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Big Pharma

Twice Circled · Positech Games · 2015-08-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 05, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jul 02, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 27, 2015 (Mac), Aug 27, 2015 (Linux), Aug 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 04, 2019 (Xbox One)

What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?

10
playing now
77%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (3.5k downloads)
3.04★
PlayStation Store rating (114 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Big Pharma is a simulation game developed by Twice Circled and published by Positech Games where the player builds a drug factory. The game was released on August 27, 2015.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,939 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.24-75%
GOG$7.49-70%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2016-04-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 60 of 87 observed days · $1.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2422026-09-14 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3248Sep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 324 · peak 1,515Jan 2016 — avg 96 · peak 579May 2016 — avg 127 · peak 658Sep 2016 — avg 294 · peak 2,614Jan 2017 — avg 82 · peak 200May 2017 — avg 53 · peak 107Sep 2017 — avg 62 · peak 247Jan 2018 — avg 44 · peak 100May 2018 — avg 60 · peak 167Sep 2018 — avg 35 · peak 80Jan 2019 — avg 31 · peak 81May 2019 — avg 27 · peak 62Sep 2019 — avg 31 · peak 92Jan 2020 — avg 28 · peak 72May 2020 — avg 26 · peak 55Sep 2020 — avg 16 · peak 36Jan 2021 — avg 26 · peak 54May 2021 — avg 23 · peak 69Sep 2021 — avg 19 · peak 48Jan 2022 — avg 18 · peak 43May 2022 — avg 15 · peak 33Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 37Jan 2023 — avg 16 · peak 50May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 34Jan 2024 — avg 22 · peak 69May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 27Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$27.12$4.992015-08-272026-10-142015-08-27 — best price $19.992015-12-18 — best price $19.992016-04-30 — best price $24.992016-09-29 — best price $14.992017-01-26 — best price $24.992017-07-05 — best price $24.992017-12-21 — best price $6.242018-10-30 — best price $12.492019-06-25 — best price $7.492019-09-03 — best price $24.992020-01-02 — best price $24.992020-05-27 — best price $6.292020-12-16 — best price $9.992021-02-26 — best price $24.992021-05-21 — best price $24.992021-08-14 — best price $27.122022-01-27 — best price $12.492022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-11-08 — best price $24.992023-01-30 — best price $24.992023-06-11 — best price $6.242023-08-25 — best price $6.242023-11-02 — best price $24.992023-12-25 — best price $24.992024-02-12 — best price $24.992024-05-16 — best price $7.492024-10-07 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-08 — best price $24.992025-05-15 — best price $7.492025-08-01 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-12 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $6.242026-09-02 — best price $7.492026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-26 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2232026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 21 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-09-01 — 17 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-13 — 22 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 9 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
49.2%
earned "Tutored"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,7931%25
PS4 (PlayStation)1279%25
Xbox One (Xbox)1130%24
PS4 (PlayStation)8110%25
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzleEconomySandboxStrategyIsometricAutomationManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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