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Big Pharma

Twice Circled · Positech Games · 2015-08-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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?

12
playing now
77%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 17% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 48k–116k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 30 of 54 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1942026-08-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$27.12$4.992015-08-272026-08-302015-08-27 — 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 $6.242026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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