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M.U.D. TV cover art

M.U.D. TV

Realmforge Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2010-04-19

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 09, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 19, 2010 (Linux)

Always wanted to see if you can hack the day-to-day life of a TV producer? Here's your chance! M.U.D. TV is your ticket to the weird wild world of television.

M.U.D. TV is a 2010 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (41% of 190 reviews).

0
playing now
41%
positive of 190 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

M.U.D. TV is a Business simulation game developed by Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media for Microsoft Windows released on February 23, 2010. The game is centered on running a multi-media broadcasting business. The game is meant as a parody of many modern news stations.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 16,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 190 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-03-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 72 of 114 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620112026Week of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.19$1.492015-01-012026-09-072015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-05-21 — best price $11.112016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-08-11 — best price $2.492017-04-03 — best price $9.022017-11-22 — best price $1.992018-07-02 — best price $2.492019-01-05 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-10-11 — best price $1.992020-01-14 — best price $9.362020-04-14 — best price $2.202020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-08-25 — best price $9.992020-10-14 — best price $8.892021-01-02 — best price $7.792021-02-26 — best price $9.992021-04-23 — best price $2.492021-07-01 — best price $9.992021-10-19 — best price $7.792022-01-07 — best price $9.992022-04-13 — best price $9.992022-07-29 — best price $8.982022-10-17 — best price $2.992023-01-16 — best price $2.592023-04-21 — best price $3.002023-08-01 — best price $9.992023-10-29 — best price $9.992024-01-30 — best price $3.002024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-08-02 — best price $2.342024-11-22 — best price $2.692025-02-17 — best price $2.642025-05-22 — best price $2.992025-08-31 — best price $9.992025-11-30 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $2.692026-06-19 — best price $2.692026-09-07 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

702026-05-30 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 0 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews2026-08-30 — 6 pageviews2026-09-03 — 4 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-23 — 3 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 2 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-09 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: German, English

Player tags

StrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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