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Hollywood Animal

Weappy Wholesome · Weappy Studio · 2025-04-10

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: 2026 (Linux), 2026 (Mac), 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Make movies, even if someone has to die. Take the helm of a major Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema, and guide it through decades of creative achievements and glamor, debauchery and dark deeds, tough choices and unpleasant compromises.

83
playing now
73%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30h
to beat · rushed 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

83 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Make your dreams come true — or crush someone else’s. Take the helm of a major Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema, and guide it through decades of creative achievements and glamor, debauchery and dark deeds, tough choices and unpleasant compromises.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 83 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,548 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 84k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,181 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$22.15

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.39 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $22.74 · on sale 66 of 209 observed days · $7.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20252026Week of 2025-04-10: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 487 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

155542026-08-11 23:00 — 97 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 123 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 64 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 110 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 108 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 89 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 127 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 155 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 69 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 121 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 113 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 133 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 103 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 119 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 130 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 83 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 146 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 83 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 60 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 76 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 106 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 55 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 80 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 113 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 83 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.73$10.582025-04-102026-08-302025-04-10 — best price $17.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $16.992025-07-24 — best price $14.992025-08-23 — best price $19.992025-09-26 — best price $19.992025-10-13 — best price $10.582025-11-14 — best price $14.992025-11-26 — best price $21.982025-12-06 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $22.262026-01-02 — best price $19.992026-01-11 — best price $19.992026-01-22 — best price $22.232026-02-02 — best price $15.082026-02-13 — best price $22.532026-02-24 — best price $22.362026-03-05 — best price $22.062026-03-17 — best price $21.902026-03-27 — best price $21.872026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-04-23 — best price $22.282026-05-07 — best price $22.352026-05-25 — best price $22.112026-06-09 — best price $21.982026-06-22 — best price $21.782026-07-07 — best price $21.712026-07-19 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $15.532026-08-15 — best price $21.972026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned ""Well, my next one will be better.""
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Japanese, French, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9301%14

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

Player tags

EconomyBuildingStrategyEmotionalRealisticHistoricalSimulationAtmosphericCity BuilderEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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