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Startup Company

Startup Company

Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!

Released Apr 10, 2020 Developer Hovgaard Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ManagementSimulationEconomyStrategyIndie
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

81.5%positive6,062 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“first two hours were a disaster. so i went on youtube to watch a lets play by Charlie Pryor from back during Beta 24. i watched a few hours and i had some light bulbs go off for me. i scrapped text adds as soon as i showed profitability, kept growing my registered users and…”

— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“If you like business sims this is a well rounded game. if you like this i also suggest their other newer game big ambitions.”

— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played
Not recommended · 50 found this helpful

“Was looking for something like the old Venture Tycoon Game and this scratches the itch initally but then falls off a bit. Gonna be a bit harsh and go negative even though i do keep coming back to it to give it a chance. But like a lot of people have said, your basically just…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

19playing at last check
3824-hour peak
1,969all-time peak
0 250 500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 400 avg · Apr 2020

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.

29achievements
13.9%median completion
1.5%rarest: Fast Support
93.6% of players 85.6% of players 68.4% of players 58.9% of players 58.1% of players 52.2% of players 28.9% of players 20.6% of players 19.9% of players 19.3% of players 17.2% of players 16.9% of players 16.1% of players 14.6% of players 13.9% of players 11.5% of players 10.6% of players 10.2% of players 9.5% of players 8.7% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 5.5% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 93.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.6%Enjoy Your Stay — Hired 1 employee
85.6%Interviewer — Hire 5 employees
68.4%Employment Machine — Hire 10 employees
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Fast Support — Reach an average response time lower than 2 hours with more than 500 tickets
1.6%World Domination — Became Top #1 of all website types in one game
3.6%The Collector — Reach an inventory of more than 100,000 of the same component/module

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$12.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US12.99 USD
EU12.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia18.95 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,500 JPY
Brazil41.99 BRL
China52.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 11, 2023
Steam Deck-optimized version of Startup Company

Dear Startup Company players, We have some exciting news to share with you. We are introducing a new version of the game that has been optimized for use with controllers. This means that the game will

Mar 10, 2023
Our new game "Big Ambitions" is now available on Steam Early Access!

Hi everyone, We're incredibly happy and equally scared to finally release our new game, Big Ambitions , into Steam Early Access. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1331550/Big_Ambitions/ Big Ambitions

Nov 30, 2022
Startup Company coming to PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch

Hey everyone, We have exciting news to share! Startup Company will expand business to PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023! It is available to wishlist now:

May 20, 2021
Our new game is now on Steam!

Hi everyone, Long time no talk! I hope you're all doing amazing :schappy: After 1 year of development, we're proud to finally announce our next upcoming game: Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-pla

Feb 24, 2021
Version 1.18 - Small Update

Fixed broken link to Localizor: https://www.localizor.com/startup-company/ Updated all languages Added Czech support Added Indonesian support

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsManagement · Simulation · Economy · Strategy · Indie · Casual · Sandbox · Building · Singleplayer · Early Access · Crafting · Moddable (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, Czech, Polish
Achievements29
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.startupcompanygame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 or similar Storage: 1 GB available space