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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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:27 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
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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
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:
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Simulation · Economy · Strategy · Indie · Casual · Sandbox · Building · Singleplayer · Early Access · Crafting · Moddable (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, Czech, Polish |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://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