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Software Inc.
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Fantastic game with many avenues of stuff to do. Constantly coming back and starting over if our previous run, either solo or with 2 or 3 people, suddenly ends for the less fortunate businessman of the bois. Im talking multiple sessions of 5-8 hours. This game hooks you and has…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“I bought this game a decade ago, tried it, and completely forgot about it until recently when I realized the game had been updated consistently the entire time. For free!!! I am so impressed with the devs commitment to this game! Not to mention the game has some serious depth…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“This review hurts to write. Software Inc is one of the most in-depth and replayable software development simulators available. It has systems that allow for far more emergent behavior than most other games in the genre. That is exactly why this is so frustrating. Over time, the…”
— a player, Steam review · 469 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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The overhauls will continue until morale improves
The background If you've followed development closely, you might know that we've been working on a campaign mode to help ease in new players and introduce the game's mechanics at a reasonable pace. My
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.41
Changes Cooks can now use trays outside of their assigned rooms Sort icon on columns is now separate from header, to avoid it being cut off "Night owl", "super focus", "born leader" and "just the flu"
The garbage update
It's trash time, baby! Summarized patch notes Changes Introduced indoor air quality that propagates through rooms and shows up as a gas/dust cloud in the room. This mechanic also replaces the odour me
Beta 1.8.36 out on unstable branch
Click here to see how to join the Unstable branch. Remember to back up your important saves and leave plenty of feedback for the new features! Patch notes for Beta 1.8.36 Changes Introduced indoor air
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.34
This update comes with some changes to code modding, please refer to the new Getting Started section of the code modding wiki. If your mod uses UnityEngine.PlayerPrefs, please migrate to ModBehaviour.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Management · Simulation · Economy · Building · Capitalism · Sandbox · Indie · Game Development · Moddable · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://softwareinc.coredumping.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 3 GHz, 4 cores Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB dedicated video RAM, Shader Model 4.0 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Laptops with power saving graphic processors might need to be configured for Software Inc.