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E-Startup cover art

E-Startup

Polytale Games · 2018-04-26

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

E-Startup is a sandbox business simulation game in a low-poly universe. Build, buy resources to create products and complete contracts, invest in the stock market to become rich and popular!

E-Startup is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $1.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 168 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
48%
positive of 168 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.2k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 168 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-09-06) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182025Week of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20May 2018Aug 2021May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 13Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 7Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492018-04-302024-03-212018-04-30 — best price $2.692018-05-14 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-08-15 — best price $9.992018-09-14 — best price $3.492018-10-30 — best price $1.242018-11-21 — best price $2.492018-12-03 — best price $1.492018-12-14 — best price $3.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $1.492019-02-18 — best price $2.992019-03-17 — best price $2.992019-05-20 — best price $2.992019-07-11 — best price $0.992019-09-06 — best price $0.492019-10-25 — best price $2.492019-12-20 — best price $1.992020-02-27 — best price $2.492020-06-26 — best price $0.992020-08-28 — best price $0.992020-10-29 — best price $0.992020-11-09 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-01-17 — best price $1.242021-03-22 — best price $0.992021-09-30 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-05-03 — best price $9.992023-08-07 — best price $0.992023-09-13 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-01-31 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Good luck !"
25%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: French, English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

3DIndieArcadeCasualEconomySandboxTradingBuildingCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.