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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“The game is fun and in-depth, has great mod support through the workshop. Highly recommended.”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“When this game was in early access it had a lot of promise. It looks great, okay mechanics, good sound and music, etc. but its really lacking in content, optimization, and quickly turns into an incredibly boring play…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“cool game (i went bankrupt in 6 months)”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“The game is fun and in-depth, has great mod support through the workshop. Highly recommended.”
“Love Hovgaard Games!!! Just grinded Big Ambitions and coming back here cause I love this devs!!”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Is fun, but incredibly simple. These days, there are much better alternatives to the kind of gameplay loop that Startup Company is aiming for. On a sale, this game is worth it, probably.”
21 of the 85 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is too simple and small to the point that it gets repetitive and falls off immensely quick. There is just so little to the game, and what makes it even worse is the UX, there is far too many things to…”
“This is by far THE MOST confusing game i had EVER played with the most piss poor instructions on any "Guide," system I've ever seen. This game's concept is great, but the way the Dev's pulled this game off is a MESS.”
8 of the 85 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“i put in an hour my first time and when i went back my save, turns out, had not been saved ( even though i manualy saved before i left) so i played again this time i played for over 8 hours saving manyually every 10-15…”
“I am receiving a “Controller disconnected” error every time I launch the game. I want to play the game using keyboard and mouse, but there is no option to close the error window. It completely blocks me from continuing.…”
“About 30% of my time in this game was in idle or the pause menu, and the other 70% was spent 'looking for the fun' whilst being engaged enough to keep going. But now I realise I saw everything the game had to offer at…”
7 of the 85 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has potential but it is way too confusing way too quickly. It needs better tutorials and/or easier goals at first.”
“The game is fairly simple, I had lots of fun. It has a well-designed learning curve, and is easy to follow. Some mixed reviews say there aren't much to do once you reach a certain point, feeling like an idle game, which…”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This is by far THE MOST confusing game i had EVER played with the most piss poor instructions on any "Guide," system I've ever seen. This game's concept is great, but the way the Dev's pulled this game off is a MESS.”
“About 30% of my time in this game was in idle or the pause menu, and the other 70% was spent 'looking for the fun' whilst being engaged enough to keep going. But now I realise I saw everything the game had to offer at…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Abandoned game. need mods to be remotely playable, and waaay to much micromanagement.”
“no more myplayer”
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
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 2026-05-12.
| 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 |
| 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