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Empire TV Tycoon cover art

Empire TV Tycoon

Dreamsite Games · 2015-10-20

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 20, 2015 (Linux), Oct 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 04, 2017 (iOS), Oct 20, 2015 (Mac)

Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!

Empire TV Tycoon is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 901 reviews).

6
playing now
79%
positive of 901 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 9h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,944 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 901 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2018-10-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 21:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
402Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 35 · peak 285Feb 2016 — avg 20 · peak 57Jun 2016 — avg 18 · peak 48Oct 2016 — avg 15 · peak 63Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 32Jun 2017 — avg 11 · peak 47Oct 2017 — avg 11 · peak 49Feb 2018 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2018 — avg 8 · peak 32Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 78Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 23Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$2.992015-10-202026-03-262015-10-20 — best price $9.742015-11-02 — best price $12.992015-12-22 — best price $6.492016-02-05 — best price $6.992016-05-24 — best price $9.992016-10-20 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-10-25 — best price $9.992017-11-23 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-10-21 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $3.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
87.8%
earned "Welcome to Empirewood!"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, German, French, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7341%43

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

Player tags

2D1980sFunnyMemes1990'sArcadeComedyEconomyStrategyManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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