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Gazillionaire

LavaMind · 2020-01-14

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 14, 2020 (Mac), Jan 01, 1994 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become a Gazillionaire by starting a tiny trading company and building a business empire!

Gazillionaire is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (95% of 346 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

3
playing now
95%
positive of 346 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Gazillionaire, also stylized as Gazillionaire!, is a science-fiction business simulation developed by American studio LavaMind and originally published by Spectrum HoloByte for Windows-compatible PCs in 1994.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.9k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 346 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320202026Week of 2020-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
203Jan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 20 · peak 63Apr 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 49Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992020-01-142026-07-092020-01-14 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992021-12-23 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $14.992024-01-08 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-08-07 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11482026-05-31 — 12 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 25 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 29 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 22 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 18 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 15 pageviews2026-09-16 — 26 pageviews2026-09-20 — 11 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 19 pageviews2026-10-02 — 14 pageviews2026-10-06 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieRetroCasualEconomyStrategyEducationSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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