtest Invitation Join the early access playtest for 'E-Startup 2: Business Tycoon'. As we venture into this crucial development phase, your role as a playtester is to experience the game in its cur

Sep 21, 2019
E-Startup minor update !

Hi, Thank for all players who support me, i would like to let you know, i have a new job, currently founding a company with my partner so i'm busy and as you know E-startup was made in my freetime. Bu

May 25, 2019
E-Startup 0.5.0 is available

Hi, What's up ? There is not a lot of things because i got a new job, yeah ! So i release this version and i'm expecting problem like usual so please report them ! Shortly : New map, optimization, sys

May 02, 2019
E-Startup 0.5.0 - Devlog 1

Hi, What's have been done ? A new map who will make you happy, you are now able to buy plot, small at the start and big at the end !!! Employees are coming randomly from houses. You can buy only one a

Apr 26, 2019
E-Startup 0.5.0

Hi, I'm currently working on the 0.5.0 who will improve the game with new features, content and polish. I plan to release it at the end of May ! At the release, the price will up to 4.99$ and will be

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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GenresIndie, Simulation
Player tagsSandbox · Capitalism · Management · Economy · Trading · Arcade · 3D · Simulation · Resource Management · Singleplayer · Indie · Building (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesFrench, English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese
Achievements10
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel, AMD Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon 6000 Series or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 500 MB available space